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13/02/2019 (Wed): Plight of the Bumblebee
By: Dr Nikki Gammans
In this talk Dr. Nikki Gammans will give an introduction to bumblebees and two other types of bee talking about their lifecycle, ecology and conservation. She will also tell us how we can help our bees by gardening through the seasons followed by a brief introduction to bumblebee identification and discuss the project to reintroduce an extinct bumblebee species.

10/02/2019 (Sun): Field Trip to Otmoor, Oxon
Forthcoming Field Trip to Otmoor on 10th February 2019
The meet up time for this walk is 0900 in the RSPB car park. This car park can be found by heading for Beckley from the B4027, just to the north-east of Oxford. Once you are in Beckley a lane runs down to the car park. This lane can be found near the Abingdon Arms. Hope to see you there.

Date	Species	Count	Site	Who
2019-01-18	Shelduck	1	Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II	DJ
2019-01-14	Mediterranean Gull	1	Farmoor Reservoir	NJH
2019-01-12	Blackcap	1 male	Kidlington	RCA
2019-01-10	Crossbill	2	Blenheim: Combe Gate	NJH
2019-01-10	Shelduck	1	Blenheim: Queen Pool	NJH
2019-01-10	Barn Owl	1	Milton-under-Wychwood	CB
2019-01-08	Scoter	2	Farmoor Reservoir	NJH
2019-01-07	Chaffinch	200+	Blenheim: Northern park	NJH
2019-01-07	Brambling	2	Blenheim: Northern park	NJH
2019-01-06	Lesser Redpoll	1 fem	Stanton St. John	RAE
2019-01-05	Caspian Gull	1 ad	Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay landfill	IL
2019-01-04	Barn Owl	1	Milton-under-Wychwood	CB
2019-01-04	Iceland Gull	1	Farmoor Reservoir	NJH
2019-01-04	Caspian Gull	3	Farmoor Reservoir	NJH
2019-01-04	Caspian Gull	4	Sutton Courtenay: Sutton Courtenay landfill	IL
2019-01-04	Mediterranean Gull	1	Farmoor Reservoir	NJH
2019-01-03	Shelduck	1	Farmoor Reservoir: Farmoor II	DJ
2019-01-03	Iceland Gull	1	Farmoor Reservoir	NJH
2019-01-03	Caspian Gull	1	Farmoor Reservoir	NJH
2019-01-03	Barn Owl	1	Milton-under-Wychwood	CB