Programme of Events
PROGRAMME FOR 2010
Further events will be added in the course of the year.
Full details of all events are provided to members nearer the dates in question.
Public and Membership Events
Saturday 16 January: Winter Bird Walk. Meet in Catholic church car-park at 10.00
Tuesday 23 March: Public talk by Jill Carey (Chilterns Conservation Board): 'The Red Kite: Soaring to Success'. Woodcote Village Hall Pavilion, 19.30
Saturday 1 May: Spring Bird Walk. Meet in Catholic church car park at 10.00
Friday 7 May: Woodcote Bat Identification Evening. Meet at Greenmoor Ponds at 20.30.
Saturday 15 May: National Moth Night. Local moth identification evening at 'Breydon', Behoes Lane, 20.30 onwards. Bring warm clothes and sunglasses (the mercury vapour lamp is very bright!).
Saturday 5 June: Chiltern Way Walk. Woodcote's contribution to the Chiltern Way Walking Festival (29 May - 11 June), which celebrates the tenth anniversary of this 172-mile walking route. Meet in Woodcote Village Hall car park at 09.30 for a five-mile circular local walk, including three miles on the Chiltern Way Extension.
Friday 25 June: Nightjar Evening. A guided visit to Bucklebury Common to see and hear this remarkable bird. Meet in Woodcote Village Hall car park at 19.30 for car-sharing.
Saturday 3 July: Summer Bird Walk. Meet in Catholic church car park at 10.00
Saturday 7 August: Annual 'Walking Party' to the Black Horse at Checkendon. Meet in Woodcote Village Hall car park at 11:00
Saturday 28 August: Visit to Withymead Nature Reserve to watch bird-ringing. Meet in Woodcote Village Hall car-park at 08:00 a.m. (Members only and by prior registration.)
Saturday 9 October: Fungus foray (details tba)
Elephant Hawk Moth in a Woodcote garden
(Photo by Eric Grimes)
Working Parties
These will be held on the following Saturdays. Please note that all Working Parties start at 14:00, except for the December Working Party, which begins at 10:00. Activities vary from occasion to occasion, and details will be announced as each date approaches.
13 February
3 April
19 June
11 December
We have also agreed to coordinate two actions proposed in the Woodcote Parish Plan:
- An environmental audit of the village (making use of, amongst other things, existing records, including such things as records of garden birds, butterflies, or other wildlife that people may have kept over the years)
- Producing a guide to 'Woodcote Walks', containing walks of varying length in the countryside around the village. It is hoped that this book will appear in 2010.
The 2007 fungus foray
Annual General Meeting
The Group's 2010 AGM will be held in the Community Centre at 19:30 on Tuesday 9 November .