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CIC Membership Appeal
We are inviting past, present, and future EuCAN participants to become members of EuCAN Community Interest Company, the non-profit company that has been set up to allow us to continue our work as an independent organisation. We hope as many of our past participants as possible will join us and help to shape the future of EuCAN.
There is a small charge for membership, but your money will go towards continuing the project and making future EuCAN exchanges possible. If you are interested in joining us please download an application form.
International Butterfly Camp
This year we are looking forward to attending the second International Butterfly and Moth Conservation Camp run by the The Hungarian Natural Heritage Trust in Kercaszomor, Hungary. Jess Neumann, who came to Aggtelek with us in 2010, went to the first camp last year and wrote this report.
2012 Programme
We have drawn up a programme of potential opportunities for EuCAN for this year which are now in the visits section. These plans are dependent on our securing funding, but if you would like to be considered for one of the placements if they run then please complete an Expression of Interest Form and return it by email.
January Training Weekend
We have a training weekend coming up at the Kingcombe Centre on January 27th-29th, concentrating on winter tree id and lower plants. For details see the training weekends section. If you would like to be considered for the weekend then please complete an Expression of Interest Form and return it by email.
A year in Skalanes
Wren Franklin, who came to La Brenne in 2008 and has often worked with us at Alner’s Gorse in Dorset, has spent the last few summers in Iceland working at Skálanes nature and heritage centre.
You can download a copy of the latest Skálanes newsletter to find out about everything that's been happening there in the last year.
Woodland Management Article
James Webb, who came to Ždánice with us in 2009, recently wrote an article on woodland management in Horn’s Valley near Stroud for Butterfly Conservation.
Golden Oriole Video
When Daniel Greenwood came to Spain with us earlier this year, he spent the whole time looking for Golden Orioles, but only saw Chaffinches. His as-yet unrequited love for the Oriole has now found expresison in musical form: he's just released this video for the single Oriole.
Etna Visit Kingcombe
We recently had the pleasure of welcoming some of our Polish friends to Dorset. The Green Team, led by Roman Guziak, are a group of conservationists from Wroclaw in South-West Poland set up by Etna to train and lead conservation workers and volunteers in the Barycz river valley, a large wetland area near the town of Milicz. They stayed at the Kingcombe Centre in Dorset on a 14 day fact-finding trip hosted by EuCAN.
The Green Team's visit is a continuation of a partnership between EuCAN and Etna that began when EuCAN took a work party of British volunteers to Milicz in 2009. During their stay at Kingcombe they visited the Somerset levels, the Jurassic Coast, Radipole Lake in Weymouth, the Axe estuary, and Brownsea Island to exchange expertise in conservation management, education and public engagement. Both organisations hope to continue working together in the future on joint conservation projects.
Hungarian Postcards for sale
As part of our work with Aggtelek National Park, we have produces a set of eight postcards of butterflies with accompanying text in Hungarian. These will be sold in the national park, or if you can't get to Hungary a pack of 16 cards (2 of each design) is available for £5 including postage.
Download Postcards Order Form
The work placement gave me new skills in practical techniques.