INDOOR EVENTSWe 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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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21 February 2011 The spectacular scenery and wildlife of the Highlands and Islands
will be illustrated by Mikes outstanding photography.
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21 March 2011 Probably the finest birding locations on the UK NE coast –
not forgetting the seals and the story of Grace Darling.
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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.
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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.)
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