We're delighted to share details of the meetings season (September 2024 - April 2025) for members to enjoy. This year's programme will be a 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:
Online talks are held at 7.30pm; in-person talks are held at 2.30pm except 12 Sep (7.30pm)
Thu 12 Sep
Crystal Maw – Ailsa Craig adventures and seabird shenanigans; monitoring wildlife on Paddy’s milestone (7.30pm)
Wed 18 Sep
Jonathan Meiburg – The Caracaras would like to meet you: introducing the world’s smartest and strangest birds of prey (online, 7.30pm)
Thu 10 Oct
Larry Griffin – Hidden in plain sight: revealing the intricate lives of a lesser loved goose, the Greylag (2.30pm)
Wed 16 Oct
Dave Parish, NatureScot – Stepping up efforts to save Scotland’s critically endangered Chough (online, 7.30pm)
Thu 14 Nov
Gavin Ross, NWCU – National Wildlife Crime Unit investigations (2.30pm)
Wed 20 Nov
Ian Thomson, RSPB – Ending raptor persecution on Scotland’s grouse moors? (online, 7.30pm)
Thu 5 Dec
Peter Jordan – A birder’s journey through South Texas (2.30pm)
Dates for January-April 2025 will be announced in due course.
Contact:
Joan Howie
01644 420 280
Venue for indoor meetings:
Village Hall, Balmaclellan DG7 3QE (two miles east of New Galloway - click here for a map of the surrounding area)
