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Winter birds at Pulborough Brooks Reserve (RSPB)

Date: 24 January 2026

Time: 10.00 (note slightly earlier time)

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Leaders: Doug Maughan and Paul Nevett (HNHS Members) As we arrived at the centre for the 10 o’clock start the sky lightened to light grey, which made a change from the dark grey and rain we had for the previous week! The Song Thrush and Blue Tits announced that spring is on the way. The […]

Annual General Meeting followed by an illustrated talk: The Rare Reptiles and Amphibians on the Heaths around Haslemere

Date: 11 April 2026

Time: 14.15

Speaker: Rob Free (Amphibian and Reptile Conservation)A tour of Amphibian and Reptile Conservation’s ongoing work to conserve, protect and reintroduce rare Smooth Snakes, Sand Lizards and Natterjack Toads.

Pan-species Listing – How to Become a Super-Naturalist

Date: 14 March 2026

Time: 14.15

Speaker: Graeme Lyons (professional ecologist and author)Graeme will take us on a sweeping tour of 38 taxonomic groups from cnidarians to beetles, from lichens to arachnids, as described in his book of this title.

Honey-buzzards and Hawfinches

Date: 14 February 2026

Time: 14.15

Speaker: Mark Mallalieu (Trustee of the Sussex Wildlife Trust.)Mark has a particular interest on scarce woodland birds and has authored or co-authored a number of papers on birds of Sussex.

Ants, Bees and Wasps: Over 600 UK species – and counting!

Date: 10 January 2026

Time: 14.15

Speaker: Mike Edwards (Entomologist)An introduction to the aculeate Hymenoptera and their life histories. Many of the species illustrated could be in your garden: how to start recognising them.