Local
trip:
BENTLEY PRIORY
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Day trip - start: 09:30am
Morning visit to Bentley Priory Nature Reserve. Meet 9.30am at Stanmore station (Jubilee line, Zone 5). Then short bus trip to entrance. Woodland, scrub, unimproved grassland, deer park.
See our programme of field trips for details.
Evening
meeting:
NIGHTINGALES
Dr Rob Fuller
Rob is Director of Habitats Research at the British Trust for Ornithology. He will tell us about this summer visitor to Britain, which has seen a decline in its population and a contraction in its range. The causes are explored, including migration routes, winter survival, habitat loss and habitat quality.
See our programme of indoor evening meetings for details.
Coach
trip:
PAGHAM HARBOUR
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Coach trip - start: 08:00am
This local nature reserve, managed by West Sussex County Council, is on the south coast. The walk from the visitor centre goes out to the seashore, passing tidal pools and creeks which can hold a variety of waders and wildfowl. At the time of our trip, waders can be expected on passage from their summer breeding areas to their winter habitats. There are hedges and shrubs which can produce a number of smaller birds. On arrival at the beach, we will scan the sea for grebes, divers, wildfowl. £1 donation per person is requested. Visitor centre and toilets.
See our programme of field trips for details.