Brian Clews: The Big Cookham Wildlife Weekend

Sunday May 5th, Noon
Sir Bernard Miller Centre, Odney

Our natural world is struggling in many parts of the open countryside for a wide range of reasons and there is little most of us can do about it. However, one significant section of the countryside we can make a contribution with are our gardens.

Our talk shows some of the amazing creatures we might hope to find in the average garden and encourages us all to & go on safari & in our gardens on June 22nd/23rd. The weekend offers Great fun for the whole family as the search in shrubs and bushes, and under leaves, stones etc goes on. You can list all the ones you know, but you can also simply count how many different sorts of birds, butterflies, bugs, beetles, ladybirds, bees and other beasties you find. 
 

Brian has lived in the area for 50 years, been involved with the local RSPB Group for 40 years, and published the monthly Berkshire Bird Bulletin for 30 years from 1986 to 2015. He was a co-Author for the latest Berkshire Bird Atlas project (a county-wide survey and conservation programme), and has written 3 other local books. Through working part-time with WildGuides Publishers, he has contributed to about 45 other natural history books. He is
also co-founder of WildCookham, now in its tenth year.
 
He is married to Hazel, has 4 children and 2 grandchildren and lives in Cookham.