SHEFFIELD photographer and naturalist Mark Hamblin, whose work appears in countless books and magazines, is in Bolton on Thursday to give a slide talk "A Photo Naturalist's Diary".

It is organised by the Bolton Group of the RSPB, but is open to non-members. It starts at 7.30pm at Smithills School, Smithills Dean Road.

On Saturday, October 13, the group is having a full day car trip to the RSPB's Spurn Point reserve on Humberside, meeting at Birch Services on the M62 at 7.30am.