Becoming Nature Detectives

Sam Devine-Turner hosted a really enjoyable session for us at Churchstoke Community Hall, showing an enthusiastic audience how to spot and interpret the different signs that mammals leave behind them.  She made sure everyone was thoroughly engaged and involved and...

Russian bears on the Finnish Line

On Monday, 13th February, our AGM was followed by a return visit from Ric Morris, this time presenting his photos from “the trip of a lifetime” to see European brown bears on the Finland/Russia border. The bears literally crossed the ‘Finnish...

Fungi walk at Roundton

On Sunday 16th October, the group returned once again to the beautiful Roundton Nature Reserve near Churchstoke.  This time, we were on the hunt for fungi. The remarkably dry year so far had meant some fungi species were quite late in their usual development, but...

Plant walk at Roundton

The Group was recently able to host its first event since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, a walk exploring the plant life on the Roundton Nature Reserve near Churchstoke.  Numbers on the walk were limited to minimise the Covid risk, but the small group who...

2020 AGM

We held our AGM at Churchstoke Community Hall on 12th February.  After the requisite AGM admin covered the Group’s Chair, Mary Napper, we had reports from Leo Smith and Rob Rowe on the respective activities of the Bird and Plant Groups. After a refreshment break, we...