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An Evening with Badgers

Venue: Rusper, nr Horsham
Date: Wednesday 1
Time: 18:00 - 22:00 approx.
Tutor: David Plummer

Content:
The evening will start with an indoor introductory talk at Rusper Village Hall. You will then drive in your own cars to the wood nearby. Please wear suitable warm outdoor clothing and footwear for the weather conditions as you could be sitting down for 2½– 3 hours. Please bring binoculars if you have them. Please also bring a torch. Further details will be sent on booking.

Learn about
• The life of the badger and how it survives in today’s world

Course Highlights
• Seeing badgers in the wild

To book please ring 01273 497561

Cost: Members/volunteers £18, Non-members £22

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Grappling with Grasshoppers

Venue: Waltham Brooks, Amberley
Date: Saturday 4
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Tutor: Simon Curson

Content:
This one day course gives you the basics of how to identify grasshoppers and crickets by sight and sound. It will be of interest to the amateur naturalist, but also to conservationists who wish to know more about grasshoppers and crickets, either to help with guided walks, surveying or with management of sites.

Learn about
• Grasshopper identification by sight
• Identifying grasshoppers from sound

Course Highlights
• Finding grasshoppers and crickets in the field

To book please ring 01273 497561

Cost: Members/volunteers £25, Non-members £35

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Badgers : Biology and Observation

Venue: Rusper, nr Horsham
Date: Saturday 4
Time: 15:00 - 22:00
Tutor: David Plummer

Content:
A later afternoon/evening course on badgers including observation at a sett.

Learn about
• Badger biology, diet and reproduction
• Examining and identifying badger tracks and signs

Course Highlights
• Following badger paths, examining their latrines and seeking out their satellite setts and foraging areas
• An opportunity to identify their main sett
• Full badger watch during the evening from an observation platform

To book please ring 01273 497561

Cost: Members/volunteers £40, Non-members £50

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An Evening with Badgers

Venue: Rusper, nr Horsham
Date: Monday 6
Time: 18:00 - 22:00 approx.
Tutor: David Plummer

Content:
The evening will start with an indoor introductory talk at Rusper Village Hall. You will then drive in your own cars to the wood nearby. Please wear suitable warm outdoor clothing and footwear for the weather conditions as you could be sitting down for 2½– 3 hours. Please bring binoculars if you have them. Please also bring a torch. Further details will be sent on booking.

Learn about
• The life of the badger and how it survives in today’s world

Course Highlights
• Seeing badgers in the wild

To book please ring 01273 497561

Cost: Members/volunteers £18, Non-members £22

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An Evening with Badgers

Venue: Rusper, nr Horsham
Date: Wednesday 8
Time: 18:00 - 22:00 approx.
Tutor: David Plummer

Content:
The evening will start with an indoor introductory talk at Rusper Village Hall. You will then drive in your own cars to the wood nearby. Please wear suitable warm outdoor clothing and footwear for the weather conditions as you could be sitting down for 2½– 3 hours. Please bring binoculars if you have them. Please also bring a torch. Further details will be sent on booking.

Learn about
• The life of the badger and how it survives in today’s world

Course Highlights
• Seeing badgers in the wild

To book please ring 01273 497561

Cost: Members/volunteers £18, Non-members £22

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Badgers : Biology and Observation

Venue: Rusper, nr Horsham
Date: Friday 10
Time: 15:00 - 22:00
Tutor: David Plummer

Content:
A later afternoon/evening course on badgers including observation at a sett.

Learn about
• Badger biology, diet and reproduction
• Examining and identifying badger tracks and signs

Course Highlights
• Following badger paths, examining their latrines and seeking out their satellite setts and foraging areas
• An opportunity to identify their main sett
• Full badger watch during the evening from an observation platform

To book please ring 01273 497561

Cost: Members/volunteers £40, Non-members £50

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Beginning Nature Photography

Venue: Woods Mill, Henfield
Date: Saturday 11 & Sunday 12
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Tutor: David Plummer

Content:
Two-day course for beginners with digital SLR cameras only. Not suitable for users of film, point and shoot or hybrid cameras.

Learn about
• Day One - camera basics, manual control, manual metering, aperture priority and depth of field control
• Day Two - advanced metering and exposure compensation, composition, putting it all together, making a good shot better, fieldwork and supports

To book please ring 01273 497561

Cost: Members/volunteers £84, Non-members £104

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Conservation Grazing

Venue: Linklater Pavilion, Lewes
Date: Friday 17
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Tutor: Gary Baldock, Steve Tillman & Graeme Lyons

Content:
An indoor session looking at some of the theory behind conservation grazing, including different types of animal and their behaviours and their effects in different types of habitat from open grassland to closed woodland.

Learn about
• Breeds and species
• Timing
• Lookering
• Stocking densities
• Different habitats
• Sward, structure and nectar
• Over and under-grazing
• Browsing vs. grazing

Course Highlights
• Gain an understanding in the basics of conservation grazing

To book please ring 01273 497561

Cost: Members/volunteers £25, Non-members £35

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Getting to know the Wild Flowers of West Sussex - Downland

Venue: Singleton Village Hall, nr Chichester
Date: Saturday 18
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Tutor: Simon Curson

Content:
The last of our four summer field trips visiting some of the best wild flower sites in West Sussex to coincide with prime flowering times. Introductory slide talk and field trip.

Learn about
• Flower identification
• Use of keys
• Books on flowers

Course Highlights
• Seeing downland flowers at their best

To book please ring 01273 497561

Cost: Members/volunteers £25, Non-members £35

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Wild about Wetlands

Venue: Knepp Castle Estate, West Grinstead, West Sussex
Date: Friday 31
Time: 10:00 - 16:00
Tutor: Fran Southgate & Mike Russell

Content:
This course will look at the importance of wetlands for wildlife and the work going on to re-create this wonderful landscape in Sussex. The morning session will be in the The Bothy on the Knepp Estate and will look at the wildlife associated with wetlands and in particular the work done through the Sussex Wetlands Project. In the afternoon there will be a tour around the estate to see some of the work to introduce natural processes on the upper reaches of the River Adur.

Learn about
• The importance of water and wetlands to people and wildlife
• Some of the work being undertaken in Sussex to improve wetlands
• Wetland wildlife in Sussex

Course Highlights
• A chance to see river restoration work in action in one of the biggest ‘re-wilding‘ projects in the UK

To book please ring 01273 497561

Cost: Members/volunteers £25, Non-members £35