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Bird Meeting at Newtown on 17th December 2023

Nine members and two prospective new members met at the National Trust visitor centre car park for a walk in the area. We walked along High Street to the short footpath to the field overlooking Causeway Lake and noted the birds congregating there. There were Pintail, Wigeon, Lapwing,
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New Year Plant Hunt Sunday 31st December

This year’s New Year Plant Hunt to find how many we plants we can find in flower will take place in Ventnor. We will meet at Flowers Brook (there is roadside parking) from where we will walk along the  coastal path into Ventnor where we will doubtless stop in a cafe for refreshm
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Archaeology

There will be no Wednesday meetings until January 10th 2024.
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A wonderful evening at the IWNHAS Centenary Dinner

Talk about about one of the longest Centenary Celebrations ever…. Back in November 2019, the Isle of Wight Natural History & Archaeological Society began what was to be a year long celebration of special events to mark reaching our Centenary – 100 years of promoting th
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Archaeology Wednesday December 6th

Still poor ground conditions so same arrangements as last week at Landguard Manor.
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Archaeology Wednesday November 29th

Ground conditions continue to be poor so we will meet as last week at the VAT office atLandguard Manor at 10am.
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Looking at the Countryside Saturday 2nd December. Changes to programme

Mary Edmunds says: Still meeting at Quarr but slight change as there is a coffee morning at Binstead church where we will stop briefly and back at Quarr there is a Christmas fair, so I’ll drop the lunch and quiz and people can do their own thing,
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Another Successful IW Recorders’ Conference…

There was a fantastic turn out for the annual IW Recorder’s Conference hosted by IWNHAS, Saturday 11th November. The Arreton Hall was packed with folks having a common interest in local wildlife recording. It was wonderful to catch-up with old friends and meet new – all pr
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Archaeology Wednesday November 22nd

Because of the poor ground conditions we will again meet indoors at Languard Manor and work on the finds. 10am as last week.
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