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
Thursday 4 September
Jenny Gill – Using large-scale citizen science data to understand the drivers of population change in long-distance migratory birds
Wednesday 17 September (online)
Alasdair Reid, John Simpson & speaker TBA – SOC Branch Survey Work
Thursday 2 October
Talk & speaker TBA
Thursday 16 October (online) NB change of date from originally advertised
Dr. Stephen Moss – Britain’s Favourite Birds
Thursday 6 November
Kevin Sinclair – East Renfrewshire’s Tree Sparrows – back from the brink: a community success story
Wednesday 19 November (online)
Douglas Russell – Interesting Bird Nests & Eggs – writing a popular book on 250 years of avian architecture
Thursday 4 December
Members’ Night
Wednesday 10 December (online)
Laurie Campbell – Photographing birds: more than just the species
Thursday 8 January
Derek Robertson – Drawn from Observation
Wednesday 21 January (online)
Adam Nicolson – Birds in the Hebrides and a Sussex wood; Q & A
Thursday 5 February
Prof. Will Cresswell – Corn Buntings in Fife: a success story of conservation conversations
Wednesday 18 February (online)
Liz Myhill – Evocative encounters with the natural world; a talk & demonstration
Thursday 5 March
Daisy Burnell – Seabirds Count
Wednesday 18 March (online)
Prof. Tim Birkhead – The Most Perfect Thing; Q & A
Thursday 2 April
AGM & Rachael Wilbourn – Motus tracking of Rock Pipits in the East Neuk of Fife: an update
Wednesday 15 April (online)
Prof. Claire Spottiswoode – Show me the honey: communication between people and wild birds in Africa
Contact:
Jan Christin (Interim Secretary)
Venue for in-person meetings:
Venue details: Glasite Hall, St Andrews Parish Church, King Street, Dundee, DD1 2JB, next to the Wellgate Centre (click here for a map of the venue and surrounding area). Parking is available on site, and details of the barrier entry code will be included with the talks reminders, which are sent out around a week ahead of each event.
