OUR AIM IS TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE HABITAT IT PROVIDES FOR WILDLIFE ALONG THE RIVERSIDE
Our Meet on 26th June was accompanied by some loud calls from juvenile woodpeckers, with both Great Spotted Woodpecker and Green Woodpecker juveniles fledging. The young often stay close to to their nests at first, learning to forage locally and do not usually make long journeys as adults but remain in their own territories but choosing different trees to nest in each year. Nuthatches, on the other hand, try to choose the same nest each year, having spent weeks on upgrading it the previous year. They will start calling later in the year when establishing their territories.
Some plants were early to flower this year, including the Meadowsweet along the river banks and in other places almost permanently damp.
Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) usually attracts attention by its complex scent, wafting from plants growing in hollows and river margins.
Fortunately there were no abandoned bicycles or trolleys to be hauled out of the river today but as usual plenty to do along the paths adjacent to the school and along the approach path to the Horsham Riverside Walk from Guildford road. The rest of the area was in good condition with most people very busy catching up with work and studies before the school holidays rather than holding parties and picnics.
