Tayside

We're delighted to share details of the meetings season (September 2023 - April 2024) for members to enjoy. Full details of the hybrid (online/in-person) programme, will be added to the website in due course. 

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

Thursday 7 December 2023
Members' Night (in-person)

Wednesday 13 December 2023
Prof. Debbie Pain – Lead from ammunition: A toxic problem affecting birds and other animals (online). For further information, please click here.     

Thursday 4 January 2024
Speaker & subject TBA (in-person)

Wednesday 17 January 2024
Q & A with Prof. Tim Birkhead & Prof. Neil Metcalfe – The Great Auk (online). For further information, please click here. 

Thursday 1 February 2024
David Raffle – How to make your birdwatching count (in-person)

Wednesday 21 February 2024
Ros Green, Claudia Tapia & speaker TBA – Tracking birds' movements (online). For further information, please click here.

Thursday 7 March 2024
Scott Paterson – Learning bird sounds Workshop (in-person, with Fife Branch). Booking required - places limited

With spring approaching, there’s no better time to get to grips with learning bird sounds. Scott Paterson’s informal and relaxed workshop will tackle the how and why of bird sounds, with practical hints and tips to help with their sometimes daunting identification in the field. He’ll focus on common species and look ahead to the arrival of summer migrants.

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

Thursday 4 April 2024
AGM and Talk & speaker TBA (in-person)

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

Contact:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 07708 547175 (Secretary)

Venue for in-person meetings:

Venue details: Glasite Hall, St Andrews Parish Church, King Street, Dundee, DD1 2JB, next to the Wellgate Centre (click here for a map of the venue and surrounding area). Parking is available on site, and details of the barrier entry code will be included with the talks reminders, which are sent out around a week ahead of each event. 

All meets are joint with Angus & Dundee Bird Club; members are urged to carshare wherever possible.

No outings are currently planned.  Updates will be provided here in due course.

Contact:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 07708 547175 (Secretary)

Secretary and representative of the branch on SOC Council:

This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., 07708 547175

Chair:

Anne Reid

Treasurer:

Jan Christin

Committee members:

Ron Downing, Maria O'Neill, Mike Sedakat

Angus and Dundee recorder and Technical Expert:

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Perth and Kinross recorder:

Position vacant. To submit bird records for Perth & Kinross, please visit the BirdTrack website.

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.

AGM minutes:

Please click here for the 2022-23 AGM minutes.

Branch minutes:

All minutes and reports from both committee and AGM meetings are available on request from the Branch Secretary This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Forum/News group:

Angus Birding News Forum www.angusbirding.com. This internet forum is open to all to use and is run by Angus and Dundee Bird Club, however it is necessary to register prior to use, but this just requires an email to the webmaster (details are on the website).

Birdwatching in Tayside

Click here for our guide to Birding the Angus coast and here for a list of recommended sites to visit in Perth & Kinross

All abilities guide to birdwatching in Angus 

Click here for a guide to all abilities bird watching locations in Angus 

Bird recording in this area

Visit the Angus and Dundee and Perth and Kinross recording area pages for details of the latest bird reports, back issues, species considered locally and for Local Recorder contact information.

Kinross Bird Atlas

During fieldwork for BirdAtlas 2007-11, data for the old county of Kinross was gathered from all of its 71 tetrads. It was originally intended to publish the data as a separate atlas, but a problem with the mapping meant that the project had to be re-considered. It is now hoped that the Kinross data might be combined with the Fife atlas data and the resulting combined maps made available on a CD. This is still in hand and no end date is currently available. Any queries should be directed to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..