9th August 2026
Nine members met at this Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust reserve high up on top of the Cotswolds on a warm sunny morning, hoping to find butterflies, and maybe even some autumn gentians in flower.
10 August 2026
For some years I have left part of my lawn uncut after the cowslips have finished flowering. “No Mow May” has gradually turned into No Mow June, July and August, and various plants and insects have moved in. Then the other day I made a startling discovery – read on to find out what it was.
23 July 2026
It was a perfect evening for our annual glow worm hunt, warm and still. All we needed to do was to stay awake until it got dark.
19th July 2026
Anyone parking in Waitrose’s car park in Witney at 9.30am on 19 July might have wondered what we were doing, earnestly peering into the undergrowth.
The field between Hailey Road and Mill Street in Witney is surprisingly good for wildlife. In the last few weeks I have found some quite spectacular caterpillars there – read on to find out more.
2nd July 2026
When walking with the Field Club it is invariably handy to have sharp eyesight. On this occasion, eight pretty sharp-eyed people joined Roger Newman for the walk and our joint ocular prowess really paid off!
28 June 2026
We had an early start to watch our moth expert, Julian Howe, open the moth traps that he had set up the previous evening in a lovely, wildlife-friendly garden in Shilton. What would we find?
20 June, 2026
As Field Club walks go, this really was a cracker! We were so fortunate in having a warm but not too hot a day, particularly as the following
day reached 28 degrees. In addition, we had a really great leader in the form of Craig Blackwell who made our walk both informative and fun.
10 June 2026
The visit to Long Mead Meadow at Swinford, near Eynsham, was arranged following a talk given to us by Catriona Bass in the autumn and presented a great opportunity to see what we had learned about for real.
31 May to 3 June, 2026
The Wyre Forest, near Kidderminster in Worcestershire, is a hidden gem, little known outside the area but rich in wildlife. Luckily for us, the Club’s President, Peter Creed, knows it well and led us on a three day visit in late May/early June.
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