End to End Nature Care Summer 2018 Schedule
Rivenhall & Silver End
End to End Nature Care
DATE TIME ACTIVITY Pictures Weds 25thApril 7:15pm Cowslip Count: Meet in the car park for Tarecroft Wood on Rickstones Road.(TL824171) Cowslips Weds 2ndMay 7.30pm Terling Churchyard for wall geology and spring plants. Meet at 19:15 at Stovern's Hall Farm (TL825172) to car share or at the church (TL773148) Weds 9thMay 7.30pm St. Nicholas church, Church Street, Witham, for wall geology and churchyard survey. Meet at the church (TL817153). Parking available in local side streets. Weds 16thMay 7.30pm Spring flowers and birds at Rivenhall Thicks. Meet at the sugarbeet stand by the sharp bend in the Rivenhall/Silver End road (TL822187). Bracket Fungus
Wild Service Tree
Early Purple OrchidWeds 23rdMay 7.30pm Botanising in Tiptree. Meet at 19:15 at Stovern's Hall Farm (TL825172) to car share or at 19:30 in the car park of the New Times, 87 Maldon Road, Tiptree CO5 0BN (TL891156). Might be best to park in side roads. Bring hand lens, field guide and camera. Ragged Robin
Green-Winged OrchidWeds 30thMay 6.00pm for 6.30 Visit to Northey Island (an ambling circuit). Meet at Stovern's Hall Farm at 18:00 to car share or at the causeway entrance (TL868056 - parking limited) at 18:30. Numbers are limited so please confirm attendance with Simon. Brown Tail Moth caterpillar
Cream Spot Tiger moth
Male Orange Tip roosting
Small Heath roostingWeds 6thJune 7.00pm for 7.30 National Plant Monitoring Scheme at Abbotts Hall Farm, Great Wigborough CO5 7RZ. Meet at Stovern's Hall Farm at 19:00 to car share or at Abbotts Hall at 19:30. Bring hand lens and plant ID guides. Weds 13thJune 7.30pm Ambling to Tarecroft Wood and adjacent footpaths. Meet in the parking area at the bottom of the track to Tarecroft Wood (TL824171). Weds 20thJune 7.30pm Freshwater surveying in the R. Blackwater at Watery Lane, Bradwell. Meet by Bradwell Church (TL818221). Bring wellies, nets, etc. Weds 27thJune 7.30pm Summer Social at Stovern's Hall Farm (TL825172) including a forum meeting and a social evening - bring a bottle and/or nibbles. Saturday 30thJune 9.30am Morning butterfly safari in Rivenhall area. Meet at the Church. Weds 4thJuly 7.30pm Ambling on Rivenhall Airfield / Bradwell gravel pit. Meet at Bradwell church (TL818221). Followed by glowworm survey at Bulford Mill Lane (TL777202). Weds 11thJuly 7.00 pm for 7.30 Tiptree Heath. Meet at 19:00 at Stovern's Hall Farm to car share or at 19:30 at the Heath car park (I will invite Fred Boot and Joan Pinch, so possible donations required). Saturday 14thJuly 10.30am Colchester Natural History Society are meeting at Marks Hall, hopefully led by expert entomologist Ted Benton. Chances of good variety of butterflies and dragonflies. Please book with Simon. Weds 18thJuly 7.30pm All Saints church and churchyard, Great Braxted, for wall geology and surveying the churchyard. Accessed through gates directly off Braxted Park Road (TL849152 NOT the main estate gates). Followed by glowworm survey at Bulford Mill Lane (TL777202). Weds 25thJuly 7.30pm National Plant Monitoring Scheme at Abbotts Hall Farm, Great Wigborough CO5 7RZ. Meet at Stovern's Hall Farm at 18:30 to car share or at Abbotts Hall at 19:00. Bring hand lens and plant ID guides. Weds 1stAugust 10.00pm Glowworm surveying. Meet at Cressing Railway Station on Bulford Mill Lane (TL777202). Weds 8thAugust 7.30pm Plants and butterflies in Kelvedon, including checking the colony of Rampion Bellflower (Campanula rapunculus). Meet in the railway station car park. Weds 15thAugust 7.00pm for 7.30 Maldon Wick nature reserve. Meet at Stovern's Hall Farm at 19:00 to car share or in Maldon Morrisons car park at 19:30. Weds 22ndAugust 7.00pm Rambling at Rivenhall Airfield. Meet at Allshots Industrial area (TL830200). Weds 29thAugust 7.00pm Witham tufa hunt. Meet in the car park at Asda, 24 Highfields Rd, Witham CM8 2HJ. Weds 5thSeptember 7.00pm Late summer plants then crepuscular wildlife: moths, bats and owls. Silver End pits. Meet at the Western Arms (possibly followed by end of season drink).
For details of all group activities telephone Simon on 01621 810141 / 07947 388180
or E Mail simon@e2e.silverend.org