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		<title>Piethorne Grassland Fungi Survey : Sat 29th Oct</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The grassland fungi survey with Steve Hindle has been rescheduled for Saturday 29th October. Start 10.00am You may have seen Steve in your Autumn 2022 edition of the National Trust Magazine. He gave us an insightful talk into the Calderdale Grassland fungi project at the Sept indoor meeting. We are lucky locally to have pockets [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dragonflies</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In August, the Cons and Ed team organised an event on dragonfly ID. The event was in two parts and is suitable for beginners. Stuart Fraser, Environmental Records Officer for Greater Manchester Ecology Unit kindly agreed to lead us in this learning experience. On Thursday 18th August at 7pm he gave us a presentation by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Are there any Hedgehogs in my Garden?</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Why not build a tracking tunnel and find out? It&#8217;s easy, affordable and fun, as we found out at a members workshop in February. Download the instruction leaflet Shell out for the necessary kit (we spent about £7) Cut the board to size, prepare the base and form a tent-shaped tunnel Make some hedgehog-safe ink [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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