RNHS Meeting Reports
Please find below reports about previous RNHS meetings.
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,...
Outdoor Meeting: Fungi Walk
Join Tim Sexton, Species and Recording Officer at Rutland Water Nature Reserve for a Fungi Walk...
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Outdoor Meeting: Dawn Chorus in Burley Wood
Another early start again in Burley Wood A walk to listen to the dawn chorus in this exceptional woodland area.
Outdoor Meeting : Springtime in Burley Wood
Rutland Natural History Society member Phil Rudkin will lead this walk. A Garden Warbler was singing just inside the gate as 19 members of the society assembled at Burley Wood for a walk under Phil Rudkin’s leadership. We could hear it clearly despite the noise of...
Indoor Meeting : Great Fen Project
Henry Stanier is the Great Fen Ecology and Recording Officer. Henry is well known to the society both as a member and as a speaker on many occasions. This time he will be updating us on this one of the most important restoration projects in Europe. Super talk by Henry...
Indoor Meeting : AGM and a year at Ketton Quarry: Last years minutes can be found here
The Minutes of the 2016 AGM can be found here. Minutes of 2016 AGM A short AGM will be followed by Jenny Harris talking about Ketton Quarry. Jenny who works for LRWT is a member of RNHS.
Indoor Meeting : Dragonflies
A presentation by Mick Parfitt and Henry Curry of the British Dragonfly Society. The Society is now at Wicken Fen but for many years was based at Miriam Rothschild's estate in Ashton Northants, where several of our older members were involved in the work of the...
Indoor Meeting : Biodiversity – our natural partner
Chris Gerrard, Natural Catchment and Biodiversity Manager from Anglian Water
Outdoor Meeting : New Year Walk at Fineshade Wood
With typically unseasonal weather, ten members met at the car park in Fineshade Forest on Sunday 8th January and enjoyed a relatively balmy temperature of 9° C although a little overcast at first and damp underfoot. This Northamptonshire Forest is managed by Forest...
Outdoor Meeting : Eyebrook Reservoir Winter Wildfowl
Eyebrook Reservoir focusing on winter wildfowl. After the poor weather conditions for last months trip to Frampton Marsh we were again faced with less than ideal weather for this walk. The bad weather obviously put members off and only a small party risked the...
Outdoor Meeting : Birds at RSPB Frampton Marsh CANCELLED
RSPB Frampton Marsh This is rapidly becoming one of the premier birding sites on the east coast. There is a variety of habitat that supports many breeding species together with an ever increasing list of passage birds including many rarities. We will meet at...
Indoor Meeting : Recorder’s evening and members exhibits
Indoor Meeting – Lichens
LICHENS - thriving but still threatened Ivan Pedley of the British Lichen Society also county co-ordinator for Mites and Ticks and for Thrips and a long standing friend of the society gave an excellent talk on one of his pet subjects Lichens. The talk as usual...
Indoor Meeting – Animal Behaviour
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, OBSERVATION and INTERPRETATION David Cotter RNHS Committee member started the winter season with an illustrated talk on Fallow Deer Grey Seals, Rooks, Puffins and Ants. David has focused his time over recent months on a few topics and revisited sites...