Join us on our monthly Virtual Wildlife Talks via ZOOM  Join us on our Virtual Wildlife Talk via Zoom on 15th March 2021 at 7:30pm with our local celebrity Chris Jones. Chris Jones is the owner of Woodland Valley Farm, home of the Cornwall Beaver Project. Chris is the Restoration Director of Beaver Trust. Chris is on the Ladock Parish Council and the Chairman of Transition Ladock and Grampound Road. Woodland Valley Farm is a Cornish organic farm in Ladock and the home of the Cornwall Beaver Project. Woodland Valley Farm have been featured on several newspapers, magazines and TV shows nationwide. Chris Jones and the Beavers were featured on few episodes of BBC2 Winter Watch this 2021. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p012msk2/winterwatch Chris Jones and the Beavers were featured on BBC2 Cornwall with Simon Reeve, Series 1: Episode 2 on 15 November 2020. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000pjgj/cornwall-with-simon-reeve-series-1-episode-2 Chris Jones and the Beavers were featured on BBC2 Spring Watch on March 2018. www.facebook.com/BBCSpringwatch/videos/1696842687075899 Woodland Valley Farm is the Cornwall Sustainability Awards 2020 Winner on Environmental Growth Category  Join us on our Virtual Wildlife Talk via Zoom on 5th April 2021 at 7:30pm by Rowena Castillo-Nicholls. Rowena is the author and photographer of “Paloresow Kernewek, the Cornish Choughs on the North Cornwall Coast” published in December 2013. Rowena is a blogger and photographer. You can read her blogs and look at her photos on her website at www.ilovecornwall8.com. Rowena a nature and wildlife enthusiast. She loves walking, birdwatching and butterflywatching. She’s a Wildlife Advocate. She’s been raising awareness on the importance of wildlife recording thru “Wildlife Matters” and encouraging everyone to connect with nature and wildlife thru “Let’s Get Wild – connect with Nature and Wildlife” because it benefits both the mental health and physical well-being. Rowena have joined and volunteered to various wildlife organisations. She’s a Trustee, Founder Member and Website Administrator of Cornwall Butterfly and Moth Society. She’s on the Committee of Campaign to Protect Rural Cornwall. She’s a Volunteer Chough Watcher for National Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Rowena started Ladock Parish Wildlife Group in January 2020 to share her love of nature and wildlife in Cornwall. She invited wildlife experts to give talks and presentation. She arranged wildlife walks and fieldtrips. But unfortunately, due to covid-19, she has cancelled some of the events. This 2021, she’s now holding the events virtually via ZOOM till everything is back to normality.  Join us on our Virtual Wildlife Talk via Zoom on 3rd May 2021 at 7:30pm by David Cooper. David Cooper is the County Dragonfly Recorder for East Cornwall. He’s an expert in identifying dragonflies and damselflies. You can send your sightings to David via email on cestmaplace@outlook.com. David is a skilled and talented photographer and painter. Check out David's photographs on www.flickr.com/photos/dave913.  Join us on a Virtual Butterfly-watching around the spectacular countryside of Cornwall via Zoom on 7th June 2021 at 7:30pm by Rowena Castillo-Nicholls. Rowena is a nature and wildlife enthusiast. She loves butterflywatching, birdwatching and walking around the spectacular countryside of Cornwall. She’s a Wildlife Advocate. She’s been raising awareness on the importance of wildlife recording thru “Wildlife Matters” and encouraging everyone to connect with nature and wildlife thru “Let’s Get Wild – connect with Nature and Wildlife” because it benefits both the mental health and physical well-being. Rowena have joined and volunteered to various wildlife organisations. She’s a Trustee, Founder Member and Website Administrator of Cornwall Butterfly and Moth Society. She’s on the Committee of Campaign to Protect Rural Cornwall. She’s a Volunteer Chough Watcher for National Trust and the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Rowena started Ladock Parish Wildlife Group in January 2020 to share her love of nature and wildlife in Cornwall. She invited wildlife experts to give talks and presentation. She arranged wildlife walks and fieldtrips. But unfortunately, due to covid-19, she has cancelled some of the events. This 2021, she’s now holding the events virtually via ZOOM till everything is back to normality.  Join us at Ladock Community Hall on 8th October 2021 at 7:30pm for a Wildlife Talk by Simon Taylor.
Simon Taylor is the BTO Regional Rep for Cornwall, BTO Regional Network Committee Member and Heronries Survey Organiser. Simon is Citizen Scientist and Head Gardener. Simon provides a relaxed learning environment and also inform people of BTO Cornwall's events such as Conferences, Guided Walks, Talks, Social get-togethers, etc. Simon provide a variety of learning mechanisms from videos to photos to help people with bird identification and now and again survey techniques. You can contact Simon via email on bto_cornwall@yahoo.com.
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International Women's Day, celebrating the amazing works of Dentists during the covid-19 pandemic2/4/2021  IWD 2021 campaign theme: #ChooseToChallenge A challenged world, is an alert world. Individually, we're all responsible for our own thoughts and actions - all day, every day. We can choose to seek out and celebrate women's achievements. Collectively, we can all help create an inclusive world. From challenge comes change, so let's all choose to challenge. we organised this International Women’s Day Virtual Event via ZOOM for Dentists to celebrate their amazing works most especially at this time of the covid-19 pandemic. We have invited 2 women to give a talk whom we know exude power and intelligence, empathy and generosity, inspiring and contributing in educating, enabling and empowering women and young girls. OPTIONAL: Wear something purple and prepare 3 sentences on “My Childhood Heroine” and send it to Rowena Castillo Nicholls on ilovecornwall8@yahoo.com or if we’re friends in Facebook, send it on messenger. This will be read during the virtual event. Please save the date and join us on Sunday, 7th March 2021 at 2:00pm in the Philippines Sunday, 7th March 2021 at 6:00am in United Kingdom Sunday, 6th March 2021 at 10:00pm in California, USA Sunday, 7th March 2021 at 10:00am in Dubai, UAE Agenda will be as follows: 2:00pm – Welcome and introduction from event organiser and host, Rowena Castillo Nicholls 2:20pm – First Speaker, Ma. Cristina Aurea Guanio-Garcia, DMD, PhD 2:50pm – Question and Answer 3:00pm – Second Speaker, Dr. Liezl Manaloto Ceballos, DMD 3:30pm - Question and Answer 3:40pm - Reading of "My Childhood Heroine". 4:00pm - Finish Keynote Speakers:
About International Women's Day
International Women's Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Significant activity is witnessed worldwide as groups come together to celebrate women's achievements or rally for women's equality. Marked annually on March 8th, International Women's Day (IWD) is one of the most important days of the year to: • celebrate women's achievements • raise awareness about women's equality • lobby for accelerated gender parity • fundraise for female-focused charities What's the theme for International Women's Day? The campaign theme for International Women's Day 2021 is 'Choose To Challenge'. A challenged world is an alert world. And from challenge comes change. So let's all #ChooseToChallenge. What's the history of International Women's Day? International Women's Day has occurred for well over a century with the first gathering held in 1911. Learn more about the day's timeline. What colors symbolize International Women's Day? Purple, green and white are the colors of International Women's Day. Purple signifies justice and dignity. Green symbolizes hope. White represents purity, albeit a controversial concept. The colors originated from the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in the UK in 1908. |
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