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  • Shakespeare’s Birds (Zoom)

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

  • The UK National Fruit Collection

    Pangbourne Village Hall 6 Station Rd, Pangbourne, Berskshire, United Kingdom

    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…

  • George Druce: Botany, Politics and Pharmacy (Zoom)

    Speaker: Professor Stephen Harris (University of Oxford) Pharmacist George Claridge Druce (1850-1932) was a self-made man who became a prominent botanist and politician during the…

  • Storing Carbon Under Your Feet – Literally

    Pangbourne Village Hall 6 Station Rd, Pangbourne, Berskshire, United Kingdom

    Speaker: Professor Martin Lukac (University of Reading) There is urgent need to remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it for the long term. With…

  • The Call of Nature (Zoom)

    Speaker: Richard Jones Dung is a 4-letter word, but nothing to get disgusted about – it is simply pre-used food, still full of nutrients. The…

  • Christmas Party and Photographic Competition

    Pangbourne Village Hall 6 Station Rd, Pangbourne, Berskshire, United Kingdom

    Our annual members' Christmas party with quizzes, food and drink. The photographic competition will also be held. 2023 winner for 'on the doorstep' category: Tawny…

  • Making space for nature (Zoom)

    Speaker: Rosie Street (Berkshire Local Recovery Strategy) A brief overview of our Berkshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy over the last 20 months. The policies forming…

  • Sulham Wood-meadows

    Pangbourne Village Hall 6 Station Rd, Pangbourne, Berskshire, United Kingdom

    Speaker: Ed Cooper (BioCap Limited) A 130ha area of former arable land on the Sulham Estate is being transformed into a landscape aimed at increasing…

  • Bird Flight and Cooperation Aerodynamics (Zoom)

    Speaker: Dr Steve Portugal (University of Oxford) Learn how birds co-operate and the mechanisms they employ to save energy during flight. The distinctive V formation…

  • Butterfly Identification made Easy

    Pangbourne Village Hall 6 Station Rd, Pangbourne, Berskshire, United Kingdom

    Speaker: Grahame Hawker (Butterfly Conservation) After a brief introduction to butterflies, we will look at the butterflies that live in our area and the rest…