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December

2024

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Wed 25th

Christmas Day

 

 

Thu 26th

Boxing Day

 

 

January

2025

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Wed 1st

New Year's Day

 

 

April

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Fri 18th

Good Friday

 

 

Mon 21st

Easter Monday

 

 

May

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Mon 5th

Early May bank holiday

 

 

Mon 26th

Spring bank holiday

 

 

August

2025

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Mon 25th

Summer bank holiday

 

 

December

2024

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Thu 12th

Members' Evening

7:30pm - St Nicolas & St Mary C.E. Primary School, Shoreham BN43 6PE

 

January

2025

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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

August

2025

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Wed 20th

Field Outing: Thorney Island

Meet 09:00, parking at north end of Thornham Lane OS:SU757049 what3words: https://what3words.com/swept.clean.rails. Risk Assessment:https://www.sdos.org/public/RA23.pdf

Leader: Clive Hope

November

2025

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Sun 23rd

Field Outing: Beeding Brooks

Meet 1:30 pm in Pound Lane, Upper Beeding just before the stables. Some styles on walk - bring wellies. Map Ref: 198/TQ197111. what3words: ///thrilled.waters.disgraced 3 miles Risk Assessment: https://www.sdos.org/public/RA21.pdf

Leader: Terry Goble

December

2024

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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

September

2025

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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

Sat 20th

Field Outing: Church Norton & RSPB Pagham Harbour

Meet at 09.30 a.m at the car park adjacent to St.Wilfred's church at Church Norton . what3words :https://what3words.com/property.sonic.scribbled. We will then relocate to the RSPB Pagham Harbour visitor centre & Ferry Pool. Risk Assessment :https://www.sdos.org/public/RA28.pdf

Leader: Bernie Forbes

December

2024

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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

May

2025

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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

February

2025

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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

October

2025

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T.B.C.

Field Outing - Goring Gap & Ferring Rife

Meet at 8:30 am at the bottom of Sea Lane Ferring. Map Ref: 197/TQ101015 Dist 3 mls. what3 wordshttps://what3words.com/reject.monday.lovely. Risk Assessment:https://www.sdos.org/public/RA03.pdf

Leader: Clive Hope

April

2025

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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

January

2025

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Tue 7th

Field Outing: East Head & Snow Hill Marsh

Meet at the far west end of East Head car park, West Wittering at 09:30 am. what3words https://what3words.com/spindles.noble.micro. Risk Assessment: https://www.sdos.org/public/RA48.pdf. At least one stile will be encountered and participants might need to assist each other. PO20 8GH

Leader: Bernie Forbes

April

2025

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Wed 9th

Field Outing: Beginners Session. RSPB Pulborough Brooks

Meet by the ‘welcome hut’, just before the entrance to the cafe and shop at 10.00am.If you are an RSPB member then you must bring your RSPB membership card with you, otherwise you will have to pay to enter the reserve. Non RSPB members will have to pay an entrance fee and will also have to pay to park. Risk Assessment RA11 RH20 2EL

Leader: Tony Benton

December

2024

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Wed 4th

Field Outing - Brooklands

Meet outside the cafe at 10.00 a.m. at the northern end of the lake, unless other instructions are issued. Parking is available in a pay and display car park, adjacent to the cafe. Payment is by cash or card. The venue is also good for public transport including the 700 bus service, running between Brighton and Worthing. Risk Assessment RA 29. BN15 8NN

Leader: Tony Benton

May

2025

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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

March

2025

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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

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