Reports of WOFC meetings
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.
17 May 2026
Bernwood Meadows was once part of the Royal Forest of Bernwood where Norman Kings hunted deer and wild boar. The forest stretched for many miles across Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire in a patchwork for fields, woodland and ponds. BBOWT now manages five reserves within the area, Bernwood Meadows being one. The meadows are grazed at the appropriate times and volunteers cut back the edges and coppice trees to discourage encroaching scrub, allowing wild flowers to thrive throughout the summer months.
31st March 2026
It’s quite a long drive to Salisbury Plain, but the draw of being able to see Great Bustards was enough for twelve members of the Field Club to make the journey.
23rd April 2026
Despite the cloudless skies, it was a chilly start to our recent woodland wander through this celebrated SSSI on Oxford’s doorstep. Blackcaps chorused as about 20 of us gathered in the car park, lead singers over a backing group of chaffinches and other woodland birds.
25th January, 2026
As now seems to be routine, the ten Field Club members who came along to Slimbridge were prepared for horribly wet weather, clad in every conceivable waterproof. As it turned out the predicted rain stayed away, allowing us to enjoy lots of birdwatching in quite mild, dry conditions. What luck!
23 July, 2025
A glow worm walk wasn’t on the programme, but as a couple of other walks had to be cancelled because the very hot, dry weather had affected the plant life, we scheduled a pop-up. Would any glow worms pop up? My recce wasn’t very promising.
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