Events Calendar for 2025/2026

Sunday 10th August: Lily Hill Park. Our Members Only Summer Tree Walk will be at Lily Hill Park. This historic parkland contains many beautiful and interesting trees – some of which have been there for a VERY long time.  It will be a leisurely and fascinating walk, taking in not only trees but plenty of wildlife – and pond life – too.  It kicks off at 10.00am from the Running Horse car park, is on existing pathways – and will last a maximum of two hours.  More details here.

If you’d like to come along please click here to contact our Programme Secretary Heather King. The deadline to book your place is Wednesday 6th August.

Saturday 31st January: Birdwatching at Dinton Pastures. A Members only guided walk around the lakes, woodlands and meadows of Dinton Pastures. A local RSPB expert will help identity the many species of wintering wildfowl and passerines found in this 350 acre country park and we might hope to see shelduck, redwing, common tern, snipe, lapwing, little ringed plover, tree creepers – and many more.

Opened to the public in 1979 after 14 years of gravel extraction, nesting islands, reedbeds and marsh were created for the wildlife. The woodlands have many interesting plant species: some are indicative of ancient woodland and provide food and habitat for omnivores such as blackbirds and blue tits.

The cost to join us will be £5 which will go to the Bracknell and Wokingham RSPB Group for their fundraising. Cash payment will be taken in advance by Heather King, Programme officer, to guarantee a place on this trip. It will be a 9.00am start in the main car park, where charges apply. Please arrive in plenty of time as we won’t be able to wait for late arrivals.

For further information and address, click here. you’d like to come along please click here to contact our Programme Secretary Heather King.

Additional events will be announced soon. We’ll update this page and our Facebook page as soon as we have details to share. To request further information about an event or to join our events mailing list, please click here.

Previous Events

Events for 2024/2025 included:

June 14th: Bat Walk. This was a free guided bat walk around Mill Pond lake at dusk. We saw many of the seven species of bat which live around the lake as they woke up and went hunting for their first meal of the day.

May 11th: Visit to New Forest Wildlife Centre. This was an unforgettable wildlife experience in the heart of the beautiful New Forest. We had the chance to see many UK natives such as barn owls, Eurasian otters, badgers, pine martins, and Scottish wildcats. Best of all, our visit helped support the Wildlife Centre’s conservation projects such as rehabilitation and breeding programmes.

Feb 9th: Birdwatching Trip to Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve. It was a chilly day but well worth it. Titchfield boasts a variety of habitats, including the River Meon, canals, reed beds and water meadows. An expert guide accompanied us throughout and we saw numerous species including turnstone, curlew, shelduck, avocet, snipe, marsh harrier and water rail.