LNHS Events
You can find full details of our events in the calendar on the right and in our downloadable programme. Please note that these events may be cancelled at short notice and we will try to post details on the homepage if possible. For more details regarding the LNHS field meetings please see the Field Meetings page.
The LNHS also has indoor ID sessions and a regular Virtual Natural History Talk series.
The LNHS events programme is one of the most varied and active of a natural history society. Its meetings encourage the interaction of beginners and experienced naturalists.
Field Meetings
LNHS Field Meetings are field recorder days or guided walks. Lunch and Tea should be brought on all whole-day meetings. You do not need to have a car - where the programme says 'cars needed' this is to remind drivers they will need to pick up people at the station or meeting point. At meetings involving cars, those receiving lifts are expected to contribute to the cost of petrol used. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the LNHS Field Meetings, no dogs are allowed except for guide dogs.
Virtual Events
The LNHS Virtual Natural History Talks series began in 2020 and cover topics including (but not limited to) ecology, identification, recording and conservation, and in a variety of groups including birds, mammals, flowering plants, fungi, bryophytes, reptiles and amphibians, and a range of invertebrate groups.
Indoor events
These usually consist of talks, slide shows or discussions. Indoor meetings are held at several venues:
- Burgh House, Hampstead, is a new venue which the Bird Club are using for indoor meetings. See the map here, and their website. Handy tip - If you want to visit the Burgh House museum and exhibitions first, and maybe the charming little garden and The Buttery Cafe, but realise that there is an hour and a half between the house and cafe closing and first arrivals for the talk at 6.30pm (for a 7pm start), there is a very civilised pub (The Wells) opposite the house, not to mention the delights of the rest of Hampstead (inc. the Heath if you fancy an evening walk), just minutes away.
- Seminar and Learning Centre, Sherfield Building, Imperial College (South Kensington, SW7 2AZ) is labelled as building no.20 on this Map. Walking from South Kensington Underground station, take the pedestrian tunnel that leads towards the museums. Follow the tunnel to its furthest extent. On leaving the tunnel in Exhibition Road, turn left to reach the college campus.
- Natural History Museum, Angela Marmont Centre. (Where the LNHS Library is located).
Full programme
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Saving the Stone Curlew by Keith Betton
Keith Betton has been involved with Stone Curlew conservation for 15 years and he will present an account of this work in his talk.
Keith Betton is a media trainer, PR consultant, writer and occasional broadcaster. He is a keen world birder, having seen nearly 9000 species in over 100 countries, so he is one of the world’s top 40 birders of all time. He has a particular passion for Africa and is Vice President of the African Bird Club. In the UK, he is heavily involved in bird monitoring in Hampshire, where he is Chair of the Hampshire Ornithological Society. He has been a Council Member of both the RSPB and BTO, and Vice President of the latter. His two books (with Mark Avery), “Behind the Binoculars” and “Behind More Binoculars”, have been highly rated, as has his revision of “Where to Watch Birds in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight”. He is particularly active in protecting Peregrines and Stone Curlews, and that has put him on BBC TV’s Springwatch.
He has recently been appointed as an LNHS Honorary Vice President.
This online talk is free but booking is essential: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/saving-the-stone-curlew-by-keith-betton-tickets-1978630520149?aff=ebdsoporgprofile