RNHS Meeting Reports

We were pleased to welcome back Sarah Bedford, LRWT Conservation Officer who gave us a brief insight into her 3 year cycling journey from Alaska through to Patagonia. Including Peaks, parasites and a few penguins. Actually the title of the talk also included a...

A talk by John Tinning accompanied by his usual great photos titled "Extremadura and its Wildlife Wonders" Extremadura is a western Spanish region bordering Portugal, its mountains, forests, lakes and reserves shelter a very diverse wildlife

Our first outdoor meeting for 2023 was at Rutland Water Lyndon Reserve when Linda and Anthony Biddle led a walk through the reserve. A very social occasion to start the year. The walk took us along the path and up into Gibbets Gorse wooded area. The main focus was on...

The Societies annual Members and Recorders evening featured the usual excellent photographs and updates. In a change from the usual format we put on some refreshment and a big thank you to those who helped in this respect with a contribution.

We do not publish full details of our dawn chorus on the website to protect local residents from disturbance and also to ensure that we can control arrivals. Exact location and timing will be provided when you book in, which for this meeting will be with Linda Biddle...

Our outing to Nottingham Wildlife Trust’s (NWT) Attenborough Nature Reserve was blessed with what seemed like the first fine days for weeks. Having Tim Sexton to lead us was an added bonus. Tim had worked here for 14 years before taking up his post at Rutland Water NR...

This was a very special talk by Professor James Pearce-Higgins of BTO. James gave a very detailed talk supported by graphs and photographs to detail how climate changes can benefit certain birds at the expense of others.

Just a quick reflection on the excellent turn out and enjoyment of the KQ meeting last Sat 6 Aug 2022.  About 3 new members appeared (joining approx 17 regulars).  They must have heard that Dave Needham was leading it.!!    Dave imparted his knowledge on Butterflies...