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In This Issue newsletter NO 95 WINTER 2018 Newsletter Editor: Linda Tagg 3, Carpenter Way, Potters Bar, EN6 5PZ Tel: 01707 656 715 email: [email protected] GROUP LEADER’S COMMENTS by Ian Sharp As I write this newsletter, we are well into autumn and memories of our hot dry In summer are already fading. Nature and farming, along with our parched brown lawns, this have had to cope with difficult conditions so let’s hope winter will be kind to us all. At our October meeting, I was delighted to be able to Issue present two RSPB volunteering awards. Joy Rowley organises speakers for the Wednesday meetings, looks after sales of cards and calendars and regularly helps News out at events. Joy received the five year Swift award. Group Leader’s Comments……....1 Forthcoming Events & Keeping in Special appreciation goes to Pam Wright who received Touch……………….……………..12 the ten year Puffin award. Pam has faithfully taken 100 Club & Application Form…..12 our money at the door, gives talks and has Joy Rowley with her Swift Award Group Activities always been a willing supporter of the Group, despite her Local Outing Reports………...…...2 wide range of other interests. Midweek Summer Coach Outings.2 Pam has finally decided to give up her role on the door. Coach Outings……………..….…...3 We will miss her welcome as we enter the hall but Local Bird Report………………….6 fortunately Jean Pollard has agreed to step in to the role, Group Holiday, Kenya…………....8 for which we are all grateful. Group Holiday Suffolk…………..10 Members of the Group recently returned from a four day The Puffin Award for Pam Wright Contributions holiday to Suffolk which proved very successful. We are A poem, “The Cuckoo”……… .10 grateful to two excellent guides, Steve Piotrowski and John Grant, for taking us to Notices several little known reserves and sharing their expertise with us. A full report will be Local Group Website…………….12 published in the next Newsletter. Newsletter Copy Date………...…12 As well as organising two holidays away this year, the Outings Team have continued to Data Protection ………..…………12 organise varied day trips, including visits to Rye Harbour, Pensthorpe, Oare Marshes in Kent and Nymans Gardens. Next year’s trips have already been planned and are just as Advertisements varied. Minuteman Press….………….…...5 Covers Outdoor Store…….……...11 If you don’t already do so, may I encourage you to participate in RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch (BGBW) next year, 26-28 January 2019. BGBW has been running for 39 years Group Website: and the information makes a huge contribution to our understanding of changing bird www.rspb.org.uk/groups/ populations. It only takes an hour of your time and the results help RSPB develop their pottersbarandbarnet or just search strategies for supporting nature. To participate, just go onto the RSPB website and for Potters Bar and Barnet RSPB search for ‘Big Garden Birdwatch’ and register. The Royal Society Finally, may I also encourage you to attend our Wednesday afternoon and/or Friday for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a evening monthly meetings. We are a friendly group and always have excellent registered charity: speakers, with a short break for refreshments and a chat. RSPB and non-RSPB members England and Wales no. 207076, are welcome and no group membership is required. We just charge a small entrance fee Scotland no. SC037654 to cover the cost of the speaker. Any advertisements enclosed with I hope you all have a good Christmas and New Year and I look forward to seeing you at this newsletter are not specifically our regular meetings over the winter. endorsed by the RSPB or the Potters Bar & Barnet Local Group Local Outing Reports: by Mark and Cilla Mead whitethroat, red kites, buzzards and a lovely reed warbler. among the list. Sunday 06 May A visit to Little Paxton gravel pits A walk on the dragonfly trail also produced some great this morning, a truly lovely day sightings: red-eyed damselflies and an emerald damselfly, with bright sunshine, no wind emperor dragonflies, four-spotted chaser, and broad-bodied and 240 C. chaser dragonflies. A very nice morning walk with a diversity of wildlife! All in all a good day with lots of warblers including lesser whitethroat and many garden Hobby (RSPB Images) Note: Due to work commitments Mark and Cilla have had warblers. Good views of hobby, cuckoo and a glimpse of a to give up organising these local outings. wonderful nightingale. A very nice day out. The committee would like to express their thanks to them for running this activity and reporting their interesting and lovely Sunday 03 June sightings over the past years. Our local outing this month to Amwell; it was a wonderful They are now looking for someone interested in taking over this morning with light, if any wind, clear skies and very warm. role. In the meantime the committee hope to organise one or two Birds were a little thin on the ground but we did manage 50 local outings. species including tree creeper, marsh tit, common MIDWEEK SUMMER COACH OUTINGS These relaxed summer outings are an opportunity to visit places of general interest. Nymans National Trust Wednesday 20 June by Joy Rowley A midweek summer outing to West Sussex and the famous gardens, set around the house and ruins of what was once the home of the Messel family. The extensive gardens were looking lovely in the pleasant sunny weather, especially the rose garden and the colourful herbaceous borders. Many wild areas too, where common-spotted orchids and various butterflies flourish. In the house we enjoyed impressive floral displays and an exhibition about the women who influenced the garden’s design, including Anne Messel, mother of Lord Snowdon. Some enjoyed the tranquillity of the woodland trail hearing chiffchaff and woodpecker and spotting grey wagtail, blackcap and brimstone butterflies. In the Rose Garden at Nymans Henley River & Rowing Museum & Greys Court Wednesday 18 July by Eileen Eyles The superb UK summer continued for this little gem of an outing—a venture into the Thames Valley. We were sorry that not more people could join us as it was a lovely day. The River & Rowing Museum on the banks of the Thames at Henley is a modern building (rather in the style of a boathouse), and is full of yes, you’ve guessed it, all types of rowing boats, mostly suspended upside down from the ceiling, making good use of the space. After coffee on the terrace, we explored the themed galleries. The history of people using the Thames over the years and the many types of boat is presented. Most interesting was information about the University Boat Race, the history of Henley town and its famous regatta, our Olympic success, how the River Thames came to be, and archaeological finds eg Iron Age gold coins, a Bronze Age sword, and prehistoric wooden tree boats. The museum is also home to an exhibition of British WWII artist John Piper and to the magical Wind in the Willows exhibition, bringing to life that much loved story. There is much more to see and learn than we could manage in the time we had. We arrived in time for lunch at Greys Court, a few miles from Henley, with its lovely setting and views of surrounding countryside. Red kites were calling and circling and there was a green woodpecker in the field. Greys Court was formerly the home of Sir Felix and Lady Brunner and bequeathed to the National Trust, in 1969. The interior of the Tudor house is intimate and laid out as a family home in the 1930’s. The site still has the donkey-wheel well house, very rare, located in a separate building close to the house—the well is 200 feet deep. The walled garden is delightful and is in fact four distinct gardens separated by wooden doors. Walking through a massive 125 year old wisteria was like being in the presence of a garden dinosaur. With more time the surrounding parkland offers nearly two miles of walks through classic Chiltern beech woodlands. 2 COACH OUTINGS by Elaine Eyles Photographs R Buxton and J Rowley Rye Harbour RSPB Reserve Sunday 22 April The weather was just right, dry, warm sun, and no wind. The signs of new spring growth over the countryside were Fairly short distances to stroll, four designed gardens to lovely, and contrasted with the stark shingle at Rye Bay. A seal explore; paths take you through a variety of habitats alongside was spotted in the river channel in Rye town—some two miles meres and lakes, (former gravel pits), with plenty of peaceful from the sea. spots to picnic and enjoy the wildlife of the area. The trees in full flower and scents to experience; nine species of butterfly Petty Pools, usually good for spotted, plus bees and flying insects and a muntjac deer. birds, did not show many on this occasion. Those A new large hide overlooks the Wensum wetland, as well as the seeking shelter behind the smaller farmland and woodland hides, and other hides sea wall from a strong wind overlooking the wader scrape with wide open view beyond. In coming off the sea were the distance a sparrowhawk was spotted, doing one of its shelduck, little and great distinctive stoops. crested grebe and pochard. In the aviary, captive birds: bearded tit, avocet, turtle dove, ruff, Shelduck RSPB Images High above us the speck of a redshank – live together and are completely at ease with singing skylark. The tide was right out and the beach was bare, visitors.
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