| Friday 26 May 2017 | Stanmore Country Park | 9:30 PM - midnight | John Hollingdale | Moth Evening at Stanmore Country Park. Meet Dennis Lane car park. Bring dark glasses to protect eyes from the UV lamp. Leader John Hollingdale 07762310509 |
| Tuesday 30 May 2017 | Borehamwood | 10.30AM - 1:00 PM | Simon Braidman | Wildlife Walk around the green belt of Borehamwood. This is a chance to experience the beautiful countryside around Borehamwood and to look at some local inhabitants. Meet outside the Catholic church SS St.John Fisher and Thomas More on corner of Rossington Avenue and Allerton Road , Borehamwood, WD6 4LA. For more information contact Simon Braidman by email link at left. |
| Thursday 01 June 2017 | Grimsdyke hotel | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Jane Skelly | Bee walk at the Grimsdyke Hotel . Meet in the front car park. Leaders Jane Skelly and John Hollingdale 07762310509. |
| Saturday 17 June 2017 | Pear Wood | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Claire Abbott | Wildlife at Pear Wood. Meet at the Wood Lane entrance to Pear Wood. Leaders Claire Abbott and Rosemary Etheridge. 020 8954 0439 or 07410933370 . |
| Sunday 18 June 2017 | Stanmore Common | 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM | Simon Braidman | The Great Plant Hunt. Learn about some of the interesting plants of Stanmore Common and how to identifiy and survey them. Please bring pack lunch. sunhat advisable. BOOKING ESSENTIAL . We will be looking at Heath Rush, Pill Sedge, Green -Ribbed Sedge, Mat Grass, Wood Small-reed, Heath Rush, Bulbous Rush Heath Grass, Heath Rush, Tormentil, Heath Bedstraw, Heath Spotted Orchid. We will go through the quadrat method and DAFOR technique, materials will be provided. For people interested in botany survey techniques. |
| Friday 23 June 2017 | Bentley Priory | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Margaret Huitson | Walk for flowers at Bentley Priory. Meet at the entrance at the top of Masefield Avenue at 2pm. Leader Joanne Colthup. 07516689289. |
| Saturday 08 July 2017 | Stanmore Country Park | 10:30 AM-12:30 PM | John Hollingdale | Stanmore Country Park for Summer Butterflies and Flowers. Meet at the Dennis Lane car park. Leader John Hollingdale 07762310509 |
| Monday 10 July 2017 | Bentley Old Vicarage | 8:00 PM - 9:30 PM | Jane Skelly | Bentley Old Vicarage Reserve and All Saints Churchyard. Meet in the car park of the Blackwell Hall for a natural history and bat walk followed by refreshments at The Leefe Robinson. Leaders Wendy Knight and Jane Skelly. Contact 07801481304 |
| Friday 28 July 2017 | Rayners Lane | 10:30AM - 1:30 PM | Simon Braidman | The Natural History of Rayners Lane. A longish walk 3 miles looking at wildlife and local history of Rayner's Lane area of Harrow. Please bring water and a sunhat. Beginners welcome. Children welcome (accompanied by adult). Meet outside of Rayner's Lane Tube Station at TQ12977 87502. HA5 5EG. |
| Sunday 06 August 2017 | Fryent Country Park | 10:30 AM - 12 noon | Simon Braidman | Butterfly nets at the ready for A BUG HUNT at Fryent Country Park. Please bring sunhats and water. And pots to put your insects in. Lots of nets and some bug pots provided. BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Meet in the Car Park off Fryent Way on Western side HA9 9LN TQ 19588 87698 |
| Thursday 10 August 2017 | Grimsdyke hotel | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Jane Skelly | Bee walk at the Grimsdyke Hotel . Meet in the front car park. Leaders Jane Skelly and John Hollingdale 07762310509. |
| Friday 11 August 2017 | Stanmore Country Park | 10.30AM-12:00noon | Simon Braidman | Pond Dip. See what wriggly creatures live under the surface of the balancing ponds. Materials will be provided. |
| Friday 18 August 2017 | Grimsdyke hotel | 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM | John Hollingdale | Bat and Moth Evening at the Grimsdyke Hotel. Meet in the car park in front of the Hotel. Leaders Wendy Knight and John Hollingdale 07762310509 |
| Friday 25 August 2017 | Fryent Country Park | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Simon Braidman | Two events in one evening. A bat walk followed by moth trapping. A bat walk up Barn Hill giving magnificent views over London and then back to a moth light trap set up in the field below Barn Hill. Common and soprano pipistrelle and autumn moths. Beginners welcome and children welcome (accompanied by adult). Meet in the Car Park off Fryent Way on Western side HA9 9LN TQ 19588 87698 |
| Friday 08 September 2017 | Borehamwood | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | Simon Braidman | A night safari. Snails, slugs, Millipedes, centipedes, Spiders , bats and lots more in a lake and streamside walk. Please bring a bright torch. Beginners welcome and children welcome (accompanied by adult). Meet in the Car Park of Aberford Park Community Centre off Brook Road WD6 1PF TQ19278 97319. |
| Monday 11 September 2017 | Blackwell Hall | 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM | Margaret Huitson | Lark Rise Farm and The Countryside Restoration Trust. The Farm at Barton is a productive 400 acre arable farm which now teems with wildlife. A talk by Dr Vince Lea, wildlife monitoring officer and bird expert. |
| Friday 06 October 2017 | Stanmore Country Park | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM | Simon Braidman | A night walk in the wild wood. A very spooky walk in a woodland plus great views of the London skyline. Bring torches. Beginners welcome. BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Meet in the Stanmore Country Park car park off Dennis Lane (entrance 2 on the website map). More details upon booking. |
| Sunday 08 October 2017 | Stanmore Common | 10:30 AM - 2:00 PM | Simon Braidman | Family practical work day. Fancy a work out on a stunning nature reserve and see some wildlife. Gloves , tools and training provided. Please wear stout boots/wellingtons and bring a packed lunch. Children welcome (accompanied by adult). |
| Sunday 15 October 2017 | Harrow Recreation Ground | 10.30 AM - 12:30 PM | Simon Braidman | Tree and Bug hunt at Harrow Recreation Ground. Refreshments in pavilion afterwards. Meet at the park entrance in Hindes Road HA1 1RS. For more information contact Simon Braidman by email link at left. |
| Saturday 28 October 2017 | Stanmore Common | 10:30 AM-12:30 PM | Simon Braidman | Fungus Foray 1. A 1 mile walk maximum but probably less. Get to see Amethyst Deceiver, Yellow Brain Fungus, Buttercap and much more. Please bring hand lenses or magnifiers although some will be provided. Beginners and children welcome (accompanied by adult). |
| Saturday 04 November 2017 | Borehamwood | 10:30 AM-12:30 PM | Simon Braidman | Fungus Foray 2. Woodcock Hill Nature Reserve, Borehamwood. Good views from the top of the Hill. Please bring hand lenses or magnifiers although some will be provided. Beginners and children welcome (accompanied by adult). Meet Carrington Road, opposite the reserve. WD6 2HF TQ19791 99581 |