Bird Meetings and Events

Wed 11 Dec 2024 (8pm)

Talk by Rob Hopkins on Attenborough Fields

Speaker Rob Hopkins has been centrally involved with the Friends of Attenborough Fields and Merry Hill for nearly 30 years. His wide-ranging knowledge of its habitat and the species it supports, as well as the history and management of this beautiful local area will ensure that his illustrated talk is both informative and entertaining.

Organised by: RSPB Watford Local Group

Wed 15 Jan 2025 (9.45am)

Rye Meads bird walk

RSPB Rye Meads reserve. Meet by 9.45 in the reserve car park, Rye Road. Postcode SG12 8JS (T),

Organised by: RSPB South East Herts Group

Sat 25 Jan 2025 (12 noon)

Gull ID workshop

Gull identification by Paul Roper in the RSPB Rye Meads centre followed by a trip to the Amwell Gull Roost to identify the Gulls.

Organised by: RSPB South East Herts Group

Sat 08 Mar 2025 (2pm - 5.30pm)

Hertfordshire Bird Conference

The annual Herts Bird Conference will take place from 2pm to 5.30pm on Saturday 8 March 2025 at the offices of Affinity Water, Tamblin Way, Hatfield AL10 9EZ.

Speakers will include Ken Smith reporting on the conclusion of a long-running study of Green Sandpipers at Lemsford Springs and James Heywood of the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) looking back on 30 years of the national Breeding Bird Survey (BBS).

We are, again, grateful to Affinity Water for hosting the conference.

Organised by: Herts Bird Club

Wed 12 Mar 2025 (8pm)

Talk on Swift conservation

Gavin Vicary, founder of North East Herts Swift Group, will introduce the vital work that he and others have been doing to save this red listed species. Numbers have declined dramatically over the past 25 years, due, amongst other things, to habitat loss.

Organised by: RSPB Watford Local Group