Join Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Entomology Society for their 2023 Insect Show – ‘A celebration of Insects’. It takes place on Saturday 11th November at the NTU Brackenhurst Campus, from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. Free entry.
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Join Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Entomology Society for their 2023 Insect Show – ‘A celebration of Insects’. It takes place on Saturday 11th November at the NTU Brackenhurst Campus, from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. Free entry.
Click here for details
Kinoulton Swift Project are having another swift evening on 10th July at St Luke’s church, Kinoulton. Big emphasis on insects and the churchyard, as well as the colony in the tower. Swifts 61% occupancy, 25 breeding pairs so far; 10 nests with 3 chicks, 7 with 2 chicks. We have 16 nests on camera in the nave.
Attaching a flyer for the evening. Alan Wilkins Kinoulton Swift Project flyer
Bingham Linear Park and Cotgrave Country Park are running wildlife walks in may as well so this is an updated list
Sat 6th May – Wilwell Farm Cutting in Spring. Join Gordon Dyne to look at the wildflowers at the height of the spring season around the reserve. Maybe some mud. Meet 10 am at the Wilwell car park on the left, just before the ring road bridge on the B680 between Ruddington and Wilford (look out for reserve sign) . Post Code for approx location NG2 7UT, Just Three Words = home, news, fuzzy Need more info contact gordon.dyne@gmail.com
Sun 7th May – Dawn Chorus Walk at Rushcliffe Country Park 5.45 am till 7 pm. Come and hear the early birds with us. Join Staff and Volunteers on a gentle, informal early morning stroll celebrating International Dawn Chorus Day (Friends of Rushcliffe Country Park). The event is free. Just meet at the Visitor Centre.
Sat 13th May Bird Song Walk at Cotgrave Country Park at 6.30am Learn about the birds chirping in the bushes with Lee Scudder and the Friends Group. Bring binocs, ID guides are available. Charge £2 to book tickets go to Book your ticket here: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/the-friends-of-cotgrave…
Sun 21st May – Guided walk along Bingham Linear Park with Jenni Craig at 10 am, starting from the Tythby Rd entrance. We are looking out for butterflies such as the Grizzled Skipper. Wear stout shoes. jenny@ifcraig.com
South Notts Local Group is running a series of walks based around Rushcliffe nature reserves running through to Autumn.
Starting in Feb with a Winter Widfowl walk in and around Skylarks NR with Neil Glenn on Wed 8th and a Winter Wildlife walk round Wilwell Farm Cutting NR with Gordon the warden on Sat 18th. So put on your boots and warm winter woolies and get out and about.
For full details and the complete programme of walks follow this link http://www.southnottswildlife.org.uk/content/?page_id=231
Coming up next in the online talks programme Thurs 24th Nov – Wildlife of Finland with Cate Barrow featuring spring and summer wildlife, with images from a recent trip to Finland. This is the first of South Notts Local Groups programme of talks. It starts at 7pm, the cost is £4 per device and it is on ZOOM. To book a front row seat and also to see the rest of the Talks prog, follow this link http://www.southnottswildlife.org.uk/content/?page_id=1969.
followed by
Thursday 1st December: Yellowstone & Grand Teton National Parks – Max & Christine Maughan Come with Max and Christine as they describe the spectacular wildlife encountered on a visit to the world-famous Yellowstone National Park, and the magnificent geothermal and geographical features of these two iconic areas in the USA.
Max & Christine have had a passionate interest in all forms of wildlife for many years, and travelled to many destinations abroad, studying the wildlife of those areas. They regularly give talks based on their experiences.
To book this talk, please click on https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/south-notts-group-talk-yellowstone-grand-teton-national-parks-tickets-405191808607
These are the dates for the autumn/winter volunteer work parties for 2022/23. Once again we will be laying on 10 work parties during this period. I hope that you are able to come along and help continue the work to support this nationally scarce and locally, very important species.
2022
Sunday 2nd October – GCRN, Lime Sidings to Barnstone Tunnel – hay raking & removal
Tuesday 1st November – Grange Farm, Normanton on Soar – scrub clearance/ bare earth creation
Sunday 13th November – GCRN, Rushcliffe Halt & Cutting – scrub clearance/ bare earth creation
Tuesday 22nd November – Saxondale Disused Railway Spur – scrub clearance/ bare earth creation
Sunday 4th December – GCRN, Lime Sidings to Barnstone Tunnel – scrub clearance and egg laying site maintenance
2023
Sunday 15th January – Flawborough Triangle – scrub regrowth clearance & treatment/ bare earth creation
Tuesday 24th January – Granby Disused Railway – egg laying site maintenance and targeted scrub clearance
Thursday 9th February – Staunton Quarry – scrub clearance & treatment
Sunday 19th February – Flawborough Footpath – scrub clearance and scallop creation/ bare earth creation
Tuesday 7th March – Site & Task to be Confirmed
We hope you will help us to prepare local sites for grizzled skipper to enjoy in spring 2023. Please contact me for meeting instructions – Chris Jackson (Notts Biodiversity Action Group Officer) Christopher.Jackson@nottscc.gov.uk
According to Notts Birders two pairs of Red Kites have successfully bred in Rushcliffe this year. Apparently Red Kites are noted for setting up clusters of nests, so they are hoping that this is the start of a colonisation process over the next few years. So keep an eye on the sky, the next big bird you see might not be the usual Buzzard. Although it does make me wonder – will they be in competition with Buzzards anyone know ?
To look out for – the reddish colouring on the body, upper tail and wing, but probably most notable is that Red Kites have a shallow forked tail, whilst the Buzzard tail fans out. Bigger than a Buzzard it `s call is described as a thin piping sound, similar to but less mewling than the common buzzard.
Bonus fact – the UK supports 10% of the RK population.
Rushcliffe Wildlife Watch meets every second Saturday at the Rushcliffe Country Park Visitors Centre between 11 am to 1pm and is open to children between 8 and 12 years of age. Charge £3. For more info contact rushcliffewatch@nottswt.co.uk . Next meeting is on Sat 10th Sept, with subsequent meetings on the 8th Oct, 10th Nov and 12th Dec.
UPDATE – this is the planned programme of activities Rushcliffe Wildlife Watch programme Autumn to Winter 2022
Here are dates for Notts Wildlife Trust volunteer work parties in the southern half of Notts coming up in the next few weeks including a couple in the Rushcliffe area. Click on the links for more details.
Attenborough
Monday 4th July – Delta – Balsam work
Tuesday 5th July – Delta – Balsam work
Friday 8th July – Delta – Balsam work
Monday 18th July – Delta Meadow
Tuesday 19th July – Delta Meadow
Friday 22nd July – Delta Hide – Meadow work
Attenborough Women’s Group
Saturday 16th July – Delta – Balsam work
Attenborough Sunday Group
Sunday 10th July – Butterfly Patch
Sunday 24th July – Location TBC
Tuesday Group
Tuesday 5th July – Kimberley Meadow – Hay work
Tuesday 12th July – Teversal Pastures – Common Standards Monitoring
Tuesday 19th July – Dukes Wood – Meadow management
Tuesday 26th July – Location TBC
South Notts Group
Wednesday 6th July – Skylarks – Path work
Wednesday 20th July – Skylarks – Meadow management