November 2018
A Talk on “Blue Butterflies” followed by dinner at the Burford Bridge hotel
From April to September a succession of beautiful blue butterflies can be seen on Box Hill. This talk will look at their very different lifestyles and will focus particularly on how Box Hill is playing a key role in a Butterfly Conservation project aimed at increasing numbers of Small Blues between Guildford and Reigate. The talk will be given by Gail Jeffcoate (author of The Box Hill Book of Butterflies, and previous Butterfly Recorder for Surrey). It will take place…
Find out more »February 2019
AGM followed by Winter Talk
AGM and Winter Talk, on Saturday 2nd February, 2.30pm in the Templeton room at Juniper Hall. Following the AGM, James Power, National Trust Wildlife Adviser for London and South East, will talk to us about the NT policy on Land, Outdoors and Nature and how NT is working to improve their land, especially farmland, for nature. He will talk about projects in the South East and what this means for Box Hill and other local NT Farms.
Find out more »April 2019
Birdsong Walk
Nick Unwin will take us on a walk on Box Hill to see what birds are around and help us identify their songs. The walk will start from the Information Pentagon outside the shop and go wherever the birds lead us. It will be a reasonably gentle walk but may involve going part way down and up a slope. An early start should increase the chance of seeing and hearing more birds, and we can return for coffee and cake…
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