Indoor meeting 3rd Oct

Hello

The next club indoor meeting is this coming Wednesday (3rd October) when our speaker will be  Brian Eversham, the Chief Executive of the Wildlife Trust for Beds, Cambs and Northants. As well as leading the three counties Wildlife Trust, Brian is an outstanding naturalist and conservationist and an excellent speaker. Brian has presented at the club before and on this occasion his presentation will be reflecting on the past of wildlife conservation but also very much looking forward to what the future is likely to provide and what we can do to influence it in a positive way.

The meeting will be at the Fishing Lodge, Pitsford Reservoir with a prompt 7.30pm start. Hot drinks and biscuits will be available.

Everyone welcome!

Neil M

Bullfinch.
Courtesy of Clive Bowley.

Banded Demoiselle.
Courtesy of Robin Gossage.

And GENESIS said Then there were Three

Bobs Grandmother, please be aware smoking can damage your health.  Dave  Thomas

The Members evening again was a brilliant evenings entertainment, a triumvirate with quite different themes.


Pete Gilbert opened with an offering  on the wild life centring around an old stone barn tucked away in northern France. Working on A Project of love restoring  old farm buildings, Pete showed us just what interesting flora and fauna could be found within a 400 yard radius. Whilst Stone Marten inhabited the old buildings Cirl Bunting and a myriad of other Birds and wildlife were to be found.

Fiery Clearwing I'm so envious.....Bob Gill

Sabre Wasp...wasn't that by Jo Jo Gun

Bob Gill's volley was a compact resume of his summer encounters. A family holiday in Mallorca coupled with a visit to the Farne islands and some local 'insecting' around Yardley Chase. Like many members Bobs interests are very varied and here is Just a Snapshot of Bobs presentation.

Bringing home the bacon  Bob Gill

Stone Curlew Bob Gill. 

Boring old desert ...........Yeah.     D T.

Dave Thomas rounded the evening off with a short talk on his trip to Namibia. For me going into the Namib Desert didn't sound that appealing, but Dave soon put paid to that assumption. Just keeping to three base's Daves Portfolio was amazing, his Photography unrivalled . The following are just a few of DT's images from the night.

Simply Stunning........DT.

Dave Thomas

The eye's in this image are pivotal ............Sorry.

That Attenborough moment DT.

Bring me sunshine.....Dave Thomas.

To conclude  with varied speakers and a diversity of topics was a wonderful, interesting way to spend the evening. I'm sure the audience was full of anticipation of what might be shown next and enjoyed every minute.

I would like to Sincerely thank Pete, Bob and Dave for generously supporting the Members evening and the Bird Club in this way.

Apologies to Pete as I have not received any images

Indoor Meeting 5th Sept

Hello

The next indoor meeting will be this coming Wednesday when three club members will each be providing a twenty minute or so presentation on their chosen subject. Dave Thomas hopes to provide scene images of the Namib desert from Southern Africa, Pete Gilbert has for many years been visiting the Loire Valley in France and will be sharing images of this region and our club chairman Bob Gill will present his subject 'Summer 2018'.

The meeting will commence at 7.30pm as usual and there will be hot drinks and biscuits available.

All welcome!

Neil M

Elephants.

Bluethroat.

Painted Lady butterfly.