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Welcome to the
Amersham Birdwatching Club

We meet every 3rd Friday of the month at 7:45pm at:

Large Barn Hall
Community Centre
Chiltern Avenue
Amersham
HP6 5AH

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For more information contact

info@amershambirdwatchingclub.co.uk

or Alistair McKenzie 07958 792 488

Calendar 2025

(Start time 7:45pm unless noted)

Friday 16th May
AGM followed by
Talk: Life in a Nutshell
Speaker: John Tyler
Cheese and wine to follow.

Sunday 18th May (am)
Field Meeting: Wilstone Reservoir
Leader: Richard Tomlin
(Please contact him if you plan to attend.)

Previous Events

2025

Friday 17th January
Quiz Night

Sunday 19th January
Outdoor Meeting: Stockers Lake (am)
Leader: David Witton
(Please email to register and find out details)

Friday 21st February
Birds in Winter
Speaker: Brian Clews

Friday 21st March
Dancers End: 100 years of Conservation
Speaker: Mick Jones

Sunday 23rd March
Outdoor meeting: Cassiobury Park (am)
Leader: Richard Tomlin
(Please email to register and find out details)

Friday 11th April
Habits for humans: creating a wildlife garden at Little Orchard
Speaker: Jon Mason

Jon has visited all 83 of the Berks Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) sites in the last year, which you can read about here.

Saturday 12th April
Outdoor Meeting: Ivinghoe Beacon
Leader: Alistair McKenzie
(Please email to register and find out details)

2024

Friday 19th April
The Cuckoo and the Nightjar
Speaker: Brian Clews

Saturday 20th April (10am)
Field Trip to Ivinghoe Beacon
Contact: Alistair McKenzie

Friday 17th May
AGM followed by Cheese and Wine

Saturday 18th May
Field Trip to Wilstone Reservoir
Leader: Richard Tomlin

Saturday 22nd June
College Lake Anniversary Picnic

Friday 20th September
Tracking the impact: Chalk Cherries and Chairs
Speaker: Neil Marriner

Friday 18th October
The BBOWT Reserve Challenge
Speaker: Jon Mason

Friday 15th November
Antarctic Wildlife
(Zoom meeting in Barn Hall)
Speaker: James Lowen

James Lowen grinning, lying on grass in a field.

James is a frequent contributor to BBC Wildlife and author of several books, notably the recent Much Ado About Mothing, A Summer of British Wildlife: 100 Great Days Out Watching Wildlife, winner of the Travel Guide Book of the Year at the 2016 Travel Media Awards, and 52 European Wildlife Weekends.

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photo by Linda Witton