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 December
David Hunter – Building a new 60-acre nature reserve in Aberdeen for RGU

Wednesday 10 December (online)
Laurie Campbell – Photographing birds: more than just the species

Monday 5 January
Raymond Duncan – Bird ringing in Grampian with Grampian Ringing Group

Wednesday 21 January (online)
Adam Nicolson – Birds in the Hebrides and a Sussex wood; Q & A

Monday 2 February
Leah Gray – Interactions between agricultural land management and predation on the breeding success of wading birds on Orkney

Wednesday 18 February (online)
Liz Myhill – Evocative encounters with the natural world; a talk & demonstration

Monday 2 March
Moray Souter – Stonechats and Glen Dye

Wednesday 18 March (online)
Prof. Tim Birkhead – The Most Perfect Thing; Q & A

Monday 6 April
AGM & Mark Bolton – Storm Petrel travels

Wednesday 15 April (online)
Prof. Claire Spottiswoode – Show me the honey: communication between people and wild birds in Africa

Contact:

John Wills
01467 651296

Venue for in-person meetings:

Meeting Room 1, The Sir Duncan Rice Library, University of Aberdeen, Bedford Road, AB24 3AA - click here to view a map of the venue and surrounding area. The October meeting, held in conjunction with the local RSPB group, will be held at Zoology Lecture Theatre, Tillydrone Avenue, Aberdeen AB24 2TZ (map).