4 o’clock on Sunday the 5th of May. It’s still dark, surprisingly cold, and very quiet.
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Dawn Chorus 2024
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Reports of WOFC meetings
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Barnsley Warren
On 21 April 2024 eight of us embarked on a somewhat risky trip to Barnsley Warren in Gloucestershire, prepared for every challenge from safely parking in a small lay-by right next to a racetrack of a road (The Fosse Way), to climbing down steep steps on a half-hidden bank beyond a hedge, to climbing up and over a rickety ladder stile to land on the side of a precipitous hillside, where the only tracks were those formed horizontally by the age-old tread of sheep.
On Sunday March 17, sixteen of us gathered at the Village Hall car park in Adelstrop for a walk to look for signs of spring. A wonderful spring day – long awaited, blossom on the trees, blue sky, white clouds and a mild breeze.
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Wildlife Photographer of the Year Exhibition
Rather disappointingly, only five members came to the exhibition at Nature in Art in Twigworth, near Gloucester, on 15 February. Perhaps it was the distance that deterred people or maybe just lack of interest, who knows? However, those who did come along were able to enjoy some really exceptional photography.
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Whelford Pools
What a surprise! We arrived at Whelford Pools, near Lechlade, on Saturday 10 Feb in pleasant sunshine. We almost felt that spring was in the air… and we weren’t the only ones.
The forecast for our walk at Bury Down on the Ridgeway on 10 December predicted heavy rain and wind between 10.30am and 1pm, the exact time for our planned ramble. It was spot on. Nevertheless, six noble – or possibly foolish – souls, donned waterproofs, determined to defy the weather and complete the circuit.
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Blenheim Community Path
While those who came along to the Fungus Foray enjoyed blue skies and sunshine, we who gathered for the Blenheim Community Path on Sunday 19 November weren’t so fortunate. Grey sky, drizzle and a chilly wind greeted us, but undaunted, seven doughty Field Club members set off for what turned out to be quite a fruitful venture.
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Fungus Foray at Watlington Hill
On Sunday 5th of November about 25 of us, including some visitors, met Peter Creed on Watlington Hill for a foray to look at (mainly) grassland fungi. It was a beautiful day, sunny and dry with a breeze, good conditions for seeing fungi.
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Harcourt Arboretum
In the last couple of weeks the leaves have finally started to take on their autumn colours. Alas, this was rather too late for us to appreciate them during our visit to Harcourt arboretum.
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Sydlings Copse
Thursday 24th August 2023 was one of those beautiful, warm days when eight of us gathered to visit Sydlings Copse, one of my favourite nature reserves, close to Oxford city. I was already worried that the flowers would be over so late in the season, but when I learned on a recce a week before that BBOWT’s roving sheep were going to be released to ‘mow the grass’, I really felt like cancelling the trip. However, with both Julia and Maggie’s optimism and the reassurance from the BBOWT warden that the sheep didn’t like the sharp taste of herbs, we went ahead.
WEST OXFORDSHIRE FIELD CLUB 