============================================ || || 14th November 2010 || || LNU Website: || || 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 Bardney 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 12. ...and finally..... ============================================ The Lincolnshire Naturalists Union Bulletin is being read by 910 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** Note to New Readers - and others *** A warm welcome to recent new readers. There seems to have been something of a surge of applications in the past week or two, which is good to see. The Donna Nook effect perhaps? Over 900 people now receive the LNU Bulletin. For the background of the Bulletin visit: http://www.lnu.org/bulletin_history.php Here are a few introductory facts: The Bulletin only goes to people who have asked for it. Before adding you to the list I ask for confirmation that you really DO want to receive it. When you confirm I add you to a mailing list which, by the way, we do not share. If you need to resign, just let me know and I will do that for you right away.' The Editor [me] is a volunteer and the Bulletin is free. In return you are asked to DO SOMETHING to help. What we really hope is that you will catch the "recording" habit, and become one of the many naturalists who contribute to our knowledge of county species. i.e. NOT JUST BIRDS! There is scope to develop your identification skills in botany, mycology, the invertebrates, etc. and birders show very useful "transferable identification skills". [Most of us started with birds, a continuing interest.] I suggest beginners build up basic list of local species and go on to focus on seasonal or unusual changes and trends, thereby avoiding too much repetition of common species records. [Though common speciews DO matter!] We ask readers to be careful about computer security and to make sure all anti-malware measures are up to date and up to the job. We do not want to share computer viruses! Set Your security settings so they let the Bulletin through. If you have the Bulletin sent to your workplace, the more professional or sometimes silly security rules may not let it in, so check with your technical colleagues. One common reason for mail failure is a full mailbox! Check you CAN receive emails of about 75K in size. If due to some problem beyond my control the mailing does not get through, copies of the Bulletin are also posted on a page of my own website, a sort of archive where the links show the dates of each recent Bulletin. If your own copy does not arrive, please check that and look for the appropriate date - usually flagged "NEW". Have a look now. http://rogerparsons.info/bulletinportal.html We hope to see you at LNU events, to receive your questions and requests for help and to read your reports and your news of relevant wildlife events and activities. I hope you find it useful. If you do, please tell others about it. Roger *** LNU Events Diary *** For LNU meetings and updates see www.lnu.org/events.php or section 12 below. UPDATED! New Information. 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. [Unless otherwise stated!] Joint Lincolnshire Bird Club and Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union meeting on 27th November 2010 at 2pm. All Welcome! Reserve management along the Lincolnshire coast. by Dave Miller LWT Coast Ranger at Whisby NP Education Centre, Lincoln. Dave Miller is currently Assistant Warden at Gibraltar Point NNR, but as of 18th October he will be taking up the newly created post of Coastal Ranger. He will have responsibility for the maintenance of the Seacroft area of Gibraltar Point and other coastal reserves. His talk will be titled "Reserve management along the Lincolnshire coast". He will explain the wide range of management regimes, and their rationales, along the Lincolnshire coastal reserves and the subsequent benefits to birds and wildlife. *** Donna Nook *** Rob Lidstone-Scott writes: Nov 6th count: bulls 243, cows 325, pups 160 John Sharratt writes: Went up to Donna Nook on Sunday, early at 7.30am. Sun just coming up on the beach. Lots of adult seals, several hundred in number & according to the wardens (who do a brilliant job by the way) pups numbered 146 by the Saturday. Nice & quiet that time of day & got some good photos from behind the fence line I might add. Many more seals right up against the breaking waves out on the sea line, just arriving by the look of things. Still people ignoring the metal gate put up to deter them from going onto the beach itself though. Luckily for the seals though most of them were nowhere near these people on the beach. [Editor adds: I hope no one gets a good nibbling. It is worrying to hear that some people are still riding rough-shod over Trust guidelines, especially given the latest data on pup mortality. I feel sure readers will comply with the advice given by the Seal Warden team, for the sake of both humans and seals.] You are advised to avoid weekend visits. For more seal information: http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/nr/reserve.php?mapref=15 http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/lwt/seals/index.php *** Hedgehog Poo *** Jenny Haynes writes: I saw my first, live, hedgehog for many years, last week in Barton on Humber, although I think I have hedgehog 'poo' in my garden. Would be grateful for a description so I can be certain! Editor adds, see: http://www.bbcwildlifemagazine.com/british-wildlife/how-identify-animal-droppings *** Black Birds in Bourne *** A question from hilary Bourne. King Street (this is a road off the Bourne - Market Deeping A15 towards West Deeping). There are hundreds of black birds which I think are crows roosting and flying in great flocks. I drive along there in the morning just after dawn and they're flying everywhere! It's very exciting. Yesterday there was a bird of prey gliding around above them... couldn't see what it was though as I was driving. Would you be able to confirm what birds these would be for me please. I don't think they're starlings as I'm from Brighton and have seen the famous flocks of starlings there...the birds along King Street aren't flying in such a well ordered flock. Also, am I too late to see the huge flocks of knots on The Wash? If not, where is the best place to go to see them? *** Website Grid Ref Conversion *** Most prople will be familiar with OS maps and know how to look up a Grid Reference. However, if you are not adept at doing this you may find the following link useful. It converts your postcode fo a Grid Reference. http://www.freemaptools.com/convert-postcode-to-ngr.htm If anyone knows a better conversion website, your advice will be welcome. *** Lincoln LWT *** LWT Lincoln Area Forum Denis Jones writes Thursday 18 Nov 7.30 Education Centre Whisby Nature Park The Willow Tree Fen Project Talk by Marcus Craythorne on the recently acquired reserve near Thurlby/BastonFen to restore land to Fenland Wetlands *** Grantham LWT *** Marion Ellis writes: Group future meeting details. All held at Barkston & Syston Village Hall on the A607 7.30pm Friday 3rd December 2010 The Future of Nature Conservation in Lincolnshire Paul Learoyd, chief executive of LWT Paul will talk about the county as a whole, not just Trust reserves *** Gainsborough Group LWT*** Linda Woodward writes: Wednesday 17th November 7.30pm Ethiopia, so much more than you see on TV - Giles Braithwaite Come and join us for a fascinating insight into the people and wildlife of this "off the tourist trail" country Morton Village Hall (just north of Gainsborough) Raffle and other fundraising items on sale A donation of £1.00 includes refreshments People of all ages, Wildlife Trust members or not, are welcome. *** Volunteering days at Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe *** Roger Briggs writes: Volunteering days at Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes National Nature Reserve 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Wildlife Highlights ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** Bird News from Rare Birds Alert *** Rare Bird Alert has kindly given permission to reproduce reports. A bit thank you from us all. Interested readers should have a look at the RBA website: http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/ Note: I am adapting RBA pager information for the Bulletin by eliminating or summarising/consolidating repeated messages. When there is a lot of information I will stick to highlights. Please visit the RBA website for updates or fuller details. 5th 3+ Shorelarks, 6 Lapland Bunting, Ring Ousel, Gibraltar Point 17 Waxwings, Park Avenue, Louth 6th Rough-legged buzzard NE of Wainfleet All Saints 20+ Waxwings, Tetney Lock 8 Twite. Saltfleetby Cattle Egret, Donna Nook 4 Bearded tits, Marston Sewage Works Water Pipis, Donna Nook 2 Waxwings, Waltham 10+ Short-eared Owls, Worlaby Carrs 10 Lapland Buntings, 5 Snow Buntings Donna Nook 7th Bittern, Boultham Mere 6 Waxwings over Far Ings Glaucous Gull, Frampton Marsh Waxwing, Tetney Lock Cattle Egret, Donna Nook 28 Lapland Bunting, Gedney Drove Grey Phalarope, Kelsey Bridge n of Boston 12+ Short-eared Owls, Worlaby Carrs 18 Waxwing, Billingborough Black Redstart, South Ormsby 8th Waxwing, Billingborough Cattle Egret, Donna Nook 9th 5 Waxwings, Lincoln, Outer Circle Road [Carlton Centre] Little Stint, Freiston Shore 10th Lapland Bunting, Gibraltar Point 3 Waxwings, Riseholme nr church 2 Waxwings, Chapel St Leonards Smew drk, Far Ings 30 Waxwings, Cleethorpes Firecrest, Hogsthorpe Cattle Egret, Mealy Redpoll, Donna Nook also Twite and 2 Hen Harriers. 11th 5 Snow Buntings, Cleethorpes Waxwing, Whisby 7 Short-eared owls, Worlaby Carrs0 12th 2 Long-tailed Duck, Covenham Reservoir also Red-crested Pochard Waxwing, Nettleham [Netto] Waxwing. Tetney Cattle Egret, Donna Nook Black Redstart, Skegness 13th Waxwing, Lincoln 6 Waxwings, Cleethorpes [Blundell Park McDonalds] Rough-legged Buzzard, Tetney/North willingham 30 Snow buntings, Cleethorpes coast LNR also Lapland bunting Osprey, Caistor 2 Lapland Bunting, Saltfleet St Clement 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. [Please mention the Bulletin if you decide to subscribe.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. Wildlife news from around the county ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** The Roger Goy Column *** Remembering Roger Goy's wildlife information work. SALTFLEET area Christopher Tyler 26-29th October 2010 Barn Owl seen hunting around Saltfleet Haven and Paradise pools 28th & 29th October. Kingfisher seen from Sea View Bridge Saltfleet on 28th. 3 dunlin on the Haven on the 28th. *** 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 Frampton Barry & Jane Kyme Sat Nov 6th Merlin  sitting on post on marsh preening Whooper Swans – 2 adults, 2 juveniles flying over Sun Nov 7th Tawny Owl calling in garden. Male Sparrowhawk disturbed in garden twice. HOLYWELL LAKE Ian Misslebrook Holywell Lake 13 November 2010 10.00 – 11.20 Little Gebes 10 Cormorant 1 Mute Swan 2 Greylag Geese 3 Canada Geese 171 Mallard 109 Gadwall 22 Shoveler 6 Teal 92 Tufted Duck 18 Coot 26 Moorhen 24 Kingfisher 1 Pheasants Common Buzzards 4 Woodpigeons Mistle Thrush Blackbird Robin Dunnock Wren Pied Wagtail Skylark Goldcrest Great Tit Blue Tit Coal Tit Long tailed Tit Carrion Crow Rook Jackdaw Magpie Lesser Redpoll 1 Siskins 3 Goldfinches Greenfinch Chaffinch LINCOLN SK972739 Jayne Knight W/E 13/11/10 Birds seen either in or over garden Blackbird (Male) Black-headed Gull (6) Blue Tit (2) Carrion Crow (2) Chaffinch (Pair) Coal Tit (2) Collared Dove (6) Great Tit (Pair) Greenfinch (3) Goldfinch (20) Jackdaw (20) Magpie (2) Pied Wagtail Robin Rook (12) Sparrowhawk Starling (10) Wood Pigeon (4) Mistle Thrush Fieldfare 70+ Numbers down somewhat this week due to rain-lashed windows and wildly waving tree branches making observing wildlife frustratingly difficult. Lincoln Doddington Park M.Scott. 11.Nov.2010 4 Blackbirds 4 Chaffinchs 10 Coaltits 4 Collared Doves 2 Dunnocks 4 Great Tits 1 Robin 6 Starlings 2 Woodpigeons Still seeing frogs about in the garden. Also my resident Hedghog still coming for his supper. RAITHBY-CUM-MALTBY, near LOUTH TF 309 847 Silvia Fowler 29 Oct: Birds seen on local walk in strong, cold SW winds: Blackbird, Black-headed Gull (c100), Herring Gull (c30) (gulls following tractor), Canada Goose (c20) feeding in stubble field, Chaffinch (5), Jackdaw (8), Red-legged Partridge (2), Rook (3+5), Skylark (2) 30 Oct: Red Admiral in garden. 1 Nov: Frog in pond. 3 Nov: 2 Harlequin Ladybirds (H. axyridis succinea) returning to hibernate in conservatory, also masses of Lacewings. Still some wasps around. Long-tailed tits (7) and GS Woodpeckers (m + f) are back on peanut feeder. TF 309 847 Silvia Fowler 12.11.10 Species (not counted) seen/heard on local walk in WNW gales: Blackbird, black-headed gull, chaffinch, collared dove, great tit, goldfinch, herring gull, jackdaw, pheasant, red-legged partridge, robin, rook, woodpigeon, wren. Brown hare, rabbits. SPALDING H. Welsch 9/11/2010 The pheasants have drifted into my garden from the surrounding fields to feed and to roost in the trees at night. Mainly males, but saw a female today under the bird table. Watched the first cock fight in the garden this year! Abundance of blackbirds (20+) joined by songthrushes and mistle thrushes because of windfall apples and pears. WILDMORE FEN TF216534 A & R Parsons 9/11/10 Big fieldfare flock working the hedges on Hurnbridge Road. Has been active all week. Starling flocks in area, the most spectacular near the sewage treatment works at Coningsby. 10/11/10 Queen hornet checking for way into house. 12/11/10 A.P. reported seeing Muntjac slots in mud on Hurnbridge Road. TF2153 Still to be seen 13/11/10 - RP & AP. WORLABY CARRS 07/11/2010 Worlaby Carrs Jacquie Harrison Mid-afternoon a large field near Ancholme with at least eight short-eared owls hunting and competing. The wide variation in plumages very noticeable, an absolutely wonderful sight. Three buzzards scattered in bushes nearer the village also showing great contrasts, one very light in colour but nothing to point to a rough-legged species. Ring-tailed (female Hen)harrier hunting nearer woods. It usually has to be icy cold here before such a great show in such a short time but relatively mild. WRANGLE COMMON 07/11/2010 Roy and Kath Pearson Green Sandpiper 2 Jack Snipe 3 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 07/11/2010 Common Scooter 80 Great Northern Diver Lapland Bunting 1 Little Auk 2 Kittiwake 10 Red-throated Diver 3 Scaup 4 Short-eared Owl Snow Bunting 3 Twite 3 10/11/2010 Buzzard 1 Goldeneye 2 Long-eared Owl 1 11/11/2010 Blackbird 50 Chiffchaff 1 Goldcrest 1 Goldeneye 4 Pochard 4 Tawny Owl 2 Waxwing 15 Whooper Swan 7 SALTFLEETBY THEDDLETHORPE NNR. http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/nr/reserve.php?mapref=41 John Walker. No repot yet. RSPB WASH Reserves - Frampton Marsh and Freiston Shore John Badley RSPB Lincs Wash Reserves sightings October 2010. RSPB Frampton Marsh http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/framptonmarsh/index.asp The last of the autumn wader passage included up to nine Little Stints on 2nd, Wood Sandpiper until 11th and Curlew Sandpiper until 26th. A Pectoral Sandpiper put in an appearance on 1st, 8th and 12th. Up to 56 Ruff were also regular, A Spoonbill was seen on 17th and 24th and up to 24 Whooper Swans on 30th. A late Osprey passed through on 2nd. Both Snow and Lapland Buntings were recorded, with one of the former and up to seven of the latter. A Black Brant was present on 30th and 31st. Finally, a Glossy Ibis was reported to have flown over on 21st RSPB Freiston Shore http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/freistonshore/index.asp A superb seawatch on 16th produced Sooty and two Manx Shearwaters, Sabine's Gull, two Long-tailed Skuas, at least 25 Pomarine Skuas and two Little Auks. Knot reached an impressive 15,000 on 11th and Wigeon 2300 on 10th. Migrants included Great Grey Shrike and Black Redstart on 10th, Black Brant on 18th, Waxwing on 30th. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News from Far Ings NNR http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/far_ings/index.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FAR INGS Week ending 13.11.10 BIRDS Max. Numbers = bearded tit 10 bittern blackbird 50+ black headed gull 100+ blue tit 8 bullfinch carrion crow 4 Cetti's warbler chaffinch 6 collared dove 2 common gull 6 coot 90+ cormorant 2 curlew 6 dunnock 5 fieldfare 15 gadwall 4 goldcrest goldeneye 1M golden plover 60 goldfinch 4 GC grebe 2 GS woodpecker great tit 3 greenfinch 2 grey heron greylag goose 6 herring gull house sparrow 10 kingfisher lapwing 55 little grebe 2 long tailed tit 6 magpie 4 mallard 30 marsh harrier F moorhen 16 mute swan 4 peregrine pheasant 2 pink footed goose 60 pochard 4 redshank 6 redwing 50+ reed bunting 3 robin 15 shelduck 2 shoveler 2 snipe 2 starling 1500+ siskin sparrowhawk tawny owl teal 6 tufted duck 8 water rail 3 willow tit 2 woodcock wood pigeon 10 wren 7 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 specific 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 bridle way only) Adrian Royle's website for photos of species from the Limewoods. http://www.flickr.com/photos/adiroyle/sets/72157616635241942/ No report yet. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 *** Grounded 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 e-mail 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 e-mail: 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/ Joan Gunson's moths: http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v499/jsylvester/Moths%20in%20my%20garden%202010/ Alan Dale's Bugs and Weeds http://www.bugsandweeds.co.uk/ *** 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Field Meetings generally start at 12 noon for 1.00pm, but please check the website details for each event. 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. Saturday, November 27, 2010 Reserve management along the Lincolnshire coast Dave Miller is currently Assistant Warden at Gibraltar Point NNR, but as of 18th October he will be taking up the newly created post of Coastal Ranger. The talk will detail the wide range of management regimes, and their rationales, along the Lincolnshire coastal reserves and the subsequent benefits to birds and wildlife. Saturday, January 15, 2011 Extinctions and Invasions: A Social History of British Fauna Dr Naomi Sykes, Lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. This is the tile of the recently published book edited by Naomi and Terry O'Connor. Naomi Sykes is a lecturer in zooarchaeology in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Nottingham. Naomi's research focuses on human-animal relationships and how they inform on the structure, ideology and practice of past societies. Recent work by Naomi, advances our understanding of Norman hunting influences and reassesses the functioning of medieval parks and the role of hunting in society. Interrupting these functions leads to an assessment of past animal populations with Naomi's work at Fishbourne in Sussex proving that Fallow Deer were kept and bred by the Romans in Great Britain. The meeting is being supported by the University of Lincoln, the venue is Riseholme, admission £3.50. http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/88116//Location/Oxbow Saturday, February 12, 2011 Recorders meeting The annual meeting, detailing the highlights of Lincolnshire's flora and fauna for 2010. Saturday, March 12, 2011 Annual General Meeting AGM, followed by the Presidential Address by Ken Rowland ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 ....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: simonella.collins - Mailbox disk quota exceeded claire.waters - reason: consider the message to be spam amandat - inappropriate text 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/