Branch Meetings

Details of branch events are correct at time of going to press. Please contact Branch Secretaries to confirm before travelling to events. Anyone taking part in one of the Trust's events should be aware that there may be uneven ground, steps and stiles to negotiate at most venues. Participants are advised to wear stout shoes and bring waterproof clothing. If in any doubt as to whether to join a walk, please contact the leader or branch secretary.

NOVEMBER

Tuesday 15TH November
(HEREFORD BRANCH indoor meeting)
Short Branch AGM, followed by ‘Breathing life into the blanket bog - the afterlife’ by Gary Slayter (RSPB).

Thursday 24th November
(AYMESTREY BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘The Burren in spring’ by Sue Russell.

Tuesday 29th November
(KINGTON BRANCH indoor meeting)
Branch AGM followed by ‘Some little known facts about Bats’ by Alan Edwards.

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DECEMBER

Thursday 1st December
(ROSS-ON-WYE Branch indoor meeting)
‘Greece: The Peloponnese and Lesvos’ by Roger Beck.

Tuesday 6th December
(HEREFORD BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Ponds and pond life’ by Nigel Hand.

Wednesday 7th December
(WEOBLEY BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Miscellany on Mistletoe’ by Mr. Jonathan Briggs, Botanist and Mistletoe Expert. This talk will be followed by seasonal refreshments.

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JANUARY

Wednesday 4th January
(WEOBLEY BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Our Essential Bees’ by Len Dixon, Master Bee Keeper

Thursday 5th January
(ROSS-ON-WYE BRANCH indoor meeting)
Social evening with picture quiz and your nature stories.

Tuesday 17th January
(HEREFORD BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Herefordshire Parklands Project’ by Lewis Goldwater, HNT project officer.

Tuesday 31st January
(KINGTON BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘The Wild Deer of Herefordshire’ by Pat Faulkner.

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FEBRUARY

Wednesday 1st February
(WEOBLEY BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Moth Trapping in Herefordshire’ by Barrie Jones, HNT Reserve Warden

Thursday 2nd February
(ROSS-ON-WYE BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Meadows’ by Dr George Peterken.

Tuesday 21st February
(HEREFORD BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘The Upper Wye’ by Brian Draper.

Thursday 23rd February
(AYMESTREY BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Birds of Herefordshire’ by William Maler.

Tuesday 28th February
(KINGTON BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘The history of hedges and their wildlife’ by John Ockenden.

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MARCH

Thursday 1st March
(ROSS-ON-WYE BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Herefordshire’s Orchards - History and Wildlife’ by Mike Williams, FWAG.

Wednesday 7th March
(WEOBLEY BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘‘E’ is for Elephant: a Personal View on African Elephants’ by Phred Newbury, on behalf of the Born Free Foundation

Tuesday 20th March
(HEREFORD BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Ecology and Management of Brown Hares’ by Ian Lindsay, of the Game and Wildlife Conservancy Trust’.

Tuesday 27th March
(KINGTON BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘The Geology of the Wye Gorge’ by Moira Jenkins.

Thursday 29th March
(AYMESTREY BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Return of the Red Kite’ by Leo Smith.

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APRIL

Wednesday 4th April
(WEOBLEY BRANCH indoor meeting)
Branch AGM followed by talk ‘Action for Birds’, Mr. John Clews (RSPB Midlands)

Thursday 26th April
(AYMESTREY BRANCH indoor meeting)
‘Travels of a Lutraphile’ by Rob Strachan.