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 and workshop booking information, where applicable), you must be signed up to the Branch News & Events - Talks & Workshops mailing list.
When:
7.30pm
Wednesday 10 September
Talk & speaker TBA
Wednesday 17 September (online)
Alasdair Reid, John Simpson & speaker TBA – SOC Branch Survey Work
Wednesday 8 October
Teresa Frost – Insights and impacts from waterbird monitoring
Wednesday 15 October (online)
Dr. Stephen Moss – Britain’s Favourite Birds
Wednesday 12 November
Glyn Young – Saving the Madagascar Pochard
Wednesday 19 November (online)
Douglas Russell – Interesting Bird Nests & Eggs – writing a popular book on 250 years of avian architecture
Wednesday 10 December
Ken White – Patagonia Part 2
Wednesday 10 December (online)
Laurie Campbell – Photographing birds: more than just the species
Wednesday 7 January
Chris Rollie – South Atlantic and Antarctica
Wednesday 21 January (online)
Adam Nicolson – Birds in the Hebrides and a Sussex wood; Q & A
Wednesday 11 February
Ian Bainbridge – The East Atlantic Flyway for coastal birds
Wednesday 18 February (online)
Liz Myhill – Evocative encounters with the natural world; a talk & demonstration
Wednesday 11 March
Steve Willis – Tracking Cuckoos: changing technology and new discoveries
Wednesday 18 March (online)
Prof. Tim Birkhead – The Most Perfect Thing; Q & A
Wednesday 8 April
Malcolm Haddow – Woodland habitats and the life in and beneath the canopy
Wednesday 15 April (online)
Prof. Claire Spottiswoode – Show me the honey: communication between people and wild birds in Africa
Contact:
Heather Stevenson, tel: 01387 248535
Venue for indoor meetings:
Dumfries Baptist Church Centre, Gillbrae Rd DG1 4EJ (click here for a map of the venue and surrounding area).
