About The Club
Founded in 1960, the Club was set up to promote the study and recording of wildlife in the Charnwood Forest and surrounding areas and encourage a wider interest in natural history including the conservation of wildlife, habitats and geological features.
We now have Members whose individual interests range from Fungi, Spiders, Moths, Beetles, Dragonflies, Lichens and Mosses to Flowering Plants, Mammals and Birds.
The Main Aims of the Club are:
- To record the Natural History of Charnwood Forest and surrounding areas (our records are put onto a database and support conservation projects in the area)
- To exchange information and records between our members and other like-minded groups.
- To publish detailed Surveys and Studies of chosen areas in Charnwood Forest.
Please see our Constitution below:
We have been studying and documenting the natural history of our county for over 65 years. We endeavour to cover all branches of natural history relevant to Leicestershire and Rutland in VC55.
Our Members share an interest in nature and observing and studying wildlife. We get real value from their observations by encouraging everyone’s records to be entered onto NatureSpot to build up a comprehensive picture of the state of wildlife especially in the Charnwood area. This helps us understand how it is changing over time in response to the pressures of modern life and climate change.
We encourage all wildlife recording. Please submit your records of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and dragonflies to NatureSpot. All records are important, even ones from your garden. Please see our Recording page.
NatureSpot has access to a network of county wildlife recorders who are experts in their field and collate the records for most specific groups, such as birds, mammals, insects and flowers. It also has access to national experts in other groups.