============================================ || || 22nd August 2010 || || LNU Website: http://www.lnu.org/ || || News of Lincolnshire Wildlife || ============================================ In this issue..... 1. Readers hints, tips and requests 2. Wildlife Highlights 3. Wildlife reports from around the county 4. News from the Lincolnshire Coast NNRs 5. News from Far Ings NNR 6. News from Lincolnshire Limewoods NNR 7. Sending in Reports - contributors please read! 8. Contact information 9.. Notes about these wildlife reports 10. Bulletin publicity policy 11. Events Diary ....and finally..... ============================================ The Lincolnshire Naturalists Union Bulletin is being read by 898 people and we are keen to encourage even more readers to subscribe. LNU Wildnews Bulletins are available on: http://rogerparsons.info/bulletinportal.html Note: Each address contains the relevant date. Views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the Lincolnshire Naturalists Union or any associated organisations. Please make contact via the LNU Website: http://www.lnu.org/ or e-mail wildlifenews@lnu.org, or contact the Editor to join up and contribute articles or reports. [Or cancel!] E-mail: rparsons@enterprise.net ============================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. Readers hints, tips and requests ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** Editor Writes *** There is a feel of Autumn in the air. A wild plum tree in our hedgerow has fruited heavily for the first time in 25 years, reflecting last winter perhaps. Delicious fruit. Hawthorn is in heavy fruit too. Many fungus species are showing already. Bees are working well, but we have had to take measures against wasp attacks. Swallows brought off a late brood of 3, which is still using the wash house as a roost. We have noticed many toads and frogs about, including many frog/toadlets. Early forecasts suggest a cold spell in September, with possible frosts here and snow in Scotland. This may well mean that winter visitors arrive early, so heads up for that. There is a Met Office warning of heavy rain for Monday. Lots of interesting reports and contributions this week. Thanks. Roger *** Saint Filbertm Filibert or Philibert. *** Rodge Browlow wries: August 20th is St Filbert's Day, this is supposed to be the earliest time that hazel nuts should be eaten. They will be in the green state and are best eaten roasted with a little salt. If left until mid September nuts can be stored in a cool dry airy place and can be eaten up to Christmas. Hazel nuts can be mixed with damp peat and will sprout next spring and then be planted out and grown on. They will tolerate most soil types and can be coppiced regularly to keep them as bushes or left to grow on to 25ft tall, a truly versatile plant that has many uses and fallen out of favour in recent times. *** Attack on a wood pigeon, Boothby Pagnell (NG33 4DG) *** Keith Smith writes: Roger, just to let you know of an incident in my own back garden... about three weeks ago I'm day-dreaming in my garden (I might even have had a beer in my hand) when about ten feet above my head there was a thud, I looked up to see a Wood Pigeon being knocked out of the sky by what I immediately thought was a Sparrow hawk, they both tumbled down into my veg plot. I clapped my hands and shouted, the Sparrowhawk and the Pigeon took off in opposite directions, it all happened so fast I had to rethink what I had just seen and now I think it could have been a Peregrine Falcon as I am not sure a Sparrowhawk could tangle with a mature Wood Pigeon. I am aware that they are nesting in Grantham (St Wulframs Church) this is about five miles away as the Crow flies or should I say as the Falcon flies. Could this be the case, can anyone confirm this is possible? *** Stunned Treecreeper *** SCUNTHORPE Geoff Sims Recently a Treecreeper flew into our window and was badly stunned. It climbed up the house wall until it reached the window sill where it remained for about half and hour then it flew away. This was the first sighting of a Treecreeper in twenty seven years in our garden. I know this is an old problem but are there any suggestions to stop birds flying into windows? We have tried putting bird silhouettes on the glass without success. Sadly quite a number of birds are killed. We do not have rooms with windows at opposite ends. *** Grimsby & Cleethorpes LWT *** On Saturday 28th August 2010 we invite you to join us on a bird watching walk on the beach after a high tide. Please meet at the Cleethorpes Discovery Centre at 9am. We are hoping to see some terns and other migratory species with walk leader John Nelson. Please wear suitable footwear and clothing. All are welcome. Free event but donations to the Trust will be gratefully received. For further details please contact Jenny Redpath 01472 502858 *** Free Grassland Management Course *** Brian Hedley sent in the following information: Free Course Wednesday September 15th 'Introduction to Grassland Management' Venue: Trent Port, Marton Parking at the end of Trent Port Road, DN21 5AL (folow track on left towards pumping station) Time: 10am to 4pm, bring packed lunch. To book place contact: Gill Wilde, Training Coordinator, East Midlands, BTCV, Conservation Training Centre, Chestnut Grove, Burton Joyce, NG14 5DZ, Tel: 0115 931 3316, email g.wilde@btcv.org.uk *** RSPB Coach Trip *** Jeremy Eyeons writes: COACH TRIP TO OLD MOOR RSPB RESERVE, SOUTH YORKSHIRE. Sunday 17th October. The South Lincs RSPB has organised a coach trip to this superb reserve, with excellent facilities, in the heart of The Dearne Valley. A wonderful place for wildlife with fens, reedbeds, marshland and open water which attract thousands of migrating birds. Coach leaves Boston 9am. Adults £12-50, child £6. Please book early-spaces are limited. Contact 01529-241615. *** Volunteering days at Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe *** Roger Briggs writes: Volunteering days at Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve Sunday 19 Sept Beachwatch 2010 Crook Bank car park 2pm Take part in the Marine Conservation Society's annual beach survey to record levels and sources of litter on beaches throughout the UK. Please bring an old pair of gloves. Saturday 30 Oct Invasive Scrub Clearance Crook Bank car park 10am - 3pm Help save this nationally-scarce habitat. Please bring a packed lunch. Saturday 4 Dec Invasive Scrub Clearance Crook Bank car park 10am - 3pm More help needed to save this nationally-scarce habitat. Please bring a packed lunch. For more information contact roger.briggs@naturalengland.org.uk *** Future Events of the Grantham Branch of LWT *** Marion Ellis writes: Sat. 4th Sept 10am - 1pm CAR BOOT SALE fundraising for LWT at Old Hall Farm, Sudbrook, Ancaster Book by phoning Eric Brear 01400 230262 Car Boot £6 Open from 8.30 to set up Fri. 8th Oct 7.30pm Barkston & Syston Village Hall, A607 east of Grantham FORTY LINCOLNSHIRE TREES Jane Ostler Jane's illustrated talk follows the publication of the Tree Awareness Group's book celebrating forty special Lincolnshire trees. Includes champions (largest), veterans, legends and rarities. Members free, visitors £2 suggested donation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Wildlife Highlights ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** Bird News from Rare Birds Alert *** Last week I included an email from Birdcall explaining that subscribers would no longer be receiving reports and that a special arrangement was available for them to sign up with the excellent service run by Rare Bird Alert [RBA]. This I have already done myself and I am very impressed with their website and SMS service and their pager scheme seems good too. We are very grateful to FOCALPOINT for allowing us to reproduce Lincolnshire Birdcall reports over the years and encourage all readers to visit their website to keep up with developments. www.fpoint.co.uk A big thank you from us all. Bird Call Subscribers wishing to join Rare Birds Alert should email RBA on admin@rarebirdalert.co.uk or if you do not have email, call RBA admin on 01603 457016 Mon-Fri 10am - 4pm and mention that you are an ex-BirdCall Member and are looking to take up the introductory offer. Interested readers should have a look at the are Bird Alert website: http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/ Here you can register free to use the site and get free trials of their subscription services. RBA have kindly given permission for me to reproduce bird reports for the county each week along the lines we have done previously. These reports will start from next week. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Wildlife news from around the county ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** The Roger Goy Column *** Remembering Roger Goy's wildlife information work. *** Crysalis? *** Colin Smale writes on 15/8/10 I have found several 'chrysalis' on the dunes near Donna Nook and absolutely no one seems to know what they are. I have sent pics far and wide throughout the UK. Today I checked the dunes again and they are hatching, I have one at home which also began hatching this morning (Sun). Pics are on the Lincs Bird Club web site; Under "Moths" the caption is frankly "May not be a moth." I have also put pics on "All other wildlife." I have no idea whether it's a moth chrysalis or not. It is laid on the underside of rose bay willow herb but, up to now the larvae seem totally uninterested in rose bay. I need to know what they eat. All the chrysalis' have a 'tail' which appears to be the remnants of possible slime because I have a feeling that whatever species this originated from laid it in one 'lump' like an egg! As you can see from the pics it looks like a miniature mouse. About as thick as a pencil and half an inch long. Well after all that someone will probably say it's something common but I have been going to those dunes since the 70's and never seen anything like this before. If anyone is interested I will send them the pics taken this morning of the larvae. Colin Smith comments: I would guess that these could be Brown-tail moth eggs covered in brown scales from the female moth to protect them. *** County Wildlife Reports From Readers *** Please keep your reports coming, We rely on you to send in your observations and We welcome information from all readers, be they beginners or professionals. Thanks. FRAMPTON Name: Barry & Jane Kyme Location: Frampton village 7/8th August 2010 We have noticed this has been a particularly good breeding year for small garden birds which we are partly attributing to a decrease in Grey Squirrel numbers. Date 7/8th Aug Family of Willow Warblers Juvenile Kestrel Families of Great Tit Blue Tit Thrush Blackbird Tree Sparrow Dunnock Whitethroat Goldfinches Greenfinches Chaffinches Robins Wrens Butterflies: Peacock Red Admiral Painted Lady Speckled Wood Gatekeeper Wall Holly Blue Small Tortoiseshell Brimstone Common Blue Dragonfly- Migrant Hawker Date 14/15th Aug This weekend produced a new family of Wrens fresh from a nest in a pile of bricks. Unfortunately the weather has reduced the number of butterfly sightings to Peacock, Red Admiral, Small Tortoiseshell, Holly Blue. A walk to the churchyard produced a baby Little Owl and parent, and 6 Swifts. 2 Kestrels sighted on drive down to the Marsh.Buzzard high in the sky over the garden. GIBRALTAR POINT Malcolm Johnson Gibraltar Point Monday the 16th of August 2010 Avocet - 8 Black Headed Gull - 35 Black Tailed Godwit - 30 Carrion Crow - 4 Common Gull - 21 Common Tern - 4 Common Sandpiper - 4 Coot - 35 Cormorant - 2 Curlew - 8 Goldfinch - 2 Great Black Backed Gull - 20 Green Sandpiper - 5 Greenshank - 3 Knot - C135 Lapwing - 7 Little Egret - 13 Little Ringed Plover - 15 Mallard - 28 Moorhen - 14 Oystercatcher - 26 Pheasant - 2 Redshank - 10 Shellduck - 15 Shoveller - 1 Siskin - C30 Skylark - 1 Spoonbill - 11 Swallow - 8 Wagtail (Pied) - 5 HOLBEACH RANGE R & K Heath 13/8/10 Osprey. Sat on post for 2 hours. Montagu's harrier. Hunting over saltmarsh Marsh harriers 5 " " " Kestrels 4 " " " It was a very big tide and covered parts of saltmarsh not normally covered. So the harriers and Kestrels were after the small mammals flushed by the tide. HORKSTOW Saturday 14th August Four brown hares were spotted in the stubble field opposite my house. Most we've seen in one go. PINCHBECK K Heath 16/08/10 Grass snake in the garden SPALDING 16/08/10 Heide Welsch I watched 2 Ruddy Shellducks feeding in field opposite South Drove Drain on 14/08/10. Took photos as well. They were very shy and kept calling to each other. Beautiful colours. In my garden, one of the young tawny owls takes up residence on the roof of my birdtable every night to wait for rodents who feed on left-over bird food. Very clever. I was alerted by the squirrel's very vocal alarm calls yesterday. Looking out into the garden, I spotted three green woodpeckers hopping up the trunk of the poplar tree towards the squirrel's dray! WILDMORE FEN TF216534 A & R Parsons 15/8/10 Botany: Bristly Ox-tongue at TF 218533. Another new species for us. Butterflies: Wall brown Holly blue - 6+ Local territorial dispute between 3 kestrels and a sparrowhawk. Notable year for green woodpeckers. 2 regulars in the garden. 16/8/10 Garry Steele please note. Anne observed 3 tawny owls in the garden on the evening of the 16th. We hope so. 18/8/10 f Wheatear on Canada Farm TF 2254 - private land. Note: Wheatears are often seen along Castle Dyke bank. TF 2452. Dead bank vole on Hurnbridge Road TF2153 WYBERTON GARDEN Margaret Fyfe 21.8.2010 SMALL WHITE BUTTERFLY 100'S LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY 100'S I have never seen so many butterflies in all my life. We are surrounded on all 4 sides by fields of brussel sprouts. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. Lincolnshire Coast NNRs including RSPB Wash Reserves See: http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/species/birds/index.php http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/lwt/seals/index.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GIBRALTAR POINT N.N.R. http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/gib/index.php Katherine Bocock No report yet. SALTFLEETBY THEDDLETHORPE NNR. http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/nr/reserve.php?mapref=41 John Walker w/e 21/8/10 From the 1st of April to 18th August a total of 116 mm of rainfall has been recorded on the reserve less than 50% of average So no surprise that water levels have fallen by 38 inches over that period and several ponds and ditches are dry or very low, And much of the dune flora has been very stressed. 10 mm of rainfall on 09 08  induced a good hatch of insects and a notable number of common blue small copper and brown argus, and the butterfly transect that week recorded the highest ever number of brown argus with 16, most feeding on fleabane one of the few nectar sources along with many blues and small coppers. Bird migration is well underway with a wide variety of waders and seabirds moving through, and wheatear, wryneck, pied flycatcher, whinchat, also being seen. A very high spring tide on 1408 flooded a very dry saltmarsh and lagoons, the sea lavender is now almost finished flowering Yet 25 years ago would have now been at its peak (as would many other flowering species). RSPB WASH Reserves - Frampton Marsh and Freiston Shore John Badley RSPB Lincs Wash Reserves sightings July 2010 RSPB Frampton Marsh http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/framptonmarsh/index.asp The unseasonal Whooper Swan remained until 10th, while two Egyptian Geese appeared from 23rd and two Garganey from 31st. A Spoonbill made quite an impression on the stickleback population from 14th to 16th, when feeding it ate one every three seconds! Seven birds were seen on 26th. Waders included up to 1000 each of Dunlin and Black-tailed Godwit, Curlew Sandpiper on 15th and 22nd/23rd, Wood Sandpiper on 2nd/3rd and 22nd, along with up to 30 Greenshank and 20 Green Sandpiper and 15 Little Ringed Plover. A Red Kite on 5th and Merlin from 9th were the bird of prey highlights. A third-summer Caspian Gull on 15th was a reserve first, with an adult Yellow-legged Gull seen on 17th. RSPB Freiston Shore http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/freistonshore/index.asp Wader numbers started in increase from mid-month, with peak counts of 6000 Knot and 3500 Dunlin on 27th and 1141 Oystercatchers on 21st. A record count of 120 Avocets were present on 8th.Up to four Common Sandpipers, Spotted Redshank and a Curlew Sandpiper (30th) were also seen. Two Black Terns were offshore on 27th, but the rarest bird of the month, a first for the reserve, was a Green Woodpecker on 28th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News from Far Ings NNR http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/far_ings/index.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FAR INGS NNR Week ending 21.08.10 BIRDS Max. Numbers = bearded tit 3 blackbird 10 black headed gull 100+ black - tailed godwit 12 blue tit 8 bullfinch canada goose 6 carrion crow 2 Cetti's warbler chaffinch 6 collared dove 2 common buzzard common gull 10 common tern 4 coot 100+ cormorant 9 curlew 4 dunnock 4 gadwall 15 goldfinch 6 GBB gull GC grebe 2 GS woodpecker great tit 4 greenfinch 3 grey heron 2 herring gull 4 house sparrow 7 kingfisher lapwing 8 linnet 2 little grebe magpie 3 mallard 70 moorhen 12 mute swan 7 pheasant pied wagtail 2 pochard 8 redshank reed warbler reed bunting 4 robin 10 sand martin 50+ sedge warbler shoveler 9 song thrush starling 4 sparrowhawk swallow 12 tawny owl tufted duck 20 turtle dove water rail 6 willow tit 2 wood pigeon 6 wren 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. News from Bardney Limewoods NNR http://microsites.lincolnshire.gov.uk/Limewoods/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Reports from the following locations will now be posted here to give an overview of Limewoods ecology. The NNR includes the following sites: Chambers Farm Wood (please detail specfic area when reporting e.g. Ivy Wood, Little Scrubbs Meadow etc); College Wood, Cocklode & Great West Woods, Hardy Gang Wood, Newball Wood, Scotgrove Wood, Southrey Wood, Wickenby Wood Other woods included in the NNR but without public access: Stainfield Wood; Stainton & Fulnetby Woods (access by public bridleway only) Adrian Royle's website for photos of species from the Limewoods. http://www.flickr.com/photos/adiroyle/sets/72157616635241942/ CHAMBERS FARM WOOD Mary Porter wb 16th August The "usual suspects" on the bird feeders near the Centre and round about include: family of siskins (one male, one female and at least two juvenile great spotted woodpecker, tree sparrow, chaffinch, bullfinch, great tit, coal tit, long tailed tit, blue tit, robin Also red admial peacock small tortoiseshell brimstone small copper common blue holly blue brown argus Hairstreaks should be about but I haven't had any reports to me, can any contributors help? Monday 9th August there was a silver-washed fritillary in the garden. Dragonflies include southern hawker and migrant hawker Lots of grass snakes, especially lolling about half way up bramble bushes. Lots of common lizards of various ages muntjac deer Sloe berries (seem smaller this year?) Hawthorn berries Green hazelnuts (rapidly disappearing with squirrels) field maple seeds ash keys some fungi starting up .... start of autumn basically! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. Sending in reports to Roger Parsons ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The purpose of the Bulletin is to encourage biological recording in Lincolnshire using modern Information and Communication Technology. We hope to increase the number of people reporting observations to LNU Recorders and improve the quality of reports, as well as the quantity and the geographical coverage. [A backup e-mail address you can use if ever you experience problems with my "Enterprise" address is: aintree2@yahoo.co.uk] When sending in reports please follow Bulletin layout to save editing: Place Name: IN CAPITALS with Grid Reference if you have it. Your Name: Real names please, not aliases. Put it in each time, for each location Date: Species list [Alphabetical?] & numbers [and observations?] e.g. Blackbird - 24 [And please, no home-grown abbreviations. Names in full.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. Contact Information & Useful Websites ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please let me know ASAP if any of these weblinks fail! *** Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union Website *** A full list of LNU Country Recorders is given here. http://www.lnu.org/ LNU e-mail: info@lnu.org If you are not yet a member, the LNU needs good naturalists like you! Anyone interested can get membership application forms via Tori Sandilands at the Lincs Wildlife Trust Horncastle office, e-mail vsandilands@lincstrust.co.uk LNU publications [listed on LNU website] may be ordered via: csmith668@btinternet.com *** Contacts List *** PC Nigel LOUND Wildlife Crime Officer - Community Safety Police HQ Deepdale Lane Nettleham Lincs LN57PH Tel 01522 558684 e-mail: nigel.lound@lincs.pnn.police.uk or Nige LOUND Wildlife Crime Officer County Police Station Sea Lane Ingoldmells Lincs PE24 44XX Tel: 01522 558684 e-mail: nigelound@btinternet.com *** Lincs Amphibian and Reptile Group *** The Lincolnshire ARG (Amphibian & Reptile Group) For further details please contact ashleybutterfield@btinternet.com tel.07984 66 5847 *** Limestone Grassland Project *** Mark Schofield, Limestone Grassland Project Officer, mschofield@lincstrust.co.uk, Mobile: 07825970930, Switchboard: 01507 526667. *** Local Bat Helpline *** Gounded bats, bat problems, advice and information? Contact Annette and Colin Faulkner on 01775 766286 or e-mail: A.Faulkner@care4free.net *** Bat Recorder *** You may send confidential bat records direct to Annette Faulkner on: A.Faulkner@care4free.net *** Butterfly Conservation Recorder *** Allan Binding asks contributors of butterfly records to the Bulletin to include their address or contact telephone or e-mail address and Grid Reference if possible. e-mail: allan.binding@ntlworld.com See: http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/species/bfly/index.php *** Butterfly Conservation Lincolnshire link *** http://www.lincolnshire-butterflies.org.uk/index.html *** LNU Bees and Wasps Recorder *** Dr Michael Archer 17 Elmfield Terrace, Malton Road, York YO31 1EH. [Willing to check or identify any aculeate wasp or bee specimen. Such a specimen usually has to be relaxed and mounted on a pin before it can be examined. If more than a few specimens are sent in, they must be mounted.] *** OTTERS *** Readers are reminded that all dead Otters should be reported to the Environment Agency on 0800 807060. *** Mammal Records *** Mammal records can reported to chris@lincsdeer.info Mink reports also of interest and can be sent via the Bulletin. *** New Met Office Service *** The Met Office website now offers an email notification service for severe weather and other matters which may interest readers. Worth having a look and signing up. Be warned of the possibility of severe weather. See: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/corporate/pressoffice/2009/pr20090727.html *** LNU Moths Gallery *** There is a moth page on the LNU Website, to promote the recording of moths across the county. http://www.lnu.org/ Also see: http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/species/hawkmoths/index.php *** LNU Plant Galls Recorder *** Graeme Clayton 2 The Dene Nettleham Lincoln LN2 2LS g.clayton@ntlworld.com Willing to check or identify any plant gall material. Recording forms www.british-galls.org.uk *** Slug ID Help *** Chris du Feu will help with slug identification. You can telephone him on: 01427 848400 or e-mail: chris@chrisdufeu.force9.co.uk *** Lincolnshire Badger Group Update *** Ally Townsend of the Weirfield Wildlife Hospital, writes: If you would like to give people the Lincoln number 01522 530428 a member of staff will record the sighting or RTA. Or use the Weirfield website: http://www.weirfield.co.uk/ where a reporting page can be used to send in reports. *** Bird Club Recorder *** LBC County Bird Recorder Steve Keightley: steve.keightley@btinternet.com *** Other Useful Websites *** Key links are now being posted on the LNU website. http://www.lnu.org/ This should save space in the Bulletin, Suggestions for other useful Websites are welcome. Natural England http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ Still includes SSSI Information and "Nature on the Map" Lincolnshire Environmental Awards http://www.lincsenvironmentalawards.org.uk/ Lincs. Wildlife Trust Website http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/ Useful emergency numbers for wildlife crises. http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/factsheets/ Lincs Environmental Records Centre The Lincolnshire Biodiversity Partnership (of which LERC is a part) Contact: Charlie Barnes, cbarnes@lincstrust.co.uk or for more general queries: info@lincsbiodiversity.org.uk Tornado and Storm Research Organisation www.torro.org.uk Contact Ian Loxley on colarain@tiscali.co.uk RSPB Contact Details RSPB Website: www.rspb.org.uk www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/freistonshore www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/framptonmarsh John Badley, Site Manager for RSPB Lincolnshire Wash reserves e-mail: freistonshore@rspb.org.uk Bardney Limewoods www.limewoods.co.uk limewoods@lincolnshire.gov.uk The Sir Joseph Banks Society Contact 01507 528223 or by email: enquiries@joseph-banks.org.uk. www.joseph-banks.org.uk EasyTide Check tide times on Admiralty EasyTide: http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/index.aspx TWO - The Weather Outlook Check the weather forecast for the location or postcode: http://www.theweatheroutlook.com/ *** Other Useful E-mail Addresses *** Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union: info@lnu.org Gibraltar Point: gibpoint@lincstrust.co.uk Far Ings: farings@lincstrust.co.uk Whisby Nature Park: whisbynp@lincstrust.co.uk NEW Syke's Farm: lwt@sykesfarm.org.uk Lincs. Trust HQ: The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust main e-mail address: info@lincstrust.co.uk Lincolnshire FWAG: lincoln@fwag.org.uk Chambers Farm Wood NEW contact - Mary Porter Mary.porter@forestry.gsi.gov.uk Lincolnshire Bird Club Secretary - Janet Eastmead: janet.eastmead@talktalk.net Membership Secretary - Mike Harrison: michael@michaelharrison1.wanadoo.co.uk If you would like your e-mail listed here, please let me know. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. Notes about these wildlife reports ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We do our best to ensure accuracy in our reporting but these records are sent in by a variety of reporters, from complete beginners to professionals. They therefore vary in reliability and in certain cases they are impossible to verify. If further information is needed on locations or reporters, or if you wish to question/confirm any of these records, contact: rparsons@enterprise.net Bulletins are sent to Biological Recorders at the Lincs. Wildlife Trust, Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union and Lincolnshire Bird Club. [Note: Where plants are reported, this is usually because they have been seen and identified in flower.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10. The Bulletin's publicity policy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We will sometimes withhold precise details of the location of rare or endangered species. Please point out any sensitive or "tricky" reports of this kind. Sensitive data should go directly to county recorders, please. We ask that you respect the interests of wildlife and site owners if you report to national networks. Make a point of explaining site sensitivity and any restrictions on access. An interest in wildlife is not a licence to act irresponsibly/thoughtlessly to landowners, who may well be partners in important conservation work. [Remember - views expressed in the Bulletin do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions on the LNU or associated organisations. In particular this applies to such agencies, especially charities, taking a political stance.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11. LNU Events Diary For LNU meetings also see www.lnu.org/events.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Indoor Meetings are held on Saturdays at the Whisby Education Centre, Whisby Nature Park, Moor Lane, Thorpe on the Hill, Lincoln and start at 2pm. Sunday 12th September Sailors Home area, Wrangle, NE of Boston 12.00 for 13.00 start. Take Sea Lane off of A52 south of Wrangle and follow towards coast. Park on minor road verge at approx TF444 492. Take care to avoid blocking field entrances. Habitats: Saltmarsh, rough grassland and ditches. Leaders: Brian Hedley 07989 665794 brian_hedley@hotmail.com and Paul Kirby. Sunday 10th October Hoplands Wood and Willoughby Branch Line, South of Alford. Both LWT Reserves. Fungus Foray 12.00 for 13.00 start. Hoplands Wood site first. This wood is found on the Willoughby-Claxby road, about 4 km (2.5 miles) south of Alford and 1 km (0.6 miles) west of the B1196 road. Park on verge at TF459 718. Willoughby Branch Line located at TF474 736. Habitats: Mixed Woodland, grassland, scrub, disused railway. Leader: Ray Halstead 07772 613640 ray.halstead@tiscali.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ....and finally..... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** MailFails This Week *** If you hear of anyone bemoaning the lack of a Bulletin, please refer them to the Bulletin Portal where they will find a copy. http://rogerparsons.info/bulletinportal.html Recent mailfails: bangladeshwildlife kateyp alex@parker tubd rummery pipnix If you recognise any failed address, please ask them to contact me with a new address if they wish to continue to receive the Bulletin. Thanks. Roger ---------- ~ THE END ~ ----------- (..until next week!) Roger Parsons http://rogerparsons.info/