The WOFC Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 4 March 2022 in the Lower Hall, Methodist Church Hall, Witney. It will be followed by a talk by Philip Mugridge – Our Voyage aboard the Beagle.
Johb C. writes:
Last Thursday, after another morning removing tree guards at Tar Lakes, I spent some of the afternoon in the Rushy Common hide to see whether the Marsh Harrier I had seen two weeks previously was still around.
John Cobb writes:
After spending last Thursday morning on all fours removing plastic tree guards (terrible things, very prickly job!) at Tar Lakes with the LWVP volunteers, I walked around Tar lakes and the fishing lakes towards Hardwick to see what birds were about.
David Roberts writes:
Reg Cox, Roy Jackson and myself took advantage of the reasonably forecast day and drove down to Slimbridge. On the approach road to the reserve we parked before the Canal Bridge at Shepherd’s Patch and walked over the bridge to the field beyond. On the right there is a barn and in this field, a little way in, was a Glossy Ibis, looking resplendent through the telescope.
John C writes:
This evening (14 Jan 2022) we had a truly fascinating and information-packed Zoom talk, The Trouble Without Wasps, by Dr Ian Bedford, a retired entomologist from the John Innes Centre in Norwich: all you ever need to know about wasps – and much more!
This talk will be given via Zoom at 7:30 pm on Friday 14 January 2022 in place of our in-person Members’ Night.
John C . writes:
About a month ago after an afternoon birdwatching in the hides at Pit 60 in Standlake we found a group of interesting looking mushrooms on a dead tree.
On Monday 6 December, fourteen Field Club members enjoyed a fascinating tour of the Entomology Department of the Museum of Natural History in Oxford.
David Roberts writes:
Had a super short break in Norfolk last week, drove up Tuesday 23 November and back Friday 26, staying at Caley Hall Hotel, Old Hunstanton, which is a favourite of mine as it is so close to all the bird watching sites on the North Coast; I have stopped there many times in the last fifteen years. Jean and I took our labrador, Millie, and met up at Welney Wildfowl and Wetlands Centre for lunch with Roy and Anne Jackson and their King Charles.
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