You can find out about our Dumfries branch below.
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Talks
Venue:
Cumberland St Day Centre, Dumfries (off Brooms Rd Car Park), DG1 2JX (click here for a map of the venue and surrounding area).
SOC Dumfries Branch – Northumberland Trip – April 2016
When:
On the following Wednesdays at 7.30pm:
12 Sep 2018 Chris Rollie – Ring Ouzels
10 Oct 2018 Graham Wren – Forty years on the Farne Islands
14 Nov 2018 Hayley Douglas – Tag-n-Track: Lesser Black-backed Gulls as you’ve never seen them before
12 Dec 2018 Angus Hogg – The Western Isles: Birding on the edge
09 Jan 2019 Mick Durham – Wildlife of Shetland
13 Feb 2019 Keith Brockie – The Teuchat Glen: Wildlife on a Highland Perthshire estate
13 Mar 2019 Kat Keogan – Timing of breeding of seabirds in a changing climate: From a local to a global perspective
10 Apr 2019 AGM & Bob McGowan – A moving experience: the installation of the NMS bird collections in a new building at Granton, Edinburgh
Contact:
Lesley Creamer, Braeside, Virginhall, Thornhill, DG3 4AD. Send Lesley an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 01848 330821
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Outings
More outing dates will be added in due course.
Contact:
Lesley Creamer, 01848 330821 or send Lesley an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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Branch Committee
Secretary:
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Chair:
John Riddet
Treasurer:
Alex Banwell
Committee members:
Christine Dudgeon, Drew Davidson, Edmund Fellowes, Monica Callander and Robin Thomson
Representative on SOC Council:
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Dumfries and Galloway recorder:
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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.
Forums/News group:
Dumfries and Galloway Birding (Yahoo) groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/dumfriesandgallowaybirding
Nearby branches of the SOC
Find out more about Stewartry branch Visit the West Galloway branch page
Birdwatching in Dumfries
Click here for a guide of recommended sites to visit and to download a free, full-colour birdwatching guide produced by D&G Council Ranger Service. Or pick up your copy of the guide at evening meetings, for a suggested donation of 50p, while stocks last.
Bird recording in this area
Visit the Dumfries & Galloway recording area page for details of the latest bird report, back issues, species considered locally and for Local Recorder contact information.
