Join us for a talk by Tom Mabbett from Naturetrek about ‘The Best of Britain: From Ardnamurchan to the Forest of Dean’ on Thursday 21st October. Tom will cover his favourite wildlife locations across the UK from the “wild west” of Scotland to his local Forest of Dean. Appreciating what is close to home and on our doorstep has never been more important and Tom will also talk about some local wildlife discoveries and the joy and excitement of finding wildlife on your home patch, including an introduction to camera trapping. All welcome to join this virtual meeting via Zoom, pictorial AGM review starts at 7pm, talk starts 7.30pm, free for members, £3 non-members.

Note:- The Zoom invitation will be emailed beforehand to members and to those on our mailing list. Anyone else who wants to join the meeting can request an invitation through our contact us page.

Tom has worked at Naturetrek in nearby Chawton since 2013 and is a tour leader and operations manager. Tom says ‘I have been fascinated by wildlife for as long as I can remember. Even from infant school days I recall going along a hedge in the playground and turning the leaves which had holes in, hoping to find a caterpillar, putting bugs in pots and keeping jars of frogspawn. I’m not sure how or why but I was obsessed with birds. I was always putting bread out for the masses of Starlings we had then and staring endlessly at the garden feeders, trying to figure out what everything was.’