Wed 16^th Aug – Fairham Brook and Bunny Moors circular walk. Meet 10 am at the Rushcliffe Country Park visitors centre for a day out in the Rushcliffe Countryside. Bring a packed lunch. Gordon Dyne (0115 8784842 or gordon.dyne@gmail.com)

Wed 23^rd Aug – A stroll round Radcliffe on Trent Lily Ponds. Meet 7pm at the Park Road entrance to the Rockley Memorial Grounds. Gordon Dyne (0115 8784842)

Thur 24^th Aug – Skylarks Festival at the Skylarks Nature Reserve on Adbolton Lane past Holme Pirrepont Country Park from 12 pm to 6pm.

Friday 1^st Sept 2017 – Moth trapping at The Hook, Lady Bay from 8:30pm onwards till late. Join NWT for a night of moth trapping at The Hook local nature reserve. Contact Katie Last for more information: on 0115 9588242 or klast@nottswt.co.uk

Sun 8^th Oct 2017 – The Mystereous World of Plant Galls with Jerry Clough visiting the Arboretum, riverbank and cemetry in search of galls. Meet 2 pm at the Sutton Bonington sports complex (opposite the Nottm Universitty Campus) in the Minster overflow car park. National Grid SK 502 262 & nearest postcodes are LE12 5RA & LE12 5RB.

Sun 7^th Jan – Woodland in Winter – Cotgrave Forest with Neil Pinder (07981 928402) to see what birds and other wildlife can be seen on a winters day. Meet 9.30am at Laming Gap Lane entrance, parking where the Lane turns sharp right (Lane on left off A606 Melton Road after the Normanton on Wolds exits,)

Wed Feb 21st – Birds of Netherfield Lagoon with Neil Glen. Meet at 10.00am on Teal Close (Victoria Business Park, Netherfield, NG4 2PE)