Mini-beast survey, Haydon, tomorrow, Sunday 9 October

Sunday 9 October – Mini beast survey on Haydon Batch

10.30 – 12. Meet at the entrance to Haydon Batch Haydon, BA3 3QR. The focus will be on recording harvestmen and shield bugs in different habitats on the batch. Please wear clothing and footwear suitable for off-path searching. The entrance to Haydon batch is behind the Haydon Que Club beside the Haydon Allotments.

Parking is available, but please keep the allotments entrance clear.

Contact Deborah for further information: 01761 435563

Booking required for Haydon Bat Walk

Thursday 22nd September Bat Walk, Haydon Batch

The bat walk will take place 6.45 pm – 8.15 pm, led by Miriam Woolnough, the B&NES Green Infrastructure & Nature Recovery Officer. Miriam runs the Somer Valley Rediscovered project. Booking is required – see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bat-walk-haydon-batch-tickets-411879541797

Upcoming events – wildlife – Sept/Oct

Events in the Cam Valley Wildlife Group area from 13 September to 5 October:

Tuesday 13 September – Bat Walk, Greyfield Woods

The High Littelton & Hallatrow Environmental Group (HLHenvironmentalgroup@gmail.com) Bat Walk, Greyfield Woods, 6.45 pm. Led by experts for Avon and Somerset Bat Groups. £3.00 adults, childeren and members free

Monday 19th September, Talk in Timsbury – Outer Hebrides

Andy Daw will be giving this talk as part of the Timsbury Natural History Group’s programmes of events at Conygre Hall, North Rd, Timsbury, BA2 OJQ. 7.30 pm.

Visitors welcome £3.00. Refreshments and raffle. For further details contact Andrew Harrison [Secretary] on 07814680062

Thursday 22nd September Bat Walk, Haydon Batch

The bat walk will take place 6.45 pm – 8.15 pm, led by Miriam Woolnough, the B&NES Green Infrastructure & Nature Recovery Officer. Miriam runs the Somer Valley Rediscovered project. Booking is required – see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bat-walk-haydon-batch-tickets-411879541797

The entrance to Haydon batch is behind the Haydon Que Club beside the Haydon Allotments. Parking is available, but please keep the allotments entrance clear.

Saturday 1st October – River Dipping, Midsomer Norton

Join the Bristol Avon Rivers Trust in river dipping, suitable for children 5 years and up. 10.00 am – 2 pm, Wellow Brook Midsomer Norton. For more information, go to http://www.bristolavonriverstrust.org

Wednesday 5 October – Talk – Moths of Radstock

Neale Mellersh, experienced lepidopterist and County Recorder for Micro-moths,  will be giving a talk on the moths of Radstock at the Radstock Working Men’s Club. The first talk of the Cam Valley Wildlife Group autumn/winter programme

7.30 pm for an 8 pm start. Bar with hot/cold drinks. Please park in the town car park next door (behind the library).

CVWG Newsletter 102

Wildlife in Coleford, Nature Notes, hedgehogs and more feature in the Cam Valley Wildlife Group spring 2022 newsletter, just posted on our website.

https://cvwg.org.uk/cam-valley-wildlife-group-newsletter/

Timsbury Nats change of talk tonight

The scheduled talk at the Conygre Hall has been changed due to unforseen circumstances. Andy Daw is kindly stepping in with “Drawing on Nature – a passion for paper” Conygre Hall, North Rd, Timsbury, BA2 0JQ, 7.30 pm. Visitors Welcome, £3.00. Further info: Mike Bailey, 01761 471000.

CVWG Newsletter 101 on website

Our Winter 2022 newsletter has Nature Notes, articles on Toad Patrol, an odd prickly fruit and spiders … plus more.

Timsbury Nats talk, 18 April, Mallorca birding journey

“A Birding Journey around Mallorca” – a talk by Len Clark at the Conygre Hall, North Rd, Timsbury, BA2 0JQ, at 7.30 pm, Monday 18th April 2022. Visitors welcome. Refreshments and raffle. For further information, please contact Mike Bailey on 01761 471000

Reminder – Amphibians and Reptiles talk 2nd March, Radstock

John Dickson of the Reptile and Amphibian Group for Somerset will be talking about the group’s activities. The Reptile and Amphibian Group for Somerset (RAGS) is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to promoting the interests ofwild, native reptiles and amphibians across Somerset and forms part of the national ARG-UK network.

Radstock Working Men’s Club, 7.30pm for 8pm start. Bar with hot/cold drinks. Please park in the town car park next door (behind the library).

Talk on moths, Timsbury 14th March

MOTHS – Small Creatures surviving in a Big World

A talk by Mike Bailey hosted by Timsbury Natural History Group

Monday 14th March 2022, 7.30pm

Conygre Hall, North Road, Timsbury BA2 0JQ

Visitors welcome £3.00. Refreshments and raffle

For further information please ring Rod Bruce [Secretary] on 01761 433013

Timsbury Nats talks Sept – Nov

Timsbury Natural History Group is now holding talks again at the Conygre Hall, Timsbury:

20th September, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. Brian Plant

18th October, The Beaver Reintroduction. Joshua Harris

15 November. The Ferns of Somerset. Helena Crouch


The group can be contacted through its Secretary, Rod Bruce, on 01761 433013.