Melvin Smith chaired the Iden and District Natural History Society’s AGM held on April 1 at Iden Village Hall. In his report the chairman outlined the varied lectures that had been delivered during the autumn/winter season covering subjects such as palaeontology, birds and their nesting habits, Tresco and its gardens, whale watching, ferns and even recording the weather.
Elections for officers and committee were speedily concluded as the current holders stood again unopposed – interestingly, the chairman Melvin Smith is now beginning his twenty third year in office, his wife Pam her seventeenth as treasurer and the secretary, Colin Page, will be into his third decade of dedicated work – what a team!
Dr. Barry Yates delivered the evenings lecture with all the very latest information about The Rye Harbour Nature Reserve – another interesting fact, Barry was celebrating the thirty second anniversary of his arrival at the reserve on April 1 1984. The Society itself has a long history going back nearly 100 years to 1919.
After beverages and nibbles members left with tantalising news of next season’s lectures, which begin in October and will be covering subjects on bats, Sussex wildlife, birds, Australian flowers, Herring Gulls, moths; marine rescue et al. Come along and join us – dates will be in What’s On.
Photo: Dorothy Beck