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		<title>Perfect Pollinators and their care</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Indoor Meeting on Thursday 12 February will be a talk by Ken Gartside. For this talk, Ken will focus on pollinators, good flowers to plant for them and habitat creation to increase their populations, with photographs of many insects to illustrate their variety. We are delighted that Ken Gartside has agreed to speak to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[We have had to CANCEL this event due to severe weather warnings.  Sorry for any inconvenience. Join us on Thursday 8th Jan for our first Indoor meeting of the year to hear &#8220;How the peacock got his tail&#8221;. Anthony will discuss the evolution of extravagant traits in animals, such as the giant antlers of the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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					<description><![CDATA[Come along on Thursday 13th November for a deep-dive into the wonders of the world under the seas, and to learn a little about the skills and thrills of SCUBA diving with a camera. Jill&#8217;s talk will cover some of the different species we can see in UK waters and how these vary according to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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