Last year’s dormouse box checks were not reported in a website bulletin due to an unavoidable temporary pause in group activities before Christmas, although they were briefly mentioned in the 2021 News Sheet. To provide a more comprehensive description to compensate, the following report is published.     A dormouse pictured enjoying a meal of […]

On Sunday May 1st 2022 at 2.30pm, our volunteer nature conservation group is organising a public countryside walk in the secluded, beautiful, bluebell carpeted, wooded area of Sayers Common adjacent to a large wildlife pond. The owners of the land have kindly offered to allow people to appreciate the natural beauty of an area that […]

Our progress with our ongoing work to support local bat populations has increased above last year’s record achievement. The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group’s bat box conservation area initiative which began in 2009, has proved to be even more successful this year. This 2021 result is a considerable boost for our group volunteers who have worked […]

Sayers Common Pond / Talbot Field / Super Sunday Event.   This summer we have undertaken many nature conservation activities/events. To cover some of these we combine several of them in one report rather than issue a number of individual ones.   Sayers Common Pond. Following on from our successful barn owl breeding season, group […]

Each summer The Woodland, Flora & Fauna Group undertake a tour of all their owl boxes included in their barn owl conservation area. We also include the tawny owl boxes that remain after the progressive year-on-year destruction inflicted on them by grey squirrels, which resulted in the unfortunate removal of the majority of the 18 […]