NW LONDON RSPB GROUP (formed 1983) has an amazing INDOOR MEETINGS: Wilberforce Centre, St Paul’s Church, programme of monthly indoor evening meetings (September - The Ridgeway, , London, NW7 1QU (Bus 240 - Three March) and stimulating field trips to enhance your knowledge Hammers PH bus stop - see map) of birds and their place in the natural environment Evening Meetings: Doors open at 7.30pm for an 8.00pm prompt start. Please arrive in good time NW LONDON RSPB GROUP is connecting more folk with Admission: nature through Community Talks & Birdwalks thanks to RSPB Members: £3.00 RSPB Concessions: £2.50 Waitrose and Asda Community Grants and to our Programme Non-members: £3.50 Children: £0.50 Sponsors in 2013. Getting in touch with nature reduces stress and lowers the risk of developing chronic illnesses NW LONDON RSPB GROUP OUTINGS: Bring warm waterproof clothing, strong footwear/ rspb.org.uk/groups/nwlondon wellingtons and a change of shoe, packed lunch and hot drink. BIRDWALKS are an ideal way to make friends and learn Meeting at the Wilberforce Centre, St Paul’s Church, Binocular advice available. Lifts can be shared by joining at the The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London, NW7 1QU (see map) about birds. Beginners and accompanied children welcome local meeting point. Petrol costs shared. Suggested minimum The RSPB is the country’s largest nature conservation charity, £5.00. More for longer trips. PROGRAMME of EVENTS inspiring everyone to give nature a home. Together with our Lifts required/offered contact Fay Broom 020 8958 6648 2014 - 2015 partners, we protect threatened birds and wildlife so our MUDDY BOOTS IN PLASTIC BAGS, PLEASE towns, coast and countryside will team with life again. We also play a leading role in a worldwide partnership IMPORTANT: Your current RSPB membership card of nature conservation organisations. The Lodge, Sandy, MUST be carried when visiting RSPB reserves or an Beds. Tel: 01767 680 551 quote Group Code, LNW entrance fee will be charged. Programme changes & extra events will be announced at the meetings RSPB Programme: Distributed by volunteers. Please & on website: www.rspb.org.uk/groups/nwlondon offer to help. Contact: Bob Husband, A. Aiken 020 8450 3936 (NW2), M. Cawthorne 020 8450 0154 (NW2), K. Brook 020 EVERYONE - novice or expert - is invited to attend our events & 8959 5964 (NW7), H. Coe 020 8349 4286 (N3), J. Colmans support the RSPB. ALL ARE WELCOME 020 8446 4029 (N12), J. Pedrette 020 3663 9566 (N20), M. Rooum 020 8952 0479 (HA7 & HA8) Committee: Group Leader: R. A. (Bob) Husband (Home: 020 8441 8742. Mobile: 07986 356 797) RAPTOR WATCH 2013: Hobby: Edgwarebury pair fledged 2 Treasurer: Mike Roberts (020 8959 4060) juvs. 1 juv. Sparrowhawk: The wet spring affected Canons Park Events: Robin Morden (020 8951 1696) breeding in Oak Hill Woods NR but Tawny Owls fledged 3 juvs. Hadley Woods 1 juv. & Barnet Countryside Centre 1 juv. Fund Raising: Fay Broom (020 8958 6648) Buzzard: Breeding Totteridge 1 juv. Edgwarebury 1 juv. & Trent CP RSPB Sales: Don & Clare Wright (020 8959 5473) Wildlife Monitor: Sue Widdowfield BIRDWATCHING HOLIDAYS - Register with Bob 020 8441 Website: Don Wright & Marian Rastelli 8742. CYPRUS IN APRIL includes exploration in search of Publicity: Volunteer required endemics and spectacular spring migration Recruitment: Volunteers welcome INJURED BIRDS: RSPCA: 0300 1234 999 or Wildlife Rescue Congratulations to Sue Widdowfield & Bob Husband who (Enfield): 020 8344 2785. M: 07970 141 282 or local Vet received respectively 15 year (Silver Kingfisher) & 30 year (Silver Bittern) RSPB Long Service Awards in 2013

RSPB BADGE BOXES - £11,500 donated to date. Thanks to Members checking Boxes or DELIVERING PROGRAMMES

Give Nature a Home - Support your Local RSPB Group If the details on the affixed computer label are incorrect please notify RSPB Membership Dept. 01767 680 551 Extra Events & Programmes available via website: The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a registered charity: rspb.org.uk/groups/nwlondon England and Wales no. 207076, Scotland no. SC037654 Hobby - injured on Malta (BirdLifeMalta) www.rspb.org.uk Issue 2014 (Hobby-Mike Langman) Price 50p (Donation) 2014 APRIL (Birdwatching Holiday) 2014 JULY Sat 25 RSPB AGM ICC Birmingham Wed 2 MHPS AGM - RSPB Local Community Talk Sun 6 Festival & Sparrowhawk Watch 2014 NOVEMBER Sun 6 Canons Park Birdwalk. Meet Donnefield Ave gate Sun 13 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April 10.00am Check details with Robin Morden 020 8951 1696 Sun 2 10.00 Canons Park Birdwalk as April N.B. Parking charges apply in Canons Park Stn car park Thur 17 20.00 Bat Night, Aberford Park, (020 8386 2502) Sun 9 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April Sat 12 Totteridge Flower Show 2014 AUGUST Sun 3 11.00 Maple Lodge Discovery Day (020 8958 6648) Tue 18 THE JOURNEY OF A LIFETIME “WILDWINGS TO 7.45 for ANTARCTICA” Jack Piper Recounts with Video Sun 20 Birdwalk with WHCG at Brent Reservoir NR. Meet 8.00pm the Surprising Adventure (& Group AGM) 10.00am by bridge, Cool Oak Lane, NW9 (Boots advisable) Sun 10 8.00am Ringing Hilfield Park Res. *Names to Bob

2014 DECEMBER - Merry Christmas (Gift Membership?) Mon 21 Rainham RSPB Reserve. Meet 9.30 Stn* Tue 19 RSPB Bird ID Community Talk - Eversfield Gdns. NW7

Sun 7 10.00 Canons Park Birdwalk as April Sat 26 Brent Res. NR Spring Bird Count (020 8447 1810) Wed 20 20.30 Bat Night at Brent Reservoir Tue 9 FUN XMAS QUIZ & PARTY Entertaining & Informative Sun 27 MHPS / RSPB Birdwalk 10.30 Mote End Farm, NW7 Sat 23 Ringing at Rye Meads. Meet outside RSPB 7.45 for Not to be missed. Just come along & join in the fun 8.00am Reserve (£2 donation). *Names to Bob please 8.00pm Offers of seasonal fare to Clare 020 8959 5473 2014 MAY Sat 3 13.30 Aberford Park, B’wood (020 8386 2502) Sun 24 Essex / Kent Marshes. Meet Cockfosters Stn. Sun 14 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April 9.30am (Cars please) *Names to Bob 020 8441 8742 Sun 4 International Dawn Chorus: Countryside Centre 2015 JANUARY - Happy New Year 6.00am Byng Rd, Barnet. Names to Sue Bird 020 8449 0705 Fri 29 WWT Barnes (Bus 283). Entrance fee payable for non- 10.45am WWT members. *Names to Bob 020 8441 8742 Sun 11 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April Sun 4 10.00 Canons Park Birdwalk as April Sat 30 Brent Res. NR Autumn Bird Count (020 8447 1810) Tue 13 RSPB Community BGB Talk - Library Mon 5 Lea Valley for Nightingales & Spring Migrants. Meet 9.30am Cockfosters Stn. *Names to Bob 020 8441 8742 Sun 31 Birdwalk. Meet jct. Edgwarebury Lane & Tue 20 “WILD ABOUT ” (Bill Oddie’s 7.45 for Local Patch) Revealing the Wonders of Nature to a 10.00am Hartland Drive, (020 8958 6648) 8.00pm New Generation by Rachel Evans RSPB London Sat 10 World Migratory Bird Day: Oak Hill Woods LWT NR

6.00am Mansfield Ave. East Barnet. Spring Migrants & Bird 2014 SEPTEMBER 24-25 RSPB BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH (BGB) & 10.00 Song (Golden Oriole heard singing 13 May 2011) Sun 7 Canons Park Funday - RSPB Stall Sun 25 BGB - Boating Lake, Alexandra Palace / Park

Sun 11 10.00 Edgwarebury Birdwalk as 31 August Sat 13 Totteridge Autumn Flower Show - RSPB Stall 2015 FEBRUARY (National Nestbox Week) Mon 12 Darland’s Lake NR. Meet 19.15 Orange Tree PH Sun 14 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April Sun 8 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April

Sun 18 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April Tue 23 NEW SEASON OF VISIONARY PRESENTATIONS Tue 24 ASTRONOMICAL PRESENTATION “SOLAR ECLIPSE 7.45 for “AVOCETS AT RISK FROM BORIS ISLAND - GREATER 8.00pm & EAST AFRICAN SAFARI” by Mike Roberts Sun 18 Coppetts Wood NR Festival & Woodpecker Watch 8.00pm THAMES FUTURESCAPE” Stephanie Lawrence RSPB 2 - 4pm Summers Lane, , N12 (020 8361 2496) 2015 MARCH

Sun 28 Rainham RSPB Reserve. Meet 9.30 Cockfosters Stn Sat 24 Birdwalk to Totteridge. Meet St Paul’s, The Ridgeway, 9.30am (Cars please) *Names to Bob 020 8441 8742 Sun 22 Rye Meads RSPB Reserve / Lea Valley. Meet 2.00pm Mill Hill, NW7 (John Colmans 020 8446 4029) 10.30am Cockfosters Stn. *Names to Bob 020 8441 8742

2014 OCTOBER Mon 26 The Lodge RSPB Reserve, Sandy. Meet Cockfosters Sun 5 10.00 Canons Park Birdwalk as April Tue 31 “PROTECTING NATURE’S JEWELS ON FARAWAY 9.30am Stn. (Cars please) *Names to Bob 020 8441 8742 8.00pm (UK) ISLANDS” Daniel Pullan RSPB International

Tue 7 RSPB Community Talk - Totteridge WI 2014 JUNE 2015 APRIL (Birdwatching Holiday)

Sat 7 Tyttenhanger. Meet In Focus Shop, Willows Farm, Sun 12 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April 2.00pm Coursers Rd, jct. 22 of M25 (Steve Blake 8959 0326) Sun 19 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April

Tue 21 Sun 22 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April ‘‘BIRDS WITHOUT BORDERS - Protecting Migrants Tate Modern Peregrines: RSPB London Office 020 7808 1260 7.45 for on their Perilous Journeys’’ by Tara Proud, Conservation work at Brent Res. NR Saturday (am) Work Parties 8.00pm RSPB International Future Programmes - www.rspb.org.uk/groups/nwlondon Spring & Autumn Bird Count: Contact R. Beddard 020 8447 1810

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