As with the Brompton survey in 20219 we will do a talk for the villagers followed by a point survey around the village. Locals will be invited to either stay with a recorder or walk around the various points to see what is about. Surveyors will need to meet at 20.30. Meeting point TBA. Please contact Nick Gibbons if you are coming.
Meet at the track on the west side of the A169 at GR SE85709821
We have been invited to join YDG and Ryenats for a dragonfly walk round Wykeham Lakes.
Meeet at 10am – Grid Ref SE987823. Enter the lakes complex and drive down towards the waterpark. Parking just on the right at the southern end of a large fishing lake just before the entrance to the waterpark.
Meeting point to ne finalised depending on situatipn with access. Please contact Nick Gibbons if you are coming.
This is a chance to visit the site with Cath Bashforth of FC and see what our beavers have been up to and understand what the project is all about. Numbers will be limited to 12. Please contact Nick Gibbons if you want to attend. It is likely that we will have to develop a system for prioritising as I suspect it will be over subscribed.
A check on the bat boxes at Cropton Cabins and Keldy Ponds sites. Meet at the FC Cropton Cabins car park at 10.00am GRSE75719180. Contact Nick Gibbons for further information.
A check on the bat boxes at Wykeham, Broadhead and Dalby. Meet at Hackness village hall at 10.00am Gr SE96748999. Contact Nick Gibbons for further details.
A chance to learn about a group of insects which we all see around but seem to know so little about.
Peter has published a number of books and papers on this topic. It will be a chance to get to grips with how our area has developed geologically and increase our understanding of why our plants and animals are distributed in the way they are.