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Last updated: Fri 11th January 2008

Help Compile “The Birds of Nottinghamshire”

The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) is embarking on a project to update the series of ‘Bird Atlases’ that were last produced twenty years ago or more.

Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers has decided to take this opportunity to map the entire county of Nottinghamshire in terms of species present during the summer months and the winter months.

This will mean getting volunteers and members to survey every one of the 550 tetrads (an area of land measuring 2km wide and 2km high) that comprise the county of Nottinghamshire.

The last county avifauna was produced by the late Austen Dobbs as long ago as 1975.

The survey is planned to take place over a four-year period from 1 November 2007 to 31 July 2011, so to complete the field-work, we will have to survey about 140 tetrads each year.

Visit the Nottinghamshire Bird Atlas page for details of how you can help with this project.

Lewis Wind Farm Proposal

Jenny Swindells has alerted us to the proposal to build a massive (the largest onshore in the world ) windfarm on Lewis. View more details.

Pipe laying works

Robert Hoare has become aware that water pipe laying works are to commence very shortly on part of his local patch at Branshill Wood (opposite side of the river Trent to Attenborough nature reserve). View Robert's letter regarding the Branshill Wood water works.

Photo correction

Robert Hoare has written in to say that one of the photographs he took in January 2006, which is in the Raptor photographic gallery and captioned as a Common Buzzard was in fact the Red-tailed Hawk. This means that the Red-tailed Hawk has been around, at least, for almost a year now.

Gedling Conservation Trust

A new organisation which has been set up to take over ownership and conservation of the former coal slurry lagoons at Netherfield. Anyone who wishes to take part in the conservation work then contact the Netherfield Wildlife Trust at

Springwatch at Newstead Abbey

Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers were well represented at the BBC inspired Springwatch event at Newstead Abbey. The event was help on the 4^th June. It also marked the debut of the clubs new display boards. The event covered not only birdwatching but also diverse activities such as feeding young goats, pond-dipping, mask and bat-box making, insect spotting. Other organisations involved included the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, the RSPB, White Post Farm and the National Trust.