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Smooth Snake Safari, Lunch and AGM, 29th Sept.If you want to go to the pub lunch please contact paulnatterjack@googlemail.com details below
Extra Family Event!!
Woods Mill Nature Reserve
Postponed Rain and Lightning forecast
Sunday 23 September
A chance to do a round of the new survey refugia at Woods Mill, HQ of the Sussex Wildlife Trust near Henfield, BN5 9SDWe will meet in the car park and then head onto the Reserve to check the 20 or so refugia (corrugated tins) that we have placed around the Reserve. We have not run this event before and estimate it will take about 1.5-2 hrs, however you will never be a long walk from the car park.
Woods Mill is a fairly flat site with user-friendly paths, but most of the tins are located off the main paths, where the grass will probably be wet and is sometimes long, so please wear appropriate footwear and clothing
(water-proof trousers are probably a good idea to bring along if you have them - but not essential).
Please could you let me know if you'd like to come along, so that I have an idea of numbers. It should be fun and we look forward to seeing you for some exciting reptile spotting.
We can't wait!
George, georginajudd@outlook.com
Saturday 29 September
Smooth Snake Safari
Ambersham/Heyshott Common,
Midhurst West Sussex
Run by Paul Stevens.
Contact Paul at
paulnatterjack@googlemail.com
Paul continues his monitoring of the
smooth snakes at Ambersham Common,
come along to look for our rarest UK snake
species. Followed by the SxARG AGM.
Extra Family Event!!
Woods Mill Nature Reserve
Postponed Rain and Lightning forecast
Sunday 23 September
A chance to do a round of the new survey refugia at Woods Mill, HQ of the Sussex Wildlife Trust near Henfield, BN5 9SDWe will meet in the car park and then head onto the Reserve to check the 20 or so refugia (corrugated tins) that we have placed around the Reserve. We have not run this event before and estimate it will take about 1.5-2 hrs, however you will never be a long walk from the car park.
Woods Mill is a fairly flat site with user-friendly paths, but most of the tins are located off the main paths, where the grass will probably be wet and is sometimes long, so please wear appropriate footwear and clothing
(water-proof trousers are probably a good idea to bring along if you have them - but not essential).
Please could you let me know if you'd like to come along, so that I have an idea of numbers. It should be fun and we look forward to seeing you for some exciting reptile spotting.
We can't wait!
George, georginajudd@outlook.com
Saturday 29 September
Smooth Snake Safari
Ambersham/Heyshott Common,
Midhurst West Sussex
Run by Paul Stevens.
Contact Paul at
paulnatterjack@googlemail.com
Paul continues his monitoring of the
smooth snakes at Ambersham Common,
come along to look for our rarest UK snake
species. Followed by the SxARG AGM.
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Smooth Snake Safar 2017
Members enjoyed a super Smooth Snake Safari today (30 September) at Heyshott. After two unsuccessful attempts to find these elusive animals in 2015 and 2016 we were hopeful of perhaps finding one smoothie. The weather was not promising as it was fairly overcast. When the very first refuge was lifted a juvenile male was found to everyone’s delight. This was just the start as we were finally rewarded with 5 smoothies. A young male, two adult males and two neonates. Paul as usual was a brilliant source of information and very adept at catching the snakes. We were unlucky with sand lizards for whom there was insufficient sunshine, but we were shown the scrapes on south facing slopes where they make their burrows and lay their eggs. With the rain now becoming persistent we returned, damp but very satisfied. |
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