============================================ || || 2nd January 2011 || || 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 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 925 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** REMINDER - SOLAR ECLIPSE on 4th January 2011 *** Don't forget we have a partial solar eclipse literally coming up on 4th January, when the Sun will be rising as a crescent. You could check the time of local sunrise on the 3rd so you are ready. A misty sunrise may tempt you to look at the eclipse briefly, but please REMEMBER never to stare directly at the Sun or observe it through any optical instrument unless fitted with a proper solar filter. You could try out that time-lapse function on your camera! See: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/112716814.html http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/112572744.html Eclipse/Meteor links on: http://rogerparsons.info/cosmic.html *** More Celestial Events *** The Quadrantid meteor shower falls during the first week of January, with a peak the night of the 3rd/4th January. My pupils tell me the most comfortable way to look for meteors is lying on your back on a trampoline with a blanket! See: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/objects/meteors/112475399.html http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/112716814.html http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/ataglance/112612639.html *** No Records For... *** Chris J Manning - Lincolnshire Mammal Recorder writes: First thank you to all who have contributed records in 2010, without you the Bulletin wouldn't function. We now have nearly 13,000 mammal records, for most species we have distribution across the county at the 10km2 level except: Species No Records – approximate location Badger TF 05 Ashby de la Launde, TF 21 Brotherhouse Bar, TF 34 Willoughby Hills Hare TF 31 Holbeach Drove/Holbeach St Johns Grey Squirrel TF 24 North of Hubert's Bridge/TF45 Friskney Rabbit TA 01 Wooton Wold Red Fox SE80 East Butterwick Area, TF42/TF43 North of Long Sutton These are the larger species, pleasingly we have coverage of hedgehogs across Lincolnshire. For the smaller species such as stoat/weasel and particularly voles and shrews we need lots more records, so please don't be embarrassed if your beloved cat brings in a small mammal, at least it's easy to verify these records. *** LNU Events Diary *** For LNU meetings and updates see www.lnu.org/events.php or section 12 below. 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! See NOTE!] 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 NOTE: This 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 *** Barton LWT rescheduled meeting *** Viv Rowett writes: Due to difficult weather conditions, the Barton Area Group of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust cancelled the Wednesday evening meeting booked for 8th Dec at the Far Ings Visitor centre, Far Ings Road, Barton. The members' photographic evening will now take place at 7.30pm on Wednesday 19th January instead of the advertised meeting for that date. Please make use of this spell of unusual weather to take interesting photographs, and bring them along on disc or memory stick or slides to show at the meeting. *** Grimsby & Cleethorpes LWT *** Carolyn Lovely writes: Grimsby & Cleethorpes LWT On Saturday 8th January 2011 you are invited to join us for a bird walk in a Cleethorpes Country Park Walkabout with bird expert Ray Hume. Please meet in the car park at 9am for the walk which will last around 2 hours. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear. For further information please ring 01472 320878 On Monday 10th January 2011 you are invited to join us for an illustrated talk on British Orchids presented by expert photo- graphers and florists Phil & Gwen Philips who aim to dazzle us with their pictures and knowledge. This will be held in the banqueting room of Grimsby Town Hall and starts at 7.30 pm. Admission £2. There will be Trust goods stall, raffle and refreshments. All are welcome to join us. For further information contact Jenny Redpath Grimsby 502858 *** Bats *** Annette Faulkner writes: Bats are all in hibernation now - or should be. But since the end of November, just after the bad weather started, we have had 5 bat calls to deal with, all of bats in buildings. Although we get a few calls each winter, nearly always of under- weight male pipistrelles, it's highly unusual to get this many this side of Christmas. Why should this be? Could the equally unusual weather be responsible? There are only three types of mammals that truly hibernate: dormice, hedgehogs and all our bat species, of which there are eleven in Lincolnshire. Other mammals have periods of inactivity, but arouse frequently. Hibernating mammals pile on a lot of extra weight in the autumn and then shut down so much that they are just ticking over, hardly breathing and with their heart beats slowed right down. A hibernating bat feels stone cold and can barely move if disturbed, taking up to three quarters of an hour to get its temperature up to functioning level, though they will stir and change location if the conditions change. Different species of bats have different hibernation site prefe- rences, with many hibernating underground in tunnels and cellars, where the ambient temperature is fairly stable. Four of the five bats (one did not come into care) have been pipistrelles - which frequently hibernate in much more exposed conditions, such as under barge boards, in window frames and the like (also, it is thought, the bottoms of cavity walls - something to be aware of if you have a roost and are contemplating cavity wall insulation). We suspect that even for these hardy little beasts the tempera- tures have just got too low, and they have been seeking out slightly warmer sites - say around 0-4 degrees - and taken a wrong turning. Two finished up in people's houses, one was found in a hospital, one finished up in the dog's water bowl in a garage (!) - and the fifth appeared indoors after iron gutters on an old school building in the Gainsborough area fell down under the weight of snow, which we think may be not be unconnected if it was hiber- nating under a barge board. Currently they are still in care, awaiting warmer weather to be able to release them back into hibernation outdoors. And those underweight male 'pips'? Bats mate in the autumn, and it's thought that some of the males are so busy chasing females that they simply don't feed up enough to gain sufficient weight to get them through the winter; they then surface from hibernation feeling hungry, go out in the day for a snack on winter gnats and suchlike, don't catch enough to make up for the energy expended in flying, lose more weight - and ground, too weak to fly. If they're lucky they get found and are fed up and released. But that's usually after Christmas. If you find a grounded bat over the break (or any time) phone us on 01775 766286 and we will arrange for it to be taken into care. Happy New Year everybody - and especially to Roger, who keeps this going through thick and thin.   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. Wildlife Highlights ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** Bird News from Rare Birds Alert *** Rare Bird Alert has kindly given permission to reproduce reports. A big 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. 24/12 35 Waxwing, Bourne 20+ Waxwings, Lincoln nr Magistrates Court/Sony Centre 47 Eurasian White-fronted geese over Alkborough 25/12 8 Bewick's, 3 Whooper Swans, Baston 26/12 22 Snow Buntings, Cleethorpes coast 8 Bewick's, 3 Whooper Swans, Baston 83 Lapland Buntings, Frampton Marsh Taiga Bean Goose with 1600 Pinkfeet, Gibraltar Point 27/12 Rough-legged buzzard still at South Ferriby 30 Snow Buntings, Donna Nook 21 Shorelarks, Gibraltar Point 17 Waxwings, Kirton 40 Waxwings, Bourne 28/12 Rough-legged buzzard still at South Ferriby 13 Waxwings, Cherry Willingham east of Lincoln 16 Waxwings, Deepings Lakes 8 Bewick's, 4 Whooper Swans, White-fronted goose, Baston 29/12 30 Eurasian White-fronted geese north over Frampton Marsh RSPB. 30/12/10 80 Waxwings, Bourne, Peterborough Road 12 Waxwings, Cleethorpes, Humberstone Road 31/12/10 70 Waxwings, Bourne, Peterborough Road 24 Lapland Buntings, 20 twite, 38 Eurasian White- fronted geese, Frampton Marsh 6 Waxwing, Whaplode 23 Waxwings, Knaith Hill 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. RAITHBY-CUM-MALTBY, near LOUTH TF 309 847 Silvia Fowler 20-30.12.2010 10-12 Blackbirds feeding regularly in my garden, more than last year, some clearly wintering birds (m) with black bills, and apparently more used to human company than the resident hedgerow birds. 2 Stock Doves feeding among some woodpigeons - a first in my garden. 29.12.: After the thaw, lots of lower stems stripped of their bark in nearby hedgerow, especially ivy and hawthorn, with copious rabbit droppings on the path. Surprised to see that even dead branches that had been lying on the ground for some months had been stripped bare. Although I'd seen rabbits there before, there were none about at 3pm today. *** 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. ANWICK 26/12/10 Diane Maltby Approx 9 p.m. Driving through the village, we saw an animal crossing the road. Initially thought it was a cat, then maybe a fox but no tail - on reflection we both felt fairly sure it was a muntjac deer. ARNOLDS MEADOW N R K J Seaton 27-12-2010 Woodcock DEEPING HIGH BANK K J Seaton 27-12-2010 Buzzard FAR INGS 31/12/10 Mick Binnion A beautiful morning, with a blanket of fog! The reserve is still in the grip of ice. The highlights today were 30 Wigeon and 4 Goldeneye on the river. A Water rail in full view , scratching in the hedge bottom. A pair of Goldcrest hunting for insects on standing Rosebay Willowherb. FENTON (Gainsborough) SK846 767 Richard Fox 1st January 2011 Goldcrest on Blue Pine outside bedroom window, a good start to the year! FOLKINGHAM Malcolm Wardlaw In my garden 28th December 2010 Waxwing Female Black Cap Blackbirds Robin Long Tailed Tits Blue Tits Great tits Greater Spotted Woodpecker Tree Sparrows Chaffinches Green Finches Dunnocks Field Fares Redwings Goldfinches Starlings LACEBY BECK 26/12/10 Mick Binnion Mallard 110 Teal 2 Mute Swan 7 Dabchick 6 Moorhen 16 Coot 5 Redshank 2 Curlew 1 Heron 1 Egret 1 Black Headed Gull 70 Herring Gull 6 Rook 14 Carrion Crow 5 Jackdaw 22 Magpie 4 Jay 1 Pheasant 2 Red Legged Partridge 4 Wood Pigeon 5 Collared Dove 13 Starling 7 Blackbird 17 Fieldfare 3 Redwing 6 House Sparrow 16 Goldfinch 10 Bullfinch 1 Greenfinch 7 Chaffinch 6 Robin 2 Great Tit 8 Long Tailed Tit 12 Coal Tit 1 Wren 1 Only one Wren on Wren's Day, although still celebrated by some, it's good to know there will be none hanging from doorways. LINCOLN John Farmer Catchwater Drain near Boultham Park road 27/12/10 1 Kingfisher Whisby 27/12/10 In hedgerow near Pike drain 2 Goldcrest 1 Treecreeper RIPPINGALE and DUNSBY FENS Christmas Day 2010 Rippingale and Dunsby fens and fields Ian and Sue Misselbrook 1 Little Egret 2 Common Snipe 1 Common Buzzard Fieldfares Redwings 2 Bramblings 3 Siskins 5 Lesser Redpolls 8 Tree Sparrows reed Buntings Yellowhammers SLEAFORD 31/12/10 Off Mareham Lane, the lane that runs alongside Bonner House Grey squirrel active on trunk of horse chestnut tree. We believe about 4 have a dray in the ivy of one of the trees. SLEAFORD Up to 31/12/10 Our garden - The Innings Over the holidays have noticed numbers of birds visiting has increased - or maybe it's just that I've been at home to see them! Over 6 blackbirds at any one time Approx 10 house sparrows Approx 10 starlings 1 robin Occasionally 2 song thrushes 2 chaffinches seen in coldest weather but not seen recently. Can hear a wren occasionally but not seen recently. The peanut feeders and fat balls are very popular at the minute! Twice this week we've seen a grey heron flying over the housing estate. Several times we've heard or seen geese flying over - usually going in roughly a westerly direction - but I haven't been able to count or identify. STICKNEY 26.12.10 Mick Todd Fodder bank, a single buzzard was seen taking off from side of road near the Mexican Hat bridge and flew towards Boston. STICKNEY 27.12.10 Mick Todd Barn owl seen flying over paddock then hunting along Catchwater drain. A mixed flock of starlings (30) and fieldfares (50) feeding in fields and hedgerow along Catchwater drain. TEMPLE WOOD Boxing Day 2010 Ian and Sue Misselbrook Woodcock Tawny Owl – asleep in owl box! Sparrowhawk Green Woodpecker 3 G.S.Woodpeckers 2 Nuthatches 1 Treecreeper 6 Marsh Tits 2 Willow Tits Fieldfares 100+ Redwings Jay Bullfinch 85 Fallow deer –in adjacent fields 2 Muntjac 2 Brown Hares Rabbits 3 Grey Squirrels WILDMORE FEN TF216534 A & R Parsons 24/12/10 Stockdove - 2 25/12/10 Redwing - 2 With many fieldfares and blackbirds feeding on windfall apples in orchard 26/12 Long-tailed tits, 12 perching on electricity wires above garden. 27/12 Yellowhammer m 28/12 Redwing 2 1/1/11 Could not resist the date! 2 Stockdoves still about under feeders. They breed here but are seldom seen in the winter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 NNR. http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/gib/index.php Katherine Bocock No report yet received. But a big thank you for everything sent in this year. SALTFLEETBY THEDDLETHORPE NNR. http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/nr/reserve.php?mapref=41 John Walker. No report yet received. But a big thank you for everything sent in this year. RSPB WASH Reserves - Frampton Marsh and Freiston Shore John Badley RSPB Lincs Wash Reserves sightings November 2010. RSPB Frampton Marsh http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/framptonmarsh/index.asp Three Bewick's Swans on 12th were more unexpected than the more numerous records of Whooper Swans. A Black Brant was seen in company of the regular flock of 2500 Dark-bellied Brent Geese on several occasions. Good counts of duck on the Scrapes included 700 Teal on 6th and 650 Wigeon on 13th. Two Scaup were on the Reedbed for much of the month. A Little Stint remained until 7th and up to 53 Ruff were also seen. A Water Pipit made a brief appearance on 1st, as did Frampton's first ever Bearded Tits (3) on 15th, but Lapland Buntings were a little more obliging, with up to eight seen. The highest count of Twite on the Saltmarsh was 90 on 17th. RSPB Freiston Shore http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/freistonshore/index.asp October's American Golden Plover remained with up to 8000 Golden Plovers until 1st. On the sea 75 Common Scoter and two Velvet Scoters were seen on 7th when a 1st winter Glaucous Gull was watched following a shrimp trawler. Two Goosander were also present on the Lagoon. Strong onshore winds on 9th produced Grey Phalarope, Sooty Shearwater, two Manx Shearwaters, 141 Common Scoters, Little Gull and a Red-necked Grebe, which was also seen on 14th and 21st. Two Long-tailed Ducks were seen on 10th and 14th and a Black Brant on 21st. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. News from Far Ings NNR http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/far_ings/index.php ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No report yet received. But a big thank you for everything sent in this year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. A massively under-reporeted area worth attention. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 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 *** LBC County Bird Recorder Steve Keightley: steve.keightley@btinternet.com Bird Club Website: www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk *** 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/ Mike Binnion writes: I've put all my decent photos of common butterflies on the Grimsby website: See http://www.grimsbywildlife.co.uk/otherattractions.htm http://www.grimsbywildlife.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. Unless otherwise stated, 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, 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: rhicklingcms - permanent error philjs63b - permanent error john.rhoades2 - permanent error pcbhammond - permanent error nigegenie - mailbox full 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/