Highland

Venue:

Culloden Library, Keppoch Road, Culloden, Inverness, IV2 7LL (click here for a map of the venue and surrounding area).

When:

The following Tuesdays at 7.30pm:

04 Sep 2018   Molly Doubleday – Capercaillies: The story so far

02 Oct 2018    Hannah Riley – Tag-n-Track: Lesser Black-backed Gulls as you’ve never seen them before

06 Nov 2018    Brian Minshull – (Stalking) Scotland’s Bean Geese

04 Dec 2018   Peter Mayhew – Is the Cairngorms National Park a ‘farce, run for a tiny minority’?

08 Jan 2019    Bob Swann – Highland Owls and Tracking Canna’s seabirds

05 Feb 2019    Sophie Edwards – Nest building and Blue Tits in a changing climate

05 Mar 2019     Keith Brockie – The Teuchat Glen: Wildlife on a Highland Perthshire estate        

09 Apr 2019    AGM & speaker to be announced
 

Contact:

Kathy Bonniface, send Kathy an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 01808 511740

There are two outdoor trips per month over the branch outing season – a full day outing on a Saturday or Sunday and a Thursday morning outing. On our outdoor trips, the aim is not just to see the largest number of birds, but to find and watch and enjoy. We think the pleasure comes from birdwatching with like-minded people, learning identification skills, enjoying the splendid sights and taking delighted in the unexpected find. If this whets your appetite and you feel you would enjoy these field trips, then you’d be most welcome to come along.

Meet at:

Meet at 9.00am (9.15am Thursdays) at Inverness Retail Park, near Burger King. Weekend excursions are full day, Thursdays are usually mornings only. Please contact the trip leader for other meeting place options.

Sat. Sept 8^th       Ullapool – Stornoway Ferry.   (Lynda Graham and Peter Stronach).

Contact:

Kathy Bonniface, 01808 511740 or send Kathy an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or contact the leader. 

Secretary:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Alt Dubh, North End, Tomatin, IV13 7YP, Tel 01808 511740

Chair:

David Bain

Treasurer:

Lynda Graham

Committee members:

Jon Clarke, Alastair McNee, Carol Miller, Alex Joss, Susan Seright and Peter Stronach

Committee member & Representative of the branch on SOC Council:

Peter Gordon

Highland recorder:

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Outer Hebrides recorder:

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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 grapevine:

An email sightings service, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Al McNee to be added to the mailing list.

Branch website:

Highland Birds http://www.highlandbirds.scot/ is a website run by and for members of Highland branch, as well as visitors to the region. The site details all the latest bird sightings, as well as giving information on where to go birding. There is a recording page showing how to submit your records, as well as agallery of previous rarities and information on how to to purchase the Highland Bird Report.

Birdwatching in the area

The Highland Branch website, Highland Birds, should be your first port of call for information on where to birdwatch across the Highland region.

Planning a trip to the Outer Hebrides? Click here for a list of recommended sites to visit

Bird recording in this area

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

Highland Bird News- Archive

Click here to view archive issues of the branch's local newsletter, Highland Bird News. 

Highland Bird Report Gazetteer

SOC Highland branch has produced a gazetteer, listing almost 2600 site names referred to in the Highland Bird Report and their grid references. This can be downloaded from the Highland recording area page.