Event Details

Wed 11th

Field Outing : Chidham Peninsula

Meet at 10.30 at the car park at the very end of Chidham Lane. what3words///noon.importers.dice. Risk Assessment RA 35 PO18 8TE

Leaders : Paul Emmerson & Richard Allan

Tue 31st

Field Outing - Shoreham Beach & Widewater

Meet 9:30 am in the lay-by car park on the left just before the sailing club by the river, Shoreham Beach. Map Ref: 198/TQ231048 (///goggle.stole.prepped) Distance 1 mile. Risk Assessment RA 01

Leader: Richard Allan

Tue 14th

Minibus Outing: Rye & Dungeness over 2 days

Departing from Shoreham railway station at 7AM 14/01/2025. Return 15/01/2025. Risk assessments: Rye-https://www.sdos.org/public/RA31.pdf.Dungeness - https://www.sdos.org/public/RA50.pdf .Minibus -

Leaders: Jenny & Tim Holter

Sat 1st

Field Outing: Henfield Area

Meet at 8.30 am at the Downslink Car Park, Upper Station Road, Henfield (Just past the Old Railway pub) (OS TQ205161 ///utensil.however.pancake) Can be muddy, so wear waterproof footwear. Walk will be approx. 4 hours. No toilets on site, but there are public toilets in the High Street by the bus shelter. (park in the Library car park TQ214160 – there is a parking charge, but you may get away with it if you’re just using the loo!)Risk Assessment: https://www.sdos.org/public/RA37.pdf

Leader: Val Bentley

Sat 1st

Field Outing: The Sherwood Rough

Meeting time 9am, finish approx 1pm. Bring refreshments. Parking is in the middle of a very long lay-by on the A29, about a mile and a half south of Whiteways roundabout. Lay-by has room for easily a dozen trucks. Beware two smaller parking areas on the A29 just before it. https://what3words.com/limiting.steers.voltages Risk Assessment https://www.sdos.org/public/RA49.pdf

Leaders: Paul Emmerson & Richard Allan

T.B.C.

Field Outing: Sea Watch Ferring, April 2025

Meet at 8am at the end of Sea lane, Ferring, in front of the tamarisk bushes. (OS 197/TQ101016 what3words :https://what3words.com/loads.torn.lakes .Risk Assessment:https://www.sdos.org/public/RA03.pdf

Leader: Clive Hope

Sat 26th

Field Outing: Hope Gap, Cuckmere & Seaford Head

Meet at South Hill Barn at 8.15 am approaching from Chyngton Way. OS 199/TV505980. https://what3words.com/effort.commoners.infringe.Dist 3 mls. Afterwards by car to Splash Point for Kittiwakes://www.sdos.org/public/RA04.2.pdf

Leaders : Jenny & Tim Holter

Sun 4th

Field Outing: (Nearly) Dawn Chorus Lancing Ring

Meet at 8 am what3words https://what3words.com/connector.chapters.kneeled. Risk Assessment :https://www.sdos.org/public/RA33.2.pdf BN15 0QW

Leaders: Paul Emmerson & Richard Allan

Fri 9th

Field Outing: Woods Mill

Meeting in car park at Woods Mill 18.45. An evening walk around the reserve and then cross the road and wander down the Mill Stream to hopefully hear Nightingales. Bring torch as it will be getting dark by the time we return, at around 10pm. Could be one muddy section.Risk Assessment RA06

Leader: Val Bentley

Sat 6th

Field Outing: Cissbury Ring

Meet at 08.30 at the top car park adjacent to the Ring from Findon Village & Nepcote. what3words https://what3words.com/attends.mute.months. Risk Assessment: https://www.sdos.org/public/RA24.pdf

Leader: Clive Hope