All Indoor Meetings and Field Trips Cancelled Until Further Notice

Dear members,

I’m sure you are all aware of the seriousness of the situation regarding the current outbreak of novel coronavirus infections in the UK and elsewhere. The cornerstone of the Government’s strategy to slow the spread of the virus is ‘social distancing’, in other words reducing close contact with other people to an absolute minimum.

In the light of this, it will come as no surprise to hear that OOS has cancelled its indoor meetings (including the talk by Andy Lewis scheduled for Wednesday, 8th April and the AGM scheduled for Wednesday, 13th May) and all field trips for the foreseeable future. We will endeavour to produce monthly bulletins as usual, so please do keep sending in your sightings, even if they are just those from your gardens.

We don’t know how long the current crisis will last, but we hope we will be able to get back to normal before too long, and we look forward to seeing you all then. In the meantime, please do take very good care of yourselves!

Very best wishes,

Alan Larkman
Chairman, OOS.

Along with all other places of public interest Farmoor Reservoir is now totally closed to the public. The parts of the countryside walk that are part of the Thames path remain open.