NEWS
Surprise raptor seen - Birders have been excited by the surprise appearance of a black-winged kite at Hickling. This raptor is more usually found in sub-Saharan Africa and India but was first seen in Britain in mid-Wales and then in East Anglia in July 2023. The latest sighting over the weekend was at the Norfolk Wildlife Trust's reserve at Hickling, which prompted the presenter, Tom McKinney of BBC Radio 3's Breakfast programme to play a song from what he described as the "village" of Stalham. At 8.45am on Tuesday, September 9, listeners could hear Ernest John Moeran's Stalham River. If you missed it, go to BBC Sounds [09/09/25]
Winter season provisional programme update Tuesday, October 21 - A visit to Norfolk Fire & Rescue Station at Carrow is planned for Tuesday, October 21, starting at 6.30pm. It was 15 years ago that the Norwich, Bethel Street, fire station was closed and a new £3.4m centre was established on the southern edge of the city. It is also the base for many of the fire service's rescue operations. Further details to follow.
Numbers will be limited but if you'd like to attend, please let the secretary know - 07852 718342 or email michaelbpollitt@btinternet.com For the rest of the programme please see What'sOn (Diary) tab on the left.
[05/09/25]
Cathedral memorial service - There was hardly an empty seat in the nave at Norwich Cathedral for the service of thanksgiving for the life of a longstanding club member David Douglas Moar, MBE, on Thursday, September 4. A total of 550 attended the service, which included the eulogy by his sister Davina Simons, who said that her brother had co-founded the charity in 1980 with a fund-raising event at Claxton village hall. In a tribute by Karen Vincent, chief executive of the Big C Cancer Charity.
it has now raised more than £46m and about £3m a year. His son, James, also read one of the lessons while the other was given by the Lord-Liuetenant of Norfolk, the Lady Dannatt. The club was well represented by about 40 memembers including the president, George Gay. A collection was taken for the Big C.
[05/09/25]
Remarkable career - farmer, broadcaster and journalist David Richardson -Norfolk farmer David Richardson, OBE, who died aged 87 on August 18, was one of the subjects featured on BBC Radio 4's obituary progrmme, Last Word. The club's secretary Michael Pollitt, who was the agricultural editor of the Eastern Daily Press until 2014, was asked by the BBC's programme presenter John Wilson to recall some of the highlights. If you missed the broadcast on Last Friday's Last Word, it can be heard on BBC Sounds - go to Last Word, August 29, 2025. An obituary is also on the RNAA's website. [01/09/25]
Memorial service - A diary note, a memorial service will be held at Norwich Cathedral on Thursday, September 4 (2pm) to remember a long-standing club member, David Moar, who was a co-founder of the Big C Cancer Charity. It has raised more than £46m in the past five decades.
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