Indoor meetings are held in the Main Hall of the
Cavendish
School,
Warners’ End Road,
Hemel Hempstead HP1 3DW
unless stated otherwise, commencing at 8.00pm; doors open at 7.30pm . Admission is £1.80 for RSPB members and £2.50 for non-members. We hope that you find the season both informative and interesting and that you will consider bringing a friend or relative to introduce them to the Society and possibly a new hobby.
| JANUARY 2003 | |
| Monday 6th | We welcome Alec Cooper once more, this time to talk about the “Land of the Tiger” including the birds of Baraphur. |
| Saturday 27th. | Coach outing to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust headquarters at Slimbridge in Gloucestershire. Meet at 7.00am at Hemel Hempstead bus station. |
| FEBRUARY | |
| Monday 3rd | “Paxton Pits Reserve”. One of the wardens of this nature reserve, famous for Nightingales will join us this evening to tell us about the birds and more on the former gravel pit site. |
| MARCH | |
| Monday 3rd | “Wildlife of Ashridge” Don Otter from the National Trust comes to talk to us |
| Saturday 15th | “Annual Quiz Night” at Apsley Community Centre 7.30 for 8.00pm. Bring some friends, book a table of six or just come on your own. It’s going to be an evening of great fun! |
| Saturday 22nd. | Shared car trip to the Wetlands Centre in London. Details to be announced at the evening meeting on Monday March 3rd. The WWT Wetlands Centre |
| APRIL | |
| Monday 7th | “Operation Osprey” Ralph Todd returns to share experiences from weeks spent as a volunteer warden at Loch Garten. There will be a plant stall at this event. Can you provide something from your garden or greenhouse? |
| MAY | |
| Monday 12th | An evening of RSPB films preceded by a short Annual General Meeting. The film titles will be: “Big Bill – The Story of a Heron” & “Swallows at the Mill”. |
| Sunday 18th | Shared car trip to the Paxton Pits Reserve, nr. St. Neots, Cambridgeshire. Details to be announced at the evening meeting on May 12th. Click here to go to the Paxton Pits Nature Reserve website |
| JUNE | |
| Monday 2nd | “Hearts of Oak” We welcome John Wyatt, a regular speaker to the Group, who has a new illustrated talk about the wildlife of an oak tree |
| SEPTEMBER | |
| Monday 1st | “Birds by Night & Day”. We start a new season with George McCarthy paying a return visit. |