Meetings Ahead
Improve your skills. Join our field meetings and as well as enjoying the social side of the meetings, get expert help from specialists on identification and field survey techniques:
All meetings are open to members and non-members. If you plan to attend a field meeting you MUST BOOK WITH THE LEADER before the date of the meeting and confirm that you have read the Meetings guidance and the general field meeting Risk Assessment. Please note that meetings already arranged may change.
All meetings are open to members and non-members. If you plan to attend a field meeting you MUST BOOK WITH THE LEADER before the date of the meeting and confirm that you have read the Meetings guidance and the general field meeting Risk Assessment. Please note that meetings already arranged may change.
| Date | Route Finder | Venue | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat Feb 28th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Saxonbury Wood, Wickham Bishops, general field meeting. Saxonbury Wood (part of Chantry Wood), Wickham Bishops. Yes, a February field meeting! Meet at Wickham Bishops Village Hall on Snows Corner TL844124 or postcode CM8 3JZ. There is a car park there and we can walk to the wood from there. This is a general meeting, but with a focus on molluscan target species, the rare semi-slug Phenacolimax major and the Lemon Slug, Malacolimax tenellus | Simon Taylor. Please contact Simon on ukseashells44@gmail.com to register your interest |
| Sat Mar 21st 2026 13:30-17:00 | Find route | Essex Field Club A.G.M. 2026. Cordite Room, Wat Tyler Country Park, Pitsea Hall Lane, Basildon, SS16 4UH. | Open To Non-members |
| Sat Apr 11th 2026 11:00-15:00 | Find route | Carver Airfield, Debden, spring meeting. spring meeting with a focus on amphibians. Carver Barracks. Water Lane, Wimbish, Essex. CB10 2YA. Grassland with calcareous and clay species sitting side by side. Ancient woodland (Peverels) and multiple copses planted over the years. Meet at layby TL5670,3439 near Rowney Woods. | Fiona Hutchings. please contact Fiona on fiona.77h@hotmail.com to register your interest |
| Tue May 12th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Lauriston Farm, Goldhanger field meeting. Lauriston Farm, Goldhanger, Maldon CM9 8AH. A chance to study coastal grazing marsh, sea wall and saltings habitat that forms part of the Blackwater Estuary SSSI. Meeting has been timed for Low Tide. From the Maldon Road at TL912100, head down Joyce's Chase and park at Lauriston Farm barn building at TL922089, where we will check in at reception. We may need to decant to one or two cars down to the sea wall area as the farm track becomes rough. | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Thu May 21st 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Galleywood Common, field meeting. Galleywood Common, CM2 8TR. A field meeting with heathland, acid grassland, bog and maturing secondary woodland. Meet at central car park off the south side of Margaretting Road at TL70280255. | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Thu Jun 4th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Ironworks Meadow, Maldon - field meeting. Ironworks Meadow, Maldon a new community-managed nature reserve, saved from industrial development by local volunteers (Chelmer Blackwater Reserve CIC). Grassland, hedgerow and reedbeds. Please wear appropriate clothing. Park at Tesco car park CM9 4LE, but please register with Simon beforehand. Meet by steps up to river wall at TL84890754 | Simon Wood. Please contact Simon in good notice on simon.wood27@gmail.com you will need to provide your car registration number to gain free parking in the Tesco car park |
| Tue Jun 23rd 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Lauriston Farm, Goldhanger field meeting. Lauriston Farm, Goldhanger, Maldon CM9 8AH. A chance to study coastal grazing marsh, sea wall and saltings habitat that forms part of the Blackwater Estuary SSSI. Meeting has been timed for Low Tide. From the Maldon Road at TL912100, head down Joyce's Chase and park at Lauriston Farm barn building at TL922089, where we will check in at reception. We may need to decant to one or two cars down to the sea wall area as the farm track becomes rough. | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Mon Jun 29th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Galleywood Common, field meeting. Galleywood Common, CM2 8TR. A field meeting with heathland, acid grassland, bog and maturing secondary woodland. Meet at central car park off the south side of Margaretting Road at TL70280255. | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Sat Jul 11th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Ironworks Meadow, Maldon - field meeting. Ironworks Meadow, Maldon a new community-managed nature reserve, saved from industrial development by local volunteers (Chelmer Blackwater Reserve CIC). Grassland, hedgerow and reedbeds. Please wear appropriate clothing. Park at Tesco car park CM9 4LE, but please register with Simon beforehand. Meet by steps up to river wall at TL84890754 | Simon Wood. Please contact Simon in good notice on simon.wood27@gmail.com you will need to provide your car registration number to gain free parking in the Tesco car park |
| Thu Jul 30th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Galleywood Common, field meeting. Galleywood Common, CM2 8TR. A field meeting with heathland, acid grassland, bog and maturing secondary woodland. Meet at central car park off the south side of Margaretting Road at TL70280255. | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Thu Aug 6th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Lauriston Farm, Goldhanger field meeting. Lauriston Farm, Goldhanger, Maldon CM9 8AH. A chance to study coastal grazing marsh, sea wall and saltings habitat that forms part of the Blackwater Estuary SSSI. Meeting has been timed for Low Tide. From the Maldon Road at TL912100, head down Joyce's Chase and park at Lauriston Farm barn building at TL922089, where we will check in at reception. We may need to decant to one or two cars down to the sea wall area as the farm track becomes rough. | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Tue Aug 11th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Ironworks Meadow, Maldon - field meeting. Ironworks Meadow, Maldon a new community-managed nature reserve, saved from industrial development by local volunteers (Chelmer Blackwater Reserve CIC). Grassland, hedgerow and reedbeds. Please wear appropriate clothing. Park at Tesco car park CM9 4LE, but please register with Simon beforehand. Meet by steps up to river wall at TL84890754 | Simon Wood. Please contact Simon in good notice on simon.wood27@gmail.com you will need to provide your car registration number to gain free parking in the Tesco car park |
| Tue Oct 13th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Galleywood Common, field meeting. Galleywood Common, CM2 8TR. An autumn field meeting with heathland, acid grassland, bog and maturing secondary woodland. Meet at central car park off the south side of Margaretting Road at TL70280255. | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |