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 meeting will be emailed to members around a week in advance of the event. To receive these emails (including Zoom joining instructions ad workshop booking information, where applicable), you must be signed up to the Branch News & Events - Talks & Workshops mailing list.
When:
7.30pm
Wednesday 3 September (online)
Andrew Whitelee – Construction sites and birds: it’s not all bad news
Wednesday 17 September (online)
Alasdair Reid, John Simpson & speaker TBA – SOC Branch Survey Work
Wednesday 8 October
Alan Knox – Out of the dark: breeding Nightjars in NE Scotland
Thursday 16 October (online) NB change of date from originally advertised
Dr. Stephen Moss – Britain’s Favourite Birds
Wednesday 5 November
Chris Rose – How to be a wildlife artist: a painting demonstration
Wednesday 19 November (online)
Douglas Russell – Interesting Bird Nests & Eggs: writing a popular book on 250 years of avian architecture
Wednesday 3 December
Members’ Night & annual Christmas quiz
Wednesday 10 December (online)
Laurie Campbell – Photographing birds: more than just the species
Thursday 4 December (online)
The Great Auk – Q & A with Prof. Tim Birkhead
Tuesday 6 January (online)
Ellie Owen – Looking after a million seabirds: NTS’s work to protect and restore Scotland’s seabirds
Wednesday 21 January (online)
Adam Nicolson – Birds in the Hebrides and a Sussex wood; Q & A
Tuesday 3 February (online)
David Steel – Isle of May
Wednesday 18 February (online)
Liz Myhill – Evocative encounters with the natural world; a talk & demonstration
Wednesday 4 March
Rachel Steenson – Spring with the Midlothian Dippers
Wednesday 18 March (online)
Prof. Tim Birkhead – The Most Perfect Thing; Q & A
Wednesday 1 April
AGM and Talk & speaker TBA
Wednesday 15 April (online)
Prof. Claire Spottiswoode – Show me the honey: communication between people and wild birds in Africa
Contact:
Nina O'Hanlon on 07810 300392 or send Nina an email.
Venue for indoor meetings:
Castletown Heritage Centre, Harbour Road, Castletown, Caithness, KW14 8TG (click here to view a map of the venue and surrounding area)
