============================================ || || 12th June 2024 || || News of Lincolnshire Wildlife || LNU: http://lnu.org/ || || Please email Editor on: old.museum@yahoo.co.uk || ============================================ 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. 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; Lincolnshire Bird Club and Lincolnshire Environmental Record Centre [LERC]. Compare earlier years/months. Past Bulletins archive [in text] from 2009: 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 - Phil Porter - writes: Our correspondents have definitely found it necessary to leave their gardens behind and get out into the country to get records in this extended period of fairly dismal cool weather. Insects have apparently been so scarce, butterflies in particular, that it is difficult to see how insectivorous birds are feeding their broods on natural food. Of course, they do find a lot of very tiny prey, especially aphids, secreted away un-noticed in the vegetation which is flourishing mightily. The flora is lasting much longer in areas of dry soils but on the other hand, how are our solitary bees and wasps faring in the cool damp ground conditions? Phil Porter's email is: philporterento@outlook.com Roger Parsons' email is: old.museum@yahoo.co.uk *** Bob Sheppard’s news *** https://www.lenpicktrust.org.uk/owl-project/ http://www.louthperegrines.org.uk/latest-news.html https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/osprey-cam/?utm_source=%252ospreycam&utm_medium=furl Roger Parsons adds: BTO's tracked Cuckoos are on their breeding grounds. https://www.bto.org/cuckoos Ruth Craig writes… Are you keen to do more to help Lincolnshire’s natural environment? The Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Trust are looking for volunteers to join their Board of Trustees. The LCST aims to advance the education of the public in the recovery, conservation, protection and improvement of the physical and natural environment of the chalk streams across Greater Lincolnshire. For more information on the role of a trustee please visit their website News - Trustee Vacancies | Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Trust. *** This week's mostly-local news stories: *** Nature groups launch legal bid over wildlife loss https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4nn54ge0rmo Campaigners take oil fight to the High Court https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c066z7x20xdo Nesting birds are delaying repairs to a riverbank after flooding in Lincolnshire. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cerrz0170ejo Map of proposed reservoir site, south-east of Sleaford. https://projectmap.lincsreservoir.co.uk/ *** Weather News and Forecast *** https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#? East Midlands weather forecast Wednesday 12 Jun - Sunday 16 Jun Thursday: Dry with light winds and periods of hazy sunshine at first but becoming increasingly cloudy and breezy before rain spreads east in the late afternoon and through the evening. Warmer. Maximum temperature 18 °C. Outlook for Friday to Sunday: Unsettled and often breezy with variable cloud and scattered showers or longer spells of rain. Some of the showers will be heavy and perhaps thundery. Temperatures slowly recovering, locally warm. UK long range weather forecast Sunday 16 Jun - Tuesday 25 Jun Into the start of this period, a continuation of a mix of sunny spells and scattered showers likely dominating across the majority of the UK. Some showers are expected to be heavy and could be accompanied by the odd rumble of thunder. Temperatures likely slightly below normal for the time of year. Breezy in some coastal areas, most likely across the southeast and northwest. Later in the week and through the following weekend, confidence in any dominant weather pattern is low. As such, fairly typical conditions for the UK are most probable, with a mixture of weather types. This means some spells of drier, sunny weather but also some showers or longer spells of rain at times. Temperatures will most likely be close to or slightly below average. *** For Astronomers and Sky-watchers *** This Week's Sky at a Glance, June 7 – 16 https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/observing-news/this-weeks-sky-at-a-glance-june-7-16/ Nasa 'Earthrise' astronaut dies at 90 in plane crash https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cw99wj5e5q8o June Night Sky - highlights: https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/blog/astronomy/night-sky-highlights-june-2024 Full Moons 2024 - Strawberry Moon - 24th June. https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/full-moon-calendar Meteor shower dates 2024 https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/meteor-shower-guide BBC Sky at Night Magazine website https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/news *** EVENTS *** *** Lincolnshire Naturalists Union Field Meeting *** Saxilby Nature Project, Sunday 23rd June 2024 A new site for LNU field meetings Northwest of Saxilby. – Access courtesy of Ross and Eleanor Smith. 10.30 for 11.00 start and finish about 16.00..Car parking nearby off Sykes Lane. Grid reference: SK 87562 76768 What3Words: villas.hack.fixture – nearest postcode: LN1 2NX Habitats: Ponds, scrub and grassland on ex-arable Leaders: Luke Hartley 07399 322211hartley026@gmail.com, Brian Hedley brian_hedley@hotmail.com and Sarah Lambert 07784169260 sarah.lambert7@ntlworld.com https://what3words.com/villas.hack.fixture PLEASE NOTE; the nearest postcode was printed incorrectly when this notice appeared last week. It is now corrected above as LN1 2NX *** South Lincs RSPB Group *** Jeremy Eyeons writes: The South Lincs RSPB Group has released details of their 2024 "Seal and Birdwatching" cruises aboard "The Boston Belle". There are twelve cruises organised for 2024, starting on 5th April and ending on 24th October. Full details are on our website, including ticket prices, booking arrangements, sailing times and dates etc. Booking is essential. https://group.rspb.org.uk/southlincolnshire/ *** Lincoln RSPB *** Volunteer opportunities available for people who are passionate about wildlife and conservation. Lincoln RSPB is running the Peregrine Watch at Lincoln Cathedral again this year. All weekends in June and July. Prior experience isn’t necessary, enthusiasm is more important. For more information, contact Gwen M. Randall, Volunteer co-ordinator. gwen.randall@ntlworld.com STAYING SAFE Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. Bird flu: Defra advice to the general public is to leave corpses alone and report the findings - but that landowners should dispose of birds themselves. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bird-flu-latest-situation-avian-influenza-prevention-zone-declared-across-great-britain 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 - sign up http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/guide-to-emails EasyTide http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/index.aspx Environment Agency Flood Warnings - Lincolnshire https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/warnings?location=lincolnshire Environment Agency Flood Information/Floodline - sign up 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 their pager reports. A big thank you from us all. Readers interested in a pager - look at the RBA website: http://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/ For RBA's excellent articles: https://www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/RealData/Articles.asp 4/6 Alkborough Flats. 2 Common Cranes flew over. Frampton Marsh, 3 Little Gulls, 4 Spoonbills, Lesser Yellowlegs on Marsh Farm grassland, in fen. Gibraltar Point, Little Stint, Greenish Warbler trapped and ringed. Whisby, Garganey fem, 2 drks, at Teal Lake from viewing screen. 5/6 Anderby Creek, Curlew Sandpiper Cowbit, Sanderling at north end of Cowbit Wash. Frampton Marsh, 3 Spoonbills on reedbed near visitor centre, Lesser Yellowlegs on Marsh Farm grassland, in fen, 2 Little Gulls. Gibraltar Point, Serin male flew north over beach. Quail male singing at Old Saltmarsh, Serin flew over East Dunes, 3 Spoonbills. Kirkby on Bain, Whiskered Tern on Main Pit. Withcall, Quail male singing in barley field. 6/6 Frampton Marsh, 2 Little Gulls, Red-backed Shrike NW of visitor centre. Lesser Yellowlegs on Marsh Farm grassland, in fen. Gibraltar Point, Firecrest near Sykes Farm entrance, Spoonbill flew north. Kirkby on Bain, Whiskered Tern on Main Pit. Woodhall Spa Airfield, Whiskered Tern. 7/6 Deeping High Bank, 3 Sanderlings at the north end of Crowland Wash. Frampton Marsh, 2 Little Gulls, Lesser Yellowlegs 1s on Marsh Farm grassland on fen, Bee Eater in bush from car park. 6 Spoonbills at River Witham mouth, 3 Spoonbills on reedbed. Gibraltar Point, Bee Eater flew north over Sykes Farm. Kirkby on Bain, Whiskered Tern on Main Pit. Woodhall Spa Airfield, Whiskered Tern over North Lake. 8/6 Alkborough Flats, drk Green-winged Teal. Cowbit Marsh, Sanderling at north end of Cowbit Wash. Frampton Marsh, Lesser Yellowlegs 1s on Marsh Farm grassland on fen, Gibraltar Point. 2 Spoonbills, Quail male singing at Freshwater Marsh. Kirkby on Bain GPs Whiskered Tern ad at Main Pit, then flew towards Woodhall Spa Airfield. [Had been reported at both locations earlier.] 9/6 Alkborough Flats, Glossy Ibis. Cowbit Marsh, Sanderling at north end of Cowbit Wash. Frampton Marsh, 2 Spoonbills both imm, 5 1s Little Gulls on fen, Whooper Swan, Lesser Yellowlegs 1s on Marsh Farm grassland on fen. Kirkby on Bain Whiskered Tern 2.37pm, then no longer seen. Whisby Nature Park, 2 Garganey 1 drk at Teal Lake from viewing screen. 10/6 Deeping High Bank, 4 Sanderlings at Crowland Marsh. Gibraltar Point, Firecrest in scrub north of Sailing Club Newsham Lake near Habrough, Purple Heron flew over towards Brocklesby. Whisby Nature Park, 2 Garganey 1 drk, at Teal Lake. 11/6 Cowbit, 7 Spoonbills on south end of Cowbit Wash fro Peak Hill. Deeping High Bank, 7 Spoonbills on Crowland Wash. Frampton Marsh, Glossy Ibis. and Lesser Yellowlegs1s on Marsh Farm grassland on fen. Gibraltar Point, 2 Spoonbills 1 flew or estuary, one on Tennyson's Sands. Saltfleet, Hooded Crow flew inland. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 3. WILDLIFE NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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/ 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 observations and welcome records from everyone, experts or beginners. Please keep your reports coming. BARDNEY GARDEN Mary and Phil Porter 8th June 2024 onwards The high-pitched "peeping" contact calls of newly-fledged wrens alerted us that a new brood had successfully left the nest. Mary heard them in our small front y ard which is has mature shrubs and ivy. As she walked through the side gate into the yard, there were little brown bodies scattering in all directions in a panic, but they soon settled down, working their way amongst the shrubs. Mary saw about f ive, but estimated there were more than that. The "peeping" continued at various places around the garden, during the week. This is our second brood or wrens, the first emerged at the bottom of the garden a few weeks ago. The great tit box has been getting "noisier" this week, with young obviously eager to fledge. This box is a bit of a puzzle. There were definitely great tits in it at the same time as nearby blue tits, which fledged at the end of May, but then it went quiet, and we thought they had gone. The family of young blue tits and the great spotted woodpecker, blackbirds, chaffinches, greenfinches and house sparrows, have been heavily reliant on the sunflower heart feeder during the cold spell. A kestrel hovers over the garden most days. NO butterflies seen this week, and NO bats at all so far this year. Seeing a swallow, house-martin or swift over the garden is so rare that it's a cause for celebration when we do catch sight of one. ELSHAM area Ben Jacob 5th June Hen pheasant with one well developed chick (est. 3 weeks old) disturbed from barley crop near golf course entrance FAR INGS Angela Buckle 9th June 2024. Weld, Bladder campion, Hedge bedstraw, Narrow-leaved ragwort, Fairy flax, Yellow-wort, Field madder, Houndstongue. FISKERTON FEN TF083718 Phil and Mary Porter 6th June 2024 A short walk to the River and back. Birds near the carpark; Blackcap, Lesser Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and Cuckoo all singing. From the hide; Just a pair of Mute Swans with 4 cygnets on the water but a Swallow on its nest in the rafters and a Wren with a nest in the roof material. Fly-overs were Green Woodpecker and Stock Dove and Goldfinch. Further on, Sedge, Reed and Cetti’s Warblers heard, on the way back a Sedge Warbler was taking a damselfly to its nest. A male Marsh Harrier flew by and two more Willow Warblers sang. Nearby a Cuckoo was calling. Few insects about; butterflies represented only by a Speckled Wood. There were a few Thick-thighed Beetles on Ox-eye flowers. Odonata over water totalled a few Common Blue, Blue-tailed and Azure Damselflies. There was a reasonable list of plants headed by a much larger patch of Meadow- rue than I have seen there before, backed up by; Purging Flax, False Fox Sedge, Glaucous Sedge (plus ‘Pond Sedges’ that I don’t know how to identify), Meadow Buttercup, Bittersweet, Bee Orchid, Lesser Water-Parsnip, Cut-leafed Cranesbill, Water Mint, Common Vetch, Crested Dogs-tail, Silverweed, Meadowsweet, Yellow Flag and Common Fleabane.The dyke from Barlings Fen was horribly turbid, but surprise, surprise, the Witham’s North Delph was almost crystal clear, but this just revealed the damage to the formerly multi-layered flora of the channel bed that has taken place over 3 years or so by turbid water or perhaps other problems, - from t he footbridge, like looking down on a cleared strip of rain forest. LINWOOD WARREN Angela Buckle 5th June 2024. Bilberry, Sheep sorrel, Tormentil, Heath bedstraw, Lesser stitchwort, Wood dock, Greater stitchwort, Skullcap, Hard fern, Lily of the valley, Bell Heather, Cotton grass. MORKERY WOOD SK948176 Jane Ostler 7/6/24 The north easterly section from the car park in a square down the main rides. Away from the rides disturbance of recent felling. Deep muddy ruts with some standing water and brash left in piles including all over the Wood Vetch site where there was also a discarded door. Plants in flower. White Campion near the entrance gate. Water Avens and Meadow Sweet evidence of wet conditions and clay soils. Dog Rose and Blackberry, Prickly Sow-thistle, Germander Speedwell and Bush Vetch. Herb Robert growing right onto path edges. Along the wood boundary, next to a grass field completely yellow with Buttercups, Guelder Rose and Dogwood with abundant flowers. The first Common spotted Orchids which were found in numbers along the N-S ride and scattered on the E-W ride where the first of the very vigorous Black Bryony plants was in flower. A well grassed area had Zigzag Clover, Eyebright and Meadow Vetchling. Butterflies The only butterflies seen on this cool, windy sunless morning were 6 Speckled Woods seen as singletons and a single Red Admiral on vegetation. Birds Jay and Dunnock heard, a single Crow and a Buzzard flying low on main path. NETTLETON LODGE GAME FARM Ben Jacob 6th June Pair of red kites flew over Nettleton Lodge game farm east to west early evening ROXTON WOODS Angela Buckle 7th June. . Bulbous buttercup, Prickly lettuce, Hog weed, Creeping buttercup, Crosswort, Dog rose, Herb bennet, Hedge mustard, Hairy buttercup, Cut-leaved cranesbill, Black bryony, Honeysuckle, Curl-leaved dock, Hedge woundwort, Ribwort plantain, Small balsam, Yellow pimpernel, Bugle, Early purple orchid, Harts tongue fern, Water figwort, Marsh thistle, Brooklime, Common mallow, Meadowsweet, Red campion, Green alkanet, Greater swine-cress, Yellow rattle, Meadow vetchling, Meadow buttercup. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 4. NNRs and NATURE RESERVES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LWT Top Reserves: https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/get-involved/top-reserves LWT Reserves List: https://www.lincstrust.org.uk/get-involved/nature-reserves-list RSPB Reserves: https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 http://publications.naturalengland.org.uk/publication/38015?category=59026 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saltfleetby-Theddlethorpe Dunes NNR Report 5th – 11th June 2024 Contributors: - Peter & Janet Roworth, John Walker, Matt Blissett, Ruth Taylor, Owen Beaumont, Cliff Morrison and Dean Nicholson. T hank you to all other contributors. Daily News and Wildlife Sightings Note: The dune vegetation remains looking fresh with the continuing cooler weather. Heavy spells of rainfall on the 9th and 10th when 31.9mm of precipitation recorded. 060624 - Sea View Washlands: a group of 12 ringed plover, 7 dunlin and 1 little stint flew in late evening feeding amongst the mud before flying off east, barn owl and short-eared owl hunting in the area. 070624 - 21 ringed plover and a single dunlin Sea View Washlands. Birds noted on the WeBS section between Theddlethorpe and Saltfleet Haven included: 24 Dunlin, 92 sanderling, 48 ringed plover, 5 grey plover and on another section to the north at least 500 sanderling, 40 dunlin, 4 grey plover and 3 turnstone reported. Yellow shell moth, small heath butterfly at Rimac, sheep’s sorrel and lady’s bedstraw now flowering at Churchill Lane. 080624 - 2 avocets on Paradise lagoon. 090624 - Sea View Washlands second brood of lapwings, single gadwall and 19 ringed plover, short-eared owl hunting over adjacent dunes. 100624 - A cattle egret in fine plumage at Sea View washlands and small groups of common swifts flying south after a spell of rain had ceased. 110624 - Single greenshank and 5 black-tailed godwits and cattle egret Sea View Washlands. Flowering plants noted include bee orchid, common spotted orchid, biting stonecrop, eyebright and wild onion. Other Local Reserves 050624 - Donna Nook: Pyramidal, bee orchids, common spotted, southern and early marsh orchids, stork’s-bill, dove’s-foot cranes-bill, sea aster starting to come through, sea-lavender beginning to flower, thrift, sea milkwort, 2 corn bunting, lesser whitethroat, avocet, little egret. 060624 – Donna Nook: Fairy-flax in flower. 110624 - Toby’s Hill: Chiffchaff and song thrush in song, 3 curlew flew over. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 5. BARDNEY LIMEWOODS NNR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ These cover a huge area. Reports always welcome. The history of the Lincolnshire Limewoods: 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 Chambers Farm Wood - Butterfly Garden - gardening dates and times: Next dates: 18th June, 2nd July, 16th July 2024 https://butterfly-conservation.org/in-your-area/lincolnshire-branch/chambers-farm-wood-butterfly-garden Lincolnshire Dormouse Group Gemma Watkinson writes This summer, as there are forestry works being undertaken by Forestry England over the summer at Chambers Farm Woods, we will have limited access to the woods this year, and things may need to change at short notice. To manage visitor numbers, we are going to need to limit non-licenced visitors to around 10 people, and will require those who are interested in joining each session to email through to 'sign-up' no later than a week before each session. Please email lincsdormousegroup@gmail.com if you are interested in joining us. The summer dates we so far have approved with FE for nest box checks are: Saturday 15th June Sunday 21st July Saturday 17th August As always for the summer sessions, we will meet at 9.30am, and this will be outside the wood centre in the car park, but this may need to change. Looking forward to another dormouse-filled summer! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Discover Woodland Trust woods near you - including the best woods for walks, wildlife watching, family fun and heritage. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/woods/#=undefined&view=map Lincolnshire County Council - Local Nature Reserves https://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/coast-countryside/nature-reserves Links to "Other Reserves" are welcome. Your suggestions, please. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 or via iRecord. https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/ 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 may vary. 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** Links "not to be missed" *** Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. CONTACTS LIST Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union LNU Website: http://lnu.org/ LNU Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/LincsNaturalist LNU e-mail: info@lnu.org Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust: https://twitter.com/LincsWildlife Lincs Bird Club: https://twitter.com/Lincsbirding LBC County Bird Recorder: recorder_south@lincsbirdclub.co.uk The Sir Joseph Banks Society: https://twitter.com/sirjosephbanks Lincolnshire Bat Group: http://www.lincsbatgroup.co.uk/ Butterfly Conservation Lincolnshire Branch: https://twitter.com/BC_Lincolnshire Lincsbirders: https://twitter.com/lincsbirders Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Project: https://lincolnshirechalkstreams.org/events/ Lincolnshire Chalk Streams Trust: https://lincolnshirechalkstreamstrust.org.uk/ 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 Wildlife Crime https://www.lincs.police.uk/advice/advice-and-information/wc/wildlife-crime/ SPECIES IDENTIFICATION AND RECORDING Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. LNU Recorders and Specialists: https://lnu.org/specialists/ Downloads of LNU books: https://lnu.org/publications/books/ Recording with "iRecord": https://www.brc.ac.uk/irecord/ iRecord is recommended by the LNU as an appropriate platform for on-line recording. Local Bat Helpline Grounded bats, bat problems, advice and information. Contact Annette Faulkner on 01775 766286 Email: annettefaulkner@btinternet.com 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 When asking for help: Please give 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. Lincolnshire Badger Group https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093647842292 Email: lincolnshirebadgergroup@hotmail.com Lincs Environmental Records Centre: http://www.glnp.org.uk/ Natural England: http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/ NHBS Natural history equipment or books. https://www.nhbs.com/ The Flora of Lincolnshire by Joan Gibbons: downloadable LNU book Atlas of the terrestrial and semi-aquatic Mammals of Lincolnshire: *** For the Geologists *** Please copy and paste URLs if/as necessary. 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 UK Fossils in Lincolnshire https://ukfossils.co.uk/category/lincolnshire/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 10. BULLETIN PUBLICITY POLICY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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 unwise or untimely 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. [Views expressed in the Bulletin do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of the LNU or associated organisations. In particular this applies to agencies, especially charities, taking a political stance.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11. LNU EVENTS DIARY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** LNU Events *** https://lnu.org/meetings/ https://lnu.org/meetings/indoor-meetings/ *** Lincolnshire Naturalists Union Field Meeting *** Saxilby Nature Project, Sunday 23rd June 2024 A new site for LNU field meetings Northwest of Saxilby. – Access courtesy of Ross and Eleanor Smith. 10.30 for 11.00 start and finish about 16.00..Car parking nearby off Sykes Lane. Grid reference: SK 87562 76768 What3Words: villas.hack.fixture – nearest postcode: LN1 2NX Habitats: Ponds, scrub and grassland on ex-arable Leaders: Luke Hartley 07399 322211hartley026@gmail.com, Brian Hedley brian_hedley@hotmail.com and Sarah Lambert 07784169260 sarah.lambert7@ntlworld.com https://what3words.com/villas.hack.fixture PLEASE NOTE; the nearest postcode was printed incorrectly when this notice appeared last week. It is now corrected above as LN1 2NX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 12 ...AND FINALLY... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** National or international stories *** Beyond the Lake District: five of the UK’s less-visited national parks https://www.theguardian.com/travel/article/2024/jun/08/five-uk-less-visited-national-parks Meth-addict fish, aggro starlings, caffeinated minnows: animals radically changed by human drugs – study https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/06/drug-pollution-wildlife-threat-aoe The last ozone-layer damaging chemicals to be phased out are finally falling in the atmosphere https://theconversation.com/the-last-ozone-layer-damaging-chemicals-to-be-phased-out-are-finally-falling-in-the-atmosphere-232045 Elephants call each other by name, just like people https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/animals-ecology/elephants-call-each-other-names/ 80th anniversary D-Day sculpture serves as a nesting site for rare birds https://www.gwct.org.uk/news/news/2024/june/80th-anniversary-d-day-sculpture-serves-as-a-nesting-site-for-rare-birds/ bbc-springwatch-highlights-how-the-hard-work-of-the-martin-down-farmer-cluster-and-the-gwct-is-making-a-difference-for-wildlife,-soil-and-water https://www.gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2024/june/bbc-springwatch-highlights-how-the-hard-work-of-the-martin-down-farmer-cluster-and-the-gwct-is-making-a-difference-for-wildlife,-soil-and-water *** Mail Fails *** None ----------------- ~ THE END ~ ----------------- (..until next week!) Roger Parsons old.museum@yahoo.co.uk http://rogerparsons.info/