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.
March 2012
Thu1
Rob Macklin - "Wildlife of Suffolk"
Location: St Paul's Church Hall, Walliscote Road, Weston-super-Mare
This talk will describe the area and the wide range of habitats, including reedbeds, grazing marshes, coastal lagoons (including the famous Minsmere Scrape), heathlands and woodlands within the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB. We will look at the wide range of wildlife that occurs and how these areas are managed. Rob joined the RSPB in 1983 and initially worked on contracts at places such as Anglesey, mid-Wales, Papa Westray in Orkney and Langstone Harbour in Hants. He then moved to the Suffolk Coast as habitats warden at Minsmere before moving to become Site Manager at North Warren near Aldeburgh in 1990. In 2003 he was appointed Suffolk Coast Area Manager with responsibility for all the reserves in the area. He took early retirement from RSPB in April 2011 and has now set up an ecological consultancy in the South West of England.
Time: 7.30 pm
Price: £2 members; £2.50 non members
Thu29
Jackie Garner - "Wildlife Art of Ancient Egypt"
Location: St Paul's Church Hall, Walliscote Road, Weston-super-Mare
Jackie Garner is a professional wildlife artist and illustrator based near Stroud, Gloucestershire. She works in watercolours and acrylics, is inspired by natural history in general, and exhibits mostly in Gloucestershire and London. Jackie's latest venture is part of a ground-breaking research project investigating the wildlife species depicted in ancient Egyptian art. The results will be published in 2012 as A Guide to the Birds of Ancient Egypt with a wildlife version following later.
Time: 7.30 pm
Price: £2 members: £2.50 non members
April 2012
Wed25
Black Roch and Velvet Bottom
Location: Black Rock Gate on the B3135 (Cheddar Gorge road - ST 482546).
The later start time will (weather permitting) allow us to look at the butterflies, as well as the birdlife, around this SWT reserve. Bring a packed lunch as the expected finish time will be mid-afternoon. About three miles, some rough paths. Leader: Rosina Robinson. Mid-week walk.
Time: 11 am
Price: Free
Telephone: 01749 672749