RNHS Meeting Reports

This walk is a follow up to our March talk when Philip Parker explained the formation of the claypits and how the area has changed over millions of years. A small party of RNHS members met in the car park and made their way down the slope to the reserve proper...

Visit to Holwell Reserve Sunday 23.June On a pleasant morning a group pf 14 members assembled on the verge outside the old quarry reserve at Holwell. It was the open day of the reserve, so there were a number of other visitors, but an advantage to us was that many of...

Visit to Grantham canal Tuesday 18th June 2019 In spite of an unpromising weather forecast the morning was dry and around a dozen people assembled in the car park of Dove Cottage Tea Rooms on the canal SE of Grantham at 11.00am. The cloud was well broken and the sun...

Due to circumstances beyond our control this meeting has been cancelled. 

This overgrown historic cow pasture (SSSI) has a rich diversity of flora and fauna. Two species are of particular interest Nightingale and Black Hairstreak Butterfly.    

A woodland walk at Pickworth Wood to catch the early spring bird arrivals. 

Tim Mackrill well known to many Society members will give a talk on the latest news and information about Ospreys and his ongoing involvement with this species.

A cool morning with cloudy skies and a strong breeze blowing from the west saw 18 RNHS members out for a winter stroll, meeting near the Old Hall Hambleton to walk along the perimeter track and see what we could find. First were a few Teal, some Widgeon, and an...

Richard Astle of the Trust gave a very informative talk about how this reserve and surrounding area, often referred to as John Clare Country due to its association with the Peasant Poet, has changed since John Clare was alive.               The talk was sprinkled with...

Philip Parker (of Philip Parker Associates) who was instrumental in setting up this Peterborough nature reserve in 1995 for Hanson and is still running it will up date us on the progress and threats to this outstanding area.

A large turnout of Society members were treated to a light hearted but in depth talk by James McAdie - Head of Projects at Froglife (and River Nene Dragon Finder). James spoke about all the amphibians and reptiles found locally and gave identification clues to all 13...