260 May 2016 - Gryffe Advertizer
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<strong>May</strong> events<br />
Sat 30 April<br />
Open Mic Night<br />
Bernie’s Cafe Deli, Neva Place, Bridge<br />
of Weir<br />
Tickets £5. Backing music will be provided or you<br />
can bring your own instrument.<br />
Birds for Beginners<br />
RSPB, Largs Rd, Lochwinnoch<br />
11am to 1.30pm<br />
Learn more about common garden birds and pick<br />
up tips and advice on wildlife watching techniques.<br />
After this, we’ll head out onto the reserve to put<br />
these new skills into practise and then top it all<br />
off with a hot drink back at the centre. Please<br />
book, as places are limited. Cost: Adults: £5;<br />
Children: £3 (RSPB members: £3/£2). Email:<br />
lochwinnoch@rspb.org.uk Tel. 01505 842 663<br />
Family volunteering - volunteer<br />
with your children or<br />
grandchildren...<br />
RSPB, Largs Rd, Lochwinnoch<br />
1pm to 3.30pm<br />
Here’s an opportunity for grown-ups and children<br />
to do something practical together in the great<br />
outdoors, and to help us Give Nature a Home.<br />
It’s a chance to spend some quality time with the<br />
children in your life, and it’s free. Please book.<br />
Cost: FREE. Email: lochwinnoch@rspb.org.uk Tel.<br />
01505 842 663<br />
Otterspotter Walk<br />
Castle Semple Visitor Centre, Lochlip<br />
Road, Lochwinnoch 5.30am to 7.30am<br />
Join a Countryside Ranger on an early start to look<br />
for otters. £5 per person MORE INFO: tel 01505<br />
842 882 Ex 20 & bookings<br />
Sat 30 Apr - Sun 1 <strong>May</strong><br />
Paisley Citadel - 134th Corps<br />
Anniversary - Festival of Music<br />
Salvation Army, Mill Street, Paisley<br />
Saturday 6pm and Sunday 10.30am. Price: £3/<br />
person Paisley Citadel Salvation Army celebrate<br />
their 134th Corps Anniversary with a festival lead<br />
by special guest Commissioner William Cochrane.<br />
Tickets can be booked by contacting: Corps<br />
Secretary Jim Ballantyne - 01475 528844.<br />
Sun 1 <strong>May</strong><br />
Habbie Tat<br />
Performing Arts Centre in Steeple<br />
Square 12noon<br />
We have some paintings and prints this time,<br />
and even some smaller items of furniture, and a<br />
local picture framer is clearing out his workshop<br />
too, with many really beautiful frames for sale<br />
at a fraction of the usual price. Doors open at<br />
12noon and all of the admission money collected<br />
(tickets are 50p) go to Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue<br />
Centre.<br />
Sun 1 <strong>May</strong><br />
Bird Ringing<br />
Muirshiel Visitor Centre, Calder Glen<br />
Road near Lochwinnoch 11am to 3pm<br />
Its spring migration time, come and see who is<br />
visiting and find out why and how we ring birds.<br />
11am – 3pm, drop in session. MORE INFO: tel<br />
01505 842 882<br />
Magic with Tickles the clown<br />
Finlaystone Country Estate - Langbank<br />
1pm to 3pm<br />
Come and meet Tickles the clown and be amazed<br />
at her magical skills and balloon animals - Face<br />
Painting also available.<br />
Sun 1 <strong>May</strong> - Fri 15 July<br />
RSPB Lochwinnoch Photography<br />
Competition<br />
RSPB, Largs Rd, Lochwinnoch<br />
Photographs must be taken on or from the<br />
reserve. For more information on how to enter<br />
please contact the reserve. There are four<br />
categories: Birds; Other Wildlife (including plants<br />
and landscapes); People; Junior category (under<br />
15 yrs). Winners announced on Facebook &<br />
posted at the reserve Sun 11 Sep. Entry £4.<br />
Fri 6 <strong>May</strong><br />
Renfrewshire RSPB<br />
McMaster Centre, Donaldson Drive,<br />
Renfrew 7.30pm<br />
There will be an illustrated presentation entitled<br />
A Birdwatcher with a Camera by Eddie Williams,<br />
which will be followed by our Annual General<br />
Meeting. All welcome, admission free.<br />
Sat 7 <strong>May</strong><br />
MS Fundraising Coffee Morning<br />
& Fun Day<br />
Freeland Church, Main Street, Bridge of<br />
Weir 10am to 12noon<br />
Bake sale, raffle, face painting, bouncy castle,<br />
stalls, local honey, nails, balloon animals,<br />
chocolate fountain, kids beading, tombola and<br />
raffle. Entry £3 adults, £1 children, £7 family of<br />
4. Tel: 07868 744099 for further details.<br />
Camera Trapping Workshop<br />
Muirshiel Visitor Centre, Calder Glen<br />
Road near Lochwinnoch 10am to 3pm<br />
Recording wildlife on trail cameras takes skill<br />
and knowledge, join us for some top tips, set up<br />
a camera and review footage. £25 per person.<br />
Tel 01505 842 882<br />
Wild Night Overnight Camp<br />
Finlaystone Country Estate - Langbank<br />
5pm to 8am<br />
Join the Rangers for fun and laughter under the<br />
stars into the wee small hours. Kids will enjoy<br />
the bat walk and Den building. Bring - tent, warm<br />
clothes, waterproofs and BBQ food. Adults £7.50<br />
Children £5. Pre booking essential.<br />
Neilston Agricultural Show<br />
Holehouse, Neilston G78 3LE 8am-4pm<br />
Adults £6, children/OAPs £2. A wonderful variety<br />
of new things to see this year as well as your old<br />
favourites. Car park £3.
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