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| Sat Jun 2nd 2018 11:00 | Find route | General Meeting. Wallasea Island. Come and help record the old and newly developing habitats at this extensive site. The Wallasea Island Wild Coast project is a landmark conservation and engineering scheme for the 21st century, on a scale never before attempted in the UK and the largest of its type in Europe. Meet at Grapnell's Farm, Wallasea Island, Creeksea Ferry Road, Rochford, Essex SS4 2HD grid ref: TQ942947. | Peter Harvey, email grayspeterharvey@gmail.com Tel: 01375 371571 |
| Tue Jun 5th 2018 19:00 approx | Find route | Moth Group. Lexden Springs - meet at the northern end of Spring Lane, layby parking available, approx grid reference TL971252. If you bring your own moth trap, you will have to bring you own power supply from batteries etc. | Simon Wood. mobile: 07970 805423 email: simon.wood27@gmail.com. The start time may vary, and is weather dependent so it is vital to check with Simon beforehand. |
| Sat Jun 9th 2018 10.30 | Find route | General Meeting. Carver Barracks. Meet at layby opposite TL566343, permission needed to enter barracks so book ahead with leader, Packed Lunch | Fiona Hutchings. Please book with on fiona.77h@hotmail.com well ahead so that civilian numbers can be passed on to the barracks |
| Sun Jun 10th 2018 11:00-13:00 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. CBC Lexden Park walk. Meet at the car park off Church Lane. This site has a mix of wildflower meadow, woodland and a lake, with an area of scheduled ancient monument that dates back to the late Iron Age. Join the Ranger, Carla Davis, on a walk to find out what species are using the site. Please bring binoculars and any identification books or field guides you may have with you. Wear suitable/appropriate footwear for local conditions. | Carla on 01206 853588 or 07866553879
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| Tue Jun 12th 2018 19:00 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. Evening visit to EWT Weeleyhall Wood, Weeley. We will meet at the car park by the church in Church Lane at approximately TM15422148. From there we will walk to the wood. Usually parts of the wood are quite muddy, so wellingtons may be advisable, although in the autumn of 2017 we were surprised by how dry the ground was.
In the autumn, we visited Weeleyhall Wood to look at some of the mosses and liverworts to be found there. We will return for this late spring/early summer visit. Some of the plants to look out for include yellow archangel and climbing corydalis, as well as a range of ferns. There is also the chance of hearing a singing nightingale.
| CNHS Chairman Sven Wair. For further information ring 07504095352 |
| Sat Jun 16th 2018 10:30 | Find route | General Meeting. Mill Green Common. Off road parking at TL 638 012 opposite the Cricketer's Pub but the entrance is concealed from the road until you are close to it. Packed lunch. | Graham Smith Please book 01277 354034. |
| Tue Jun 19th 2018 Check Start Time | Find route | Moth Group. Gosbecks - meet in public carpark close to roundabout at junction of B1022 Maldon Road and Cunobelin Way, approx grid reference TL967228 If you bring your own moth trap, you will have to bring you own power supply from batteries etc. | Simon Wood. mobile: 07970 805423 email: simon.wood27@gmail.com. The start time may vary, and is weather dependent so it is vital to check with Simon beforehand. |
| Thu Jun 21st 2018 10:30 | Find route | Botany Group with BNHS. Lee Chapel South. Monad TQ6987, Meeting at TQ692879 near the western end of 'The Knares' parking in 'Ardleigh' to the North or 'Gaynesford' to the South, approx 1km East of Laindon station, Packed Lunch. | Mary Smith 01708 228921 or m.smith33gpf@gmail.com |
| Sat Jun 23rd 2018 10:30-15:30 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. CBC High Woods Country Park Wild Walk. Join Ted Benton, President of CNHS, looking at plants, birds, insects and any other wildlife on this pleasant walk through the park. Suitable for those who want to learn more about their local wildlife, to brush up on their ID skills or to share their knowledge with others. Bring a packed lunch if staying for the whole session. Basic refreshments available from the visitor centre. | For further information call Site Ranger, Sonya Lindsell, on 07770814282. Meet at the Country Park Visitor Centre, Turner Road CO4 5JR. TL999 270. FREE, just turn up, no booking required. |
| Sun Jun 24th 2018 10:30 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. EWT Iron Latch Meadow NR near Eight Ash Green. Meet at Halstead Road layby TL956254. - lunch, bring sandwiches. A morning visit to this small but species-rich meadow, which the CNHS played a major part in both clearing scrub from and having it declared a nature reserve in the 1980s. This acid-neutral grassland supports five plant species that are scarce in Essex. Our leader will be volunteer warden David Baker, who found this meadow in 1982 and will talk about the history of the meadow as we wander round. We will follow this up with an optional afternoon visit to the nearby Woodland Trust Fordham Hall Estate. | Contact Leader David Baker on 01206 242059 for further information. |
| Sun Jun 24th 2018 13:30 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. WT Fordham Hall Estate. Meet at the Woodland Trust car park TL928287. David will take us on a walk around this relatively new Woodland Trust acquisition. A fine mixture of trees, scrub and grassland supporting bee orchids, pyramidal orchids and a range of other interesting plant species. | led by David Baker (01206 242059) who can answer any queries. |
| Tue Jul 3rd 2018 Check Start Time | Find route | Moth Group. Spring Lane Nursery - meet at gates to Colchester BC Spring Lane nursery. This is just off the roundabout at the junction of the A12 and A133 Cymbeline Way. If coming north down the A12 sliproad, Spring Lane is the first turning off the roundabout (A133 is the second). Approx grid reference TL972255. If you bring your own moth trap, you will have to bring you own power supply from batteries etc. | Simon Wood. mobile: 07970 805423 email: simon.wood27@gmail.com. The start time may vary, and is weather dependent so it is vital to check with Simon beforehand. |
| Sat Jul 7th 2018 10:30 | Find route | General Meeting. Hadleigh Great Wood, Packed Lunch, The meeting point would be at the entrance in Warren Road. Warren Road is accessible from Sanctuary Road which is off Woodlands Park, a continuation of Scrub Lane. | Contact Roger Payne Home: 01702 301548 mobile: 07891484633 |
| Sun Jul 8th 2018 10:30 | Find route | ERMS and EFC. Walton on the Naze, EWT Visitor Centre, CO14 8LE, parking at centre. | Gerald Lucy (07512 156579) |
| Sun Jul 8th 2018 11:00-13:00 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. Hilly Fields Local Nature Reserve Butterfly and Summer Insects Walk. Meet the Ranger and CNHS at the Sussex Road entrance. This is a varied site with acid grassland, hay meadows, secondary woodland with scrub areas and a wetland area on the north side. Join us to see what insects can be found on the wing. Please bring binoculars and any identification books or field guides you may have with you. Wear | Carla on 01206 853588 or 07866553879 |
| Sat Jul 14th 2018 10:30 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. Marks Hall Estate, Coggeshall. Marks Hall is well signed up from the A120. Meet at the Visitor Centre car park. An excellent tearoom is available or bring your own sandwiches.
This is our annual mid-summer visit to Marks Hall to monitor butterflies in particular, but also to look at the wider range of plants and insects found throughout this very varied estate. As usual this visit will be led by Society President Ted Benton, who knows the site well and has long been involved with reintroductions of several species of butterflies there. | Further information from Ted on 01206 867321. |
| Tue Jul 17th 2018 Check start time | Find route | Moth Group. Westlands Country Park - meet at gates to Park in James Carter Road at approx grid reference TL965234 Roadside parking available. If you bring your own moth trap, you will have to bring you own power supply from batteries etc. | Simon Wood. mobile: 07970 805423 email: simon.wood27@gmail.com. The start time may vary, and is weather dependent so it is vital to check with Simon beforehand. |
| Tue Jul 17th 2018 19:00-21:00 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. 9pm CBC Cymbeline Meadows Evening Wildlife Walk. Meet at the small carpark near the tennis courts on the Chase Way off Spring Lane / Bakers Lane CO3 4AZ. FREE, just turn up, no booking required. Join the site Ranger looking at plants, birds, insects and other wildlife on this pleasant evening circular walk through Cymbeline Meadows. It is hoped that an updated wildlife information panel will be produced for the site later in the year so the aim is to collate an extensive list of wildlife, including photos, to help towards the production of this sign. | Further information call site ranger, Sonya Lindsell, on 07770814282 |
| Sat Jul 21st 2018 10:30 | Find route | General Meeting. Curry Farm, Postcode CM0 7HL on the B1021 at Mill End, Bradwell on Sea, grid ref: TL994056. Packed Lunch. | Please Book with Stephen on 01621 776547 |
| Sun Jul 22nd 2018 11:00-13:00 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. Gosbecks archaeological site walk - meet at Maldon Road car park. This site has grazing fields on the east of the site with two small plantations and an area of grassland on the west side that is cut and collected annually. Join the ranger, Carla Davis, on a walkabout to find what species are using the site. Please bring binoculars and any identification books/field guides you may have with you. Wear suitable/appropriate footwear for local conditions. | Contact: Carla on 01206 853588 or 07866553879 |
| Thu Aug 2nd 2018 10:30 | Find route | General Meeting. Carver Barracks. Parking in barracks or in layby opposite TL566343, permission needed to enter barracks so book ahead with leader, Packed Lunch. | Fiona Hutchings. Please book with on fiona.77h@hotmail.com well ahead so that civilian numbers can be passed on to the barracks |
| Sun Aug 5th 2018 10:00 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. Car trip to Shingle Street, Suffolk. meet at 10am at the parking area at approximately TM36794293. Shingle Street is a special site within the Suffolk coastal strip. It is characterised by the extensive shingle beach and constantly shifting shingle banks and by the grazing marshes and dykes behind the beach. Wildlife to be found includes barn owls; various mammals; grasshoppers and crickets; dragonflies and damselflies; and such plants as yellow-horned poppy, sea kale, sea pea, sea campion, viper's-bugloss, hoary mullein and the coastal yellow crisp-moss Tortella flavovirens. | Sven Wair, CNHS Chairman, will lead this walk. For further information ring 07504095352 |
| Sun Aug 5th 2018 11:00-13:00 | Find route | Colchester Natural History Society. CBC Westlands Country Park. meet at the James Carter Road entrance. This site is old landfill which has been restored and planted with 6ha of trees whilst the rest is a mix of rough grassland, scrub and open amenity area. Join the Ranger, Carla Davis, to take a walkabout to find what species are using the site. Please bring binoculars and any identification books or field guides you may have with you. Wear suitable/appropriate footwear for local conditions. | Contact: Carla on 01206 853588 or 07866553879 |
| Tue Aug 7th 2018 Check Start Time | Find route | Moth Group. Lexden Park - meet in public carpark off Church Lane at approx grid reference TL971250. If you bring your own moth trap, you will have to bring you own power supply from batteries etc. | Simon Wood. mobile: 07970 805423 email: simon.wood27@gmail.com. The start time may vary, and is weather dependent so it is vital to check with Simon beforehand. |
| Sat Aug 11th 2018 10:30 | Find route | General Meeting. Mill Green Common. Off road parking at TL 638 012 opposite the Cricketer's Pub but the entrance is concealed from the road until you are close to it. Packed lunch. | Graham Smith Please book 01277 354034. |
| Sun Aug 19th 2018 11am - 5pm | Find route | The Essex Natural History Show. The Essex Natural History Show. Activities taking place at: the Green Centre, Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea, Basildon, Essex SS16 4UH. | Contact: Peter Harvey. Email: grayspeterharvey@gmail.com |
| Sat Aug 25th 2018 10:30 | Find route | General Meeting. Priory Fields. Parking in car park off Bicknacre road, Football Club car park at TL786029. Packed Lunch. | Please contact John Cooke on 01708 223477 or jhc@johocooke.plus.com beforehand so that we can confirm numbers the day before |
| Sat Sep 1st 2018 11:00 | Find route | General Meeting. Wallasea Island. Come and help record the old and newly developing habitats at this extensive site. The Wallasea Island Wild Coast project is a landmark conservation and engineering scheme for the 21st century, on a scale never before attempted in the UK and the largest of its type in Europe. Meet at Grapnell's Farm, Wallasea Island, Creeksea Ferry Road, Rochford, Essex SS4 2HD grid ref: TQ942947. | Peter Harvey, email grayspeterharvey@gmail.com Tel: 01375 371571 |
| Tue Sep 4th 2018 10:30 | Find route | General Meeting. Carver Barracks. Parking in barracks or in layby opposite TL566343, permission needed to enter barracks so book ahead with leader, Packed Lunch. | Fiona Hutchings. Please book with on fiona.77h@hotmail.com well ahead so that civilian numbers can be passed on to the barracks |
| Tue Sep 11th 2018 10:30 | Find route | General Meeting. Hadleigh Great Wood, Packed Lunch, The meeting point would be at the entrance in Warren Road. Warren Road is accessible from Sanctuary Road which is off Woodlands Park, a continuation of Scrub Lane. | Contact Roger Payne. Home: 01702 301548 mobile: 07891484633 |
| Sat Sep 22nd 2018 10:30 | Find route | Fungus Group. Thrift Wood Bicknacre Packed lunch. Park in wood at TL790017 off Main Road B1418 if we can get the key (check with Martin). Or in Brewers Arms car park further North along Main Road. | Martin Gregory. Please book 01245 223300. |
| Thu Sep 27th 2018 10:30 | Find route | Fungus Group. Galleywood Common, Park in Heritage Centre Car Park. Packed Lunch in Heritage Centre. | Mary Smith. Please book 01708 228921, mobile on the day 07903 052095 |
| Tue Oct 2nd 2018 10:30 | Find route | Fungus Group. Epping Forest, Oak Hill and Long Running. Meet in Green Ride car park north at TQ435, 995. Packed lunch. bring maps, compass GPS. | Tony Boniface Please book 01245 266316 Mobile on the day 07582 775754 |
| Fri Oct 5th 2018 10:30 | Find route | Fungus Group. Blakes Wood, This Meeting has been moved from 9th Oct Parking in wood at TL775064 off Riffhams Chase. Packed Lunch. | Graham Smith Please book 01277 354034. |
| Sat Oct 13th 2018 11:00 | Find route | Fungus Group. Crowsheath Wood Reserve, Crowsheath Lane, Downham. Joint meeting with BNHS and WWF. Parking in reserve, on verges or in nearby Hanningfield visitors centre. Packed Lunch. | Leaders: Barbara and Richard Chapman. Please book 01268 765597. Mobile on the day 07742 291986. |
| Tue Oct 16th 2018 10:30 | Find route | Fungus Group. Swan Wood, Stock. Packed Lunch. Parking in small layby or on road at TQ688992. | John Cooke please book on 01708 223477, mobile on the day 07941507549 email jhc@johocooke.plus.com |
| Fri Oct 26th 2018 10:30 | Find route | Fungus Group. Warwick Wood at TQ557828, park at TQ564824, charge for parking, packed lunch. | Mary Smith Please book 01708 228921, mobile on the day 07903 052095 |
| Sat Nov 3rd 2018 10:30 | Find route | Fungus Group. Fungus Group. Waxcap special. Starting from Fryerning Churchyard. TL 638 001. Packed lunch. Fungus group AGM after the meeting at 40 Pentland Avenue CM1 4AZ. | Tony Boniface Please book 01245 266316 Mobile on the day 07582 775754 |
| Sat Dec 1st 2018 11:00-16:00 | Find route | Annual Exhibition & Social. At the Green Centre, Wat Tyler Country Park SS16 4UH, TQ738, 865 | Contact: Peter Harvey. Email: grayspeterharvey@gmail.com |
