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		<title>Bempton Cliffs &#8211; coach trip 11th July</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Bempton Cliffs, on the spectacular Yorkshire coast, is home to one of the UK&#8217;s top wildlife spectacles and one of RFNS’s favourite reserves. Around half a million seabirds gather here between March and August to raise a family on the towering chalk cliffs that overlook the North Sea. Here Puffins, Fulmars, Razorbills, Gannets, Kittiwakes and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Coach Trip &#8211; Nosterfield</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our February Coach Trip, on Saturday 14th, includes two reserves for the price of one! The small village of Nosterfield is bordered by two nature reserves. To the south lies one of the most important inland wetland sites in North Yorkshire which is managed by the Lower Ure Conservation Trust (LUCT), while to the north [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Perfect Pollinators and their care</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Indoor Meeting on Thursday 12 February will be a talk by Ken Gartside. For this talk, Ken will focus on pollinators, good flowers to plant for them and habitat creation to increase their populations, with photographs of many insects to illustrate their variety. We are delighted that Ken Gartside has agreed to speak to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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