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		<title>Reiss beach – May ’10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 23rd we met at Reiss beach to do a few bits and pieces of work. Sand and vegetation was cleared from the steps, and the hand rail was painted. This now makes the entrance to the beach look a lot tidier. We also gathered a large amount of litter, just from the car [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/2010/06/reiss-beach-may-10/</link>
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		<title>Wildflower meadow – April ’10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday the 4th we ventured further afield than usual to help Paul Castle in Bettyhill.  The Farr Glebe is an important site for the rare great yellow bumblebee, and the meadow was in need of some small scale management.  The grass had already been mown so we were raking it up to encourage higher [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/2010/04/wildflower-meadow-april-10/</link>
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		<title>Cetacean training – March ’10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday the 21st we met at Seadrift for a training session run by Alice Walters, from the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. She gave a very interesting and informative talk about the Shorewatch project they are running, and how to get involved.  We learnt how to identify different cetaceans from the glances we will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/2010/04/cetacean-training-march-10/</link>
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		<title>Wildlife boxes – February ’10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We met on Sunday 28th in Seadrift to make some wildlife boxes.  We made a selection of bug boxes and worm watching boxes, and these will be distributed around schools for educational use.]]></description>
		<link>http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/2010/04/wildlife-boxes-february-10/</link>
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		<title>Path clearance at Borgie Mains – January ’10</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our first event of the new year was on a snowy Sunday, the 31st. We met to clear gorse from an overgrown path at Castletown. The path leads from Tansfield at the Castletown end, to Borgie Mains. It was a road used by the old quarry located just off the road at Borgie Mains. The [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/2010/02/path-clearance-at-borgie-mains-january-10/</link>
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		<title>Trees at Halkirk Primary School – November ’09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We met on Sunday 22nd for our last event of the year. We were at Halkirk Primary School to open an area of trees and make it safe for the children to play in. Up until now the area had been out of bounds for the children on health and safety grounds. Using saws and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/2009/12/trees-at-halkirk-primary-school-november-09/</link>
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		<title>Fencing at Keiss Primary School – October ’09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We met on a very wet Sunday, the 25th, at Keiss Primary School to do some fencing.  We were putting up a fence around some ground by the nursery to give the children a separate area to play in. The plan is for it to have a waved, rather than uniformly straight top line.  Everybody [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/2009/12/fencing-at-keiss-primary-school-october-09/</link>
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		<title>Salmonberry at Tister Farm – Sept ’09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We met on Sunday 13th at Tister Farm to remove some of the salmonberry that is growing in the hedges. Salmonberry is a non-native species that has escaped from gardens, having originally come from the west coast of North America. At Tister some salmonberry has been sprayed to kill it, while on Sunday we were [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/2009/09/salmonberry-at-tister-farm-sept-09/</link>
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		<title>Castlehill wildflower planting – August ’09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday 16th we met at the Castlehill Heritage Trail by Castletown to plant wildflower plugs. The flowers being planted were birds foot trefoil, red clover and scabious.  These were being planted to enrich the verges.]]></description>
		<link>http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/2009/08/castlehill-wildflower-planting-august-09/</link>
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		<title>Yarrows trail cosmetics – July ’09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We met at Yarrows on Sunday 19th to carry out some repairs around the trail.  This included repainting the marker posts to make them stand out again, fixing gates and sorting the flagstones that make up parts of the path.  Many of the flags had sunk into the peaty ground and needed lifting out to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://caithnesscountrysidevolunteers.org/2009/08/yarrows-trail-cosmetics-july-09/</link>
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