Next Meeting:
No December Meeting
2023 Programme
Most of our meetings are open to all and free for members. Some may require booking and visitors will be asked for a contribution.
| Date | Title | Speaker / Leader | Venue / Location |
| Friday 27th January 8pm |
AGM & Annual Social |
Multiple Speakers | St Leonard's Church, Watlington |
| Friday 24th February 7.30pm | Why You Should Love Wasps - an introduction to their enigmatic, weird and wonderful world | Seirian Sumner | St Leonard's Church, Watlington |
| Friday 31st March 7.30pm | The Extraordinary Colour Variations of the Banded Snail - Cepaea | Laurence Cook | St Leonard's Church, Watlington |
| Saturday 29th April -pm | Visit to Withymead Nature Reserve | A warden | Near Goring |
| Saturday 27th May - 2.00 - 4.30pm | Guided Tour of Babylon Plants - Nursery & Meadow | Rick Bennett |
Near Cuxham |
| Saturday 24th June time tba |
Walk to explore the wild flowers of Aston Rowant NNR |
Dr Jonathan Mitchley | Aston Rowant NNR |
| Saturday 29th July - 10:30am |
Guided tour of Wittenham Woods SSSI |
Robin Buxton | Wittenham Woods |
|
Saturday 19th August time 3:00pm |
Visit to Watlington Hill, followed by social at the Spire and Spoke |
Matt Bond (NT Ranger) | Watlington Hill |
|
Friday 29th September 7.30pm |
**UPDATED** Film night: a series of short films on real solutions to climate change, followed by discussion |
WEG Committee |
St Leonard's Church, Watlington |
| Friday 27th October 7.30pm |
The Plants and Ecology of Chalk Grassland |
Dr Jonathan Mitchley | St Leonard's Church, Watlington |
| Friday 24th November 7.30pm |
Local Geology |
Charlotte Moss and David Rushton | St Leonard's Church, Watlington |
|
December |
No Meeting |
2022 Programme
| Date | Title | Speaker / Leader | Venue / Location |
| Friday 28th January 8pm |
AGM with Quiz |
via Zoom | |
| Friday 25th February 8pm | Why Wild Bees Matter | Roselle Chapman | via Zoom |
| Friday 11th March 8pm | What Eggs Reveal About Avian Evolution and Behaviour | Prof Cassie Stoddard | via Zoom |
| Friday 25th March 8pm | Track & Sign - the naturalist's forgotten skill | Bob Cowley | via Zoom |
| Late April | 5 'Birds on your Doorstep' bird walks | Mike Chadwick |
Various local locations |
| Saturday 28th May tbc |
'Flowers on your Doorstep' - walk |
tbc | Watlington |
| Saturday 25th June |
Bumble Bee ID Session |
Roselle Chapman | Watlington |
| Saturday 30th July |
Ants etc. |
Dr Tim King | Aston Rowant NNR |
|
Saturday 27th August tbc |
Nature Walk inc Pub Supper |
Local location + The Spire & Spoke PH |
|
| Friday 7th October 8pm |
Chiltern Hillforts Project |
Wendy Morrison | St Leonard's Church, Watlington |
| Saturday 29th October |
Track & Sign field session |
Bob Cowley | Location tbc |
|
Friday 18th November 8pm |
The Future of Farming |
Harold Makant | St Leonard's Church, Watlington |
| December |
No Meeting |
Contact us: info@watlington-environment-group.org.uk
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