This is our programme for the period of January - December 2024. January INDOOR - Thursday 18th - Mark Avery : Reflections Our relationship with wildlife around us. The successes and failures of the conservation around us. OUTDOOR- Sunday 7th - New Year Bird Count OUTDOOR - Saturday 27th – RSPB Strumpshaw & Buckenham Marshes
February INDOOR - Thursday 15th - Gordon Hamlett : Molotovs & Merlins A light hearted look at the adventures and pitfalls encountered when writing “Where to watch birds in the Scottish Highlands”. OUTDOOR - Sunday 25th - Sculthorpe Moor HOT
March INDOOR -Thursday 21st- Dominic Buscall : Wild Ken Hill Dominic founded and manages The Wild Ken Hill Project. WVBS are also invited on a guided walk around Wild Ken Hill by Andrew Waddison on Sunday 26th May.
OUTDOOR- Sunday 24th- Brecks
April INDOOR- Thursday 18th - AGM, followed by Patrick Barkham : The Swimmer The swimmer was Roger Deakin, a local environmentalist and nature lover and founder of the wild swimming movement. OUTDOOR- Saturday 27th - Billingford Lakes
May INDOOR - Thursday 16th - Jenny Donelan : BTO Bird ID Workshop New ways to effectively record field notes on bird structures, plumage etc., and memorise certain bird songs and calls. OUTDOOR - Saturday 11th - Dawn Chorus @ Pensthorpe OUTDOOR- Sunday 26th - Wild Ken Hill
June INDOOR - Thursday 20th - Drew Lyness : Hot & Cold European Breaks. Two long weekend mini breaks with Birding in Estonia and Cyprus. OUTDOOR - Sunday 9th - Sculthorpe Moor; Hawk & Owl Trust OUTDOOR- Late June- Date TBC - Nightjar Evening- Broadland Country Park OUTDOOR - Sunday 30th- Little Tern colony- Winterton (Location - TBC)
July INDOOR - Thursday 18th - Summer Social, followed by Steve Cale : Secret Lives of Nightjars, Owls & Potoos Local naturalist and artist Steve Cale returns. OUTDOOR- Saturday 27th - RSPB Titchwell Marsh
August INDOOR - Thursday 15th - Matt Wickens- NWT Urban Reserves Manager : Sweet Briar Marshes The progress so far at Sweet Briar Marshes, followed by a guided walk by Matt on Sunday 8th September at 9 a.m. OUTDOOR - Sunday 18th - RSPB Frampton
September INDOOR - Thursday 19th - Colin Smith - WVBS Member : Wild Bears & The Birds of the Danube Delta. OUTDOOR - Sunday 8th - Sweet Briar Marshes OUTDOOR - Sunday 22nd - Kelling Water Meadows & Muckleburgh
October INDOOR - Thursday 17th - Neil Calbrade - BTO Waterbird Surveys Officer : Waterbird surveys & The Goose & Swan monitoring programme. OUTDOOR - Saturday 26th - Holme November INDOOR - Thursday 21st - Nick Acheson - 10 years Bird and Wildlife encounters in Bolivia OUTDOOR - Sunday 24th - Welney
December INDOOR - Thursday 12th - Xmas Social OUTDOOR - Sunday 15th - NOA Hempton