Horncastle & Limewoods

All meetings 10am to 12 noon at Chambers Farm Wood (unless otherwise stated) by kind permission of the Forestry Commission.

£1.00 per member
Accompanying adults free, or donation.

Please book in advance with Mary Porter on 01526 399347 or email : watch@lincstrust.co.uk

Saturday 21st January Winter birds and willow feeders.

Saturday 18th February Trail trek. A longer walk, to explore the winter woods.

Saturday 17th March Dormouse work party! Wear old clothes and gloves as we shall be painting dormouse boxes and putting them up in the woods. On the way back, we’ll check to see if grass snakes, lizards, and frogs, toads and newts have come out of hibernation.

Saturday 21st April Flowers for wildlife. We will plant some sunflower seeds to take home, and investigate the wildflowers in the woods.

Saturday 19th May Away-day visit and picnic at the Middlemarsh Wetland Grazing Project, between Burgh le Marsh, Skegness and Croft (post code PE24 5AD). Bird hides and a personal tour by Simon Dodsworth. If we are lucky, we might see nesting waders such as lapwing, avocet, little ringed plover and ringed plover. (Parking info on booking)

Saturday 16th June Investigating Insects. Get ready for National Insect week (25th June- 1 July). We will find as many different sorts as we can, then take away ideas to try at home.

Saturday 21st July Beautiful butterflies.
Coppers, skippers and admirals! How many different sorts will we see?

Saturday 18th August A date with dormice! Checking our dormouse boxes with Anne Goodall. Will we see a nest of babies?

Saturday 15th September Bird ringing with the experts. Anne and her experts will be back again, this time giving us a close up view of our wild birds.

Saturday 20th October Fascinating fungi. Good or bad? Pretty or pretty awful? We shall find out what’s in the woods!

Saturday 17th November Early Christmas party, including making a Christmas wreath to take home.

We meet by kind permission of the Forestry Commission, at Chambers Farm Wood.

Meetings are from 10am to 12 noon and cost £1 per child. Accompanying adult please pay a donation if you are able.

Booking essential. Please book with Mary on: watch@lincstrust.co.uk

Saturday 21st January
Winter birds and willow bird feeders

Saturday 18th February Trail trek.
Exploring the longer walks of the wood! Bring wellies, fully waterproof and warm clothes!

Saturday 17th March Dormouse work party. Our chance to make and refurbish dormouse boxes, put our names on them, and put them up in the wood, ready to check later in the year!

We were SO LUCKY that it rained a few days before we were due to search for foot and paw prints in mud! Then we came across a BRILLIANT bit of mud. We made casts of big dog, muntjac deer and stoat! (pictured)

I just had to put this one on the website! It shows SO MANY lovely flowers, such as devil's bit scabious and knapweed, in Little Scrubbs meadow!

The sun came out for our wildlife walk and picnic! We found plenty of butterflies and other minibeasts in the garden and Little Scrubbs meadow.

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