The Nats are helping with a walk in Raincliffe woods. We will be doing a walk looking at any wildife we can find from 1800hrs until dusk after which those that are interested in seeing what bats are about can stay on. Please book through the Raincliffe Woods Community Enterprise web site if you are interested.
Following his talk, Stuart Swann will kindly lead a field trip to look at the geology of Filey Brigg. We will meet at coble landing Filey 7 April at 10 am (ending 12 to 12.30). There is a limit of 15 members so you need to book by texting or emailing Nick Gibbons. As usual I will keep a list and will run a reserve list, if required, and so if you book and are unable to attend please ensure you let me know of the cancellation to enable someone else to attend. There are some details of what we will see in the attached document (FN Brigg walk.pages.)
A talk on the History, Wildlife and the Future of Raincliffe Woods by Society members Joan Childs and Brian Cockerill.
We will be checking the bat boxes at these locations and also at doing some box refurbishment at Broadhead. Bring a packed lunch and suitable footwear. We will be following similar guidelines as last year regarding the wearing of gloves and FFP3 masks. I will have these available for any East or North Yorkshire bat group members. Anyone who has recently had covid, or has been in contact with someone who has, must provide a negative test result. Please contact Nick Gibbons if you are interested in attending.
The Nats are assisting with some walks in Raincliffe Woods. The time of this walk is yet to be finalised and maybe in the afternoon. Please book through the Raincliffe Woods Community Enterprise web site if you are interested.
We will be checking the bat boxes at Keldy only and not doing Cropton until the autumn. Bring suitable footwear. We will be following similar guidelines as last year regarding the wearing of gloves and FFP3 masks. I will have these available for any East or North Yorkshire bat group members. Anyone who has recently had covid, or has been in contact with someone who has, must provide a negative test result. Please contact Nick Gibbons if you are interested in attending.
Message from John Hume:-
My ad-hoc field outings will be on 7th May to Riccaldale to see the bluebells and other spring flowers (weather permitting). Meeting at 10am on the roadside verge just before Pockley village SE63506 85476. It will be a 5.5 mile walk so everyone needs to be reasonably fit! Just one uphill section. This can go on the website and out via email. Future excursions after this will be posted on the SFN WhatsApp group only, with maybe only 24-48 hours notice as they will be dependent on weather, how I am feeling and whether I can think of somewhere to go. Please contact John on 07717 220152.
A talk by Rob Stark
An initial point survey of the YWT Filey Dams site to see what bats are using the site. Meet at the Filey Dams car park. Contact Nick Gibbons if you are interested.
Meet Arboretum carpark ( SE706697). The arboretum is 50 ha of varied habitat including ancient woodland, parkland with specimen trees, meadows, wetlands and open water. There are over 700 trees in the collection, all labelled and of known provenance, giving excellent opportunities for studying insect-plant interactions. Preliminary recording shows a rich insect fauna. Contact Alastair Fitter for further details.