We're delighted to share details of the meetings season (September 2024 - April 2025) for members to enjoy. This year's programme will be held as a hybrid (online/in-person) programme. For in-person talks, we request a £2 donation (£3 for non-members) to help cover room hire.
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
Thu 12 Dec
Anthony Wetherhill, BTO – Tracking Goosanders
Thu 9 Jan
Gavin Ross – National Wildlife Crime Unit investigations (please note change of venue from Jan 2025, see below for details)
Wed 15 Jan
Barbara Mearns – Biographies for birders (online)
Thu 13 Feb
Nina O’Hanlon – Skuas
Wed 19 Feb
Dr Mark Eaton – Rare breeding birds (online)
Thu 13 Mar
AGM and Members’ evening
Wed 19 Mar
Dr Guy Anderson – How to save migratory birds: contrasting approaches for Turtle Dove and Swift in the UK (online)
Wed 16 Apr
Darren Woodhead & Chris Rose – Capturing the spirit of birds (online)
Contact:
Chris Thomas, email
Venue for in-person meetings:
Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin IV30 1HS (click here to view a map of the venue and surrounding area). From January 2025 we will move venue - January's meeeting will be held at Elgin Town Hall, 1 Trinity Place, Elgin IV30 1UL. The February and March meetings will be held at Elgin Community Centre, Trinity Rd, Elgin IV30 1UE.
We hope that the branch provides an opportunity for those who share a common interest in birds to meet for regular social occasions. At our indoor meetings we usually have a speaker and the emphasis is on local birds and birding – with plenty of time to get to know those whose names we may recognise but faces we do not!
In addition to evening meetings between autumn and spring, we have regular outings through the year, and offer the opportunity for club members to get involved in some surveys of our local birds. All are welcome to attend these activities, including non-members of the Club. If you are not yet an SOC member and are interested in finding out more information about joining, please email us or visit our Join us page.
