You can find out about our Central Scotland branch below.

Talks

We're delighted to share details of the meetings season (September 2023 - April 2024) for members to enjoy. This year's programme will be a held as a hybrid (online/in-person) programme. 

More information about each meeting will be emailed to members around a week in advance of the event. To receive these emails (including Zoom joining instructions and workshop booking information, where applicable), you must be signed up to the Branch News & Events - Talks & Workshops mailing list.

When:

 7.30pm

 

 

Wednesday 20 March 2024
Dr. Phil Atkinson (BTO), Dr. Jude Lane (RSPB) & Jenny Park (NatureScot) – Avian flu (online). For further information, please click here.

Wednesday 17 April 2024
Helen Aiton, Michal Jezierski & Kevin and Mike Sinclair – SOC Endowment Fund Projects (online). For further information, please click here.

Contact:

Neil Bielby

01786 823 830

Venue:

In-person meetings will be held in the General Purpose Room, The Allan Centre, Fountain Road, Bridge of Allan, FK9 4AT (click here to view a map of the venue and surrounding area). This is on the doorstep of the University of Stirling and students are always very welcome to attend!

Outings

Outings details will be sent to SOC Central Scotland branch members by email, if you have signed up for these (or click here if you haven't already done so). Alternatively please contact Neil Bielby.                                               

14-20 March                    

Islay (long weekend). Please email Rick Goater if you would like to join him for a few days; participants would need to book their own travel and accommodation.

Contact:

Neil Bielby 01786 823 830 or send Neil an email

Branch Committee

Secretary and Treasurer

Neil Bielby, 01786 823 830

Chair:

Rick Goater 

Vice-chair:

Eilidh McNab (co-opted)

Outdoor Meetings Organiser:

Vacant

Committee members:

Roger Gooch, Roger Stewart, Danni Thompson, Billy Thomson, Ken Wilkinson

Upper Forth recorder:

Chris Pendlebury

Assistant recorder:

 Neil Bielby (as above)

Other Information

Talks and outings 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. A similar reminder service operates for outings. 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.

Social media:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/UpperForthBirds or type ‘Upper Forth Birds’ in the search bar
Twitter: www.twitter.com/upperforthbirds

Branch newsletter

Central Scotland branch's newsletter Whinchat is periodically emailed to branch members and includes details of branch talks, outings and activities locally as well as summaries of recent outings and other branch-related news. Read the latest issue here. Archive issues can be found here.

Birdwatching in the area

Click here for a guide to Birdwatching the Upper Forth

The Birds of Clackmannanshire

For the first time ever, the birdlife of Clackmannanshire has been systematically recorded to produce an ornithological atlas for the County. Click here to read more about it.

Bird recording

Visit the Upper Forth recording area page for details of the latest bird report, back issues, species considered locally and for Local Recorder contact information.