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Month | Date | Days | Comments |
January | 13–14 | Sat – Sun | Assemble Friday evening. Cannon-netting, mist-netting and resighting. |
February | 10–12 | Sat – Mon | Assemble Friday evening. Cannon-netting, mist-netting and resighting. Sunday PM to Tuesday AM for house/garden maintenance. |
March | 9–10 | Sat – Sun | Assemble Friday evening. Cannon-netting, mist-netting and resighting. |
March** | 30–31 | Sat – Sun | Easter weekend Assemble Friday evening. Resighting only. Note – Monday is a bank holiday. |
April | 13–15 | Sat – Mon | Assemble Friday evening. Good mist-netting option on Saturday evening. Sunday PM to Tuesday AM for house/garden maintenance. |
May** | 4–5 | Sat – Sun | Assemble Friday evening. Resighting only. |
June** | 8–10 | Sat – Mon | WWRG AGM weekend Assemble Friday evening. Equipment, house/garden maintenance and WWRG AGM (Saturday afternoon). |
July | 27–28 | Sat – Sun | Assemble Friday afternoon. Mist-netting Friday and Saturday evenings. Resighting on remaining tides. |
August | 19–25 | Mon – Sun | Wash Week Passage 1 Assemble Monday morning. Various opportunities for cannon-netting, mist-netting and resighting throughout the week. Departure Sunday afternoon. |
September | 16–23 | Mon – Mon | Wash Week Passage 2 Assemble Monday morning. Various opportunities for cannon netting, mist netting and resighting throughout the week. Departure Monday afternoon. |
October | 5–6 | Sat – Sun | Assemble Friday evening. Cannon-netting, mist-netting and resighting. |
November | 2–3 | Sat – Sun | Assemble Friday evening. Cannon-netting, mist-netting and resighting. |
December | 18 | Wed | Assemble Wednesday mid-afternoon. Set to catch Wednesday night. Team members may wish to stay overnight. |
December** | 29–1 | Sun – Wed | Assemble Sunday morning. Resighting throughout the period. New Year New Year on the Wash celebration if there is sufficient interest. |
** These dates are dependent on sufficient interest, forecast weather and a leader being available.
Costs
A charge is made to cover the cost of food and running expenses including equipment and rings. Current prices are £8 per tide (half day) attended including the longer visits in August and September. This is reduced to £5 per tide when attending fieldwork sessions when no catching is anticipated. Participants attending for a single tide and not taking advantage of the food/accommodation or other facilities provided by the group are charged £5. Car drivers are reimbursed by the group for fuel used whilst ferrying people and equipment about. Families are welcome to bring children and charges for children are by negotiation.