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Butterfly and Dragonfly Walk – 1st August

[ 01/08/2010; 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. ] There will be a guided butterfly and dragonfly walk today. Meet at the footbridge where you enter the site by 9.30hrs. If the weather is poor it may be cancelled, so look on the website before you leave home.

Warbler Walk – Wednesday

[ 05/05/2010; 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Identifying the songs of all ten warbler species in one outing.

This is for beginners who haven’t got a clue what song belongs to what bird.

Meet at the footbridge.

Orchid Walk – Wednesday

[ 26/05/2010; 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Meet at the footbridge.

Warbler Walk – Sunday

[ 09/05/2010; 8:30 am to 10:30 am. ] Identifying the songs of all ten warbler species in one outing.

This is for beginners who haven’t got a clue what song belongs to what bird.

Meet at the footbridge.

Star Species – The Plantlife

Bee Orchid (Ophrys apifera)
The bee orchid is perhaps the most striking plant on site and indeed the logo of the Netherfield Wildlife Group. Unmistakeable with its spikes of bumble bee-like flowers, so convincing they are even velvety to the touch. The flower stalk arises from a rosette of leaves which over winter from the previous [...]

Star Species – The Birds

Birdwatching at the lagoons is never dull with plenty going on to occupy most visits. Below are just a few of the highlights.

Green Woodpecker
On almost any visit the Green Woodpecker will be either heard or seen. The call is a loud ‘Klu – klu – klu’, or a longer laughing ‘Kyu – [...]

Butterfly Walk 23rd August 2009

Small Tortoiseshell
A very warm and sunny day slightly spoilt by a strong south westerly breeze which kept the butterflies from flying. A group of seven of us set off along the Ouse Dyke where we encountered the usual selection of large, small and green-veined whites, speckled wood butterflies along with common darter, brown hawker and [...]

The Gedling Conservation Trust

The Trust was set up in 2005 to take over the ownership of the Lagoons from UK Coal, after they became redundant with the closure of Gedling Pit. The Trust then applied to English Nature to have the site designated as a Local Nature Reserve, so that its importance as a wildlife site would be [...]

A day’s scything, 22nd July 2009

Jay Smith
Some weeks ago now my Dad (Peter Smith) asked me if I fancied joining him and a bunch of other volunteers along with my brother, Aaron on a training session at the Netherfield Lagoons nature reserve in Nottinghamshire learning to use the scythe. Always looking for ways to expand my CV, I thought this [...]

Visitors to the lagoons

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