News archive
November 2009
Saturday, 7 November 2009
28th November 2009
Members may like come a little earlier to have a chat with him, as well as during the half- time interval.
Monday, 2 November 2009
November Guided Walk Around Farlington Marshes
A great way to learn about the wildlife and management of the reserve and the history of Langstone Harbour. Binoculars will be available to borrow for the walk. No need to book. Parking off the Eastern Road (A27/A2030) roundabout (Map ref. SU 685 045).
For further details please contact Jamie Marsh, Solent Reserves Officer, on 01489 774429. Suggested donation £1.50.
Monday, 2 November 2009
Guided Walk Around Farlington Marshes
A great way to learn about the wildlife and management of the reserve and the history of Langstone Harbour. Binoculars will be available to borrow for the walk. No need to book. Parking off the Eastern Road (A27/A2030) roundabout (Map ref. SU 685 045).
For further details please contact Jamie Marsh, Solent Reserves Officer, on 01489 774429. Suggested donation £1.50.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
A Good Read
There have been many books on the birdwatcher's awkward obsession, but there has been nothing until this that so brilliantly restores us to the primacy of looking, the thrill of watching and thinking about the flying wild creatures that share our planet. Tim Dee writes about what he has seen in a language we have never read before but will recognise as accurate and familiar, with insights new-minted yet immediately understood, in prose that is at once precise and poetic.
From all good bookstores and I do hope we will be able to borrow it from our local library.
Tim Dee was born in Liverpool in 1961. He has worked as a BBC radio producer for twenty years and divides his life between Bristol and Cambridge. This is his first book and it has been published by Random House.
Sunday, 1 November 2009
John Pilkington - A Talk on Ladakh
John spent three months exploring this high-altitude wilderness on India's frontier with Tibet. The people he met were fiercely self-sufficient but he found them also to be warm and gregarious, with a gentle wisdom. Once again he was making programmes for Radio 4. For those who've seen John's previous shows, this one maintains his familiar standard of slides, sound and informative commentary, with one or two surprises. Tickets via his website.
