RNHS Meeting Reports
Please find below reports about previous RNHS meetings.
Outdoor Meeting: Fungi Walk
Join Tim Sexton, Species and Recording Officer at Rutland Water Nature Reserve for a Fungi Walk around Barnsdale Woods. Almost 300 species of fungi have been recorded in the wood including Magpie Inkcap, spotted as recently as this year for the first time in Rutland.
Indoor Meeting: The Biking Birder
The Biking Birder - Adventures of a Green Birder is a talk by Gary Prescott a retired...
Outdoor Meeting: Bat Walk Aldgate
A bat walk with Jenny Harris, RNHS, a bat care co-ordinator with the Leicestershire and Rutland...
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Indoor Meeting: 1000 Miles of the British Islands
1000 miles of the British Islands by Val Williams On Tuesday November 3rd Rutland Natural History Society met at VAR Oakham, to hear Val Williams, keen and knowledgeable wildlife watcher and traveller, describe an imaginary journey from the Scilly Isles in the south...
Butterflies at Ketton Quarry 11th July
On a bright, sometimes sunny warm day 37 members and friends were led by Alistair Lawrence (RNHS butterfly recorder) on a walk around this location. In view of the large number present, attends were split into smaller groups with Alistair being assisted by Paul...
Workshop: Water birds
Workshop:Bats
The RNHS meeting at Lyndon Hill Visitor Centre was run as an introduction to finding bats, using bat detectors and assessing habitats where bats are most likely to be found. We had a brief "classroom" session inside, then set off for Gibbet Gorse. Next to the wood...
Workshop: Insects, including Orthoptera
Insects, including Orthoptera Ketton Guide and Scout Hall, Pit Lane, Ketton 9th August 2015. Bright and sunny morning, with warmer weather forecast from mid-day. 27 members of Rutland Natural History Society assembled in the Ketton Guides and Scouts...
Moth trapping at Clipsham Quarry
A Moth trapping meeting was held on July 25 at Clipsham Quarry - report to follow
Farm walk at Fairchilds Lodge, Caldicott – 11th June
On a warm sunny evening, 9 members and 3 non members went on an informative Farm Walk at Caldicott, hosted by Andrew Brown - farmer and environmentalist. Andrew has a 252 ha farm, cropping is 60{731e32f8b7907d00e7e184d411f3e6ecf0053df2d05e2447aee1c08715ef822f} arable...
Burley Wood Visit 10th May
A warmish morning, the sun coming through clouds at regular intervals, and 17 members and friends of the RNHS assembled at the main entrance to Burley woods, alongside the busy A606, where winter logging operations had left a slightly rough and muddy entrance. This...