We're delighted to share details of the meetings season (September 2025 - April 2026) for members to enjoy. This year’s programme will be held as a hybrid (online/in-person) programme.
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
Monday 8 September
Glyn Young – Saving the Madagascar Pochard
Wednesday 17 September (online)
Alasdair Reid, John Simpson & speaker TBA – SOC Branch Survey Work
Monday 13 October
Mike Thornton – A study of the changing diet of urban Sparrowhawks in Edinburgh: combining garden bird surveys and raptor monitoring data
Thursday 16 October (online) NB change of date from originally advertised
Dr. Stephen Moss – Britain’s Favourite Birds
Monday 10 November
Bob Swann – Are Buzzards in trouble?
Wednesday 19 November (online)
Douglas Russell – Interesting Bird Nests & Eggs – writing a popular book on 250 years of avian architecture
Monday 8 December
John Walker – Jacomars, Jaguars and more from the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest to the Pantanal
Wednesday 10 December (online)
Laurie Campbell – Photographing birds: more than just the species
Monday 12 January
Steve Willis – Looking ahead to the Bird Atlas 2027 - 2031
Wednesday 21 January (online)
Adam Nicolson – Birds in the Hebrides and a Sussex wood; Q & A
Monday 9 February
Prof. Tim Birkhead – The Great Auk: its Extraordinary Life, Hideous Death and Mysterious Afterlife
Wednesday 18 February (online)
Liz Myhill – Evocative encounters with the natural world; a talk & demonstration
Monday 9 March
Laurie Campbell – My time with Golden Eagles
Wednesday 18 March (online)
Prof. Tim Birkhead – The Most Perfect Thing; Q & A
Monday 13 April
AGM & Members’ Night
Wednesday 15 April (online)
Prof. Claire Spottiswoode – Show me the honey: communication between people and wild birds in Africa
Contact:
John Turner, email
Venue for in-person meetings:
Eildon Suite, Melrose Rugby Club, Greenyards, Melrose TD6 9SA (click here to view a map of the venue and surrounding area)
