Events Calendar
List of all upcoming Field Trips and Evening Programs
Oct 2025
Nature Vancouver Monthly Board Meeting
07/Oct/2025 at 7:00 pm - 9:00 pmThe Nature Vancouver Board meets on the first Tuesday of every month except August. The purpose of the board is to provide governance for the society. Meeting agenda items are aimed at setting…
Birdwatching at Reifel Refuge
08/Oct/2025 at 9:00 am - 12:00 pmBirdwatching at Reifel Refuge. Meet Leader Thomas Plath at 9 AM (778 928-9206; tomplath@telus.net) at the entrance to the Reifel Bird Sanctuary for a half day birding excursion. If you are not a…
Sea Spiders of the Salish Sea (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida - Cormac Toler-Scott
09/Oct/2025 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pmThe Pycnogonida, commonly known as sea spiders, is a class of marine arthropods (animals with jointed appendages and an exoskeleton) that originated around 500 million years ago during the early diversification of the…
Easy Urban Birding in Vanier Park
10/Oct/2025 at 8:15 am - 11:00 amJoin trip leader Christine Balkwill for a thorough exploration of this wonderful little park on the edge of False Creek. The small pond affords good views and we'll take our time to consider…
Bird Walk at Burnaby Mountain North Road Hydro Cut, October 11, 8am
11/Oct/2025 at 8:00 am - 11:00 amJoin leaders Jan Lowcock and Neill Vanhinsberg for a walk at the base of Burnaby Mountain. This is a new spot for Jan and we haven’t done a walk here before so it…
🌿Nomenclature: Naming Parts of Woody Trees and Shrubs -- Nina Shoroplova
16/Oct/2025 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pmNina Shoroplova is the author and photographer of Legacy of Trees: Purposeful Wandering in Vancouver’s Stanley Park. She is also a Master Gardener of BC, and leads tree-identification walks with Stanley Park Ecology…
Birding for Beginners at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, October 19, 9am
19/Oct/2025 at 9:00 am - 12:00 pmThis is a Welcome Walk outing Meet leaders John Chandler and Neill Vanhinsberg at 9 AM by the Gift Shop at Reifel Bird Sanctuary for a half day birding excursion. If you are…
Lighthouse Park old-growth forest ecology & mushroom tour in Lighthouse Park
20/Oct/2025 at 11:00 am - 3:00 pmA combined Lighthouse Park Preservation Society and Nature Vancouver field trip. It will be mushroom season & we will see what the rain has brought us. Trip leader: David Cook (Biologist). By registration: Register with…
Signs of Life: Field Notes from the Frontlines of Extinction — author Sarah Cox
23/Oct/2025 at 7:30 pm - 9:00 pmSarah Cox is an author and environmental journalist based in Victoria. B.C. Speaking about her latest book, Signs of Life: Field Notes from the Frontlines of Extinction, Sarah will talk about the increasingly…
Welcome Bird Walk for Beginners at Queen Elizabeth Park, October 25 9am
25/Oct/2025 at 9:00 am - 11:30 amKelvin Yip and Neill Vanhinsberg will co-lead a walk around the park checking duck ponds, wooded areas and gardens for late migrants and winter resident birds. The walk will start at 9 AM…