INDOOR MEETINGS are held in the Totley Library and start at 7.30pm. There will be publicity advertising these events in the local press, on the website, emailed out and on posters located at various sites around Totley and in the Wood. All are very welcome to come along and join us. If you would like to offer to help with these in any way, please do get in touch with the Secretary: fogwsecretary@gmail.com

 

Monday 15th April: FoGW AGM, followed by talk on Willow Tits by Jim Clarke. Totley Library, 7:30pm 

OUTDOOR EVENTS

 

Saturday 6th April: Flora WalkThe meeting is for Sorby Botany Group to help us discover more of the plant life in the main section of the wood. We will work from entrance 1 toward the bus terminus starting at 10:30 and continuing into the afternoon, probably finishing no later than 3:30pm. Meet by 10:30 at the bottom of Totley Hall Lane.

FoGW members are welcome to come along and experience a slightly more in-depth search for plants. I suggest people come but leave when they have had enough. 

This is a great opportunity to learn more about wild flowers. Attendees will go away with some new knowledge. A x10 hand lens is very useful or try any magnifying glass. Good footwear is essential through Gillfield Wood with members of Sorby Natural History Society Botany Group, to identify flora of the wood.

 

Saturday 11th May: Spring Bat Walk with Dave Gash, local ecologist, on Saturday 11 May.  Meet at the end of Totley Hall Lane for 8.30pm. 

 

This will be a repeat of the highly popular September walk, and we’re hoping to see and hear bats emerging from their hibernation. 

 

Dave will give us a 15 minute introduction to bats and how to detect them.  We will have information leaflets and bat detectors to borrow but please feel free to bring your own. These help to identify which species are about by recording their sound. Last time there were common pipestrelle, soprano pipestrelle, whiskered, noctule and brown long eared bats. 

 

For further details, please check www.friendsofgillfieldwood.com or email the FOGW Secretary on fogwsecretary@gmail.com (if the weather is bad we may have to cancel). As usual, please wear appropriate clothing and footwear on the night, and a torch/headtorch. 

 

There will be a small charge requested for this walk.

 

Saturday 18th May: Bird Walk led by Stuart Davies. We will be holding another bird walk in Gillfield Wood on Saturday May 18th. Meet Totley Hall Lane at 08:30 am. Looking out for the spring migrants and listening for their calls as well as those of the resident species. The walk is free to members, but there is a small charge for non members of the Friends of Gillfield Wood. Please bring binoculars and wear suitable footwear and clothing for the weather. 

 

There will be a charge for non-members for all of these events, and a small charge for members on the Bat Walk.

 

There will be no Ranger led Conservation sessions until September. Please see emails and website for details of ad hoc sessions before then, led by FoGW committee members.

 

 

Coming Soon (see Events page for further details):

 

Saturday 6th April: Flora Walk.

 

Monday 15th April: FoGW AGM

 

Saturday 11th May: Spring Bat Walk

 

Saturday 18th MayBird Walk 

There will be no Ranger led Conservation sessions until September. Please see emails and website for details of ad hoc sessions before then, led by FoGW committee members.

 

See Conservation Work page