Reading & District Natural History Society

On Sunday 31st May, Malcolm Storey led a field trip to the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust’s Dry Sandford nature reserve near Abingdon. The target species were solitary bees and wasps, which mine into the exposed sides of the former sand pit. A small ginger moth on Common Bird’s-foot Trefoil was later identified from [...]

On Sunday 17th May, Janet and Jerry Welsh led a field trip to Crowsley Park and Kent’s Hill. The walk started from Sonning Common in light drizzle but the weather improved as the afternoon progressed. A large colony of Bee Orchids was found in a nearby field, together with Narrow-leaved Vetch and Changing Forget-me-not. [...]

On Thursday 7th May, Martin Sell led an evening walk in cool and cloudy conditions at Aston Upthorpe in the Berkshire Downs. Cowslips were abundant, particularly in the grassland surrounding Juniper Valley. 6 plants of Field Fleawort were just about to come into flower. The fence around the Pasqueflower exclosure was no longer rabbit-proof [...]