Meetings & Events

Meetings are held from September to May at Mead Hall, East Lane, Wheathampstead, Herts, AL4 8BP from 8pm to 10pm. Please park in the public car park in East Lane which is free.  Come and meet other members and enjoy our varied programme of talks. Tea, coffee and biscuits are available at each meeting. You may also join the Group at any of these meetings.

 


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  • Sat
    14
    Jun
    2014
    10 - 4pmHarpenden common

    This is an environmental day. Help needed, if you are a member and can help with this event please email info@hmbadgergroup.org.uk

  • Sat
    21
    Jun
    2014
  • Sat
    21
    Jun
    2014
  • Sat
    16
    Aug
    2014
    Colchester
  • Thu
    21
    Aug
    2014
    London High Courts
  • Sun
    14
    Sep
    2014
    10 - 4pmAshridge Monument

    For details of event please follow this link

  • Sun
    05
    Oct
    2014
    Tewin Orchard

    For details about Tewin Orchard please visit the Badger Watching page

  • Tue
    07
    Oct
    2014
    8:00 pmWheathampstead

    This month Pete Butchers (HMBG) describes the fascinating wildlife and beautiful landscapes of Argentina.   

  • Tue
    04
    Nov
    2014
    8:00 pmWheathampstead

    A talk by Jackie Burke.

  • Tue
    02
    Dec
    2014
    8:00 pmWheathampstead

    A talk by Jim Harmer

  • Tue
    06
    Jan
    2015
    8:00 pmWheathampstead
  • Tue
    03
    Feb
    2015
    8:00 pmWheathampstead

    A talk by Roy Woodward, Recorder for the Herts Natural History Society

  • Tue
    03
    Mar
    2015
    8:00 pmWheathampstead

    A Talk by Dominic Dyer

  • Tue
    07
    Apr
    2015
    8:00 pmWheathampstead

    A talk by Trevor Williams of The Fox Project. For more information please go to their website here.

  • Tue
    05
    May
    2015
    8:00 pmWheathampstead
  • Sat
    20
    Jun
    2015
  • Sat
    27
    Jun
    2015
    all dayButterfly World, St Albans
  • Sun
    12
    Jul
    2015
  • Tue
    01
    Sep
    2015
    8:00 pmStanborough Lakes, Welwyn Garden City

    Meet in the car park on the north side of the road.

  • Sun
    13
    Sep
    2015
    all dayThe Monument, Monument Drive, Ashridge, Bucks

    We will be having a stall to promote badgers and we will have sales goods available

  • Tue
    06
    Oct
    2015
    8:00 pmWI hall, East Lane, Wheathampstead

    Dr Jenny Jones will be describing how our sett records are used.

  • Sun
    11
    Oct
    2015
    all dayTewin Orchard, Upper Green, Tewin, Herts

    Come along to buy from a wide range of varieties

  • Sat
    17
    Oct
    2015
    10 - 3St Peters Street, St Albans

    We will have a stall at the weekly St Albans market

  • Tue
    03
    Nov
    2015
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Caroline Huxtable from the local rescue centre Wildlife Welfare will be our speaker

  • Tue
    01
    Dec
    2015
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Tom Sheppard will be giving us a talk.

  • Tue
    05
    Jan
    2016
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Come along for a natter and probably some Christmas leftovers!

  • Tue
    02
    Feb
    2016
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Wildlife Liason Officer Jos Bartlett will be our speaker

  • Tue
    02
    Feb
    2016
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Harpenden

    Mark Muschamp, "Sea Shepherd"

  • Tue
    01
    Mar
    2016
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    The local horticulturalist Neil Holmes-Smith will be our speaker.

  • Tue
    05
    Apr
    2016
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Their CEO Dominic Dyer will be coming to speak to us

  • Tue
    03
    May
    2016
    7:30 pmMead Hall

    Please come along to have your say in group activities for the coming year.

  • Sun
    26
    Jun
    2016
    1:00 pmAshridge Estate SP981142

    map of badger group picnic site

    If unsure about location, please telephone the chairman or vice-chair.

  • Tue
    04
    Oct
    2016
    8:00 pmMead Hall
  • Tue
    01
    Nov
    2016
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Harpenden

    Peter Oakenfull  - local award winning conservationist to speak on 'Central Herts Green Corridor Group' and protecting the wildlfe corridor.

  • Fri
    04
    Nov
    2016
    Sun
    06
    Nov
    2016
    Theobalds Park Conference Centre, Cheshunt, Herts

    Please see our Facebook page for details.

  • Tue
    06
    Dec
    2016
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Harpenden

    'Wildlife Photography' :Graham Ford and Ron Workman. Other photographic contributions welcome over coffee (on a memory stick,please)

  • Tue
    03
    Jan
    2017
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Harpenden

    Badger Group seasonal mulled wine and mince pies.... festive cheer and maybe a quiz.

  • Tue
    07
    Feb
    2017
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Harpenden

    Mark Muschamp,  'Sea Shepherd'.

  • Tue
    07
    Mar
    2017
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

    Mary Barton  ' Medicinal and Culinary Uses of Wild Plants'

  • Tue
    04
    Apr
    2017
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

    Peter Martin,  Chair Badger Trust -   badger update!.

  • Tue
    02
    May
    2017
    7:30 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

    Come along to have your say in how the group operates for the next year.  If we finish early we normally adjourn to the local pub'.

  • Tue
    06
    Jun
    2017
    8:00 pmTewin Hide

    If you have never seen a badger alive, contact us for an escorted watch.  Pre-booking is essential as numbers in the hide are limited.  You may see other local wildlife too.

  • Sat
    17
    Jun
    2017
    morningWelwyn

    Come along to support our local group stall.

  • Sat
    01
    Jul
    2017
    10:00 amSt Peters Street, St Albans

    Come along to the St Albans market to support our local group.

  • Tue
    04
    Jul
    2017
    8:00 pmTewin Hide

    If you have never seen a badger alive, contact us for an escorted watch.  Pre-booking is essential as numbers in the hide are limited.  You may see other local wildlife too.  Zoe will be leading this activity

  • Sat
    29
    Jul
    2017
    Sun
    30
    Jul
    2017
    10 to 4Panshanger Wood

    Come along to Panshanger Wood to support your local group.

  • Tue
    01
    Aug
    2017
    8:00 pmTewin Hide

    If you have never seen a badger alive, contact us for an escorted watch.  Pre-booking is essential as numbers in the hide are limited.  You may see other local wildlife too.  Frank Wood will be leading this activity.

  • Mon
    28
    Aug
    2017
    all dayRiver Stort

    Prior booking essential.  Contact a group member or come along to one of our meetings or events to sign up.

  • Tue
    05
    Sep
    2017
    8:00 pmPanshanger Park

    Come and try to see some bats and we may even hear them with our bat detectors! Brian and Jenny will be leading this activity.

  • Tue
    03
    Oct
    2017
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

    Come and listen to Steve Thompson from  John O 'Gaunt Golf Club, who has worked for 25 years creating an award winning wildlife-friendly environment.

  • Sun
    08
    Oct
    2017
    noon to 4:30Tewin Orchard, Tewin

    Come along to buy apples and support your local badger group.

  • Tue
    07
    Nov
    2017
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

    Come and listen to Dr Richard Meyer,  Author  'Fate of the Badger'  and badger expert

  • Tue
    05
    Dec
    2017
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

    Come and listen to Mary Barton - the folk lore of trees

  • Tue
    02
    Jan
    2018
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

    Seasonal Social with mince pies, mulled wine and  our own Marcella Randall on the River Bean conservation project.

  • Tue
    06
    Feb
    2018
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

    Mike Clark ‘Badgers’ and ‘Eileen Soper’s diaries’

  • Tue
    06
    Mar
    2018
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

    Mike Huskisson Author & Anti-blood sports campaigner

  • Tue
    03
    Apr
    2018
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

     

    Professor Malcolm Bennett will be coming from Nottingham University to speak to us

  • Tue
    01
    May
    2018
    7:30 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathamstead

    Come along to hear a review of the year and have your say about what we should do in the coming year: there may even be an opportunity to join our committee!

  • Tue
    05
    Jun
    2018
    8:00 pmTewin Orchard

    Meet in the car park in time to walk together down to the hide. You will need to be able to sit quietly on some garden chairs for a couple of hours

  • Tue
    03
    Jul
    2018
    8:00 pmTewin Orchard

    Meet in the car park in time to walk together down to the hide. You will need to be able to sit quietly on some garden chairs for a couple of hours

  • Sat
    28
    Jul
    2018
    Sun
    29
    Jul
    2018
    pmPanshanger Park

     

    The badger group will have a stall.  Please come and help out.

  • Tue
    07
    Aug
    2018
    8:00 pmTewin Orchard

    Meet in the car park in time to walk together down to the hide. You will need to be able to sit quietly on some garden chairs for a couple of hours

  • Tue
    04
    Sep
    2018
    8:00 pmTewin Orchard

    Meet in the car park in time to walk together down to the hide. You will need to be able to sit quietly on some garden chairs for a couple of hours

  • Tue
    02
    Oct
    2018
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathampstead

     

    Dominic Dyer,  CEO  Badger Trust, will be coming to give us a badger update

  • Sat
    06
    Oct
    2018

    Try to do something to help badgers

  • Sun
    07
    Oct
    2018
    Tewin Orchard

    Come along to Tewin Orchard to see our stall at the annual apple day. You can buy some apples from the orchard too.

  • Tue
    06
    Nov
    2018
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathampstead

    Derek Gibbons from Herts and Middx Conservation will be giving us a talk.

  • Sat
    10
    Nov
    2018

    The symposium this year is just one day.  Use the link to the Badger Trust to find out more.

  • Tue
    04
    Dec
    2018
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathampstead

    Come along for a festive social with a surprise speaker!

  • Tue
    08
    Jan
    2019
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathampstead

    Peter Oakenfull will be speaking about her badgers.

  • Tue
    05
    Feb
    2019
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathampstead

    Our patron Michael Clark will be talking about his local clan.

  • Tue
    05
    Mar
    2019
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathampstead

    Wood warden Ian Flack will be giving us a talk on the updated Herts Mammal, Amphibian and Reptile atlas.

  • Tue
    02
    Apr
    2019
    8:00 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathampstead

    We are going to the Herts and Middx Wildlife Trust event at the university of Hertfordshire to hear Tony Juniper talk. He is shortlisted to be New Chair of Natural England. You will need to get tickets via the HMWT website.

  • Tue
    07
    May
    2019
    7:30 pmMead Hall, East Lane, Wheathampstead

    Come along to have your say in how the group is run.  There are always opportunities to help the badgers.  We normally go to the local pub' after the AGM.

  • Tue
    02
    Jul
    2019
    8:00 pmTewin Orchard

    Booking required. Please email chriswood236@gmail.com

  • Tue
    06
    Aug
    2019
    8:00 pmTewin Orchard

    Booking required. Please email chriswood236@gmail.com

  • Tue
    03
    Sep
    2019
    7:30 pmPanshangar Park entrance in Thieves Lane near A414
  • Tue
    10
    Sep
    2019
    8:00 pmTewin Orchard

    Booking required. Please email chriswood236@gmail.com

  • Tue
    01
    Oct
    2019
    8:00 pmMead Hall Wheathampstead
  • Tue
    05
    Nov
    2019
    8:00 pmMead Hall Wheathampstead
  • Tue
    03
    Dec
    2019
    8:00 pmMead Hall Wheathampstead

    We will have mince pies and mulled wine for those who celebrate yuletide

  • Tue
    07
    Jan
    2020
    8:00 pmCowper Arms, Digswell
  • Thu
    16
    Jan
    2020
    8:00 pmThe Crown, Tewin
  • Tue
    04
    Feb
    2020
    8:00 pmMead Hall Wheathampstead
  • Tue
    03
    Mar
    2020
    8:00 pmMead Hall Wheathampstead

    Martin Ketcher of the Herts and Middx Wildlife Trust will be presenting.

  • Tue
    07
    Apr
    2020
    8:00 pmMead Hall Wheathampstead
    Tris Pearce from the Badger Trust will be presenting.
  • Sun
    19
    Apr
    2020
    10am to 4pmBayfordbury Campus
    Craig Fellows  from the Badger Trust will be our trainer.
  • Tue
    05
    May
    2020
    7:30 pmMead Hall Wheathampstead
  • Tue
    09
    Mar
    2021
    7:30 pmZoom meeting

    Please use the link to register for this event.

    https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_WErjIpJWRA-pXeNHua1YIg%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3NV5k5mFhLBUTeVbTOCmrbgIzU8e-QNZs4Hse54LISlOaF2z1g7NAAqx0&h=AT1QeCamCE_MmikPK4Vq9JnctL7WNS_Gpw9_zjDlhaR9AtW82arJH0RB-FqzY46B1c5RGUH7aCjYHScF7nmtCaO9LtxjYDPCwql8ePRza7D0gFvgjrpHYIkAhusjVvYiZI7gBi9eWt646McGHlTy&__tn__=q&c[0]=AT28qJ-quN9EMsCgkZ2aO5c5VTJWrZmgusWmfxRs8W4xFIRau3hHoC_KcKdXeP4vHJ2hPZxEB72ekKaoRgvcpFNOi-cDcH9YA1LAkQarm1P59jJcXd7L_AUsAaiuVFsxtAemFyQiZ8f6hZ7jDAtOMD7E

    Steve Thompson has spoken to us before at Wheathampstead but now he is going to Zoom!

  • Tue
    04
    May
    2021
    8:30 pmZoom - details TBA

    Robin Scagell has been recording glow worm sitings for decades and sett up his own website for glow worms.

  • Tue
    05
    Oct
    2021
    7:30 pmMead Hall Wheathampstead
    In a spirit of optimism, we are holding our AGM next month back in our usual venue, Mead Hall, East Lane,  AL3 3BP  Tuesday 5th October 2021 7.30 pm
    It will be a chance to have a get-together and fulfill our legal obligations in person.  We currently have a need for a Group Secretary and Sales Co-ordinator for Herts Events in the coming year, so if you wish to offer your services, please contact info@hmbadgergroup.org.uk
  • Tue
    01
    Feb
    2022
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    We hope to have an outside speaker tonight, but yet to be confirmed.

  • Tue
    01
    Mar
    2022
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    We hope to have an outside speaker tonight, but yet to be confirmed.

  • Tue
    24
    May
    2022
    7:30 pmMead Hall Wheathampstead
    We are holding our AGM back in our usual venue, Mead Hall, East Lane,  AL3 3BP .
    It will be a chance to have a get-together and fulfill our legal obligations in person.  We currently have a need for several committee members, including chair, so if you wish to offer your services, please contact info@hmbadgergroup.org.uk
  • Tue
    04
    Oct
    2022
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    No meeting in the hall this month as we are busy with other things such as helping the Bucks badger group monitor the cull in their area.

  • Tue
    01
    Nov
    2022
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    We have had several people join us over the summer so tonight there will be a short presentation about badgers and what we do, and where we need more help.

  • Tue
    06
    Dec
    2022
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Tonight we will have a talk entitled Foraging and Medicinal Plants from Mary 'Betty Badger' Barton and some mince pies (vegan available) as it's our last meeting before Christmas. There will also be a badger and foraging table quiz  - with half of the answers in Mary's talk, thankfully.   

  • Tue
    03
    Jan
    2023
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    No meeting tonight because it is too soon after the New Year celebrations.

  • Tue
    07
    Feb
    2023
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Tonight some of our members will be talking about Badger rescue equipment. If you ever wondered how we get an injured badger to a wildlife hospital, come and find out.

  • Tue
    07
    Feb
    2023
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Probably just a natter night unless we can find a speaker.

  • Thu
    02
    Mar
    2023
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    No meeting in March.

  • Tue
    07
    Mar
    2023
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Our patron Michael Clark will now be giving his talk at our May meeting.

  • Tue
    04
    Apr
    2023
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Tonight we have a talk from the Police Rural Operations Support Team: these are the people we talk to when there is a problem with blocked setts or other sett interference.

  • Tue
    02
    May
    2023
    7:30 pmMead Hall

    Come along to hear our annual reports and plans for the next year.  Several committee members have left the area so we need volunteers for several roles such as taking our sales goods to our summer stalls, or writing a regular newsletter for our members.

    Our patron Michael Clark will be giving a talk.

  • Tue
    05
    Sep
    2023
  • Tue
    03
    Oct
    2023
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    Our first meeting this autumn is a general natter about badgers. If you are a newish member this would be a good meeting to come to.

  • Tue
    07
    Nov
    2023
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    We hope to have an external speaker for this meeting.

  • Tue
    05
    Dec
    2023
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    This will be a pre-Christmas social and possibly a quiz. We will supply some mince pies and mulled wine.

  • Tue
    02
    Jan
    2024
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    No meeting this month as it is so soon after new year.

  • Tue
    06
    Feb
    2024
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    This will be a natter night unless we can find a speaker.

  • Tue
    05
    Mar
    2024
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    No meeting in March.

  • Tue
    02
    Apr
    2024
    8:00 pmMead Hall

    This will be a natter night unless we can find a speaker.

  • Thu
    02
    May
    2024
    7:30 pmMead Hall

    We start early to get the AGM done then may adjourn to the Swan public house.