Talks
We're delighted to share details of the meetings season (September 2024 - April 2025) for members to enjoy. The full list, which will be held as a hybrid (online/in-person) programme, will be added to the website in due course.
More information about each talk will be emailed to members around a week in advance of the event. To receive these emails (including Zoom joining instructions for online meetings), you must be signed up to the Branch News & Events - Talks & Workshops mailing list.
When:
7.30pm
Mon 3 Feb
Douglas Barr – Fair Island Bird Observatory: past, present and future
Wed 19 Feb
Dr Mark Eaton – Rare breeding birds (online)
Mon 3 Mar
Nick Littlewood – Twenty years bodging around Blackdog
Wed 19 Mar
Dr Guy Anderson – How to save migratory birds: contrasting approaches for Turtle Dove and Swift in the UK (online)
Mon 7 Apr
AGM & Neil Calbrade – Monitoring migratory geese and swans in the UK
Wed 16 Apr Darren Woodhead & Chris Rose – Capturing the spirit of birds (online)
Contact:
John Wills
01467 651296
Venue for in-person meetings:
NOTE CHANGE IN VENUE TO PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED: In-person meetings will be held at Room MR613, MacRobert Building, University of Aberdeen AB24 3FX (tower block on corner of King Street & St Machar Drive - click here to view a map of the venue and surrounding area).
Branch Committee
Secretary:
John Wills, 01467 651296
Chair & representative of the branch on SOC Council:
Alan Knox
Treasurer:
Mark Sullivan
Committee Members:
Ian Broadbent (ex officio as Branch Recorder) and Claire Marsden
North-East Scotland recorder:
Other Information
Talks reminders:
Members who've consented to Local Branch news and events e-communications from SOC, are sent a reminder about forthcoming talks (with more information on the speaker and subject where possible), usually a week or so in advance of the meeting. If you don’t already receive these alerts and would like to, please make sure you've completed a Mailing List Consent Form to allow the Club to contact you. If you've already completed a form, check your junk/spam/clutter folders to make sure our emails aren't landing there. Still nothing? Contact Headquarters as we may not have a correct or up to date email address on file for you.
Branch Newsletter:
North-East Scotland Branch Newsletter is published once or twice annually and emailed to branch members, as well as being made available to view below. The newsletter shares details of notable bird sightings and records in the region, research and survey developments and updates, branch news and activities and often includes contributions from the Grampian Ringing Group.
Click here to read back issues of the branch newsletter.
Social media:
Facebook: Type ‘ABZ Rare Birds’ in the search bar
Bird watching in NE Scotland
Click here for our guide to Birdwatching the Ythan Estuary
Visit the RSPB’s Loch of Strathbeg nature reserve website
Bird recording in this area
Visit the North-East Scotland recording area page for details of the latest bird reports, back issues, species considered locally and for Local Recorder contact information.
The Breeding Birds of North-East Scotland
Click here to read about this atlas, which covers Moray, Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen City.
