FOSPA Diary

Diary of Upcoming Events

Please note that the walks listed below may cross uneven ground and rough terrain. Please wear suitable footwear. Events are free for Members only. We look forward to seeing you.

 

Moth Night

Location: Streetly Heath

6:15pm Streetly Heath – Jamboree Stone area

Ask Richard for more details ( wildlifestudy@fospa.org.uk)

Archaeology Walk with Dr. Mike Hodder

Location: Streetly Gate

10:00am Streetly Gate

£3 donation; free to members

“Bees, wasps and Purple Horizons” by Aaron Bhambra

Location: Trinity Centre

7:00 for 7:30pm Trinity Centre

You may have heard Aaron speaking about the Purple Horizons
Project recently on Today on Radio 4. The Purple Horizons Project aims to link Sutton Park to Cannock Chase by restoring the heathlands in between.

£3 donation but free for members

Fungus Foray with Lukas Large (Curator of Natural Sciences, Birmingham Museum)

Location: Ash Track Car Park

10.30am Ash Track Car Park, (SP09449789)

This day is the 142nd anniversary of the first Birmingham Natural History Society fungi foray lead by M C Cooke, held in Sutton Park on the 8th of October 1881.

History and Archaeology Task Force

Location: Streetly Gate

11:00am Streetly Gate

Roman road either side of railway

3 “Experts” Walk with Dr. Mike Hodder, Marian Baxter and Dr. Richard Orton

Location: Jamboree Stone

10:00am Jamboree Stone

Archaeology, History and Ecology of the central area of the Park

£3 donation; free to members

“What the Romans did for us” by Dr. Mike Hodder

Location: Trinity Centre

2:00pm Trinity Centre

Organised by Sutton Coldfield Heritage Network & Holy Trinity Parish Church

Part of Birmingham Heritage Week

“Moths and Sutton Park” by Dr. Richard Orton

Location: Holy Trinity Catholic Church

7:00pm Holy Trinity Catholic Church

For Sutton Coldfield Natural History Society

Archaeological Walk with Dr. Mike Hodder

Location: Town Gate

10:00am from Town Gate

Part of Birmingham Heritage Week

Free event, but donations for FoSPA welcomed

A History of Crystal Palace by Zoe Toft

Location: Trinity Centre

7:00 for 7:30pm Trinity Centre

Free event, but donations for FoSPA welcomed

Part of Birmingham Heritage Week