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We are hoping to find a lead for Young Nature Watch in 2026. After 5 years at the helm, the current lead is stepping down.
If you have enjoyed our events and would like to continue them, expand them and improve them, please come forward! Assistance can be provided if needed and we are open to many options. Feel free to get in touch to discuss in detail if you feel you may be potentially interested. If no replacement lead is found, unfortunately YNW will cease to exist in its current format, although young people will still be welcome in all the other events of the society's programme and in special events in collaboration with other organisations, such as Wiltshire Mammal Group & Wiltshire Wildlife Trust. Dr Jocelyn Elson-Riggins has kindly forwarded the final programme for the festival so you're all set for planning your visit!  (c) Dorchester Science Festival
Head over to the Dorchester Science Festival for an extensive programme of events and activities for all the family over a 10 day period. Dr Jocelyn Elson-Riggins, who is our speaker for the Tisbury talk this month, will be running the "Whale Poo Game" in Dorchester on Sun 16th March and invites you to come and play the game! Afterwards, you can see phytoplankton under the microscope and learn about environmental DNA and how to match DNA to a specific marine organism.  Every year, the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland hold a citizen science photographic opportunity at New Year and we would like you to join in. To participate, you need to take a photograph of a wild flower blooming between December 29th 2024 and January 1st 2025. Email it to us by midnight on 2nd January 2025.
Make sure to include details of your name, an identification of the wild flower and where the flower was blooming (a postcode or grid reference would be great but the name of the nearest place will be fine.) We will send a group entry of all of the photos to Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. In addition, we will display all of the photos on our website for everyone to enjoy. Below is some more information about BSBI. "The BSBI is for everyone who is interested in the flora of Britain and Ireland. We trace our origins back to 1836, when the society was founded as the Botanical Society of London. We are now one of the world's largest contributors of biological records: our data inform scientific research and underpin evidence-based conservation. Whether you’re new to plant hunting or you’re already a botanical recorder, we need your help to discover which plants are managing to bloom in the middle of winter across Britain and Ireland. Thousands of people take part in the Hunt every year and this is helping us build up a better understanding of how our wild plants are responding to changing autumn and winter weather patterns. The more we know, the more we can help conserve our wild plants and all the other wildlife they support." Good luck with your quest! We are looking forward to seeing what you find. Find some top tips for your plant hunt here Registrations for our bird box workshop this month are now closed and we have ordered the materials for those who have expressed an interest. We are looking forward to this event on Saturday the 17th.
Following our AGM yesterday, our new programme for the remainder of the year and early next year is now published. You can download it as a PDF. Congratulations to Izzy Fry, who raised some money at the Langford Lakes eco friendly X+ fair last weekend. She is donating all the profits to the society to contribute to the organisation of future activities!
Instagram picture Izzy will be also selling at the fair at Wardour School on the 1st of December, don't miss it! What is Izzy selling? Something for free, if you’re 16-25, that is. The Field Studies Council, keen to encourage young people to go outside and see what’s around them, is offering free copies of their really useful wildlife guides if you’re in this age range or working with young people in the age range. To apply, follow this link to reach the page of the FSC website.
But do it today: the offer closes on 10 June. Here's a message from Ines (from which I note almost unbelievingly, that it's scientific name is Micromys minutus!! Sounds very un-scientific, although of course that's how names are established.
To makes things easier for those who are joining (and for those who aren't too), some info: Very general: https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/mammals/harvest-mouse https://www.mammal.org.uk/science-research/harvest-mouse-project/ https://www.saga.co.uk/magazine/home-garden/gardening/wildlife/mammals/harvest-mouse Interesting details: https://www.mammal.org.uk/species-hub/full-species-hub/discover-mammals/species-harvest-mouse/ - and a delightful poem in this one, by an 18thC enthusiast https://www.rushcliffewildlife.co.uk/hm/harvest-mouse_nesting.html Recorded in Wilts this year (page 4): https://wiltshiremammals.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/wmg-newsletter-spring-2020.pdf- (Elizabeth Forbes) |
Young Nature Watch (YNW) is a branch of the Tisbury and District Natural History Society (T&DNHS).
YNW is free for under-21s! Young people always have priority at any of our activities but accompanying adults are required for under-12s. For adults, annual membership for the T&DNHS (£10) or a £2 fee per event (for non-members) is due. Join our mailing list to be the first to hear about our events! You can also follow us on:
YNW logo design by Izzy Fry.
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