Happy Christmas and a Bird Filled New Year

                                                                                                                       

 Happy Christmas to all our Members

and

A Bird Filled and Peaceful New Year.

We hope to see you all next year.

Field Meeting - 11th December

The field meeting on Thursday December 11th will be at the Woods, Eastling looking for Crossbills and possibly Hawfinches meeting at the Cineworld car park at 09.15 to consolidate cars. if you prefer to make your own way, park at St Mary's Church, off Kettle Hill Road, Eastling at 10.00 but please let me know. After the recent rain, the terrain may be slippery so boots/ wellingtons are advisable. 

November Indoor Meeting

 Our November Indoor meeting will be on Wednesday 19th November. John Buckingham will be our speaker on Wednesday 19th November talking about "Birds of Southern Morocco- from High Atlas snow to Sahara sands."

The meeting will be at the WI Hall, Faversham Road, Kennington, starting at 2.30 pm and finishing by 
4.15 pm. Admission is £4 which includes refreshments. 

Please bring your own mug. 

There will also be some  bird guide DVDs for members to borrow free of charge.

November Field Trip

 Our next Field trip will be on Thursday 6th November, meeting by the cinema in Eureka Park at 9.15 am.

Further details will be advised nearer the time. Please contact us if you are going to attend.

Camouflage and Pretense

 Our next indoor meeting is on 15th October and is a talk on Camouflage and Pretence by Melvin Smith.

Why is that creature that colour? How do they know what colour they are?

A thought provoking, and sometimes amusing, look at the way evolution has produced the creatures which we see around us today.

This will be at the WI Hall, Faversham road, Kennington, starting at 2.30 pm and finishing by 4.15 pm. Admission is £4 including refreshments.

Thank you

 Following our September meeting, which featured an excellent talk by Paul Holt on the Hebrides, we held our AGM followed by thanks and a presentation to our outgoing Chair, Jenny Jackson. Jenny has led the. Club for many years, planning interesting talks and visits and guiding it through COVID and the use of online talks and meetings. We were pleased to present Jenny with a print of Bullfinches by Stephen Message, a book token and a garden voucher. 

Indoor Meetings 2025/26

 September 17th A Journey to the Hebrides, by Paul Hale

We stop off in Teesdale for Black Grouse on our way north to the Inner and Outer Hebrides including St Kilda, a dual World Heritage site for both its culture and nature. On our journey we see a range of species from Golden Eagle to Corncrake, from Otter to St Kilda wren, not to mention a range of breeding seabirds. We also look at the lifestyle of the St Kildans and somehow end up at a whisky festival on Islay.

A short AGM will be held this afternoon.

October 15th Camouflage and Pretence by Melvin Smith

Why is that creature that colour? How do they know what colour they are?

A thought provoking, and sometimes amusing, look at the way evolution has produced the creatures which we see around us today.

November 19th Birds of Southern Morocco-from High Atlas snow to Sahara sands by John Buckingham

John is a very popular speaker, and we welcome him back for another presentation on an area I guess not many of us know about.

No meeting in December

January 21st 2026 The reintroduction of Choughs to Kent.

Suzanne Kynaston from Wildwood Trust's Education Dept will give a talk and update.

February 18th Birding in Kent, a video diary, by Nick Smith.

A new speaker for us with an interesting presentation.

March 18th The Wild Sea is my Home by Andre Farrar

Andre is well known to us; he is updating us on the state of the seabirds around our coast.

April 15th To be arranged, members suggestions welcomed.

We also plan to have outdoor field meetings, details will be sent about 2 weeks prior to the walk, with a reminder 1 week beforehand.