=========================================== || || 24th August 2022 || || News of Lincolnshire Wildlife || || LNU Website: http://lnu.org/ || Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/LincsNaturalist? || Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lincsnaturalists/ || ============================================ In this issue..... 1. Information, events, news and requests - mostly local. 2. Wildlife Highlights from Rare Bird Alert. 3. Wildlife reports around the county - contributions welcome... 4. NNRs, RSPB and LWT Reserves/Saltfleetby/Theddlethorpe. 5. Bardney Limewoods NNR - Chambers Farm Wood . 6. Other Reserve Reports - links and highlights. 7. Sending in Bulletin Reports - contributors please read! 8. Contact information - recorders and specialists... 9. Notes about these wildlife reports. 10. Bulletin publicity policy. 11. Events Diary - what's on. 12. ...and finally. Mostly national/international wildlife stories. ============================================ Reports here are open. They are available to county recorders of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union; the Lincolnshire Bird Club and Lincolnshire Environmental Record Centre [LERC]. Past Bulletins archive [text] from 2009: compare past years... http://rogerparsons.info/bulletinportal.html Views expressed by contributors are not necessarily those of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union or associated organisations. Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. ============================================ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1. INFORMATION, EVENTS, NEWS AND REQUESTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Editor writes: Paul Nichol has sent us his proposed Wolds Fungi Group list of forays. Most are on Tuesdays with one on Wednesday and at the end of October two are on Saturdays. Paul says: I'm afraid I cannot arrange them all for the weekends as I am away so much. I hope very much that I will see you at least at some of the forays. Programme below. Anyone thinking of attending any of the forays should contact Paul beforehand so he has a rough idea of who may be turning up. The LNU Foray this year, led by Ray Halstead, will be taking place at 9th October: Epworth Turbary LWT Reserve (Annual Fungus Foray) If you look at the LNU webpage about the Officers and Executive Committee you will see some new names there. Several able naturalists have agreed to be join, for which we are very appreciative. https://lnu.org/about/officers-executive/ This week's links to Lincolnshire and wildlife-related news stories. More general links in "..and finally ..." at the end of the Bulletin RAF Coningsby: Veteran, 99, has wartime debt repaid by RAF https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-62637191 Heckington Fen: Final days for views on large solar farm https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-62650037 Hogsthorpe caravan park plans scaled-back https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-62582347 UK drought: Why do the trees think it's autumn already? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62582186 Sewage pollution alerts issued for almost 50 beaches in England and Wales https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62574105 Sewage pollution of beaches followed from last week's torrential rain, and it remains a concern. You can check water quality on the SAS link: https://www.sas.org.uk/map/ Market Rasen: Clean-up begins after homes flooded https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-62565964 Lincolnshire: Farmers and fire crews team up to tackle field blazes https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-62603279 Lincoln: Council plans new woodland area with 6,000 trees https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-62605589 Worm-eaten shipwreck of Captain Cook’s Endeavour under threat from more marine animals https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/aug/17/worm-eaten-shipwreck-of-captain-cooks-endeavour-under-threat-from-more-marine-animals Freya the walrus: Did she have to be euthanised? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62556295 Bee wolf https://www.essexwt.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/bees-and-wasps/bee-wolf Please stay informed on current Co-19 and 'flu advice, adapting appropriately to future changes at indoor meetings and in the field. If you have any event postponements or changes please let us know. Check the LNU events web page for updates or cancellations: https://lnu.org/meetings/ Thank you for all the interesting news links, wildlife events information and species reports. Please keep your information coming. Roger old.museum@yahoo.co.uk - note - my best address for emails. *** Weather Forecast *** https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#? 28 August - 6 September "Into next week many areas will retain the settled conditions with fine and dry weather and light winds, although there is still a chance of some rain or showers encroaching into the northwest at times. Largely settled weather is likely to continue for the second half of the period, but with the greatest chance of any showers shifting to the east or south. Temperatures generally around or slightly above average, especially in the south. " *** For Astronomers and Sky-watchers *** Biomass: Giant 'space brolly' to weigh Earth's forests https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62650129 Artemis: Nasa Moon mission gets go-ahead to launch https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62640529 Jodrell Bank Monthly Night Sky Guide http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/astronomy/nightsky/ SkyatNight month-by-month guide to locating the planets throughout 2022 https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/skills/astronomy-guide-viewing-planets-night-sky/ Stellarium. The FREE open source planetarium for your computer. http://stellarium.org/ *** Flying Ant Days - BWARS - reminder - Our Help Needed *** Noted any flying ant events? Professor Elizabeth Liz Duncan says: "The study is current, and we would really appreciate any reports." https://www.bwars.com/content/flying-ant-days-we-need-your-data *** Hedgehog Links *** https://hedgehogcare.org.uk/ https://www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/found-a-hedgehog/ https://www.hedgehogstreet.org/ *** Natural History and Geology Section - Scunthorpe Museum Society *** Keith Scarrott writes: Our first meeting for the new "season of indoor meetings" takes place on Monday, 12th September when Nicholas Watts, owner of the well-known Vine House Farm bird food provider visits us to give his talk on "FARMING AND WILDLIFE". "Nicholas started recording the breeding birds on his farm in 1982. In 1992 he realised there had been a large decline of some species, this worried him so he decided to try and stop this decline and by chance Vine House Bird foods was created. Since 1992 there has been extensive habitat creation at Vine House Farm and Nicholas has won more awards for conservation on his farm than any other farmer in the UK. He has also received the MBE for his work." We meet in St. Bernadette's Church Hall, Ashby Road, Scunthorpe, DN16 2RS, which is opposite the Priory Hotel on Ashby Road. The meeting will start at 7.15 pm. There is a large, free car park at the Church grounds. There is no charge for entry to our meetings but a donation bowl is provided to help us pay for the speakers' fees and travel expenses. There will be a mid-talk break during which light refreshments are available for a small charge. *** The Wolds Fungi Group - Programme of Forays Autumn 2022 *** Anyone thinking of attending any of the forays should contact Paul Nichol beforehand please, so he has a rough idea of who may be turning up. pnichol20@gmail.com The aim of field meetings is to have an enjoyable day out looking for and learning how to identify mushrooms & toadstools that are to be found in Lincolnshire and to record the fungi and understand their ecology. Our records will be passed onto the County recorder for fungi and further to National databases. Foraging for edible fungi is not an aim of the group. Forays start at 10.00am and last for 2 to 3 hours. Please bring along a plastic box (no carrier bags!) if you wish to collect specimens a penknife is useful for removing fungi on wood and a culinary fork for prizing specimens out of the litter. Some sort of hand lens is always useful as is a note book to record your observations. A list of our records for a foray will be provided for those who want them. Tuesday Sept. 20th Roughton Moor, Woodhall Spa Meet and park on the roadside by the cemetery on Kirkby Lane Grid ref TF208631 Post code LN10 6SA Wednesday Sept. 28th College Wood, Wragby Meet and park at the entrance to the wood on the Kingthorpe Apley Rd at TF119753 Post code LN8 5JG Tuesday Oct. 4th Wickenby Wood, Wickenby. Meet and park on the roadside verge at the entrance to the wood on the Faldingworth to Wickenby Rd at TF082828 Post code LN3 5AN Tuesday Oct. 11th Whisby Nature Park, Thorpe on the Hill Lincoln. Meet in the car park at the nature park SK911661 Post code LN6 9BW Saturday Oct. 29th Walesby Moor, Market Rasen. Meet and park at Grid ref TF114908 which is beyond Walesby Woodland Caravan Park. Carry on past the caravan park for about 200m and car park on left. Saturday Nov 5th Theddlethorpe dunes, Theddlethorpe St Helen. Meet in the car park at the end of Brickyard Lane TF482891 Post code LN12 1NR *** Bat reminders from Annette Falkner: *** Bats can't easily survive dehydration. They drink on the wing, so if you have a bird bath do keep it topped up (the birds need it too), and if not a large flat dish, such as a plant pot saucer, placed high up and out of the way of cats, could serve the same purpose. There are a lot of young juveniles around at the moment, just learning the ways of their world, so a water source could be a life saver for them. If you find a grounded bat please don't try and release it. Put it in an escape proof box. Remember, a pipistrelle can get out of a hole the size of your thumb nail. Wear gloves or use a cloth to pick it up with. Phone us on 01775 766286. Weíll do the rest. Bat reports are always welcome: details and Grid References please. *** Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Area Groups webpage *** Please let me have your "plugs" for coming events. https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/get-involved/area-groups *** RSPB Grimsby Local Group *** The RSPB Grimsby Local Group has a new website https://group.rspb.org.uk/grimsby/ *** Seal and Birdwatching Cruises 2022 - South Lincs RSPB Group *** 14 cruises have been arranged for 2022, at various sailing times, starting ending on 22nd October. All cruises are aboard 'The Boston Belle', last for 4/5 hours, and start [and return] at Boston's Grand Sluice Lock, sailing up The Haven, into The Wash and also along The Welland. 64 bird species on average have been previously seen per cruise. Full details as regards dates, sailing times, costs, booking arrangements: https://ww2.rspb.org.uk/groups/southlincolnshire/ STAYING SAFE Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. Lyme Disease reminder https://www.hse.gov.uk/agriculture/zoonoses-data-sheets/lyme-disease.pdf Road works and hold-ups https://roadworks.org/ Met Office Severe Warnings https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings Met Office Severe Weather E-mail Service http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/guide-to-emails EasyTide http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/index.aspx Sewage pollution of beaches SAS link: https://www.sas.org.uk/map/ Environment Agency Flood Warnings - Lincolnshire https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/warnings?location=lincolnshire Environment Agency Flood Information/Floodline https://www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. WILDLIFE HIGHLIGHTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** Bird News from Rare Bird 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/ For RBA's excellent articles: https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/Articles.asp 17/8 Caspian Gull juv on T-junction Pit, then flew west, juv Garganey and 2 Common Cranes both ads on Wader Pit, Baston +Langtoft GP Turnstone on East Pit, flew east, Deeping Lakes, Deeping St James 9 Spotted Redshanks on Middle Scrape, 48 Spoonbills, Little Stint, Kittiwake flew NW over sea bank towards reserve, Frampton Marsh 2 Black Terns north past, 2 Spotted Redshanks,13 Spoonbills and 13 Little Stints on Tennyson's Sands, Gibraltar Point Pomarine Skua flew past, Sooty Shearwater, 2 Black Terns, Sutton-on-Sea 2 Garganey, Teal Lake, Whisby Nature Park Pomarine Skua and 2 Black Terns flew south past, 3 Sooty Shearwaters flew north past, Mablethorpe 18/8 Garganey on Wader Pit, Baston + Langtoft GPs 26 Spoonbills, 8 Spotted Redshanks, Frampton Marsh 20 Spoonbills and Little Stint on Tennyson's Sands, Pomarine Skua ad flew north past, 4 Little Gulls flew north, 5 Black Terns, Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Redshank, Little Stint on freshwater marsh, Gibraltar Point Garganey on main flash, Manby Flashes Osprey over lake then flew off, North Hykeham 19/8 Garganey on Wader Pit, Baston + Langtoft GPs Short-eared Owl at Tongue End, South Fen Road, Baston. 32 Spoonbills, 4+ Black Terns flew past, 7 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Little Stints, Curlew Sandpiper, Wood Sandpiper on reservoir, Frampton Marsh 6 Spoonbills on Tennyson's Sands, 2 Roseate Terns flew south past, Garganey, 5 Pied Flycatchers, Gibraltar Point 2 Caspian Gulls, both juvs, on beach south of outfall, Mablethorpe Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, Manby Flashes 5 Garganey all juvs, Teal Lake, Whisby Nature Park Garganey opposite Scallow Grove Farm, Messingham Sand Quarry Black Tern, Barton-upon-Humber GPs 20/8 Garganey on Wader Pit, Baston + Langtoft GPs 36 Spoonbills, Wood Sandpiper. 3 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Little Stints, Frampton Marsh 2 Pied Flycatchers at north end, Little Stint, Gibraltar Point Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, Manby Flashes 2 Wood Sandpipers both juvs, 1 at East Halton Skitter, 1 at the end of Marsh Lane at Winter's Pond, Halton Marshes 21/8 48 Spoonbills, 3 Spotted Redshanks, Frampton Marsh Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, Manby Flashes 5 Garganey all juvs, Teal Lake, Whisby Nature Park Quail male singing in wheat field by road between Tetford and Salmonby 22/8 Garganey juv on Wader Pit, Baston + Langtoft GPs 3 Spoonbills, Gibraltar Point Garganey, Wood Sandpiper, Manby Flashes 23/8 Garganey juv on Wader Pit, Baston + Langtoft GPs 24 Spoonbills, 2 Spotted Redshanks, 2 Little Stints, Frampton Marsh Spoonbill, Freiston shore 6 Spoonbills, Spotted Redshank, Long-eared Owl, Gibraltar Point ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. WILDLIFE NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** The Roger Goy Column *** Remembering Roger Goy's wildlife information work and drop-in sessions. *** Find the Grid Reference - don't forget - it's important *** Grab a Grid Reference: https://www.bnhs.co.uk/focuson/grabagridref/html/index.htm UK Grid Reference Finder: http://www.gridreferencefinder.com/ *** Links "not to be missed" *** Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. Len Pick Trust Barn Owls - box usually empty now... https://www.lenpicktrust.org.uk/owl-project Loch of Lowes Osprey Webcam - still some action at nest! https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/things-to-do/watch-wildlife-online/loch-of-the-lowes-webcam/ Gibraltar Point Bird Observatory blog: http://gibraltarpointbirdobservatory.blogspot.co.uk/ Lincs Bird Club: https://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk/site/index.php/sightings/latest-news Butterfly Conservation - Lincolnshire Branch: https://butterfly-conservation.org/in-your-area/lincolnshire-branch/ Which moth species might be on the wing tonight in your area? What's Flying Tonight. https://butterfly-conservation.org/moths/whats-flying-tonight ROAD KILLS? PLEASE LET US KNOW. Every drive is a transect! Hedgehogs? Badgers? Otters? Reports welcome. *** County Wildlife Reports From Readers *** Thanks to our regular contributors across the county. Much appreciated. We rely on readers to send in their observations and welcome records from everyone, experts or beginners. Please keep your reports coming. BARDNEY - The Green R & A Parsons TF120694 17/8/2022 Flock of about 20 sparrows, about 20 Starlings, 12 Jackdaws, 2 Collared Doves, 2 domestic pigeons, 5+ Woodpigeons Hedgehogs at drinker: 2 individuals. 17/8: 23.45-23.52hrs 18/8: 00.29hrs, 01.38hrs. 18/8: 22.56hrs, 23.21hrs 19/8: 02.19hrs, 03.42-03.46hrs 19/8/2022: I am sad to say there was a report of a dead hedgehog on the road between Bardney PO and the bus shelter. It could be one of our visitors. Exceeding the speed limit is common here and the driver may not even have noticed. 19/8: 23.10hrs; 23.26-26hrs. 21/8: 02.54hrs, 04.39hrs. 22/8: 00.21hrs COLLEGE WOOD TF119753 Foray in SW section of wood. R & A Parsons 20/8/2022 Bay Bolete - Boletus badius (now Imleria badia) - 16cm diameter specimen, yellow gills staining blue on bruising. Possible Fringed Polypore - (now determined as Polyporus tuberaster) 4.5cm - poroid - white pores, zones, velvet scales - on small branch. Pores: 2 per mm.. Chicken of the Woods: - Laetiporus sulphureus - older specimen - losing colour. On oak? Photos taken for determination ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. NNRs and NATURE RESERVES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust's policy on Coronavirus, Covid-19 includes details of LWT reserves and other advice and information: https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/coronavirus Gibraltar Point Bird Observatory blog: http://gibraltarpointbirdobservatory.blogspot.co.uk/ LWT Reserves List: https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/get-involved/nature-reserves-list RSPB Frampton Marsh: http://www.rspb.org.uk/discoverandenjoynature/seenature/reserves/guide/f/framptonmarsh/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SALTFLEETBY THEDDLETHORPE DUNES NNR including DONNA NOOK http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/reserves/saltfleetby-theddlethorpe-dunes https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/get-involved/top-reserves/donna-nook Visitor Leaflet - Natural England http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/38015?category=59026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR Report 17th- 23rd August 2022 Contributors: - Peter & Janet Roworth, John Walker, Matt Blissett, Ruth Taylor, Owen Beaumont, Phil Hyde, Geoff Williams and Chris Atkin Daily news and wildlife sightings: 170822 - A morning seawatch from the southern end in harsh NE wind produced a pomarine skua, 2 great skua, 20 arctic skua, 2 black tern, 4 sooty shearwater, 5 manx shearwater, 2 kittiwake, 3 fulmar and a steady movement of gannet over the sea. 180822 - Paradise lagoon now full of water assisted by the inflow of recent high tides and high rainfall: 74 lapwing, 41 black-headed gulls and a single common gull. 3 hummingbird hawkmoths at Sea View. Wader passage over the sea in the morning included a whimbrel, 75 oystercatcher, 28 redshank, 27 sanderling and smaller numbers of several other species. Vocal green sandpiper commuting along the Great Eau. 190822 - Raven flew SW over Rimac, presumably the same bird seen going NW over Theddlethorpe. 200822 - Single hobby hawking over dunes near Sea View. Paradise lagoon: 92 lapwing, 1 little egret and 7 teal. Near Sea View 2 hummingbird hawkmoths and at least 4 painted ladies. At Rimac: a hobby, great white egret and 20 willow warbler per Phil Espin. 210822 - Single golden plover and 2 greenshank over Sea View. Painted ladies and hummingbird hawkmoth on the wing. Green sandpiper and greenshank south over Brickyard Lane, plus a treecreeper nearby. 3 black tern flew over the sea from Saltfleet Haven in the evening. 220822 - Single greenshank flew off Paradise lagoon. Green sandpiper on Rimac scrape and 25 black-tailed godwit flew south. Green woodpecker at Sea View. 230822 - Juvenile cuckoo flying south along dunes near Paradise wood, green woodpecker nearby, 2 common sandpipers and kingfisher Eau Outfall. Paradise lagoon: 2 shoveler, 3 common snipe, 108 lapwing and 46 teal. 20 golden plover west over Sea View. 8 little tern seen from the foreshore and a roost of 3000 black-headed gull present early morning. 36 redshank and 2 greenshank south. Goldcrest at Sea View. The majority of fruits; dewberry, sea buckthorn, elderberry, bramble, sloe and hawthorn are now ripe due to the hot, very dry summer. The 3 bats around Churchill Lane continue activity every evening. The main nectar source now is fleabane which has been flowering for the past 2 weeks. Butterfly numbers have decreased noticeably over the past week . Willow emerald damselflies have increased in range and number this year and have been seen in many areas of the NNR this month. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. BARDNEY LIMEWOODS NNR These cover a huge area. Records from them are one of the main inputs to management planning and the protection of rare/scarce and critical species. Reports always welcome. The history of the Lincolnshire Limewoods - worth a read: https://www.forestryjournal.co.uk/features/19111877.lincolnshire-limewoods/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Forestry Commission visitor advice: https://www.forestryengland.uk/article/coronavirus-visitor-guide Butterfly Conservation Lincolnshire Branch. https://butterfly-conservation.org/300/lincolnshire-branch.html Lincolnshire Dormouse Group You can get in touch via lincsdormousegroup@gmail.com *** Lincs Dormouse Group update *** Gemma Watkinson writes: I have set the nest box check dates with Forestry England: Sunday 18th September Saturday 22nd October We meet at 9.30am for the box checks, and anyone interested in joining us on a box check should get in contact via email lincsdormousegroup@gmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The NNR includes the following sites: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chambers Farm Woods (comprises Ivy Wood; Little and Great Scrubbs Woods; Minting Wood; Hatton Wood, Hatton Plantation and Minting Park; and also three areas of grassland: Little Scrubbs Meadow (and extension), Small Meadow and Big Meadow. Since all have their own management plans, please give the actual location when reporting). College Wood; Cocklode & Great West Woods; Hardy Gang Wood; Newball Wood; Rand Wood; Scotgrove Wood; Southrey Wood and Wickenby Wood. Many of these include both areas of ancient woodland or important grassland. Many are also designated Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Records which provide a six-figure grid reference are of particular value to the Forestry Commission. Other woods included in the NNR but without public access: Stainfield Wood; Stainton & Fulnetby Woods (access by public bridle way only). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6. OTHER RESERVE REPORTS AND HIGHLIGHTS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ South Humber Heritage Trail, Alkborough Flats - LWT leaflet - downloadable https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/2018-04/south_humber_heritage_trail_alkborough.pdf ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7. SENDING IN BULLETIN REPORTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The purpose of the Bulletin is to encourage biological recording in Lincolnshire. We aim to increase the number of people reporting observations to Recorders. The Bulletin is a FREE service. We ask you to provide reports, questions, news or relevant articles from time to time. Descriptive pieces are welcome.You don't have to stick to lists! Please help us to help you. When sending in reports please follow this layout to save re-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. Species Names in full.] Bulletin mailing times vary, depending on what I am doing. It usually goes out on Wednesdays/Thursdays in time for the weekend. Please e-mail in contributions as early as possible, to: old.museum@yahoo.co.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8. CONTACTS AND USEFUL WEBSITES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CONTACTS LIST Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. *** Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union *** LNU Website: http://lnu.org/ LNU Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/LincsNaturalist? LNU Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/lincsnaturalists/ LNU e-mail: info@lnu.org Downloads of LNU books are available on: https://lnu.org/publications/books/ *** Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust *** http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/ https://twitter.com/LincsWildlife *** Lincs Bird Club Website *** http://www.lincsbirdclub.co.uk https://twitter.com/Lincsbirding LBC County Bird Recorder Phil Hyde - County Recorder, Lincs Bird Club recorder_south@lincsbirdclub.co.uk *** The Sir Joseph Banks Society *** http://www.joseph-banks.org.uk https://twitter.com/sirjosephbanks *** Lincolnshire Bat Group website *** http://www.lincsbatgroup.co.uk/ *** Butterfly Conservation Lincolnshire Branch *** http://butterfly-conservation.org/300/lincolnshire-branch.html https://twitter.com/BC_Lincolnshire *** Lincsbirders *** http://www.lincsbirders.org/ https://twitter.com/lincsbirders *** Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project *** https://lincolnshirechalkstreams.org/ Events page: https://lincolnshirechalkstreams.org/events/ *** South Lincolnshire Flora Group *** https://bsbi.org/south-lincolnshire-v-c-53 *** The Wolds Fungi Group *** Contact Paul Nichol via email pnichol20@gmail.com *** Lincolnshire Dormouse Group *** Contact: lincsdormousegroup@gmail.com FIGHTING WILDLIFE CRIME *** Rural Crime Officer *** Pc 160 Nick Willey Force Wildlife, Rural Crime Officer nicholas.willey@lincs.pnn.police.uk OFFICE: 01522-731897 MOBILE: 07768-501895 PAGER: 07654-330877 SPECIES IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDING Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. LNU Recorders and Specialists: https://lnu.org/specialists/ Downloads of LNU books are available on: https://lnu.org/publications/books/ Recording with "irecord" https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/ More and more people are using irecord. It is recommended by the LNU as an appropriate platform for on-line recording. *** VC54 North Lincolnshire Plant List - LNU *** Paul Kirby has produced a list of all the vascular plant & stonewort taxa with records on the MapMate botanical database. This is for VC54, North Lincolnshire, at the end of January 2017. Download this on: https://lnu.org/specialists/vascular-plants/ LNU Sawflies, Bees, Wasps and Ants Recorder Dr. David Sheppard Willing to examine specimens or check photos. Bear in mind only a relative few of the 300+ species in the county are identifiable using photos. d.a.sheppard@btinternet.com Lincolnshire Mammals Chris Manning, Chris.LincsDeer@gmail.com For current records please refer to the Atlas of the terrestrial and semi-aquatic Mammals of Lincolnshire by C. J. Manning, LNU Mammal Recorder. You can download and print off a hard copy or view it online. https://lincsnaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/mammalatlas.pdf Spiders, Pseudoscorpions, Harvestmen Imogen Wilde Regional Co-ordinator (RC) and Mentor for Lincolnshire for the British Arachnological Society (BAS). Email: Imogen@imogenwilde.co.uk Amphibians and Reptiles The Lincolnshire ARG (Amphibian & Reptile Group) Contact: Ashley Butterfield : learningoutdoors@btinternet.com Please have a look at https://www.recordpool.org.uk/index.php It's an easy way to record your amphibian and reptile species records. You can send any records to Ashley Butterfield (Lincolnshire Amphibian and Reptile Recorder) at LearningOutdoors@btinternet.com Local Bat Helpline Grounded bats, bat problems, advice and information. Contact Annette and Colin Faulkner on 01775 766286 Email: annettefaulkner@btinternet.com Bat rescue instructions: If you find a grounded bat please don't try and release it. Put it in an escape proof box . Remember, a pipistrelle can get out of a hole the size of your thumb nail. Wear gloves or use a cloth to pick it up with, and phone us on 01775 766286. We'll do the rest. *** Confidential Bat Records *** You may send confidential bat records direct to Annette Faulkner on: annettefaulkner@btinternet.com Slug ID Help Chris du Feu will help with slug identification. Tel: 01383 669 124 Email: chris.r.dufeu@gmail.com Non-Marine Molluscs Alex Pickwell is the LNU Recorder for Non-marine Molluscs Email: mrapickwell@gmail.com When asking for help: Please give the the very best information you can provide. If you are not sure, ask what is needed from you to confirm identification. Photographs are helpful but not every species can be identified from a photograph. When asked for further details, get back to them promptly. Don't forget a thank you for the help. That is always welcomed. USEFUL WILDLIFE LINKS Please copy and paste URLs if necessary. *** Lincs Environmental Records Centre *** Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (of which LERC is a part) http://www.glnp.org.uk/ https://twitter.com/GLNPnature *** Natural England *** http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ *** InsideEcology *** Online Magazine for Ecologists, Conservationists and Wildlife Professionals https://insideecology.com/ *** NHBS *** Should you need natural history equipment or books, a good place to start is: https://www.nhbs.com/ NHM Final report on LoveLincsPlants This report along with previous progress reports can be viewed/ downloaded from the LNU website. https://lnu.org/lincolnshire-plants-past-and-future/ Collections Dataset - LNU "historic specimens" All of the LNU specimens that have been processed and digitised to date can now be viewed here: http://data.nhm.ac.uk/dataset/lincs-plants The Flora of Lincolnshire by Joan Gibbons - downloadable LNU book https://lincsnaturalist.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/the-flora-of-lincolnshire-e-joan-gibbons.pdf For the Geologists... Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. How geological periods got their names https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/how-geological-periods-got-their-names/ Mnemonic: "China owls seldom deceive clay pigeons. They just chase each other, making preposterous puns." Geldingadalir Volcano, Iceland LIVE! Keilir https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCP7bcyD6xc Lincolnshire Geodiversity Group https://www.lincswolds.org.uk/discovering/geology-1 Geology of the Lincolnshire Wolds https://www.lincswolds.org.uk/special-features/geology The Geology of Lincolnshire - downloadable LNU book https://lnu.org/publications/books/the-geology-of-lincolnshire/ BGS webpage: Earthquakes around the UK last 60 days http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/home.html *** BGS British geology maps - now free to explore on web *** http://www.bgs.ac.uk/opengeoscience/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 9. NOTES ABOUT THESE WILDLIFE REPORTS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We do our best to ensure accuracy in our reporting. However, records are sent in by a variety of reporters; from complete beginners to professionals. They may vary in reliability and occasionally may be difficult or impossible to verify. If further information is needed please contact: old.museum@yahoo.co.uk Bulletins are sent to Recorders at Lincolnshire Environmental Records Centre [GNLP] , 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. BULLETIN PUBLICITY POLICY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ We sometimes withhold details 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. When sending in reports, e.g. unusual plants, please report any sensitive news directly to recorders. Not the Bulletin. We don't want to spoil things with untimely or unwise publicity. Thank you. Please respect the interests of wildlife and site owners if you report on national networks. Interest in wildlife is not a licence to act irresponsibly or thoughtlessly to landowners, who may well be partners in important conservation work. *** Codes of Conduct *** Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. BSBI Code of Conduct https://bsbi.org/wp-content/uploads/dlm_uploads/BSBI-Code-of-Conduct.pdf RSPB's birdwatchers' code https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/read-and-learn/watching-birds/code/ [Remember: Views expressed in the Bulletin do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of the LNU or associated organisations. In particular this applies to such agencies, especially charities, taking a political stance.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11. LNU EVENTS DIARY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** LNU Events - Important updates *** We will post any changes to LNU events through the Bulletin; the LNU Twitter feed; LNU Facebook page and LNU meetings webpage. Please refer to the LNU website for details of any Zoom arrangements for watching online. LNU Meetings 2022: https://lnu.org/meetings Charlie Barnes writes: The changing nature of the Covid situation may mean alterations or cancellations at short notice, so check back regularly and keep an eye on Twitter and Facebook for updates. For more details on the times and locations see the website at: https://lnu.org/meetings/field-meetings/ Field Meetings: 18th September: Old Bolingbroke Castle and Sow Dale LWT Reserve 9th October: Epworth Turbary LWT Reserve (Annual Fungus Foray) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 ...AND FINALLY... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** MailFails Last Week *** Roger Favell - soft bounce - Delivery was aborted after 32 minutes Advice is: If your Service provider can't or won't allow the Bulletin through, use a free email account instead. In the event of a mail failure ask me for the error report to pass on to your "Help Desk". I am glad to help. ....and finally... Rare orchid flourishes in Charles Darwin’s gardens after two-year projec https://www.theguardian.com/science/2022/aug/22/rare-orchid-flourishes-in-charles-darwins-gardens-after-two-year-project Medieval Cambridge monks were riddled with worms, study finds https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-62587662 Windermere: Algae warning over fish deaths at lake https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-62590963 Chemical pollution killing off England's riverflies, experts warn https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/18/chemical-pollution-killing-off-englands-riverflies-experts-warn Where and when to see spider webs - Mike Dilger https://www.discoverwildlife.com/how-to/watch-wildlife/where-and-when-to-see-spider-webs-in-the-uk/ Climate stress can give bumblebees asymmetrical wings, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/18/climate-stress-bumblebees-asymmetrical-wings Weatherwatch: damselflies return to UK as climate warms https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/aug/18/weatherwatch-damselflies-return-uk-climate-warms ----------- ~ THE END ~ ----------- (..until next week!) Roger Parsons old.museum@yahoo.co.uk http://rogerparsons.info/