RNHS Meeting Reports

SEATON MEADOWS WALK Joe Costley of Plant Life will introduced us to survey methodology before directing the afternoons activity. The activity was linked to National Meadow weekend and has the potential to become an annual event.  

A select eight members of rnhs met at Egleton Centre and ventured out into the breeze on a pleasantly warm February morning. The hides were even warm! although rocked by the wind that picked up, the sky’s were ominous but remained kind to us. Lloyd Park treated us to...

Mammals A talk by Helen O"Brian

The AGM As usual the AGM proceeded in an orderly fashion with the business being conducted with little problem. The Chair Linda Biddle presented her report thanking several retiring recorders and committee members for the sterling work they have done over the years....

Meadowland   A talk by Michael Jeeves, Head of Conservation with Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust. An illustrated talk on this important aspect of the countryside highlighted the difference between "Meadowland" and "Grassland". Michael made his way...

Wildlife of Costa Rica John and Viv Mitchell, RNHS members, gave an excellent illustrated talk about this fascinating and biodiverse country taking us from East Coast to West Coast, into the mountains and down the rivers to highlight the magnificent diversity to the...

The Society was delighted that Chris Glenn was able to fill in for Jenny Harris and lead this walk at Cribb's Meadow. Chris has been associated with this meadow since before it was acquired by the LRWT and has been responsible for many facets of its development. The...

Last night Ann and Linda outlined their plans for the rnhs trip to central France: “As many of you will already have heard the Morvan is an area of high, unspoiled rural land in central France, with much forest and varied countryside. It contains several lakes, and...

RNHS trip to Bourgogne 2016 Tuesday 14th June to Monday 20th June We are heading to France for an overseas Society trip, and will be based in Chȃteau-Chinon, the principal town of the Morvan, an ancient wooded highland area in Burgundy. It’s unspoilt, thinly...

We arrived at Belton House to be faced with traffic queues to get in as a cross country race or two or three were also taking place. This had pushed all the deer into the far sections of the park and although we had to walk a distance when we arrived in the same area...

A small group met at the car park in damp conditions but by the time we set off the weather had improved and in fact the rest of the day was pleasant. On our walk down to the first hide we were commenting not only about the birds but the possibiity of seeing chinese...

A hunt for Galls at Priors Coppice with Roy Lemmon and members of the British Plant Gall Society.