Not wanting to throw a spanner in the works, but WAB meetings don't exactly set any record attendance figures for wildlife biased days out.
I've thoroughly enjoyed the ones I have attended, and intend to do many more of them, assuming I can fit it into my schedule.
Why don't we push for a visit to a centrally positioned Nature Reserve (Clumber Park, Rutland Water, Carsington Res. to name a few?) and all enjoy what we enjoy doing:
watching wildlife, taking photo's, talking about both subjects and eating?
The problem is usually the organisation of these things, and somebody needs to own it and follow it through. (Due to some difficult personal circumstances I'm not able to volunteer for this task at the moment!)