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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>Coach Trip: Far Ings NNR (Lincs Wildlife Trust)</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[On Saturday 10th January we will be heading off on our first Coach Trip of 2026, to Far Ings National Nature Reserve. This Reserve, on the south side of the Humber estuary in Lincolnshire, has been a favourite destination for our coach trips for many years but we haven’t visited since 2018. It’s a place [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[In what is now becoming an annual event Field Nats members are invited to kickstart your 2026 bird list by joining the RFNS birding challenge on Thursday 1st January 2026. This year there are two options, Greater Manchester or Rochdale Metropolitan Borough. The objective for the day is to record as many bird species as [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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