Events

Morning walk at Bedfont Lakes Country Park

Location: Meet at the visitors centre on Clockhouse Lane (bus 116 to north end of Clockhouse Lane or buses 117, 417 to south end )

Toilets at Visitor Centre
Postcode: TW14 8QA (Google map)

A former landfill site that has, since 1988, matured into one of the best birdwatching sites in S.W London with regular overwintering Bittern, Wildfowl and Thrushes.

www.bedfontlakes.co.uk/index.htm

Time: 10am

Price: Free to group members - £1 donation for non-members

Telephone: 020 8979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

MINI-BUS TRIP TO BERKSHIRE

Location: 1st pick -up Richmond Stn @ 7.30am
Postcode: TW9 1EZ (Google map)

A trip to West Berkshire area to see what's about, visiting possibly, Thatcham and Cow Down. It all depends on what is being reported around Berkshire.

Time: 7.30am

Price: £15 for members, £18 for non-members payable in advance and refundable only if replacement can be found

Booking essential

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com

MINI-BUS TRIP TO BERKSHIRE

Location: 1st pick-up Richmond Stn @ 7.30am
Postcode: TW9 1EZ (Google map)

Repeating yesterday's trip

Time: 7.30am

Price: £15 for members, £18 for non-members payable in advance and refundable only if replacement can be found

Booking essential

Telephone: 0208 9483104

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com

COACH TRIP TO Rye Harbour

Location: 1st RSPB pick-up Richmond Stn @ 7.45am
Postcode: TW9 1EZ (Google map)

Joint Surbiton/ RSPB coach trip to Rye Harbour N.R , East Sussex to look for wintering duck, geese and waders.

Time: 7.30am

Price: £18 + £3 for non-members, payable in advance and refundable only if a replacement can be found

Booking essential

Telephone: 0208 9483104

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com

Morning Walk at London WWT, Barnes

Location: Meet in the Courtyard.

Entry charges will appy for non-WWT members.

buses 33,72,209 and 283 or 15mins from Barnes Stn
Postcode: SW13 9SF (Google map)

The best urban wildlife site in Europe.

www.wwt.org.uk

Time: 9.30 am

Price: Free to group members. £1 for non-members

Telephone: 0208 8979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Farming, Birds and the Countryside

Location: York House, York St, Twickenham
Postcode: TW1 3BZ (Google map)

A member of the RSPB's Agricultural team will speak about how agricultural practises have impacted on birds and what the RSPB is doing to help overcome these problems

Time: 8 pm

Price: free to Group Members - £2.50 to Non-Members

Telephone: 020 8977 6343

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Morning walk in Richmond Park

Location: Meet at Robin Hood car-park, Richmond Park

Please note : Robin Hood Gate is not open to vehicle.

A walk around the park looking for winter thrushes and resident bird species.

Can be muddy, please bring suitable footwear.

Time: 10 am

Price: Free to group members - £1 donation for non-members

Telephone: 020 8979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Evolution and Creationism

Location: York House, York Street, Twickenham
Postcode: TW1 3BZ (Google map)

Dr Edward Eastwood - Lecturer and Warden of the Arboretum at the University of Hertford- gives us another of his stimulating talks.

Time: 2pm

Price: Free to group members - £2.50 to non-members

Telephone: 020 8977 6343

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Morning Walk in Osterley Park

Location: Meet at Wyke Green, at the junction of Syon Lane and Jersey Road.

Buses H91 and H28 pass by 15min walk away. From Syon Lane Stn it is a 25 min walk.

Toilets en-route
Postcode: TW7 5PW (Google map)

A morning walk through Osterley Park, looking for passage migrants as well as local breeding birds.

Time: 10am

Price: free to members, non-members £1 donation

Telephone: 0208 979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Mini-Bus trip tp RSPB Northward Hill Reserve

Location: 1st pick-up point Richmond Stn @ 7.30am

This RSPB reserve has one of the largest heron colonies in the south, around 150 pairs, alongside a newly formed colony of Little Egret of about 50 pairs.
The marshes below the hill are also part of the reserve, where the many pools host waders using the Thames Flyway on their Spring Migration.

www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/northwoodhills

Time: 7.30am

Price: £15 for members, £18 for non-members payable in advance and refundable only if replacement can be found

Booking essential

Telephone: 0208 948 3104

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com

Mini-Bus trip tp RSPB Northward Hill Reserve

Location: 1st pick-up Richmond Stn @ 7.30 am

Repeating yesterday's trip

Time: 7.30am

Price: £15 for members, £18 for non-members payable in advance and refundable only if replacement can be found

Booking essential

Telephone: 0208 948 3104

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com

TEXAS: From the Gulf to the Rio Grande

Location: York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham. TW1 3AA
Postcode: tw1 3bz (Google map)

Colin Kirkland, a former wildlife tour leader, has made many trips to the U.S.A and talks to us about the birds and landscape of Southern Texas.

Time: 8 pm

Price: Free to group members - £2.50 to Non-members

Telephone: 020 8977 6343

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Morning walk at Staines Reservoirs

Location: Staines Reservoirs
Meet at Town Lane car-park at the eastern end of the causeway, 1/2 mile north of Ashford Hospital (Bus 203 stops nearby, Buses 116 and 216 stop at the Hospital )


Postcode: TW19 7UD (Google map)

A walk across the causeway, looking for passage migrants at this well-known hotspot.Who knows what might drop in?



Contact Roger Theobald (0208977 6343 ) for car -sharing requests

Time: 10.00am

Price: Free to group members - £1 donation to non - members

Telephone: 020 8979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Plantlife - For plants, for people, for the planet

Location: York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham, TW1 3AA
Postcode: TW1 3BZ (Google map)

Mike Watts from the Society will talk abouts its history and aims.


www.plantlife.org.uk

Time: 2 pm

Price: Free to group members - £2.50 to Non-members

Telephone: 020 8977 6343

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

MINIBUS TRIP TO RUTLAND WATER

Location: Pick-up points
1. Richmond Stn @ 7.30am
2. Twickenham : Rugby Tavern, nr Stn
3. Teddington library, Waldegrave Rd

The second largest man-made reservoir in England is home to many migrant and resident birds, now even bigger with an on-going development to create more scrapes and lagoons to bring more avian visitors.
Qsprey is almost guaranteed with a supporting cast of 1000's.
ENTRY FEES APPLY

www.rutlandwater.org.uk

Time: 7.30am Richmond Stn

Price: £15 for group members - £18 for non-members + Entry fee

Booking essential

Telephone: 020 8948 3104

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com

Minibus Trip to RutlandWater NR

Location: 1st pick -up Richmond Stn

A repeat of yesterday's trip

Time: 7.30 am

Price: £15 for group members - £18 for non-members + Entry fee

Booking essential

Telephone: 0208 948 3104

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com

Morning Walk at Thursley Common NNR

Location: Meet at the Moat Car-Park, Thursley Road .


No TOILETS
Postcode: GU8 6LW (Google map)

Now recovering after disasterous fires in 2008, breeding birds include Woodlark, Curlew and Redstart. One of finest areas for a variety of Dragonflies

Time: 10.00am

Price: Free to group members - £1 for non-members

Telephone: 020 8979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Morning walk at Wraysbury Gravel Pits

Location: Meet at Weir Road, Wraysbury Road, Hythe End, 400 yds west of J13 of M25 .


Bus 61 from Wraysbury Stn

No Toilets
Postcode: TW19 6HE (Google map)

Our traditional outing for incoming summer warblers, possibly grasshopper, cuckoo and hobby around these former gravel pits and land reclamation site.

wraysbury.net/conserv.htm#SSSI

Time: 8.30am

Price: free to Group Members - £1.00 to Non-Members

Telephone: 020 8979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

AGM & MEMBERS EVENING

Location: York House, Richmond Road, Twickenham, TW1 3AA

PLEASE NOTE DIFFERENT WEEK OF THE MONTH
Postcode: TW1 3BZ (Google map)

The AGM (very short, but required) will be followed by members presentations along with Photo Competition/display, drinks and nibbles

Time: 7.45pm

Price: Free to group members - £2.50 to Non-members

Telephone: 020 8977 6343

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

COACH TRIP To STODMARSH A JOINT TRIP WITH SURBITON BIRD GROUP

Location: 1st pick-up Richmond Stn 7.45am

One of Kent's finest inland birdwatching area, which has an enviable list of rare avian visitors alongside an extensive list of breeding birds such as bearded tits, sedge & reed warbler, garganey and Marsh Harrier.
Hobbies can number in their dozens as they gorge themselves on the myriads of flying insects before moving onwards to their breeding grounds. Also listen out for soft tones of Turtle Doves having evaded the guns of Europe.

Time: 7.45am at Richmond Stn

Price: £18 + £3 for non-members, payable in advance and refundable only if a replacement can be found

Booking essential

Telephone: 0208 948 3104

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com

Morning walk on Bookham Common

Location: Meet at the Tunnel Car Park, 185 mts from Bookham Stn TQ130557

No Toilets
Postcode: KT23 3LT (Google map)

A walk across ancient common land looking for breeding birds including Nightingale

Time: 9.00am

Price: Free to group members - £1 donation for non-members

Telephone: 020 8979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Morning Walk on Molesey Heath

Location: Meet at the junction of Molesey Park Road and Ray Road in Molesey.

Roadside Parking

No Toilets
Postcode: KT8 2LG (Google map)

This landfilled former gravel pit has been designated an Elmbridge Local Nature Reserve. The whole site has been colonised naturally by rough grassland and scrub and is a good site for warblers.

Time: 9.00am

Price: free to members, non-members £1 donation

Telephone: 0208 979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Morning walk in Bushy Park

Location: Meet at Diana Fountain Car-park, Bushy Park, Teddington
Postcode: KT8 9DD (Google map)

A walk through different habitats, looking for breeding birds and migrants

Time: 9.30am

Price: Free to group members - £1 donation for non-members

Telephone: 020 8941 7631

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Evening at Chobham Common

Location: Meet at the Monument car-park on the B383.

( SU965652)
Postcode: GU24 8TU (Google map)

A walk over Chobham Common for warblers, nightjar and woodcock. It is advisable to bring a torch. Suitable footwear is advised as can be muddy in parts.

Time: 8.30pm

Price: Free to group members - £1 donation for non-members

Telephone: 0208 979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

MINI-BUS TRIP to SALISBURY PLAIN

Location: 1ST Pick-up Richmond Stn @7.30

On a secret site on M.O.D. land on Salisbury Plain an ongoing project to return the Great Bustard as a breeding bird seems to be working with young birds being born for the last 2 years.We will also tour around some of the vast army training ranges looking for other rare birds that breed on the plains such as Montague's Harrier and Stone Curlew.

DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE SITE ONLY 12 PERSONS ARE ALLOWED PER DAY
ENTRY FEE / DONATION OF £10

Time: 7.30am at Richmond Stn

Price: £15 for members, £18 for non-members payable in advance and refundable only if replacement can be found

Booking essential

Telephone: 0208 948 3104

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com

MINI-BUS TRIP to SALISBURY PLAIN

Location: 1ST Pick-up Richmond Stn at 7.30am

repeating yesterday's trip

LIMITED TO 12 PERSONS

ENTRY FEE/DONATION £10

Time: 7.30am at Richmond Stn

Price: £15 for members, £18 for non-members payable in advance and refundable only if replacement can be found

Booking essential

Telephone: 0208 948 3104

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com

Morning Walk on Bookham Common

Location: Meet at the Hundred Pound Car-park at the end of Bookham Road, past Downside, south of Cobham


No Toilets
Postcode: KT11 3JU (Google map)

Our annual walk for butterflies and birds. With a bit of luck, Purple Emperor will put in an appearance.

Time: 10.00am

Price: free to members, non-members £1 donation

Telephone: 0208 979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Walk in Richmond Park

Location: Meet at Pembroke Lodge Car Park near the refreshment kiosk
Postcode: SW14 7EJ (Google map)

London's largest Royal Park with internationally important lowland acid grassland and ancient oaks. For breeding birds and butterflies.

www.royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond_park

Time: 9.00am

Price: free to Group Members - £1.00 to Non-Members

Telephone: 020 8979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Morning walk in Richmond Park

Location: Meet at Pembroke Lodge Car-park near the Refreshment Kiosk
Postcode: SW15 4PG (Google map)

A walk through Richmond Park to study the wildlife of this extensive Royal Park. Can get muddy/wet. Please wear suitable footwear.

royalparks.org.uk/parks/richmond_park

Time: 9am

Price: Free to group members - £1 donation for non-members

Telephone: 020 89797552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Morning Walk at London Wetland Centre

Location: Meet in the Courtyard


Entry charges apply for non- WWT members
Postcode: SW13 9SF (Google map)

The best Urban wildlife site in Europe

Time: 9.30am

Price: free to members, non-members £1 donation

Telephone: 0208 979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

Morning Walk at Staines Moor

Location: Meet at Hithermoor Road near Haws Lane
Postcode: TW19 6AT (Google map)

Staines Moor has remained unploughed for at least 1000 years. Common land since 1065, it was one of the first SSSI to be designated in 1955.

Time: 10.00am

Price: free to members, non-members £1 donation

Telephone: 0208 979 7552

E-mail: richmondrspb@yahoo.co.uk

COACH TRIP To MINSMERE A JOINT TRIP WITH SURBITON BIRD GROUP

Location: TIMES TO BE ADVISED

RSPB's flagship reserve in Suffolk has an enviable list of breeding birds, plus an extensive range of avian migrants.

Time: TBA

Price: £18 + £3 for non-members, payable in advance and refundable only if a replacement can be found

Booking essential

Telephone: 0208 948 3104

E-mail: davekew@hotmail.com