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Reading RSPB Group
08/01/24
THE Reading RSPB Group held its final indoor meeting of 2023 on December 12, which was our annual Christmas social. As we sipped mulled wine, the evening’s entertainment started with one of our secretary’s wonderful poems, A Turkey’s Hopes for ...
05/02/24
WE launched our 2024 programme on January 9 with a talk by wildlife photographer and author David Boag entitled “The wild coast”. With the help of his superb photographs, David took us on a tour of the varied habitats which make up the 11,000 ...
06/05/24
ON April 9 we welcomed Mike Coker, a conservationist and project manager who set up and led the RSPB’s project management practice and supported some of the charity’s largest projects. Looking at the RSPB’s efforts to conserve a range of ...
10/10/22
ON September 20, five members of the group met up for a morning walk round the Thatcham Discovery Centre, a nature reserve, on a lovely day. The main lake contained three little grebes and eight or 10 great crested grebes, four tufted ...
Reading RSPB
13/06/22
THE Reading RSPB group held its annual meeting at Pangbourne village hall. Members of the committee were re-elected unanimously except for Carl Feltham, who has stepped down after 30 years. During that time, he has produced the ...
07/11/22
ON October 25 the Reading RSPB group was delighted to be able to host a Zoom lecture by Steve Menzie from the Falsterbo bird observatory in Sweden. Steve has worked at the observatory during each spring and autumn migration ...
Reading RSPB Group: Unwrapping raptors
13/11/17
THE group enjoyed a welcome return visit from one of its most popular speakers, David Darrell-Lambert. His talk, called “Unwrapping raptors — a guide to the identification of British raptors”, was informative and highly ...
12/03/18
FORMER Marlborough College schoolmaster Robin Nelson delivered an excellent presentation to members on the “Birds of Andalucia”. He has travelled to the area many times and presented stunning photos of colourful ...
09/04/18
KATRINA VAN GROUW entertained members with a talk somewhat different from those that they normally experience. Her venture had started when, walking along the beach one day, she stumbled across a recently dead ...
12/02/18
LEE MORGAN, from Canada, delivered a presentation entitled “The wildlife of the Canadian Rockies — beyond the road and rails”. It was part of his whistlestop tour of the UK, lecturing principally in the ...
21/10/19
RICK and Elis Simpson delivered an excellent illustrated presentation to the group entitled “Confessions of a bird guide”. The talk focused on the time when the couple lived in Brazil and led ...
10/02/20
LEE MORGAN made a return visit to the Reading RSPB Group with an illustrated talk on the Okanagan Valley. Located between the coastal mountain ranges and the Rockies, it is in a rain shadow, ...
07/05/18
IT was a real treat for members to listen to the talk provided by Rick and Elis Simpson about the work of Wader Quest. This is a registered charity and raises funds and awareness of the ...
08/10/18
The 2018/19 season of talks began in impressive style as Nick Martin, manager of the RSPB’s Middleton Lakes reserve, delivered an illustrated talk entitled “Discovering Scotland’s ...
08/04/19
CONOR JAMESON made the long journey from Wisbech to talk to us about the eminent Victorian naturalist William Hudson. Although born in Argentina, Hudson had travelled to Britain ...
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