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INDOOR MEETINGS 2011/2012 SEASON

Indoor Meetings are held at South Wootton Village Hall,
Church Lane, South Wootton, King's Lynn, PE30 3LJ
and commence at 7.15 pm

September 2011 Wednesday 28th	Welcome to the Group – followed by “Hummingbirds and Havana” – Dr Kevin Elsby. Our first indoor meeting of the season will cover not only the fascinating wildlife of the island, including the Cuban bee hummingbird, the smallest bird in the world, but also the rich culture of Havana and Trinidad.
October 2011 Wednesday 26th	“Images of Norfolk” – David Boulton. Something nearer home this month. David is a local nature photographer who will remind use why we chose to live in this beautiful county
November 2011 Wednesday 23rd Change of programme	"New Zealand its Birds and History" – Mike Hines "Filming Dragonflies" - Graham Sherwin
December 2011 Friday 9th	“Members Night” – Yourselves. This is the third Christmas meeting when we are inviting all of you who might not have enough material to give a full blown presentation, but have something which you feel might be of interest to others, to bring it along. Slides, digital photographs, poetry or a short quiz related to birds or other wildlife that might fill a ten minute slot are all welcome. It will include “Birds and Beasts of N India” – Marian and Fred Rowe. Marian and Fred will takes us on a birding tour of Northern India Please note the change of evening and early position in the month – please bring raffle prizes and mince pies etc. for this Christmas Special.
January 2012 Wednesday 25th	“A History of Birds Locally” – Fred Cooke. Fred is a former biologist and ornithologist who spent much of his working life in Canada. Now retired, he is an active member of the BTO and on the National Council of the RSPB.
February 2012 Wednesday 22nd	“Getting to Grips with Waders” – Dave Horsley. Dave is a recently retired Head of Biology at Gresham’s School. He now lectures on wildlife, leads nature walks and can help sort your IT problems with much of the ‘standard’ software. Wader identification defeats all of us at times – hopefully, Dave can sort our problems here as well!
March 2012 Wednesday 28th	“Birding NW Spain” – Susan & Allan Parker. Susan and Allan have shown us other areas of Spain previously. Tonight they will take us to the spectacular Picos de Europa and the Villafafila plains to see Great Bustards, Griffon Vultures, larks and migrant waders amongst many other species of fauna and flora.
April 2012 Wednesday 25th	7.00pm: Annual General Meeting followed at 7.30pm by “Sri Lanka” – Tony Glover. Tony is visiting us following a recommendation from the Bedford Group. Despite its troubled history, Sri Lanka offers the naturalist a wealth of interest and pleasure.