Speaker: Lucy Wilde (Wilde Ecology Dogs) A brief talk about the use of conservation detection dogs, how they are trained, research being done with case…

Quizzes, food and drink as well as judging of photographs submitted to our annual competition.

Speaker: Keith Betton (Hampshire Ornithological Society) The Stone Curlew is a special bird of the North Wessex Downs where it breeds in small numbers. This…

Speaker: Matt Eade (Naturetrek Ltd) Nepal has greatly varying habitats, with eight 8,000m mountains, tropical forested hillsides, and Terai lowlands, which support a wealth of…

Speaker: Prof Jon Copley (Univ of Southampton) This talk explores the patterns of life at hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor, where chemosynthesis sustains colonies…

Speaker: Dr Brian Ferry (Royal Holloway College) From 1990-2010 Brian made annual visits to the eastern Pyrenees where he made detailed studies of the flora.…

Speaker: Dr Tim Rich (BSBI) There are many groups of plants which are difficult to identify, but relatively few botanists are interested in tackling them.…

Our Annual General Meeting closes the winter programme. There will also be short talks by members and a book sale.

Speaker: Ailsa Claybourn *** Change to published programme *** There is a remarkable number of birds in Shakespeare’s writing: What is a ‘hernshaw’, and how…

Speaker: Matthew Ordidge (University of Reading) Matthew is Scientific Curator of the UK National Fruit Collection. He will talk about the work the University carries…