June 2021 talk

Home Alone – The Wonderful World of Solitary Bees Ron Rock from the Bumblebee conservation trust will be giving the zoom presentation. Ron will be taking us for a look into the lives of some of our little known solitary bees. While everyone knows of honey and bumblebees, their solitary cousins are the bees that ...

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July 2021 talk

The natural wonders of Herefordshire July’s talk will be given by Peter Garner from the Herefordshire wildlife trust. An authority on Dragonflies, his book ‘Dragonflies of Herefordshire’ is a recommended read, but as a botanical recorded for Herefordshire his interests vary widely.His talk will introduce us to some of Herefordshire's most iconic landscapes and fascinating ...

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August 2021 Talk – Cancelled

'The Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)’. Join Phil Holden (Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership Manager) for an illustrated talk through the Shropshire Hills. You’ll find out what an AONB is, the special features of the Shropshire Hills and what the AONB team does to conserve and enhance this wonderful landscape. Please note, this ...

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September 2021 Talk

'A Tale of Two pears’. Septembers’, zoom only, talk entitled 'A Tale of Two pears', will be given by Wade Muggleton from his Shropshire home. Our thanks to Wade for stepping in at the last moment when we found out that the speaker we had arranged was unable to make it. Wade is a long ...

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October 2021 Talk

'Growing Native Orchids in Meadows and Gardens’. Our October talk will be a return to a mixed face-to-face and Zoom presentation. Suzanne Nobel will be talking to us from Lindridge parish hall. We are continuing to follow government guide lines which mean that you can attend the meeting in person where the Lindridge hall committee ...

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November 2021 Talk

'Trees and shrubs for wildlife and beauty’. Our November talk will be a return to Stoke Bliss and Kyre village. The meeting presented by Nick Dunn from Frank P Mathews is entitled ‘Trees and shrubs for wildlife and beauty’. In the talk Nick will be exploring the link between ‘plant’ and ‘wild’ life within both ...

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January 2022 Talk

'No better place’. Our January talk will be at Stoke Bliss and Kyre village. At this meeting Geoff Hall will be giving a talk entitled, “No better place”. In it he will be telling us about Shropshire and its wildlife, mainly from the lockdown period. Geoff is a Shropshire lad albeit now retired. A former ...

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February 2022 talk

Travelling through the Brazilian Pantenal, Borneo and Guyana February’s talk will be given by Tom Mabbett from Naturetrek. In this talk, Tom will tell us about the experience of travelling through these special destinations in search of wildlife. From late night spotlighting in the Bornean Rainforests searching for Clouded Leopard, finding Jaguars in the Pantanal, ...

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March 2022 talk

Stoke Bliss and Kyre Village Hall Stoke Bliss and Kyre Village Hall, Bromyard Road, Tenbury Wells, United Kingdom

Hill & Dale, my Shropshire Year, A celebration of the Wildlife and Landscape of Shropshire Our March’s talk will be at Stoke Bliss and Kyre village hall and will see the welcome return of Andrew Fusek Peters. Anyone who has attended one of his previous talks will know that Andrew is an entertaining and passionate ...

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April 2022 talk

Stoke Bliss and Kyre Village Hall Stoke Bliss and Kyre Village Hall, Bromyard Road, Tenbury Wells, United Kingdom

Barn Owl Conservation in Shropshire April’s talk will be by John Lightfoot from the Shropshire barn owl trust. The Shropshire Barn Owl Group is in its 20th year, and the talk will be about what it has achieved in that time.

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