NPNUK Field Trip to Warnham Local Nature Reserve

Saturday 18 April

Seven Network members gathered at Warnham Local Nature Reserve near Horsham last Saturday
morning, including two members enjoying their first NPNUK field trip. Greetings, introductions and
catching up came first. Then capturing the noisy Common Frog action in the nearby pond. Then the
group wandered off round the four hides along the banks of the Mill Meadow and clearings and also
along the flat surface paths and wooded walkways through the reserve’s wetland zones, and its
ancient and conifer wooded areas.
Long lenses dominated the action, but there were just a few Macro opportunities too – notably,
mining bees and hoverflies. As the attached images show, the seven members managed to capture
a wide variety of flora and fauna images thoroughout the day.
The group concluded that it would definitely be worth a return visit to Warnham, perhaps next time
on a weekday and later in the year when the volume and diversity of macro subjects will be much
greater.
Report by Barrie