Indoor meetings are held on the first Friday of each month from October to May in the Methodist Church, Witney. Please use the rear entrance from Woolgate (Waitrose) car park in Witan Way.
A printable version of the programme can be downloaded here.
Talks and outdoor meetings are free to members and £3 for visitors. Please note that booking is required for some events where numbers are limited.
For more information on outdoor meetings, to indicate that you will be coming, or to book if required, please email julia_d_reid@yahoo.com or use the form on the Contact Us page.
Sunday 1 May 2022 4:00 am
DAWN CHORUS A slow walk of two to three miles to hear the birds wake up and start singing. We hope to hear or see 40 to 50 species.
Leader: Adrian State
Meet at car park at top of lane leading to Minster Lovell ruins; wrap up well – it can be very cold early in the morning!
Montagu’s Devon covers the work of this great naturalist in south west Devon covering the late 1700’s into the early 1800’s – a time of great learning and discovery.
Annual Plant Sale Please bring plants and books to sell in aid of Club funds
Saturday 14 May 2022 10:00 am
SOUTHILL SOLAR FARM
with Anne Miller, former director of Wild Oxfordshire
To see wildflowers, bees and butterflies etc., and learn about community-owned renewable projects.
Meet at the layby on the left side of the B4022 Witney to Charlbury Road shortly after Fawler Mill House on the left.
Come and meet the moths from overnight traps in a private garden in Shilton. We hope to see some spectacular hawk moths.
Refreshments will be served (possibility of a small contribution to the cost)
Numbers limited to 15
Booking essential; priority will be given members who have not been to a moth morning before.
Sunday 3 July 2022 11:00 am
ASTON ROWANT NNR
A walk led by Dr Tim King to learn about the ecology of yellow meadow ants and the plants associated with their mounds. Also diverse chalk downland flora with up to eight orchid species in flower.
Leave the M40 at J6 and join the old A40, travelling south. Turn right right at Christmas Common/Aston Rowant. Go past the NNR and over the M40. The Cowleaze Wood Car Park is about a mile after the motorway.
Join two Club members for a walk of approximately three miles (2-3 hours) to see wild flowers and birds. The terrain is variable and rough so please wear appropriate footwear.
Park in the service road on the south side of the Witney to Burford Road, B4047, just west of the roundabout at the top of Tower Hill.
A walk of two to three hours led by owners John Brimble and Jenny Atkinson (a botanist) to see this steep valley fen and to learn about the Oxfordshire Fens Project to restore the alkaline short-sward fen.
Park at Hinksey Heights golf course car park (free)
A walk of about two hours at North Leigh Common, with Lawrence Bee who has co-written ‘Britain’s Spiders – A Field Guide’. He will use equipment such as a beating tray and a sweep net to find and identify insects and spiders.
Take the A4095 from Witney and turn left to East End and the Roman Villa, then turn next right and the car park to the common is on your right.
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