The CVWG 2024 Botany Walks Programme, our spring Events Programme and Newsletter 109, Winter 2023/4, are up on the website. You or someone you know may be interested in evening botany walks, daytime insect surveys, regular butterfly transect walks, wildlife trips outside our area, wildlife photography, bat detecting, moth trapping or wildlife habitat conservation work… if so, do have a look! You may wish to join our Barn Owl conservation team or consider getting involved with the other projects on offer via our project pages. Our area lies within the Somer Valley area of North Somerset.
Tag: Somerset-wildlife
Free Woodland Skills Training
Avon Needs Trees are running a free training Course: Woodland Skills Training Programme.
From their website:
The woodland Skills training programme is designed to help adults who want to work with trees and woodlands to gain skills and experience that might lead to employment, training or volunteering. The Woodland Skills training programme is a combination of practical on-site learning experiences and talks from industry professionals on a range of topics relating to woodland creation, tree care and land management. It is free to attend but you must apply and be selected onto the programme first. The application deadline is Wed 6th December
For more information: https://avonneedstrees.org.uk/get-involved/woodland-skills-training-programme/
CVWG newsletter and events posted
The Cam Valley Wildlife Group newsletter 107 and our autumn/winter events are now posted on our website.
Walk reminder – Ebbor Gorge 2 pm today
CVWG Picnic Walk to Ebbor Gorge
Sunday 13th August 2pm
We will meet in the car park at Deerleap, Wells BA5 1AY to take a walk around this reserve and plan to have our picnic at the view point, overlooking the Gorge.
Please contact Diana Walker for more information on 07581 451805 or wish to car share so she can lookout for you.
CVWG events in July
Cam Valley Willdife Group programmed events coming up in July are:
On Sunday 2nd July, a trip to Ham Wall to see and photograph dragonflies, with an opportunity to see close-up images taken for a really good look at some of their features.
On 22nd and 23rd July, a weekend wildlife event at a private location in Paulton including daytime observations at the location and a visit to the ponds and canal restoration area in Paulton Basin on the Saturday followed by moth trapping and bat roost emergence in the evening and return on Sunday morning to examine the trap’s contents.
On Sunday 23rd July a trip to two country gardens at Benter near Oakhill – naturalistic planting, wildlife pond, walled garden, woodland walk.
For details and contacts, see https://cvwg.org.uk/cam-valley-wildlife-group-events/cvwg-event-reports/
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Weekend wildlife recording event in Paulton – daytime and evening sessions
Saturday 22nd July and Sunday 23rd July
We will be looking at the wildlife of a private location in Paulton from 3pm on Saturday. We will also visit Paulton Basin. This will be followed around/after sunset by bat roost emergence and moth trapping at this private home location. The moth trap will be running all night and we will go back on Sunday morning to examine the contents.
Refreshments will be provided for a small charge to cover costs – tea, coffee, squash, cans, biscuits – but if you are planning on being there for the whole event, please do bring food and drink to keep yourself going!
Parking space will be provided and we will also have use of a first-floor loo, accessed by stairs.
This is a ‘no dogs’ event. Guardians are asked to closely watch children as there is a brook with steep banks, nettles, brambles and so on. It is important that when you arrive you speak to Deborah for risk assessment/insurance purposes.
Please contact Deborah Porter for further details and directions at camvalleywildlife@gmail.com or on 01761 435563
Haydon Batch Bioblitz today, 30th April
There is a bioblitz at Haydon Batch today from 11.00 am – 3.00 pm. There will be two guided walks, at 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm, starting from the iNaturalist Gazebo outside Haydon Que Club. These will provide an introduction to plant identification and provide an opportunity to discuss the ecology, culinary use and cultural signinficance of the plants encountered. There will be consultant ecologists on hand to help. An eye will be kept open for birds including returning summer migrants, and also for insects if the weather is kind. There is on-street parking on Kilmersdon Raod and the site is a short walk from the Waterside estate.
Barn Owl Project Report 2022 posted – CVWG, North Somerset
The Barn Owl Project report for 2022 is now available along with previous reports back to 2016. The earlier reports contain charts showing the number of breeding pairs in the Cam Valley Wildlife Group area going back to 1995.
Reminder – talk – Moths of Radstock tonight, 5th Oct
Wednesday 5 October – Talk: Moths of Radstock
Neale Mellersh, County Moth Recorder, will be giving a talk on the moths of Radstock at the Working Men’s Club, Radstock.
7.30pm for 8pm start. Bar with hot/cold drinks.
Upcoming CVWG events, Early October
Wednesday 5 October – Talk – Moths of Radstock
Neale Mellersh, lepidopterist and County Recorder for Micro-moths, will be giving a talk on the moths of Radstock at the Radstock Working Men’s Club.
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).
Sunday 9 October – Mini-beast survey on Haydon Batch
10.30am – 12 pm. This survey’s focus will be on recording harvestmen and shield bugs in different habitats on the batch. Please wear clothing and footwear suitable for offf-path searching. Meet at the entrance to Haydon Batch, 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.
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