2013 APRIL (Birdwatching Holiday) 2013 AUGUST (Raptor Watch - in 2012 - 2013 NOVEMBER Mon 1 Rainham RSPB Reserve. Meet 9.30am Stn.* Hobby: Only one pair () successfully fledged 2 juvs. Sun 3 10.00 Canons Park Birdwalk as April Sparrow Secretive pairs in Oak Hill Woods NR, Hadley Wood Sun 7 Canons Park Birdwalk, Meet Donnefield Ave gate Hawk: & Barnet Countryside Centre each raised 1 Juvenile) Tue 5 RSPB Community Talk - Hampstead Fellowship 10.00am Check details with Robin Morden 020 8951 1696 N.B. Parking charges apply in Canons Park Stn car park Sun 4 8.00am Ringing Hilfield Park Res. Names to Bob Sun 10 10.00 NR Birdwalk as April

Tue 9 RSPB Community Talk for YHA Sat 10 2.00pm Woodcock Hill, B’wood (020 8386 2502) Tue 19 ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION (1983-2013) 7.45pm “30 YEARS BIRDING WITH NW LONDON Sun 21 Birdwalk with WHCG at Brent Reservoir NR. Meet by Sun 18 RSPB Stall, Show. (020 8959 5473) for 8pm RSPB GROUP” (Party / Photos & Group AGM) 10.00am bridge, Cool Oak Lane, NW9 (Boots advisable) Sat 27 Brent Res. NR Spring Bird Count (020 8447 1810) Wed 21 9.00pm Bat Night at Brent Reservoir as April 2013 DECEMBER - Merry Christmas Sun 1 10.00 Canons Park Birdwalk as April Sun 28 MHPS / RSPB Birdwalk 2.30pm Scratchwood car park Sat 24 Ringing at Rye Meads. Meet outside RSPB Reserve 8.00am (£2 Donation). Names to Bob 020 8441 8742 Sun 8 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April

2013 MAY Sun 25 Birdwalk. Meet jct. Edgwarebury Lane & Hartland Tue 10 FUN XMAS QUIZ Just come along & join in. Sun 5 International Dawn Chorus: Countryside Centre Byng 10.00am Drive, 020 8958 6648 8.00pm Offers of seasonal fare to Clare 020 8959 5473 6.00am Rd. Barnet. Names to Sue Bird 020 8449 0705 Sat 31 Brent Res. NR Autumn Bird Count (020 8447 1810) 2014 JANUARY - Happy New Year Sun 5 10.00 Canons Park Birdwalk as April NOON MAIN HIDE: ID 30 BIRDS IN 30 MINUTES? Sun 5 10.00 Canons Park Birdwalk (LS Wpker 2012)

Mon 6 Lea Valley for Nightingales & Spring Migrants. Meet 2013 SEPTEMBER - 30th Anniversary (1983-2013) Sun 12 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April 9.30am Cockfosters Stn. *Names to Bob 020 8441 8742 Sun 1 Essex / Kent Marshes. Meet Cockfosters Stn. 9.30am (Cars please) *Names to Bob 020 8441 8742 Tue 21 SPECIAL PRESENTATION “TARANTULAS TO Sun 12 Oak Hill Woods NR. Mansfield Ave. 7.45pm TIGERS” The Amazing Work of the Heathrow 6.00am & 8.00am (Golden Oriole heard singing in 2011) Thur 5 7.30pm Bat Night, Aberford Park (020 8386 2502) for 8pm Airport Animal Reception Centre by Robert Quest, BSc MA - HARC Director Sun 19 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April Sun 8 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April 25-26 RSPB BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH (BGB) Sat 25 Birdwalk to Totteridge. Meet St Paul’s, The Ridgeway, Tue 24 “MAJESTIC STEPPE EAGLES, SOCIABLE Sun 26 Alexandra Palace / Park BGB (& Peregrine Watch?) 2.00pm (John Colmans 020 8446 4029) 7.45pm PLOVERS & SAIGA ANTELOPES OF THE for 8pm KAZAKHSTAN / UZBEKISTAN - Central Asian 2014 FEBRUARY (National Nestbox Week) Sun 26 Coppetts Wood NR Festival & Woodpecker Watch Steppes” by Stephanie Ward, RSPB International Sun 9 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April 2 - 4pm Summers Lane, Friern Barnet, N12 (020 8361 2496) 2013 OCTOBER Wed 12 RSPB Community Talk - Totteridge Garden Club Mon 27 The Lodge & RSPB Reserve, Sandy. Meet Cockfosters Sun 6 10.00 Canons Park Birdwalk as April 9.30am Stn. (Cars please) *Names to Bob 020 8441 8742 Tue 25 SPECIAL EVENT “RSPB BIRDS THEIR HIDDEN Sat 12 RSPB AGM QEII Conference Centre SW1 7.45pm WORLD - RSPB’S NATURAL SECRETS” by 2013 JUNE for 8pm RSPB Legend & Author, Peter Holden, MBE Sun 2 10.00 Canons Park Birdwalk as April Sun 13 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April Including Book Signing with profits to RSPB

Sun 9 Tyttenhanger. Meet Willows Farm Shop, Coursers Rd Tue 22 “SAVING THE CRITICALLY ENDANGERED 2014 MARCH 10.00am Near jct.22 of M25 (Steve Blake 020 8959 0326) 7.45pm SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER FROM GLOBAL Sun 23 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR RSPB Birdwalk as April for 8pm EXTINCTION” by Dr Rob Sheldon, Head of RSPB Sun 16 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April International Species Recovery Team Tue 25 SPECIAL RSPB FILM PRESENTATION 7.45pm “FLAMINGO TRIANGLE” Highlighting the 2013 JULY for 8pm Conservation issues affecting Flamingo Sun 7 RSPB at East Barnet Festival (& Sparrowhawk Watch?) Tate Modern Peregrines: RSPB London Office 020 7808 1260 Survival. Collective Name: Flurry, Flamboyance, Regiment, Stand or Pat? Sun 14 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April 2014 APRIL (Birdwatching Holiday) Sat 20 RSPB at Totteridge Flower Show, Badgers Croft RSPB BADGE BOXES - £10,000 collected to date. Thanks to Sun 20 10.00 Brent Reservoir NR Birdwalk as April Members checking boxes or DELIVERING PROGRAMMES

Sun 21 Alexandra Palace / Park Fete (& Peregrine Watch? 30th ANNIVERSARY (1983-2013) PROGRAMME OF EVENTS Juvenile ringed “AT” from Tate Modern pair seen at BGB) NW LONDON RSPB GROUP is connecting more folk with nature & Future Programmes: www.rspb.org.uk/groups/nwlondon Conservation work at Brent Reservoir NR. Spring & Autumn Bird through Community Talks & Birdwalks. Getting in touch with nature Counts: Contact R.Beddard 020 8447 1810 reduces stress and lowers the risk of developing chronic illnesses Images supplied by www.rspb-images.com