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Previous speakers at our meetings have included:

Bob Cairns, An Edwardian Walk from Lewes Part 2
Mike Russell Illustrated talk on Wild Sounds of Sussex
Rosie & Robin Lloyd Illustrated talk on The Secret Gardens of Sussex
Reg Lanaway, lecturer at Plumpton Agriculture College, gave a wonderful, beautifully illustrated, lecture on the wildlife and habitat of the area. This included a lovely slide of a long-tailed tit's nest, which looked like a fluffy ball with a tiny opening. Reg told us that this type of nest usually includes about two thousand tiny feathers collected by the birds. We look forward to his return, sometime.
Illustrated talk on The Other Romania by Graham Albon
An illustrated talk on the Natural History of the Downs by Patrick Coulter
An illustrated talk on the Yellowstone National Park by Ian Romley-Dawson
An illustrated talk on Malling Down Nature Reserve by Steve Tillman - Sussex Wildlife Trust
An illustrated illustrated talk entitled The Greenwich Meridian Trail by Hilda and Graham Heap. This featured the long distance walk that Hilda and Graham have developed which follows the Greenwich Meridian as closely as possible keeping to public rights of way. Their walk starts and ends where the Greenwich Meridian crosses the coast at Peacehaven in the south and Holderness in East Yorkshire, and of course passes through Lewes. Hilda and Graham’s talk was very interesting and entertaining and we look forward to the publication of their guidebook on the walk.
Sussex Rocks - A talk by Geoff Mead
An illustrated talk by Sue Buckingham on the flowers and scenery of the Burren.
Andrew Whitnall from East Sussex County Council gave a talk about the Rights of Way Improvement Plan.
A talk by Patrick Coulcher on the natural history of the Scilly Isles.
John Buckingham on Iceland 's natural history. With slides of birds and flowers of Iceland of outstanding clarity and an engaging talk, everyone in the audience of 50 or so people found it most interesting.
Hilda and Graham Heap, two of our more intrepid members, who spent over a year in New Zealand and showed us slides of four areas in which they walked, from bare volcanic and mountainous areas to lush sub-tropical forests with amazing tr ees, frens and waterfalls.
Slides of Old Lewes by Philip Hall. Many members and friends enjoyed a slide show of old postcards of Lewes. This wonderful evening was a social history lesson where a number of people were able to identify aspects of the slides and add intersting personal recollections.
Ian Romley-Dawson on the Wildlife of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve Using two projectors, a highly professional show was given with so many interesting pictures and facts. The reserve has a number of a large gravel pits with islands which have been created to encourage nesting birds and they have been extremely successful. Around the lake are hides where one can watch the wildlife, which includes hares. Much of the reserve is shingle with over 300 species of plants living there, many offering bright colours over large parts of the reserve.