INDOOR EVENTS


We are moving (from September) for one year to the Village Hall Steventon (map) for the 2010/11 season which starts in September. Meetings start at 7.45 pm.
Doors open at 7.00pm for sales tables, displays and booking for trips.

20 September 2010




Explores the fabulous wildlife of the Indian subcontinent – including the extraordinary water bird oasis at Bharatpur and the elusive tiger reserve at Bandhavgarh.


18 October 2010




Since Slimbridge was founded, in 1946, the Wildlife and Wetlands Trust have fronted unique studies of wildfowl behaviour and conservation. This talk will present a general overview of recent developments.


15 November 2010




A summary of his first two years with a digital camera, starting with black grouse in Scotland, then brown bears and ospreys in Finland and finally, some amazing birding in Hungary.


20 December 2010




Otmoor, our nearest RSPB reserve, supported by the group's fund raising, is now a critical component in the Ray Valley ecological corridor development. The reserve manager will update us on recent progress.


17 January 2011




The ice covered Spitzbergen archipelago, lying well within the Arctic Circle, is renowned for unique indigenous flora and fauna (polar bears, arctic fox etc.), as well as being the summer breeding ground for many off our winter bird visitors. (barnacle geese etc.)


21 February 2011




The spectacular scenery and wildlife of the Highlands and Islands will be illustrated by Mikes outstanding photography.


21 March 2011




Probably the finest birding locations on the UK NE coast – not forgetting the seals and the story of Grace Darling.


18 April 2011




Life on the levels from neolithic trackways, lake villages, disastrous floods and peat digging have created today's wetland reserves renowned for bird-life particularly for evening starling roosts, booming bitterns, over wintering great bustards and soon, the reintroduced common crane.


16 May 2011




A photographic wildlife journey visiting Japan (red crowned crane, Stellars sea eagle, snow monkeys) and Kenya (Samburu, Lake Nakuru, and Masi Mara National Parks for big cats, flamingo's etc.)