Reading & District Natural History Society

A typical April day with frequent heavy showers did not deter the many eager participants on this walk led by our President, Jan Haseler. 28 members and 2 small grandchildren met at 2.30pm with their raingear and wellingtons on and set off for a walk around this BBOWT Reserve, their appetites whetted by the Presidential [...]

Tony Rayner regularly monitors the reptiles in and around his garden by examining tin sheets that he has scattered in the margins of fields and lawns. Slow-worms are very common visitors and can be found quite early in the year but still Tony was surprised to find that on one transect on 3rd April 2008 [...]