Society Activities
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Outdoor Meetings 2008
Sunday 13 January
- South Swale Reserve. Meet at the Sportsman Sunday 17 February - Riverside Park, Gillingham. Meet 9 am at Wraik Hill, or Riverside 10 am. All day. Leader Charlie Vint - on his local patch. Tel:283568 Sunday 16 March - Stewart’s walk, Meet Victory Wood car park near Lamberhurst Farm, Dargate at 10 am for 6 mile circular walk. Leader Stewart Tilley. Tel: 261299 Sunday 20 April - Northward Hill. Meet 9 am at Wraik Hill. All day. Possibly Kent’s largest heronry. Leader Peter Curd Tel 793131 (or Warden) Sunday 18 May - Rye Harbour. Meet 8 am Wraik Hill, a variety of birds including little terns. Leader Peter Curd Tel: 793131. Friday 30 May - Grove Ferry. Meet Ferry Inn car park 7 pm to see wildfowl, waders and migrants. Sunday 1st June - KWT reserves - Lydden Bank, Yockletts Bank and Hector Wilks Reserve. Meet 9 am at Wraik Hill. All day. Chalk downland flora and butterflies. Leader Jean Rivers Tel: 277548 Friday 27 June - Church Wood RSPB reserve. Meet reserve car park 8.30 pm. For Nightjars and Woodcock. Leader Peter Curd. Tel: 793131. Sunday 6 July - Church Wood. Meet 9.30 am at Wraik Hill or Church Wood Wood car park 10 am. Butterflies and flora. Leader Melvyn Crow Tel: 275936 Friday 25 July - Bysing Wood Country Park -(left off Western Link Road, Faversham) meet there at 7 pm. Bats and gunpowder workings! Leader John Puckett Tel: 793864 . Friday 8 August - Reculver to Coldharbour. Meet Reculver car park 7 pm. Sunday 17 August - KWT Reserve Oare Marshes . Meet 9 am Wraik Hill or Oare Marsh car park 9.30 am. Leader Mike Gould Tel: 261308 Sunday 21 September - Long Rock - looking for fossils. Meet 9am Long Rock. Leader Chris Fulcher Tel: 274039 Sunday 19 October - Fungal foray - venue to be announced. Leader Fred Booth. Contact Charlie Vint Tel: 283568 Sunday 16 November - Rainham Marshes. New Essex RSPB reserve with good facilities. Meet 8 am Wraik Hill, Leader Peter Curd Tel: 793131 Sunday 7 December
- Dungeness RSPB reserve car park, birdwatching for the hardy!
Meet 8 am Wraik Hill or lighthouse car park 9 am. Leader - Mike
Roser Tel: 272041. Please ring the leader or the secretary if you wish to attend one of these meetings in case of any changes of time, meeting place etc. Please note that those attending meetings do so at their own risk.
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Indoor Meetings
2008 Thursday 24 January - Cyprus in Spring, covering mammals, birds and flowers - speaker Don Wilks Thursday 28 February - Seaweeds and their Secrets - Ian Titley, an international authority on marine life. Thursday 27 March - The Farne Islands - Michael Walter RSPB site manager, Blean Woods. Thursday 24 April - AGM plus “India - The Delhi Triangle”. Mike Gould continues his travels to the gateway to the Far East. Thursday 25 September - Members evening. Please bring any slides or other items of interest. Contact Mike Gould re digital storage. Thursday 30 October - April in Turkey by Brian Gallop Thursday 27 November - Reptiles of Kent by Dr Lee Brady - expanding on last year’s interesting lecture. Meet at the Marine Hotel, Tankerton. 7.45pm for 8pm |
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There is a charge of two pound for none members attending any of the above meetings. See the Society page for details of Membership.
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