Updated COVID-19 Advice for Members

Staying safe at BBNP COVID 19 Guidance

If you visit BBNP we recommend that in line with government guidance:

• Do not visit if you …
  • Have a cough, high temperature or flu like symptoms,
  • You suspect that you might have COVID-19, or
  • You have been in close proximity to anyone that has symptoms of COVID-19

• Gate & lock
  • Wear gloves or a thin plastic bag to cover your hands when using the lock.
  • If you have your own sanitizer you may wish to bring this with you as well.
  • Avoid touching any other surfaces or equipment you find on site.

• Practise social distancing
  • Be aware of other people who may be on the site. Do not visit if there appears to be too many other people around.

• Practise social distancing
  • Be aware of other people who may be on the site. Do not visit if there appears to be too many other people around.
  • Stay at least 2 metres apart from any other people that you encounter.
  • Be aware that most of the paths on site are narrow. If you see another person coming towards you, go back if you cannot pass each other at least 2 metres apart.
  • Do not visit in large groups. Remember that you should not meet more than one other people from a different household when outdoors for exercise.

Other Guidelines on site

1. We are working hard to clear the site of rubbish and other hazards but please take care when you are walking around and avoid any areas marked with yellow warning tape – particularly the standing shed at the back of the site and the piles of rubbish by the coppiced area near the allotments in the extension area.
2. Please keep to the paths and do not walk on the meadows, planted up cornflower mound, the woodland floor where there are small woodland plant plugs growing and woodland mix have been sown.
3. We are developing our meadows and long grass to protect biodiversity and our slow worm population, so please keep off these areas, including the area around the pollarded goat willow that looks like a glade.
4. Children under the age of 15 must be accompanied by an adult when at BBNP. Please keep children in sight at all times if you are near the pond and do not go on the dipping platform, which has been taped off with hazard tape.
5. Please be aware of nesting and young birds – please be quiet when visiting the site and stick to the paths.
6. Please try to minimise essential activity as much as possible to avoid disrupting the ecology.
7. Do not go on the allotments.
8. Please be aware the site is used by members who are visiting to be in nature and to enjoy a peaceful nature experience, so do be sensitive to their presence.
9. Please bring your own drinks and snacks and do not share these. Take your rubbish with you when you leave.

Volunteer Work Parties

Volunteering is exempt from the new national restrictions which have come into in effect in England from 5th November and, across the UK, Conservation Volunteers may continue to deliver volunteer work parties which care for these valuable green spaces.

The decision to volunteer is, of course, a personal one.  You should consider all available advice from national and local government concerning your local area before deciding to join our volunteer work parties.  People who are clinically extremely vulnerable are being advised not to volunteer outside their home under any circumstances, and should not therefore attend our volunteer work parties.