Brighton's RSPB group adds Saturday walks, starting in Sheepcote Valley

The RSPB’s Brighton & District Local Group has added Saturday walks to its programme. The first is a bird and nature walk around Sheepcote Valley on Saturday 21 November, from 9am until about 11am.

Walkers meet at the Sheepcote Valley car park off Warren Road in Woodingdean, which buses 2 and 22 serve. The group says everyone is welcome, “especially beginners”. Strong footwear is advised, and the group can lend binoculars if you ask first.

Its indoor talks are moving too. From November they will be in the top-floor conference room at Community Base, 113 Queens Road, which has a lift. The first, on Wednesday 25 November, is Gordon Bain on the scenery and wildlife of Antarctica. Doors open at 7pm and the talk starts at 7.15pm. Entry is £5 or pay what you can, with light refreshments.

The group formed in 1974 and has more than 100 members, but you don’t have to join to come along: non-members are welcome at its events. Its regular mid-week walks, on the second Wednesday of the month, carry on alongside the new Saturday ones.