RNHS Meeting Reports
Please find below reports about previous RNHS meetings.
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...
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...
RNHS Meeting Report Archive
Outdoor Meeting: Early Migrants at Rutland Water This meeting has been cancelled
This meeting will be subject to the guidelines in force at the time. Following the recent guidelines update and timetable for meetings etc this meeting has been cancelled.
Indoor Meeting: Cossington Meadows
This will be a Zoom meeting Chris Hill will give us a talk on Cossington Meadows. Joining instructions will be issued nearer the time.
Indoor Meeting: AGM and Birds of the Water
The AGM was conducted speedily and efficiently under the more difficult conditions of a Zoom Meeting. There were no contentious issues. The Annual Accounts were accepted and the Committee were re-elected en-block. Thanks were recorded to Derick Hill and Shirley Hope...
Indoor Meeting: Spiders
This will be a Zoom Meeting Alan Cann will give a talk on spiders. Due to a clash of dates this will be a joint meeting led by the Charnwood Local Group of the LRWT. As such you will need to book your place in advance with LRWT to gain access to the meeting. There...
Indoor Meeting: Nightingales
Mike Drew gave a very full and detailed talk on the Nightingales at Grafham Water and how over the years he has been involved in monitoring their numbers and also their migration patterns. Mike has worked very closely with the BTO under licence ringing the birds to...
Outdoor Meeting: Nene Washes this meeting is now cancelled
Winter Birds on the Nene Washes. This meeting is now cancelled
Indoor Meeting: Fungi
This was the Societies first attempt at a full Zoom meeting and we were very pleased to welcome Ben Devine who was an enormous help in getting the ball rolling as we experienced a few problems prior to starting the meeting proper. However once we got going Ben...
Indoor Meeting: Members/Recorders evening (This will be a Zoom Meeting)
This will be a Zoom Meeting Our annual members/recorders evening updating us on events from 2020 including the 2020 photographic competition and calendar.
Outdoor Meeting: Attenborough Nature Reserve – this meeting has been cancelled
This meeting has been cancelled.
Indoor Meeting: Birds of the water – underwater filming (This will be a Zoom Meeting)
Unfortunately Jack Perks was unable to be with us on the evening due to a change in personal circumstances. Congratulations Jack. In his stead Linda Biddle gave an excellent updated talk on the re introduction of Water Voles in Rutland. We are very grateful to Linda...
Outdoor Meeting: Fungal Foray
Autumn walk at Hambleton Woods Well, we finally managed to organise our first RNHS outdoor walk since 14th March! Six successive cancellations later, it was so good to get out into the woods and enjoy the brisk breezy weather around the shores of the Hambleton...
Indoor Meeting: Recent Ramblings of a wildlife photographer This meeting has been cancelled
This meeting has been cancelled See new post for replacement meeting A talk by John Tinning who has been a keen birdwatcher and naturalist all his life. He developed a special interest in natural history photography after he met and accompanied Martin Withers on many...