Bourne Area Group Newsletter June 2024
Welcome to our summer newsletter with updates on recent events, Committee news, what is happening on some of our local reserves and more. If you want to contribute to the newsletter please let us know – see the section at the back. We’ll also produce occasional blogs.
RECENT EVENTS AGM & talk by Nick WIlliams (10th April) We had a well-attended AGM aided, of course, by the draw of Nick Williams entertaining and informing us afterwards with fabulous photos and music about his adventures as a wildlife photographer at home and abroad, followed by a session on rare breeding birds locally in south Lincolnshire. Dole Wood open day (21st April) Despite the distinctly cool but thankfully dry weather, we still attracted 176 visitors (146 adults, 30 children) to see the bluebells and enjoy the various walks, activities and refreshments. In all, we raised over £370 for the Trust and Area group. Twyford Wood walk (11th May) A repeat of the (butterfly-free) walk we did in heavy rain the previous year –this year we were fortunate with both the weather and the wildlife for the few who attended. We saw lots of dingy skipper butterflies and a few grizzled skippers but not, unfortunately, any green hairstreaks. We did, however, have more than ample compensation in a singing nightingale, a range of other spring warblers and some basking common lizards. The wood is a great site to visit, and a local stronghold for willow warblers, with the added bonus of its WWII and D-day history.
Listening for nightingales (left) and a grizzled skipper (right).