SOUTH NOTTS LOCAL GROUP WINTER WILDLIFE TALKS PROGRAMME ONLINE

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South Notts Local Group invites you to join them for a series of online wildlife talks via ZOOM (see Technical Guidelines below) to enjoy a range of expert speakers with their slides, from home and abroad on a variety of topics, from the comfort of your own home. Session slots must be booked in advance via Eventbrite at a cost of £3 per session link (incl booking fee) and you will be the sent online links for the individual talks, both at the time of booking and a reminder a day or so before the talk.

The talk sessions will open from 6.45pm for a 7pm start and we anticipate the actual talk will last about an hour, plus time for a short break and questions at the end. We will be recording the event, so if you have paid but been unable to join us we can send you a link. Thirty  severn people logged onto to enjoy our first talk by Jack Perks on British Freshwater Fish (plus one couple who couldn`t make it but were sent a recording of the talk).

Our next talk is

Thurs Mar 4th – The Wildlife of Sherwood Center Parcs with Mike Hill. For more info follow this link

https://www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/events/2021-03-04-wildlife-center-parcs-sherwood-mike-hill

Thurs Apr 22nd Local Group AGM + Talk on British Reptiles and Amphibians with Ben Driver (No Charge). For more info follow this link https://www.nottinghamshirewildlife.org/events/2021-04-22-south-notts-local-group-agm-talk-british-reptiles-and-amphibians

Numbers of slots are limited.

If you want to book for all of the talks upfront contact gordon.dyne@gmail.com

At a minimum you will need a desktop/laptop or tablet that is connected to the internet and with ZOOM software installed (our link includes instructions about downloading ZOOM if not already installed). But SNG does not recommend using smart phones as we feel the picture is too small.

Any queries please contact gordon.dyne@gmail.com

 

Wilford Fields, West Bridgford

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Cllr Rod Jones reports that: “Wilford Fields is owned by Notts County Council. It is a well walked area and wildlife sanctuary. It is flanked by ponds including the Kingfisher pond. We often walk there during lockdown and lots of people wait to see the kingfisher.
It is not currently planned for housing but it is at risk.
I think there is hope of the NWT taking it on and a friend group starting.”

The petition is on this hyperlink and it goes through Reach.

http://chng.it/kcMjXwgGwq

You may wish to sign the petition.

Note Wilford Fields is the area of land behind the Roko Sports Center on Wilford Lane, bordered by Greythorne Dyke & the new housing and Compton Acres.

 

Notts BAG Forum 10th March

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Notts Biodiversity Action Group

We have some exciting news to share with you regarding our Annual Forum Event 2021. This year’s event will be held online on Wednesday 10th March. We have been working with our partners at NTU to plan an online event, featuring 4 fantastic talks and an afternoon of amazing workshops, that you can enjoy from the comfort of your own home.

This year’s event theme is “Rewilding and Landscape Scale Approaches to Biodiversity”, and we are very lucky to have secured speakers on four topics to share their expertise:

  • Prof Alastair Driver, Director of Rewilding Britain
  • Derek Gow, Ecological Consultant, Author of “Bringing Back the Beaver”
  • Janice Bradley, Head of Nature Recovery (North) for Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
  • Gareth Jones, Clumber Park, National Trust

A selection of workshops have also been planned for the afternoon, each highlighting an area of Nottinghamshire that has great biodiversity potential. Local specialists running each workshop will discuss opportunities that have been highlighted through the Biodiversity Opportunity Mapping process.

I have attached a programme that gives a bit more detail about the event. Big BAG Programme 2021 FINAL

If you would like to book a place at this year’s event, please could you send your completed booking form (attached) to Janet Valenti (janet.valenti@nottscc.gov.uk).

Booking fees can be paid by debit/credit by calling Janet Valenti, Nottinghamshire County Council, tel – 0115 993 2593. Janet is available tomorrow or from 22nd Feb onwards.

See booking form –Big BAG booking form

Best Wishes – Chris Jackson BAG Officer  – Christopher.Jackson@nottscc.gov.uk

Badger Cull

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This item was “borrowed” from the Friends of Sharphill Wood E Mail.

Please see the comprehensive update on the badger cull issue in National Geographic featuring input from Gary Cragg, NWT’s Badger Edge Vaccination Project Manager
https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2021/01/badgers-cattle-and-scapegoats-is-controversial-science-putting

If you signed the Parliamentary Petition to ban the cull https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/333693 this has received the necessary 100,000 participants, but debate is still awaited.

Gresham Marsh, Wilford Lane

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Notts Wildlife Trust, under the Rushcliffe Service Level Agreement are working to bring the Gresham Marsh site (Wilford Lane, West Bridgford) under active management, designated as a LOcal Nature Reserve and are involved in setting up a Friends Group. Gresham Marsh is an interesting fragment of old Trent flood plain, owned by the Environment Agency.  If you are interested knowing more contact NWT`s Southern Conservation Officer Ben Driver BDriver@nottswt.co.uk

South Notts Local Group Committee

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Our AGM is coming up in April and although we have been restricted in what we can do over past year we are still looking for new committee members. Current issues are if we can run something like the Ruddington Spring Fair, putting together a programme of wildlife walks for the spring and summer, the future direction for the Winter Wildlife Talks  programme and what we do this year about taking the nature table out to summer fetes. If you are interested in joining the committee please contact gordon.dyne@gmail.com

Developing Farming Nature Recovery Networks – locally and across the county

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Notts Wildlife Trust obtained £180k funding from Severn Trent Water  for a three year project to promote wildlife friendly farming in Notts, in particular creating improved linkages between prexisting wildlife sites. Four areas are being targeted around the Idle Valley Nature Reserve and the Erewash Valley and in Rushcliffe itself the Smite catchment, covering the Badger Edge Vaccination Scheme Area at the southern tip of Rushcliffe (where we already have had substantial farmer contacts) and also the Cotgrave Forest Focal Area. The project officer is now in place.