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Warwick District

Natural History

Status:Active, open to new members
Leader:
Alison Hodge Tel: 07881 662981
Group email: Natural History group
When: Fortnightly on Monday mornings 10:00
1st and 3rd Monday of the month

Meetings are usually the first and third Mondays of the month at 10am, no meetings in August. Through the Spring and Summer we visit nature reserves, trips organised by one of the members. There is usually a charge to cover guides and room hires etc.

See below for photos:

Wappenbury Wood visit at bluebell time, 4 May 2026. Photos byFrances Wilmot

Batsford Arboretum at daffodil time, March 2026.

Coombe Abbey spring walk, 30.3.26 photos by Frances Wilmot

Bluebell walk at Mantles Heath, Northants, May 2025. Photos Frances Wilmot.

Bubbenhall Meadows. 19 May 2025. Photos by Frances Wilmot

Upton Warren Nature Reserve, 12 May 2025, photos by Frances Wilmot

Springtime visit to Hampton Wood Reserve, 7 April 2025, photos by Frances Wilmot

Group's guided Somerset holiday birdwatching in Ham wall Reserve and Slimbridge, photos by Frances Wilmot

Snowdrop walk in Wolston Wood, 3 February 2025, photos by Frances Wilmot

Brandon Wood fungi foray, 21 Oct 2024

Yellow Land at Bishops Itchington, 17 June 24

Stratford Butterfly Farm visit, 18 March 24

Daventry Country Park Visit September 23

Beekeeping at Warwick School July 2023

Combrook, 19 June 23

Egleton Reserve, Rutland Water 15 May 23

Butterfly reserve, Ryton Meadows Aug 22

Links

Fungi walk to Brandon Wood October 2024

Forthcoming events

1 June 2026
Group meeting
15 June 2026
Group meeting
6 July 2026
Group meeting
20 July 2026
Group meeting