RSPB Walsall Local Group: What's New

Note: Our field trips remain suspendeded, due to the COVID-19 situation. We hope to resume them soon, so please check back.

**What's been added to this site; starting with the most recent.**
Date	Change
18 October 2023	Details of our indoor meeting in November 2023, and some dates for 2024.
20 September 2023	Details of our indoor meeting in October 2023.
7 September 2023	Indoor Meetings: John Medlock will now visit us in December, not November, 2023.
7 September 2023	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for the remainder of 2023.
17 May 2023	Details of our Indoor Meetings for later in 2023.
17 May 2023	Revised meeting point for our May local walk.
19 April 2023	Details of our Indoor Meetings for May 2023.
8 March 2023	Further details of our Indoor Meetings for the 2023.
9 January 2023	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for early 2023.
7 December 2022	Details of our Indoor Meetings for the first part of 2023.
28 October 2022	New venue for our indoor Meetings from November
28 August 2022	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for autumn and winter 2022.
27 August 2022	We're restarting our indoor Meetings in September; we've added details up to and including December.
15 January 2022	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for 2022.
15 September 2021	More week-day local walks in and around Walsall.
5 May 2021	We're restarting our week-day local walks in and around Walsall.
27 June 2020	All remaining 2020 events cancelled, due to the COVID-19 situation.
30 March 2020	Upcoming Field Trips cancelled.
30 March 2020	More week-day local walks cancelled.
30 March 2020	More indoor Meetings cancelled.
18 March 2020	Week-day local walk on 19 March cancelled.
13 March 2020	Indoor Meeting on 18 March cancelled.
11 December 2019	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2020.
11 December 2019	Details of our Field Trips for 2020.
11 December 2019	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for 2020.
31 August 2019	Change of speaker at our Indoor Meeting on 18 September 2019.
5 May 2019	Please help support us, by shopping online, with Easyfundraising.
3 December 2018	Change of speaker at our Indoor Meeting on 12 December 2018.
11 December 2017	Details of our Field Trips for 2018.
11 December 2017	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2018.
11 December 2017	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for 2018.
2 January 2017	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2017.
2 January 2017	Details of our Field Trips for 2017.
2 January 2017	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for 2017.
27 November 2016	Revised meeting place for our December 2016 week-day local walk.
30 July 2016	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for the rest of 2016.
4 June 2016	Details of our Indoor Meetings for the rest of 2016
4 March 2016	Revised date for our April 2016 week-day local walk.
18 December 2015	Details of our Field Trips for 2016.
18 December 2015	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for early 2016.
18 December 2015	Details of our Indoor Meetings for early 2016
19 June 2015	Details of our Indoor Meetings for the rest of 2015
21 March 2015	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for the rest of 2015.
24 November 2014	Details of our Field Trips for 2015.
11 November 2014	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for early 2015.
11 November 2014	Details of our Indoor Meetings for early 2015
10 September 2014	Change of date of our Indoor Meetings for November 2014.
17 June 2014	Corrected venue our Field Trip in July 2014.
9 June 2014	Details of our Field Trips for the rest of 2014.
3 June 2014	Our 18 June evening walk, at Chasewater.
15 May 2014	Additional details of our Indoor Meetings for 2014.
15 May 2014	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for the rest of the year.
8 January 2014	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2014.
8 January 2014	Details of our Field Trips for early 2014.
29 November 2013	Details of our December 2013 Field Trip.
18 September 2013	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for the rest of the year and early 2014.
12 May 2013	Additional details of our Indoor Meetings for 2013.
15 March 2013	Change of date for our April week-day local walk.
15 March 2013	Updates to our Indoor Meetings for 2013.
2 February 2013	Revised date for February's local walk.
23 January 2013	Tomorrow's local walk has been cancelled due to inclement weather.
8 January 2013	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, in early 2013.
8 January 2013	Details of our Field Trips for 2013.
8 January 2013	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2013.
8 November 2012	Change of speaker for our Indoor Meeting for November 2012.
19 September 2012	Change of date for our Indoor Meeting for November 2012.
18 June 2012	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for the rest of the year.
28 January 2012	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, in early 2012.
4 January 2012	Extra details of our Indoor Meetings for October & December 2012.
1 January 2012	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2012.
1 January 2012	Details of our January 2012 Field Trip.
17 September 2011	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for the rest of the year.
17 May 2011	Additional details of our Indoor Meetings for September and October 2011.
20 January 2011	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for the coming months.
1 January 2011	Details of our Field Trips for 2011.
30 December 2010	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2011.
23 August 2010	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall, for the rest of the year.
9 August 2010	RSPB Sutton Coldfield Local Group's new website, added to our list of neighbouring RSPB Local Groups.
19 April 2010	Upated details of our Indoor Meetings for September and November 2010.
18 April 2010	May's local walk is in Sutton Park.
17 March 2010	Week-day local walks in and around Walsall.
30 December 2009	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2010.
30 December 2009	Details of our Field Trips for 2010.
30 December 2009	Download our programme for of 2010 as a PDF document.
29 December 2008	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2009.
29 December 2008	Details of our Field Trips for 2009.
29 December 2008	Download our programme for of 2009 as a PDF document.
27 March 2008	South Staffordshire Naturalists' Society (link).
1 March 2008	BrumBats — Birmingham and Black Country Bat Group (link).
24 January 2008	RSPB Wolverhampton Local Group's new website, added to our list of neighbouring RSPB Local Groups.
5 January 2008	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2008.
5 January 2008	Details of our Field Trips for 2008.
3 January 2008	Download our programme for of 2008 in PDF format.
7 October 2007	RSPB Lichfield Local Group's new website, added to our list of neighbouring RSPB Local Groups.
20 June 2007	Download our programme for the rest of 2007 in PDF format (80Kb).
13 June 2007	Details of our Indoor Meetings for the rest of 2007.
17 November 2006	Download our 2007 programme in PDF format (83Kb).
17 November 2006	Details of our Field Trips for 2007.
17 November 2006	Details of our Indoor Meetings for early 2007.
12 October 2006	Group member Mike West honoured with RSPB President's award.
2 August 2006	Confirmation of the speaker and subject for our Indoor Meeting on 20 September 2006.
12 May 2006	James' Flamingo and Walsall
17 March 2006	John Kilbourn and 'The Nightingale at Great Barr' (a Victorian poem)
14 March 2006	Confirmation of the subject of our Indoor Meeting on 19 April 2006.
18 January 2006	RSPB Lichfield Local Group's new website, added to our list of neighbouring RSPB Local Groups.
17 January 2006	Change of speaker at our Indoor Meeting on 18 January 2006.
16 January 2006	Updated details of our Indoor Meetings for 2006.
5 January 2006	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2006.
5 January 2006	Details of our Field Trips for 2006.
18 November 2005	A colony of Tree Sparrows is thriving in Walsall..
14 March 2005	Updated web links on our list of places to see birds, in and around Walsall..
7 January 2005	Details of our Field Trips for 2005.
4 January 2005	Details of our Indoor Meetings for 2005.
16 September 2004	Download our 2004 programme in PDF format (303Kb).
1 September 2004	Revised admission price for our Indoor Meetings for 2004 - the first increase for many years!
20 March 2004	New venue for our Indoor Meetings.
23 January 2004	The Birmingham and Black Country Black Redstart Research Group need your help!
3 January 2004	Detials of our Indoor Meetings for 2004.
3 January 2004	Detials of our Field Trips for 2004.
3 January 2004	Reports from some of our 2003 field trips.
17 September 2003	Dates for 2004's Indoor Meetings.
22 August 2003	Change of date for our Norfolk weekend.
17 April 2003	A press report about awards for some of our volunteers.
17 April 2003	A report of the Ludlow field trip.
1 March 2003	A report of the Ladywalk field trip.
27 February 2003	A report of the Slimbridge field trip.
14 February 2003	An article about Group member Ann West, from "Woman's Weekly" magazine.
17 January 2003	A page about recent bird sightings, in the area.
3 December 2002	A report of our windy weekend in North Wales.
3 December 2002	A report of the Marsh Lane & Coombe Abbey field trip.
16 November 2002	Dealing with sick or injured birds, or cases of cruelty to them.
14 November 2002	Detials of our Indoor Meetings for 2003.
18 October 2002	Detials of our Field Trips for 2003.
18 October 2002	Contact details for our neighbouring RSPB Local Group, in South-West Staffs..
18 October 2002	Contact details for the RSPB Stourbridge Local Group revised.
15 October 2002	John Edward Gray and the Indian Pond Heron.
18 September 2002	A report of the Top HIll Low field trip.
11 September 2002	Belatedly, a report of the Bowland Fells field trip.
14 August 2002	Details of next year's Field Trips, updated & corrected.
14 August 2002	Revsied date for our Autumn weekend trip to North Wales.
12 August 2002	Link to the RSPB Burton & South Derbyshire Local Group's new website.
13 July 2002	Dates for next year's indoor meetings.
13 July 2002	Dates for next year's field trips, with venues for January to May.
11 July 2002	Report of the Pelsall North Common local field trip.
15 June 2002	Report of the Blacktoft Sands field trip.
12 May 2002	Details of the local outing to Pelsall Common, on June 19.
11 April 2002	Our local evening outing in June will be to Pelsall Common.
13 March 2002	RSPB North Staffs Local Group (link).
5 March 2002	Report of the Attenborough Gravel Pits/ Colwick Country Park field trip.
2 March 2002	Report of the Rye House Marsh/ Fishers Green field trip.
14 February 2002	Report of the Ellesmere field trip.
4 February 2002	Report of the Cotswold Water Park field trip.
19 November 2001	New links for birding sites in Walsall.
10 November 2001	More details of neighbouring RSPB Local Groups.
9 November 2001	Web links for venues for the 2002 field trips.
7 November 2001	Details of venues for the 2002 field trips.
29 October 2001	Details of speakers for 2002 indoor meetings, for the full year.
23 October 2001	Additional details of the January 2002 indoor meeting.
21 October 2001	Details of speakers for 2002 indoor meetings, first quarter.
21 October 2001	Venues for 2002 field trips, first quarter.
21 October 2001	Report of the Gibraltar Point field trip.
21 October 2001	Report of the Nant-yr-Arian field trip.
16 September 2001	Dates for field meetings for 2002.
07 September 2001	Additional information on this year's indoor meetings.
25 August 2001	Odd socks ?!?
20 August 2001	Site launched

Minor updates and corrections, and the removal of expired information, are not included.