Branch’s season of talks begins on Tuesday

The South Holland group of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust’s annual season of talks gets underway on Tuesday night.

On the second Tuesday of each month until April the branch hosts a guest speaker as part of its meeting.

It begins this Tuesday (October 8) with a talk entitled Wicken Fen: 125 years of Conservation by Ajay Tegala.

Anyone can attend Pinchbeck Village Hall where the events take place from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.

A spokesman for the group said: “The evening consists of power point presentation on the topic.

“Refreshments and raffle are served approximately halfway through the evening and there’s an opportunity to ask the speaker questions at the end of the presentation.”

Other talks this season are:

November 12 – Britain’s Fungal Tapestry by Alex Sharman,

December 10 – Plastics in Our Oceans by Vicki Bush,

January 14 – Arizona by Alan Knight,

February 11 – Wildlife of the North Yorkshire National Park by Geof Lee,

March 11 – Whisby Nature Reserve: Reclaiming Nature by Emily Summerlin,

April 9 – Feeding Garden Birds by Nicholas Watts (also incorporating the AGM).

The group are also hosting a coffee morning at Pinchbeck Village Hall on Saturday morning, November 16 from 10am to 12 noon. Entry for that is £3 which includes refreshments.

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