RNHS Meeting Reports

“Green is the new Black”. A talk by Tim Sexton, Species and Recording officer for LRWT. The former Rufford colliery near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, closed in 1993 after eight decades. Hear how it has been transformed into the County’s biggest heathland recreation...

Dave Robinson of the Charnwood Group of the LRWT will talk about the amazing world of vision, defensive colouration and eye mimicry in the animal kingdom. Please book your seat with Jeff Wilcox-smith 07946733931 or wilcoxsmith@btinternet.com

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.

The Biking Birder -  Adventures of a Green Birder is a talk by Gary Prescott a retired schoolteacher with a passion for nature. Over the last 11 years he has been on 5 biking birder adventures whilst raising money for charity.

A bat walk with Jenny Harris, RNHS, a bat care co-ordinator with the Leicestershire and Rutland Bat Group. Starting in Aldgate, Ketton.

Please note there will be two sessions to this event one starting at 10.30 am and one at 2.00 pm. This will be a day of discovery and learning for the whole family at this fantastic site for wildlife. Bugs, butterflies and flowers. Bring the children and...

Stonesby Quarry hosts the biggest colony of Pyramidal Orchids in Leicestershire and Rutland. The reserve is part of a worked-out quarry on soft Jurassic Lower Lincolnshire Limestone. The reserve entrance is situated to the east of Waltham-on-the-Wolds. Approach the...

Jenny Harris is leading this walk at Merry's Meadows a LRWT Reserve

Visit to Collyweston Deeps Thurssday 8th June 2023 It was a bright but breezy and cool afternoon when 17 people met in the layby on the A43 ready to visit the Beds Cambs and N’hamptonshire Wildlife Trust’s nature reserve at the old Collyweston deeps quarry....

Species list recorded at Hebe’s Wood 14th May 2023   Robin                                       Erithacus rubecula Blackcap                                  Sylvia atricapilla Chff chaff                                 Phylloscopus collybita Garden...

A walk at Launde Big Wood with Andy Neilson, LRWT Conservation Officer responsible for this wood. It was on an overcast St Georges day that 9 members met Andy Neilson of the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust at the start of a walk around Launde Big Wood. The...