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This is the website of the Hitchin & Letchworth Local Group. RSPB local groups are a great way to meet friendly, like-minded people in your area while learning more about birds and wildlife. We have a full programme of indoor and outdoor meetings for the 2023-24 season, which will soon be available here.
'In the Steps of The Vikings' - Peter Holden MBE
The Faroes, Iceland, Greenland and Canada – just some of the places reached by The Vikings. Peter has followed them, seeking Viking settlements, Viking history and (of course) the special birds of the North Atlantic.
'In The Steps of the Vikings'
Event date: 1 December 2023
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Own Transport Trip to Kingfishers Bridge (morning) and NT Wicken Fen and Burwell Fen (afternoon) – Saturday 20 January
We will visit the lovely little Kingfishers Bridge reserve, just east of Stretham in Cambridgeshire, which attracts a wide range of wildfowl, waders and farmland…
5 January: “Gardening for Insects and Other Wildlife” – Nick Bowles
Nick will enlighten us on how we can turn our gardens into havens for wildlife, with particular emphasis on insects, such as butterflies. Meet at…
Own Transport visit to Marston Vale Country Park(am) and Stewartby Lake (pm) – Sunday 10 December
At Marston Vale we will be looking for wetland and woodland birds, including some of the rarer ducks, as we walk around ‘The Pillinge’ lake….
1 December. “In the Steps of the Vikings” – Peter Holden MBE
The Faroes, Iceland, Greenland and Canada – some of the places reached by the Vikings. We welcome back Peter as he follows them, seeking Viking…
From the blog
Coach Trip to RSPB Frampton Marsh – 19 November
An almost full coach of keen bird watchers from the Hitchin and Letchworth and Stevenage Local Groups headed off to Frampton Marsh on a pleasant,…
Coach Trip to RSPB Dungeness and Dungeness NNR, 22 October
Following a period of extremely wet weather, we were fortunate to be blessed with lovely weather for our visit to deepest Kent, and what a…
Coach Trip to Cley NWT, Sunday 17 September
A visit to Cley NWT is always a treat, and our coach trip there provided plenty of interest. Many of us were keen to see…
Field Trip to Paxton Pits, 26 August
Seventeen of us spent a pleasant four hours touring Paxton Pits Nature Reserve near St Neots. Butterflies, including Red Admiral and Speckled Wood, danced alongside…