Chris Bucke led a walk round the Wellbarn Estate in the Berkshire Downs on Wednesday 20th June, starting from Starveall above Aldworth. The route started out eastwards along the edge of a field of oilseed rape, crossed the Ridgeway, then went through Town Copse, where there had evidently been a good display of Bluebells and [...]
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Chris Bucke led a field trip at Theale on the evening of Thursday 7th June. The rain ceased in the late afternoon after about 24 hours of stormy weather. Nine intrepid members and guests met at Theale church and explored areas adjacent to the footpath through the golf-course to Malpas. In the early stages of [...] Rod d’Ayala organised a visit to BBOWT’s Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre (SCEEC) on the evening of Saturday 2nd June for a dusk walk and nocturnal newt survey. Newts are most active at night and best seen by torchlight. Unfortunately the weather was not kind and the persistent rain at the start of the evening [...] Natural History walk at Basildon Park on Friday 25 May 2012 at 11 am Chris Bucke led with Colin Dibb as co-leader. Martin Sell came by invitation and there were three others including Mike Abrahams. The weather was hot and very sunny with a cloudless sky but with a fresh easterly breeze. It became evident [...] Chris Raper and Malcolm Storey led a field trip to BBOWT’s Hartslock reserve near Goring on Saturday 26th May. It was a hot and sunny afternoon with a strong easterly wind. The Monkey Orchids were in full flower. There were 2 Lady Orchids in flower and they were a little past their best. They were [...] Julia Cooper and Trish Marcouse organised a visit to the Organic Research Centre at Elm Farm, Hamstead Marshall on 12 May – a welcome dry and sunny day. Agroecology researcher Dr Jo Smith introduced the 11 members present to the Centre and its activities. Jo explained that agro-forestry is a type of integrated land use [...] |
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