Events
Unless otherwise specified, you do not need to be a member of the RSPB (or the local group) to join us on our events, and birdwatching experience is not necessary. If you have any questions please call the contact number shown with the event details.
December 2009
Tue8
Film show and Christmas Social
Location: The Chaucer Social Club, behind the Canterbury City Council offices, off Chaucer Road. Access is through the staff car park; drive to the top of the car park and then turn right. Club is the black hall ahead of you. Ample free parking.
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The film "Birdwatching in Scotland" will be followed by festive refreshments. All are welcome.
Time: 8 pm
Price: £2.50
Telephone: 01227 450655
E-mail: cyasproul@yahoo.co.uk
January 2010
Sun10
Walk at Stodmarsh
Location: Contact leader for details of venue.
Our annual visit to Stodmarsh in search of hunting and roosting harriers.
Time: Contact leader for details of time.
Price: Suggested donation of £1
Booking essential
Telephone: 01227 275186
E-mail: glynncrocker@hotmail.co.uk
Tue12
The Changing Face of Samphire Hoe
Location: The Chaucer Social Club, behind the Canterbury City Council offices, off Chaucer Road. Access is through the staff car park; drive to the top of the car park and then turn right. Club is the black hall ahead of you. Ample free parking.
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Talk by Paul Holt, of the White Cliffs Countryside Project, who has worked at the Hoe since 1998. He will be telling us about the exciting developments there over the past 11 years.
Time: 8 pm
Price: £2.50
Telephone: 01227 450655
E-mail: cyasproul@yahoo.co.uk
Mon18
Walk at Dungeness
Location: TR065186. Contact leader for details of venue.
All-day walk at Dungeness RSPB reserve. Seabirds, wildfowl and waders.
Time: 10 am
Price: Suggested donation of £1
Telephone: 01227 361362
E-mail: alan.prior7@btinternet.com
Sun31
Walk at Dungeness
Location: Contact leader for details of venue.
An all-day walk at Dungeness RSPB reserve for seawatching, wildfowl and waders.
Time: Contact leader for details of time.
Price: Suggested donation of £1
Booking essential
Telephone: 01227 275186
E-mail: glynncrocker@hotmail.co.uk
February 2010
Sat6
English Folk Supper
Location: Blean village hall.
Three-course supper of traditional English dishes, followed by English-themed quizzes. All welcome.
Time: 7 for 7.30 pm
Price: £14
Booking essential
Telephone: 01227 450655
E-mail: cyasproul@yahoo.co.uk
Tue9
Tales of Successes and Challenges in the South East
Location: The Chaucer Social Club, behind the Canterbury City Council offices, off Chaucer Road. Access is through the staff car park; drive to the top of the car park and then turn right. Club is the black hall ahead of you. Ample free parking.
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A talk by Chris Corrigan, South East Region Director of the RSPB.
Time: 8 pm
Price: £2.50
Telephone: 01227 450655
E-mail: cyasproul@yahoo.co.uk
Mon15
Walk at Conyer and Oare
Location: TQ962650. Contact leader for details of venue.
A visit to two excellent coastal birdwatching sites.
Time: 9.30 am
Price: Suggested donation of £1
Telephone: 01227 361362
E-mail: alan.prior7@btinternet.com
Sun21
Walk at Seaton
Location: Contact leader for details of venue.
A morning walk to see freshwater gravel pits favoured by dabbling duck with the occasional rarity. The present owners, the Church Commissioners, are selling the site to the highest bidder at the end of September 2009, so the future of this interesting birdwatching area is now uncertain.
Time: Contact leader for details of time.
Price: Suggested donation of £1
Booking essential
Telephone: 01227 275186
E-mail: glynncrocker@hotmail.co.uk
March 2010
Tue9
Kent Woodlands Through the Seasons
Location: The Chaucer Social Club, behind the Canterbury City Council offices, off Chaucer Road. Access is through the staff car park; drive to the top of the car park and then turn right. Club is the black hall ahead of you. Ample free parking.
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A talk by Bob Canis, depicting the wildlife in the many and varied woods within our county throughout the year.
Time: 8 pm
Price: £2.50
Telephone: 01227 450655
E-mail: cyasproul@yahoo.co.uk
Mon15
Walk at Elmley
Location: Contact leader for details of venue.
An all-day walk at this well-known RSPB reserve to see wintering wildfowl and waders.
Time: 9.45 am
Price: Suggested donation of £1
Telephone: 01227 361362
E-mail: alan.prior7@btinternet.com
Sat27
Quiz Night
Location: Red Cross Hall, next to Blockbusters in Canterbury.
Our ever-popular brain-teaser. Bring along a team of 6-8 people or simply join an existing table on the night. Food provided, bring your own drink.
Time: 7.30 pm
Price: £6
Booking essential
Telephone: 01227 450655
E-mail: cyasproul@yahoo.co.uk
Sun28
Walk at Waltham
Location: Contact leader for details of venue.
A morning walk through a varied landscape of pasture, woods and hedgerows, with the chance of seeing some early spring migrants.
Time: Contact leader for details of time.
Price: Suggested donation of £1
Booking essential
Telephone: 01227 455972
E-mail: michael.walter@rspb.org.uk
April 2010
Tue13
AGM + "Hebridean Journey" talk
Location: Chaucer Social Club, behind the Canterbury City Council offices, off Chaucer Road. Turn right into staff car park, drive to top of hill, then turn sharp right and hall is black building ahead of you.
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The group's annual general meeting will be followed by refreshments and then a talk by Heather Willis on the landscape, natural history and way of life of the people of the Hebridean islands of Barra and Skye.
Time: 8 pm
Price: £2.50
Telephone: 01227 450655
E-mail: cyasproul@yahoo.co.uk
Mon19
Walk at Mote Park, Maidstone
Location: TQ771555. Contact leader for details of venue.
A surprisingly wide variety of birdlife is to be found in Mote Park, on the outskirts of Maidstone, and a visit to this site has become an annual event. Waterbirds on the lake, nuthatch and tree creeper in the woodland, and summer visitors should all be seen.
Time: 10 am
Price: Suggested donation of £1
Telephone: 01227 361362
E-mail: alan.prior7@btinternet.com
Sun25
Walk at Stodmarsh
Location: Contact leader for details of venue.
A morning walk round this famous nature reserve, with migrant warblers returning to the reedbeds, at a time when almost anything could turn up.
Time: Contact leader for details of time.
Price: Suggested donation of £1
Booking essential
Telephone: 01227 275186
E-mail: glynncrocker@hotmail.co.uk
May 2010
Sat22
Coach trip to Arundel
Location: Arundel.
We are at the early stages of planning a coach trip to Arundel in West Sussex. There will be plenty to do, including a visit to the castle, Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, Denmans Gardens (voted eighth best garden centre in the Independent), a stroll round this small town, and a walk along the River Arun, perhaps tied in with a boat trip.
Time: 8 am
Price: To be advised later
Booking essential
Telephone: 01227 455972
E-mail: michael.walter@rspb.org.uk