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Burton Joyce and Bulcote Local History Society

alan — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:17:12 +0000

Went to the monthly open morning of the Burton Joyce and Bulcote Local History Society today. The Centre for Local History is based in the Carnarvon Room, on Chestnut Grove in the centre of Burton Joyce, Nottinghamshire, UK.

The Society has a monthly meeting with a speaker, on the second Tuesday evening of the month, and an open morning, usually the following Saturday, when a wide range of resources relating to the two villages are available to view.

More details about the society can be found at Burton Joyce and Bulcote Local History Society

Water vole, grebe and lesser celendines

alan — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:43:16 +0000

Managed two walks last weekend: one from Hoveringham to Gunthorpe; the other the spring walk organised by Bulcote Social.

Among the photographs I took were some of a water vole feeding, a great-crested grebe which stayed nearer to the riverbank we were walking along than they usually do, and patches of bright yellow lesser celendines. These have been added as new pages under photographs in the mammals, birds and plants sections respectively.

Snowdrops in Bulcote Churchyard

admin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 16:27:53 +0000

Walked to Bulcote Church yesterday and photographed the display of snowdrops in the churchyard.

Hawk v Pigeons

admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:53:51 +0000

Walking past Bulcote farm buildings this morning, the birds which perch on the roofs of the farm buildings suddenly flew off, looking a bit like flocks of starlings getting ready to roost. But one bird was flying differently from all the others; this was a hawk. For five minutes or so, it tried to isolate a single pigeon, but without success. Finally it gave up and flew away. The pigeons finished their aerial acrobatics, and settled down again, cooing quietly. The sparrows in the hedgerow were also agitated, and continued chattering to one another as we walked past.