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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Tue May 26th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Mill Meadows, Billericay - field meeting. SSSI neutral grassland meadows and hedgerow. Some ancient trees. meet in Scout car park off Greens Farm Lane CM11 2HT. TQ683941 | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Wed May 27th 2026 10:00-13:00 | Find route | Ardleigh PACE festival & wildlife surveying. Skylarks for Manningtree Earth festival, Dead Lane, Ardleigh, near Colchester CO7 7PF | Https://mef.pacemanningtree.org.uk/#home |
| Thu May 28th 2026 10:00-13:00 | Find route | Witham Bioblitz - Whetmead Nature Reserve. Whetmead Nature Reserve, CM8 3LH | Joint event hosted by Witham Town Council and Essex Wildlife Trust. Public Event, No booking required |
| Sat May 30th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Hales Wood, Ashdon - field meeting CANCELLED. SSSI woodland MEETING CANCELLED, UNABLE TO GAIN PERMISSION TO SURVEY | |
| 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 9th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Little Waltham Meadows EWT - field meeting. lowland meadow, woodland and swale by River Chelmer. Meet at car park, TL71351187. CM3 3PP | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Sat Jun 13th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Tylers Common, field meeting. neutral/acid scrub grassland. A chance to explore the only common land in Havering. 2 ponds, one of only 2 Essex sites with Dwarf Gorse (U. minor), also Zig-zag clover. Meet at car park off Nags Head Lane RM14 1TS. TQ56339069 | Yvonne Couch. Please contact Yvonne on j_couch@sky.com to register your interest |
| Fri Jun 19th 2026 09:00-16:00 | Find route | Abbotts Hall Farm EWT - field meeting. Experienced surveyors invited to survey this Essex Wildlife Trust site with meadow, sea wall & saltmarsh. Meet at EWT HQ, CO5 7RZ | Please contact Zoe Gillard zoegillard@essexwt.org.uk to register your interest |
| 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 4th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Hill Farm, Gestingthorpe, field meeting. large farm, with ancient woodland and hedgerow, grassland, willow carr and reed beds. Site of Roman villa and old chalk pit. TL8238 & TL8239. Meet at farm off Sudbury Road CO9 3BL | 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 16th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Little Waltham Meadows EWT - field meeting. lowland meadow, woodland and swale by River Chelmer. Meet at car park, TL71351187. CM3 3PP | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Thu Jul 16th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Hales Wood, Ashdon - field meeting CANCELLED. SSSI woodland MEETING CANCELLED, UNABLE TO GAIN PERMISSION TO SURVEY | |
| Tue Jul 21st 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Mill Meadows, Billericay - field meeting. SSSI neutral grassland meadows and hedgerow. Some ancient trees. meet in Scout car park off Greens Farm Lane CM11 2HT. TQ683941 | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| 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 |
| Sat Aug 15th 2026 TBC | Find route | St Nicholas Church, Berden field meeting & moth trapping. St Nicholas Church, Berden. A day of wildlife discovery in the Churchyard, hopefully including gathering some valuable data on churchyard wildlife which will feed into their plans under the A Rocha Eco-Church scheme. There will be moth-trapping in the evening, with a trap opening session the following morning, Sunday 16th August | please contact Natalie at Berden church, Natalie.trapmore@outlook.com to register your interest |
| Sat Aug 15th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Tylers Common, field meeting. neutral/acid scrub grassland. A chance to explore the only common land in Havering. 2 ponds, one of only 2 Essex sites with Dwarf Gorse (U. minor), also heather, Sneezewort and Devils-bit Scabious. Meet at car park off Nags Head Lane RM14 1TS. TQ56339069 | Yvonne Couch. Please contact Yvonne on j_couch@sky.com to register your interest |
| Thu Aug 20th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Hill Farm, Gestingthorpe, field meeting. large farm, with ancient woodland and hedgerow, grassland, willow carr and reed beds. Site of Roman villa and old chalk pit. TL8238 & TL8239. Meet at farm off Sudbury Road CO9 3BL | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| Tue Sep 8th 2026 10:30-15:00 | Find route | Mill Meadows, Billericay - field meeting. SSSI neutral grassland meadows and hedgerow. Some ancient trees. meet in Scout car park off Greens Farm Lane CM11 2HT. TQ683941 | Rob Smith. Please contact Rob on windvane@btinternet.com to register your interest |
| 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 |