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Gardening for wildlife

Date: 8 February 2025

Time: 14:15

Speaker: Michael JosephMichael and Jane Joseph, living near Billingshurst, have established a beautiful garden full of wildlife habitats and an impressive wildflower meadow. In achieving this their photographs showed best practice by having: plant diversity with a long flowering season to attract birds and insects; the need for water, as in ponds; plenty of dense […]

A St. Valentine’s Birdwatch!

Date: 15 February 2025

Time: 10:30

Directions: GR SU918348 GU27 2DJ W3W: notes.unclaimed.states

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Leader: Jon Taylor (HNHS member)Crossing Grayswood’s Village Green a pair of Carrion Crows was probing in the grass. These (and other covid and owl species) bond early in the spring.Jon explained that birds’ calls include songs, usually by the male, when establishing or needing to hold a territory and to attract a mate; and alarm […]

Winter birds at Pulborough Brooks Reserve (RSPB)

Date: 25 January 2025

Time: 10:30

Directions: GR: TQ058164 RH20 2EL W3W: reading.cared.stag

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Leaders: Phil Darley and Doug Maughan (HNHS members)Bright sunshine made for good viewing conditions and having watched garden bird species in Fattengares Courtyard’s feeding station, the group of 22 members was divided into two and continued to the hides.There were large numbers of Wigeon, Teal, Shoveler, Mallard and Pintail.A very distant perching White-tailed Eagle was […]

The Earthworm

Date: 11 January 2025

Time: 14:15

Virtual presentation on Zoom Speaker: Chris Stewart (ProfessionalGardener)Chris described the earthworm as “the ultimate eco-engineer” for its work as a decomposer. There are at least 25 native species which are divided into 3 groups: Epogeic, living in the top 25mm of soil; Endogeic living in the top soil and burrowing horizontally; and Anecic, living deeper […]

Headley garden

Date: 2 December 2024

Regular visits over the last few days of a male Blackcap. Often accompanied by a Nuthatch. Neither have visited my garden feeders for a long time now so it’s very special.