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The RSPB Guildford & District Group is an active group whose members enjoy a variety of activities which promote enjoyment of wildlife – and particularly, though not exclusively, birds – while encouraging conservation and raising funds for the RSPB’s national activities.

Our group has over three hundred members covering south west Surrey from Chobham, Woking, Guildford and Godalming through to Cranleigh and Haslemere.

From late September to May we hold indoor meetings roughly twice a month and these include illustrated talks, both from our own members and from leading wildlife experts. Our extensive outdoor programme has over thirty wildlife walks and there are day trips and holidays to nature reserves and places of birdwatching interest in the UK. We also arrange holidays abroad to visit the many different wildlife habitats in Europe and further afield.

We participate in local events to promote conservation, to raise funds for the RSPB and to publicise its work, sometimes by providing speakers for meetings and events organised by others. There is also hands-on conservation work to be done at the local RSPB reserve at Farnham Heath and several members volunteer at Pulborough Brooks.

A quarterly newsletter keeps members up to date with local birding information and prospective trips and activities. You can see our latest newsletter here.

For more information about our group activities and events, see the events and reports sections of this site or use the Contact Us forms.

As Leader of the Group, I am very keen to welcome new members and invite you to get in touch.

Tony Cummins

Latest walk reports

Whitmoor Common 1 June 2025

Thirteen members assembled in the walker’s car park next to the Jolly Farmer pub.  A Jay hopped around in a nearby…

Newlands Corner 22 May 2025

A respectable group of 20 assembled at Newlands Corner for a “lovely walk with added birds”. Pausing on the slope below gave…

Thursley Common 15 May 2025

18 people joined this walk, including RSPB members, some of the Common’s conservation volunteers and Alex, one of Thursley’s Reserve…

Coach trip to Lakenheath Fen, 11 May 2025

A small, select party of just 22 eager birders left the Spectrum at 8, and enjoyed a smooth drive to…

Otmoor 8 May 2025

An enthusiastic group of 8 others joined me for the walk at Otmoor. Some arriving early in the hope that…

Pulborough Brooks 4 May 2025

21 of us met at RSPB Pulborough Brooks and were fairly soon treated to a Nightingale perched out in the…