Mission Statement
To provide through education, for the benefit of the local group and community, an exciting and inspirational awareness of birds in particular and the conservation of the natural environment as a whole, to be achieved by a range of indoor and outdoor activities.
About Vale of White Horse Local Group
What we Do Indoors
- Every third Monday from September to May at 7:30pm we meet either in The River Room or online via Zoom, to hear an illustrated talk on birds and wildlife by a carefully chosen expert in their field.
- The Indoor page identifies each month if the meeting is in The River Room, All Saints Church, Sutton Courtenay, on line or both.
- We also give out information on group outings and share sightings of interesting birds,
- Refreshments are available and we take the opportunity to chat.
- New friendships are soon made to bring added value to the evening.
What We Do Outdoors
- Most months during the season we travel as a group to a well chosen reserve or bird rich place to see what birds and wildlife are about.
- A leader is always present to help those of us less expert develop our identification skills.
- A particular highlight is a weekend when we stay in a hotel somewhere in the UK together and visit all the nearby sites during the time we are there.
Vale Committee
The following committee was unanimously elected at the AGM of 18 May 2026
Group Leader: Bob Knight
Treasurer: Katie Davis
Secretary: Peter Williams
Indoor Programme: Mike Haddrell
Outdoor Programme: Martin Latham
Membership Secretary/ Zoom host: Tim Pett
Newsletter Editor: Felicity Jenkins – ad interim. We are looking for a volunteer to take on this role
Committee Member: Steve Cload
Webmaster: David Marsh
Social Media Volunteer: Mike Haddrell
Non Committee Members
Sales Organizer: Gillian Taylor
Group contact
rspbvwh@gmail.com
Join our group
If you wish to join the group, or renew your membership, then please fill in a Membership Form, transfer the fee and email the form to the address on the form. The form is a word document, so you should be able to complete it electronically. Alternatively, after you have paid your money, send Tim an email with all the details that the form asks for.
