Events

Midweek Halfday Meeting

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Pulborough Brooks RSPB Reserve

Set in the Arun Valley with superb views across wet meadows and fields to the South Downs
4 hides
Woodland birds and hopefully(!) singing nightingales
Excellent facilities available at centre, including shop and restaurant

Time: 10 am

Price: No charge for RSPB members; £3.50 adults; £2.50 concessions

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Field Meeting - Rye Harbour

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Rye Harbour

Coastal area, salt marsh, 3 hides

Hope to see sandwich terns, little terns, wheatear, waders, plovers etc

Toilets at start but otherwise no facilities - take lunch

Time: 9.30 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 522715

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Halfday midweek field meeting

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Warnham Nature Reserve, Horsham

15th century millpond
Common woodland and water birds
Common terns breed here
Kingfisher often seen

Time: 10 am

Price: Entrance charge at reserve

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Field Trip - Thursley Common

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Thursley Common

Park at Moat Pond car park

Heathland, woodland, scrub and bog
Hobbies, Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Tree Pipits, plus butterflies and dragonflies
No facilities, take packed lunch

Time: 8.30 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 522715

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Halfday Midweek Outing - Ranmore Common

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Ranmore Common, near Dorking

Start from National Trust car park

Butterfly safari

Parts of the walk are hilly

August might be a quiet time for birds but this area can be excellent for butterflies

Time: 10 am

Price: Car park charge for non-NT members

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Field Meeting - Oare Marshes

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Oare Marshes, Kent
Take the road north from Faversham A2 to the B2045 road in to Oare village (The Street) then to the end of Church Street for the Swale estuary.

In summer reed-bunting, reed and sedge warbler, coot, moorhen, mallard and shoveler are common breeding species along the reed-lined dykes, with waders such as lapwing, redshank and oystercatcher breeding on the marshes. Little grebe, shoveler and snipe also breed in small numbers. Little tern and common tern may be frequently seen foraging along the open dykes.

Time: 9 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 522715

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Halfday Midweek Outing - Cissbury Ring

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Cissbury Ring, near Findon, Sussex

Meet in big car park

Hoping for migrants - possibly ring ouzel

Can be muddy, with some steep paths

No facilities - take refreshments as required

Time: 10 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Indoor Meeting

Location: Friary Hall, Crawley (near Crawley Railway Station)
Postcode: RH10 1HR (Google map)

Ann and Phil Farrer - Birding in Ethiopia

Time: 8 pm

Price: £3 including refreshments for C&H members; £2.50 senior; £4 non-members

Telephone: 01293 532494

Monthly Outing - Seaford Head

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Seaford Head

South Barn Car Park

Scenic walk along the cliffs with views of Seven Sistors and Cuckmere Haven

Hope to see departing summer visitors

Time: 9.30 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Halfday Midweek Outing - Sevenoaks Reserve, Kent

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Sevenoaks (Jeffery Harrison) Reserve

Meet in Reserve car park

Map ref TQ520565
Postcode: RN13 3DH (Google map)

Easy walking with several hides

Facilities, including refreshments, in educational centre

Time: 10 am

Price: No charge but donations to Trust welcome

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Indoor Meeting

Location: Friary Hall, Crawley (near Crawley Railway Station)
Postcode: RH10 1HR (Google map)

Peter and Pauline Heathcote - Mexico Magic

Time: 8 pm

Price: £3 including refreshments for C&H members; £2.50 senior; £4 non-members

Telephone: 01293 532494

3-day trip to Norfolk

Location: Ring for details
Postcode: RH11 9AQ (Google map)

We will be staying at Caley Hall Hotel, in Hunstanton for the 3-day trip to Norfolk.

Please ring Group Leader for details and availability

Time: .

Price: Ring for details

Booking essential

Telephone: 01403 242218

Halfday Midweek Outing - Buchan Park

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Buchan Country Park, Crawley

Postcode: RH11 9HQ (Google map)

Ornamental lake and woodland

Looking for redwing, fieldfare, siskins, redpoll and other woodland birds

Toilets but no refreshments at Educational Centre

Time: 10 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Indoor Meeting

Location: Friary Hall, Crawley (near Crawley Railway Station)
Postcode: RH10 1HR (Google map)

Richard Pople - Moroccan Experience

Time: 8 pm

Price: £3 including refreshments for C&H members; £2.50 senior; £4 non-members

Telephone: 01293 532494

Monthly Outing - Pagham Harbour

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Pagham Nature Reserve
Meet at Siddlesham Visitor Centre

2 hides

Varied habitat

Geese, waders, ducks, seabirds, passerines etc.

Toilets at start - otherwise no facilities

Time: 9.30 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 522715

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Halfday Monthly Outing - Pulborough Brooks

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Pulborough Brooks RSPB Reserve

Wet meadows set in the Arun valley

4 hides

2 viewponts

Excellent facilities, including shop and restaurant

Time: 9.30 am

Price: No charge for RSPB members; £3.50 adults; £2.50 concessions

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Indoor Meeting - AGM

Location: Friary Hall, Crawley (near Crawley Railway Station)


Postcode: RH10 1HR (Google map)

Annual General Meeting

followed by,

John Hamilton giving a talk on Gujharat

Time: 8 pm

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 532494

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Halfday Midweek Outing - Warnham Nature Reserve

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Warnham Nature Reserve, Horsham

15th century millpond

Common woodland and water birds

Kingfisher often seen

Time: 10 am

Price: Small entrance charge at reserve

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Indoor Meeting

Location: Friary Hall, Crawley (near Crawley Railway Station)
Postcode: RH10 1HR (Google map)

John Hamilton - Chile

Time: 8 pm

Price: £3 including refreshments for C&H members; £2.50 senior; £4 non-members

Telephone: 01293 532494

Halfday Midweek Outing - Leechpool and Owlbeech Woods

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Leechpool and Owlbeech Woods, Horsham

40 acres of woodland

Time: 10 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Indoor Meeting

Location: Friary Hall, Crawley (near Crawley Railway Station)
Postcode: RH10 1HR (Google map)

John Buckingham - Birds of Northern Greece and the Islands

Time: 8 pm

Price: £3 including refreshments for C&H members; £2.50 senior; £4 non-members

Telephone: 01293 532494

Monthly Outing - Dungeness

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Dungeness RSPB Reserve

3mile circular route, with 6 hides

Toilets and shop with basic refreshments available

Could see smew, goldeneye, goosander, snipe and bittern if we're lucky

Time: 9.30 am

Price: £3 for non-RSPB members

Telephone: 01293 522715

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Halfday Midweek Outing - Burton Mill Pond

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Burton Mill Pond, near Petworth

Woodland and water birds on two ponds
Crossbills and lesser spotted woodpecker possible

Time: 10 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Halfday Midweek Outing - Earlswood Lakes

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Earlswood Lakes, Near Redhill

No toilets but drinks and food available

Two lakes, woodland, and golf course

Summer migrants should be seen

Time: 10 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Indoor Meeting

Location: Friary Hall, Crawley (near Crawley Railway Station)
Postcode: RH10 1HR (Google map)

Ralf and Brenda Todd - Birds in the Land of Disney

Time: 8 pm

Price: £3 including refreshments for C&H members; £2.50 senior; £4 non-members

Telephone: 01293 532494

Monthly Outing - Rye Harbour

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Rye Harbour
Meet in car park

Coastal area, salt marsh, 3 hides

Hope to see sandwich terns, wheatear, waders, plovers etc

Toilets at start but otherwise no facilities - take lunch

Time: 9.30 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 522715

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Halfday Midweek Outing - Mercers Park

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Mercers Park, Merstham, Surrey
Meet in car park - no facilities

Mixed habitat of old gravel pits and woodland, with some reedbeds

Time: 10 am

Price: No charge

Telephone: 01293 784379

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com

Monthly Outing - Pulborough

Location: Please check website evening before event to make sure no change or possible cancellation

Pulborough Brooks RSPB Nature Reserve

Set in the Arun Valley with superb views across wet meadows and fields to the South Downs

4 hides - waterfowl, woodland birds and hopefully(!) singing nightingales

Excellent facilities available at centre, including shop and restaurant

Time: 9.30 am

Price: Charge for non-RSPB members

Telephone: 01293 522715

E-mail: mcole8@sky.com