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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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		<title>RSPB Coombes Valley &#8211; Car Trip Sat 10th May</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Coombes Valley is a wonderful woodland reserve There are ancient oaks, swathes of Bluebells in May and many other early flowering species. It is situated in a deep valley so some trails are steep or they have steps but they are generally good. Most are stony underfoot and could be slippery in wet weather. There [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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