Recording Days
RECORDING DAYS
Worcestershire Recorders recording days are full day visits to a variety of sites, both Worcestershire Wildlife Reserves and private land. The aim of the day is to find and record as many species as possible, to provide a base list for the site. All records are sent the Worcestershire Biological Records Centre, and uploaded to national databases.
2025
It is our intention to hold 6 recording days, 3 on Saturdays and 3 on weekdays. Details below:
| 2025 Date | Day | Venue for publication | Description | Open/Closed | Advert Date | Book By Date |
| May 21 | Wed | Greater Trench Wood, Sale Green WWT | Visit to the recently purchased additional area. Park in main CarPark. |
Open – names taken at reserve entrance | 2nd week April 2025 | N/A |
| Jun 7 | Sat | BBC Wood Norton + Tunnel Hill WWT | Last visit June 2002. Tunnel Hill Meadow plus another meadow. | Closed – Private Site, names required in advance | 2nd week April 2025 | May 24th 2025 |
| Jun 19 | Thu | Farm near Wolferlow | New Site | Closed – Private Site, names required in advance | 2nd week April 2025 | June 4th 2025 |
| Jul 5 | Sat | Farm near Sledgemoor | New Site. | Closed – Private Site, names required in advance | 3rd week May 2025 | June 21th 2025 |
| Jul 8 | Tue | Fladbury Meadows VLHT | New Site | Open – names taken at reserve entrance | 3rd week May 2025 | N/A |
| Sep 6 | Sat | Lower Smite Farm WWT | Repeat visit, also a Wildlife Sightings event | Open – names taken at reserve entrance | 3rd week May 2025 | N/A |
| Open | No booking. Details of site sent to all members. Names taken for insurance purposes on arrival. | |||||
| Closed | Date and approximate venue sent to all members. Bookings requested and details sent to those who book. Names taken for insurance purposes on arrival. | |||||
If you are interested in joining us, please email wr.fielddays@gmail.com
2024
Six recording days were arranged in 2024 between mid-May and early September. We visited various habitats on 3 Worcestershire Wildlife Trust reserves including Tiddesley and Monkwood, an orchard of the Vale Landscape Heritage Trust, and 3 very different farms, each with its own extra surprises. The meeting reports are published in the Worcestershire Record Nos 54 and 55.
2023
Three meetings were held in 2023. We recorded at Dropping Well farm for the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust Heathland restoration, land between Grimley and Hallow for Malvern Hills District Council and at a private site on the banks of the Severn. The meeting reports and species lists will be published in the Worcestershire Record No. 52 and 53.
2022
Three recording days were held in 2022, at orchards owned by the Vale Landscape Heritage Trust and Heart of England Forest, at Wild Goose Rural Training and on Worcestershire Wildlife Trust land adjacent to their Monkwood reserve. The meeting reports were published in the Worcestershire Record No. 50.