WVBS programme for 2004
Saturday January 3rd Bird Race within WVBS area 8am - 4pm.
Thursday January 15th Indoor Meeting. “Papua New Guinea - A Naturalist’s Paradise. Speaker: Dr Ian Burrows
Saturday February 7th Joint Field Meeting with NARVOS (half day). Sparham Pools NR. Meet in reserve car park 9.30am. Leader: Alwyn Jackson
Thursday February 19th Indoor Meeting. “A Chris Knights Special”. Speaker: Chris Knights, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Saturday March 6th Field Meeting: Snettisham. Safeways car park, 12.30pm or meet at the reserve car park entrance (TF 653333) 1.15pm. Charles Neale
Bring RSPB membership cards or £2 car park fee.
Thursday March 18th Brief AGM plus “Bird Migration through Senegal” Speaker: Allan Hale.Wildsounds (books) and Cley Spey (optics) stalls will be present.
Sunday April 4th Field Meeting Waxham, Horsey, Winterton. Meet at JS, Longwater, Norwich to depart at 8.30am. Leader Ray Gribble.
Thursday April 15th Indoor Meeting. “Birding in Exotic Places - a muggly of bad slides”. Speaker David Pelling.
Saturday May 1st Dawn Chorus followed by bacon butties. Sparham Pools NR. Meet in reserve car park 4.15am
Thursday May 20th Indoor meeting. “Birds and other Wildlife of East Anglia”. Speaker Peter Ransom.
Thursday June 3rd Evening Field Meeting. West Raynham. Meet 7pm, park on grass verge 600 metres east of West Raynham on East Raynham road. Map reference TF 876254. Leader Alwyn Jackson.
Thursday June 17th Evening Field Meeting in the Brecks. Meet at Swaffham Market Place to depart at 7pm. Leader Ray Gribble.
Sunday June 27th Field meeting at Bempton Cliffs or Minsmere. Venue depends on members’ level of interest.
Thursday July 15th Indoor meeting. “Birds of south-east Africa”. Speaker Stephen Spawls.
Fri/Sat July 23rd/ 24th or Sat/Sun July 24th/July 25th: Bird Ringing Demonstration at Boughton Fen (TF718015). weather dependent check with Ray Gribble for details.
Thursday August 19th Evening Field meeting Sculthorpe Moor NR followed by pub grub. Meet in the reserve car park ( map ref. TF900305) for 5pm start.
Sunday 5th September Field meeting. North Norfolk Coast in search of migrants. Meet Safeways car park, Fakenham to depart at 9am. Alwyn and Ray
Thursday September 16th Indoor meeting. “Managing Change on the North Norfolk coast”. Speaker Peter Lambley (English Nature).
Saturday October 9th Wild About Norfolk Conservation Fair. Broadland High School, Hoveton. WVBS will have a display.
Thursday October 21st Indoor meeting. “China Re-visited”. Speaker Malcolm Rains
Saturday Novenber 13th Field meeting. Breydon Water & the Yare valley. Meet 11.15am Asda car park, Great Yarmouth or Sainsbury’s car park, Longwater Retail Park on A47 to depart at 10.15am. Leader Charles Neale.
Thursday November 18th Indoor meeting. “Garden birds and bird gardens”. Speaker Mike Toms (BTO)
Saturday December 4th Field meeting. Lyndford Arboretum. Leader David Pelling. Details to be confirmed.
Thursday December 16th Christmas Social Evening.