RNHS Meeting Reports
Please find below reports about previous RNHS meetings.
Outdoor Meeting: Ketton Quarry
Ketton Quarry Family Bug and Butterfly Hunt - Saturday 10th August This year we were delighted to be sharing our Annual bug hunt as a joint venture with Fee, from the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. Fee is a Next-door Nature Community organiser and well...
Outdoor Meeting: Swaddywell Pits
Swaddywell Pits (Langdyke Trust NR)- Sunday 21st July 2024 It was a pleasantly warm and dry...
Outdoor Meeting: Robert’s Field
Robert’s field – Saturday June 29th 2024 Robert’s Field is a 4-hectare limestone rich grassland...
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Outdoor Meeting: Merry’s Meadows
MERRY'S MEADOWS - Saturday 18th May 2024 It was a cool, overcast morning when 19 members and friends of the Society visited Merry’s Meadows on 18 May, but the sun appeared later to bring out the butterflies. Our visit was timed early in the year to catch the...
Outdoor Meeting: Launde Park Wood
LAUNDE PARK WOOD (Saturday 27.04.24) A very cool and grey April morning, (7 degrees) and 11 x members, some longstanding, some quite new to RNHS, one guest, and leader Sarah Bedford Senior Reserves Officer, met at the gate to Launde Park Wood. Sarah introduced us to...
Outdoor Meeting: Birding walk at Fort Henry
A walk at Fort Henry Ponds Exton with RNHS bird recorder Terry Mitcham. A magical gothic folly sitting beside a large lake, lies at the heart of Exton Park. Six stalwarts assembled at 9.30am on a cold, sunny morning by Fort Henry top lake where Tufted Duck, Gadwall,...
Indoor Meeting: Annual General Meeting plus talk
President Philip Rudkin opened the 59th AGM, of the Rutland Natural History Society. The Agenda commenced: Apologies were received, followed by the minutes of the 2023 AGM. Matters arising from the minutes were discussed. Membership secretary, Tricia Marston gave her...
Outdoor Meeting: Birding Walk Rutland Water
We may live in England's smallest county but we are blessed with one of the best reserves in the entire country. February 10th Egleton Bird Reserve Craig and Samantha Howat It was a lovely still, warm springtime morning, more akin to April than February when we...
Indoor Meeting: Morning Coffee this meeting is sold out
Please note this meeting has sold out there are no more seats available so please do not turn up if you are not booked in. We are trying out a daytime meeting for those who would rather attend during the day. Join Sarah Lambert for a morning coffee and a talk. Sarah...
Indoor Meeting: What we found in Jean-Henri Fabre’s back-yard
Our first indoor meeting of 2024 is a talk "What we found in Jean-Henri Fabre's back yard and how I photographed it" by John Tinning. This is essentially an entomological talk about the natural history of South West France, with a bit of something to interest...
Outdoor Meeting: New Years Walk
Linda and Anthony Biddle will take us on our New Years walk on the Hambleton Peninsular. Winter walk January 6th 2024 Our usual post-Christmas walk was planned soon after the new year to blow away the cobwebs and maybe walk off some of the Christmas food! Ten of us...
Indoor Meeting: Members and Recorders Meeting
A chance for members and recorders to share their photos, videos, activities and records from the previous year.
Indoor Meeting: Green is the new Black
“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...
Indoor Meeting: The eyes have it
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
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.