Abington Naturewatch: March 2025

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Winter flowers on Granta Park

16th February 2025 - a lovely show of Aconites and Snowdrops in Sluice Wood on GP this year.

Over the winter, an extensive 'wildlife habitat improvement project' has been underway in Lagden's Grove - the undergrowth clearance looks rather brutal at the moment, but the hope is that the wild flowers in particular will benefit from the extra light. Not sure the insects or birds are going to be quite so happy at the loss of feeding and nesting habitat though - we will see.

Andy M

Abington NatureWatch 2025 Programme

25th February 2025 - the Abington NatureWatch 2025 Programme of Events is shown below.

ANW members will receive email reminders with further details ahead of each trip.

On occasion it becomes necessary to change the programme. The most up-to-date information can be found at the top right of the Abington NatureWatch blog home page, under the Resources heading.

ANW Project Team

RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch - Abington results

11 February 2025 - Following the RSPB BGBW event conducted over the last weekend in January, those that took part locally sent Derek T their results, and the collated results are shown below.

2025 - 18 reports received, total of 31 species seen

2024 - 18 reports received, total of 28 species seen

2023 - 18 reports received, total of 30 species seen.

In the table above, those species reported in 2025,but not 2024 are marked with an asterisk.
Species seen in 2024, but not 2025 were Goldcrest, Green Woodpecker, Moorhen and Reed Bunting.

Many thanks to all those who took part.

DLT 09Feb2025

The Aims of Abington Naturewatch

At their meeting on 9 April 2005 the members approved this revised version of the aims of Abington Naturewatch:

To monitor and record the wildlife (fauna & flora) within the borders of the Abingtons;
To encourage protection of our wildlife, maintain its quality and foster its diversity;
To promote awareness of the richness, potential and problems of the natural environment of the Abingtons;
To cooperate in improving access to the local natural environment for the benefit of all Abington villagers.

Pat Daunt, Founder

The organisation is informal and communication is by email if possible; members are notified of events from time to time. Contact details are maintained by a small "project team". There is currently no membership fee as costs are covered by voluntary contributions at events.

Members are encouraged to report notable sightings of flora and fauna within the Abingtons to the appropriate sector coordinator and an illustrated record is published annually.

A map of the area covered, with some features noted, is available here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=213774935674882866424.00000111dca2be9f06ab8&z=13>

For more information or to join, please contact David Farrant on (01223) 892871.

Contributions to our records should be sent to sector contacts or either of the above. Photographs may also be submitted to Andy Merryweather (amerryweather61@gmail.com)