RSPB Walsall Local Group: Indoor Meetings 2006

**Programme for 2006**
Date	Speaker	Subject	Details
18 January 2006	~~PC Craig Fellowes~~	~~Wildlife Crime~~	~~PC Fellowes is an internationally-renowned expert on wildlife crime.~~ PC Fellowes was unable to attend. Bert Coleman kindly stepped in at short notice, to give a talk about sea birds.
15 February 2006	Gordon Forrest	Wildlife of Chaddesley Woods	Worcestershire photographer Gordon will give a talk about life in and around a typical Midalnds woodland.
15 March 2006	Chris Walker	The Meres and Mosses	The Meres and Mosses of the north west Midlands form a nationally important series of open water and peatland sites, most of which developed in natural depressions left by the retreating ice sheets at the end of the last Ice Age. There are over 60 open water sites, or ‘'meres’, as well as a smaller number of peatland sites, known as ‘mosses’. Many of these sites are Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) and their varied water chemistry provides a variety of habitats of interest for their plants and birds. Chris, a recently-retired Project Officer for English Nature, will talk them, in preparation for our 7 May field trip to Whixall Moss and Colemere, in Shropshire.
19 April 2006	Mike Wilkes	Tanzanian Spectacular	A brand- new talk from one of our regular and popular speakers.
17 May 2006	Philip Knight	Staffordshire Wildlife Trust	A much- anticipated talk, postponed from 2005. Plus our brief AGM.
21 June 2006 N.B. different venue	Local Field Trip	Sutton Park	Our outdoor summer meeting — a walk around Sutton Park. Meeting point and time to be advised. Please wear stout shoes.
20 September 2006	Steve Holliday	The Work of the RSPB	In celebration of our group's 35th anniversary.
18 October 2006 7:30–9:30pm	Graham Martin	Through Birds' Eyes	Graham martin, a Professor of Avian Sensory Science at the University of Birmingham, tells us all about how birds see, and how their vision differs from ours.
15 November 2006 7:30–9:30pm	Barry Mason	The Brilliant Kingfisher	Barry Mason will give an illustrated talk on what is, perhaps, our most-loved, yet highly-elusive, bird.
6 December 2006 7:30–9:30pm N.B. first Wednesday	David Tideswell	The Blue Tit — Raising a Family	A return of last year's speaker, David Tideswell, by popular request. David's talk also features other members of the Tit family. Plus seasonal refreshments.

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