Events

2013

May

Shows and Fairs: Fair

Monday 27th

Wellow Maypole Day (sales event).

June

Booking: July

Saturday 1st

Bookings start for trips in July 2013

Trip: Nightjar Walk

Wednesday 5th at 9pm

Nightjar walk at Longdale Lane, Ravenshead - meet in car park at 9pm.

Collection

Saturday 8th until Sunday 9th

Collection at Wheatcroft Garden Centre, Edwalton.

Trip: Marston Vale

Sunday 16th

Outing to Marston Vale Millennium Park, Bedfordshire.

July

Booking: August

Monday 1st

Bookings start for trips in August 2013

Trip: Langford Lowfields

Wednesday 3rd

Own car visit to Langford Lowfields - meet at 6.30pm at site near Collingham (NG23 7RF).

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Trip: Redgrave and Lopham Fens

Sunday 14th

Outing to Redgrave and Lopham Fens, Suffolk.

Shows and Fairs: Fair

Sunday 21st

Stonebridge City Farm Open Day, St Anns.

Trip: Rutland Water

Sunday 21st at 10am

Own car visit to Rutland Water, meet at Egleton car park 10am. Chance to see returning Osprey!

August

Booking: September

Thursday 1st

Bookings start for trips in September 2013

Trip: Bestwood Park

Wednesday 7th at 7pm

Evening walk at Bestwood Park. Meet in Bestwood Lodge Hotel car park at 7pm.

Trip: Snettisham

Sunday 18th

Outing to RSPB reserve at Snettisham.

Shows and Fairs: Fair

Monday 26th

Lowdham Show (sales event).

September

Booking: October

Sunday 1st

Bookings start for trips in October 2013

Meeting: Indoor Meeting

Wednesday 4th

Indoor Meetings season opens with Alan Firth talking about The Work of the RSPB Investigation Team.

Trip: Spurn Point

Sunday 22nd

Outing to Spurn Point to greet new arrivals.

October

Booking: November

Tuesday 1st

Bookings start for trips in November 2013

Meeting: Indoor Meeting

Wednesday 9th

Roseanna Burton talks about Futurescapes - the RSPB in the Trent Valley and Sherwood Forest.

Trip: Holme

Sunday 20th

Outing to Holme in Norfolk.

November

Booking: December

Friday 1st

Bookings start for trips in December 2013

Meeting: Indoor Meeting

Wednesday 6th

Neil Glenn presents Birding in The Arctic.

Trip: Holkham to Wells

Sunday 17th

Walk from Holkham to Wells, Norfolk.

Shows and Fairs: Fair

Saturday 23rd at 10am

Autumn Fair and Coffee Morning - St Helen's, Old Church Hall, Burton Joyce, 10-12 noon.

December

Booking: January

Sunday 1st

Bookings start for trips in January 2014

Meeting: Indoor Meeting

Wednesday 4th

Roy Taylor talks about RSPB on the Eastern Moors of the Peak District.

Trip: Old Moor and Ingbirchworth

Sunday 8th

Outing to Ingbirchworth Reserve and Old Moor, South Yorkshire.

Trip: Colwick Country Park

Sunday 15th at 10am

Annual tinsel walk in Colwick Country Park. Meet at River Road car park at 10am.

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2014

January

Booking: February

Wednesday 1st

Bookings start for trips in February 2014

Trip: Clumber Park

Wednesday 1st at 9am

New Year's Day walk in Clumber Park - meet at NT car park at 9am.

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Meeting: 40th Anniversary Meeting

Wednesday 8th

40th Anniversary Meeting. Mark Avery, former conservation director for the RSPB, on Fighting for Birds.

Trip: Moore Nature Reserve

Sunday 19th

Outing to Moore Nature Reserve near Warrington.

General: Big Garden Birdwatch

Saturday 25th until Sunday 26th

The world's biggest bird event!

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February

Booking: March

Saturday 1st

Bookings start for trips in March 2014

Meeting: Indoor Meeting

Wednesday 5th

Welcoming Santiago Bejarano, a brand new speaker from Ecuador - Ecuador, Land of Mega Diversity.

Trip: Pitsford Reservoir

Sunday 16th

Outing to Pitsford Reservoir, Northants.

March

Booking: April

Saturday 1st

Bookings start for trips in April 2014

Meeting: Indoor Meeting

Wednesday 5th

Welcome return to award winning photographer Danny Green Wildlife of the East Midlands.

Trip: Gibraltar Point

Sunday 16th

Outing to Gibraltar Point just outside Skegness.

Trip: Attenborough

Wednesday 26th at 10am

Walk at Attenborough Nature Reserve - meet in car park at 10am.

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April

Booking: May

Tuesday 1st

Bookings start for trips in May 2014

Meeting: Indoor Meeting

Wednesday 2nd

An evening with Nigel Slater, British extinctions, reintroductions and aliens.

Trip: Netherfield Lagoons

Wednesday 16th at 10am

Spring morning walk around Netherfield Lagoons - meet at Teal Close 10am.

Further Information...

Trip: Cley

Sunday 20th

Outing to Cley Marshes in Norfolk.