Warwick District

Natural History

Group Leader: Alison Hodge 07881 662981

Meetings are usually the first and third Mondays of the month at 10am, no meetings 1 April 2024 and in August. Through the Spring and Summer we visit nature reserves, trips organised by one of the members. For 2024 there is an additional charge of £15.00 to pay for guides and room hire etc.

Advance notice: we have a 34 seater coach booked for Mon Oct 7 to take us to Oxford, estimated cost £19.00pp. To fill the coach an invitation to other U3a members will be issued closer to the date.

See below for photos:

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

A fungi lesson for Natural History Group The fungi at our feet

Dates for your Diary
Mon Apr 15th Upton Warren Nature Reserve – Birds
Mon Apr 29th Preston Cape – Woodland Flowers
Mon May 13th Draycote Meadows – Wild Flowers
Mon May 20th Coundon Wedge – Amphibians, Reptiles, Guided Walk
Mon Jun 3rd Snitterfield Bushes – Various
Mon Jun 17th Bishops Hill – Butterflies
Mon Jul 1st Stockton Cutting – Orchids
Mon Jul 15th Fenny Compton “Tunnels” – Butterflies, Wild Flowers
Mon Jul 29th Ryton Country Park – Inspection of Moth Traps with Guide
Mon Sep 2nd Walton Hall – Evening Bat Walk with Guide
Mon Sep 16th Boddington Reservoir – Birds, Dragonflies
Mon Oct 7th Oxford – Botanical Gardens, Natural History Museum
Mon Oct 21st TBA – Fungi Foray
Mon Nov 4th Batsford Arboretum – Trees
Mon Nov 18th Tom Hauley Room, Harbury – Planning Meeting
Mon Dec 2nd Tom Hauley Room, Harbury - Sharing Photos
Mon Dec 16th TBA - Christmas Social
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Active Listening to Music Art and Crafts CATEGORY
Badminton Beginners' Canasta
Bonkers for Bolivia Book group (Warwick)
Bowling Bridge
Cacophony Card & Craft
Card and Board games Computing CATEGORY
Country Pub Lunch Group Current Affairs
Curry club Cycling
Dancing CATEGORY Day Walkers I
Day Walkers II Drawing and Painting
Dressmaking & Sewing Machine Techniques Easy German
Enjoying Poetry Family History & Genealogy
Folk Dancing Food, Wine & Dine CATEGORY
French Conversation French group (Leamington)
French group (Warwick) French Literature
From Fact to Fiction Book grp Games (Indoor) CATEGORY
Games (Outdoor) Garden group 2
Garden group 4 Gardening CATEGORY
German Conversation German Forum
Global News Good Eating
Health and Well-being History Group
History of Art Improving our Photography
Intermediate Latin Italian Arts
Italian for Near Beginners Italian stage 4 advanced
Jazz Appreciation group Knit and Natter
Languages CATEGORY * Local Walkers I
Local Walkers II Looking at Warwickshire
Music CATEGORY My Music
My-Monday Club Natural History
Our World Studies CATEGORY Painting for Pleasure
Pétanque Pétanque Deux
Philosophy Pickleball
Portuguese stage 2 Quilting and Patchwork
Racketball Railway and Transport
Ramblers Rambling/Walking CATEGORY
Reading group Reading Poetry and Prose
Reading, Writing & Poetry CATEGORY SatNav Ramblers
Saturday Lunch group Scrabble
Singing for Fun Spanish Stage 2
Stretch a Leg Tennis
The Adelaide Singers The Woolpack
Tramp and Trek 1 & 2 Wider Horizons Book Club
World cinema