INDOOR MEETINGS
Our indoor meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from September to May and are held at St Andrews Church Hall, Newmarket Street, Skipton starting at 1930. Please note that this season the December, 2008 meeting will be on the first Wednesday of the month.
There is ample free car parking in the main car park behind Skipton Town Hall to the north as well as the small car park to the east of the hall and on Newmarket Street itself. Car parking in front of St Andrew's Church Hall is limited and will be restricted to disabled persons, our speaker and those needing close access e.g. with boxes etc. If you need to drop someone off, please remove vehicles as quickly as possible. Please respect these requests.
You will be made very welcome whether or not you have been before. If it's your first meeting please introduce yourself to any one of the committee members. It's nice to see new faces and meet new friends!
Entrance Fees: Adults £3.00 Children 50p
Tea/coffee/soft drink included at indoor meetings.
Below is a list of our meetings in the current programme.
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 |
A Life of Ospreys Roy Dennis |
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Since this is a talk by a highly popular speaker, it will be an all-ticket event. Tickets, at the normal price, will be available by calling 07792-501691. |
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Roy Dennis is a field ornithologist and wildlife consultant who has worked in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland since 1959. He directed Fair Isle Bird Observatory from 1963 to 1970 and is its current Chairman. From 1970 to 1990 he was the RSPB's senior officer in Northern Scotland. Since 1991 he has been a wildlife consultant and in 1996 set up the Highland Foundation for Wildlife. He is a specialist in raptor conservation and reintroduction having been involved with Osprey, Red kite, Golden Eagle and Sea Eagle and his recent satellite tracking of migratory raptors has broken new ground and given great interest to the public via his map based website. |
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OCTOBER 14, 2009 |
From Mitilini to Antalya... My Quest for the Balkan 10 Mike McKavett |
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Mike has been photographing birds for 40 years, especially abroad and is regarded as one of the best bird photographers in the business, to which those of you who saw his first talk to our group in 2007 about India's "Jewel in the Crown" will testify. |
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NOVEMBER 11, 2009 |
The RSPB in Northern England Laurence Rose |
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Laurence has worked for the RSPB since 1983, including 10 years running the society's European programme, before becoming director of the Northern England Region. He sees the region as one of the most beautiful and diverse in the country, offering a contrasting and stunning variety of landscapes and important wildlife habitats. From the fells of Cumbria and the Pennine hills, to lowland farmland and important wetlands associated with major river valleys, it is an area full of interest and variety. Laurence will tell us what the RSPB is doing to safeguard the birds and their habitats in this wonderful area. |
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DECEMBER 9, 2009 |
Ethiopia... The Roof of Africa John Mather |
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John has been involved in ornithology since boyhood and has held many posts in both local and national organisations. This includes having been President as well as Ornithological Recorder for the Yorkshire Naturalists Union and has served on the "British Birds" rarities committee and the British Ornithologists' Union records committee including three years as Chairman. John has travelled widely in Africa. His talk is an account of a visit to this less well known birding destination in February 2005, seeing 380 species of bird including many endemics. 42 birds of prey and 26 mammals including Ethiopian Wolf and Mountain Nyala. He visited the Rift Valley Lakes, the Bale Mountains, Awash National Park, the source of the Blue Nile and the deep gorges for Gelanda Baboons. |
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JANUARY 13, 2010 |
Birding around Filey Ian Robinson |
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This presentation follows Filey through the seasons, looking at birds, butterflies, flowers, dragonflies and mammals. Following the progress of FBOG (Filey Brigg Ornithological Group and Bird Observatory Ltd,) over the last 30years, it includes the creation and management of local nature reserves at Filey Dams, Parish Wood, The Old Tip, Totem Pole Field and East Lea. |
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FEBRUARY 10, 2010 |
Aren't Birds Brilliant Stuart Meredith |
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Stuart, who is regarded as one of the most humorous speakers on the circuit, has in the past worked for the RSPB, the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and Lancashire Wildlife Trust. He currently runs the Fylde based bird watching tour company Ribble Bird Tours. |
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MARCH 10, 2010 |
An Evening including RSPB films "Waterlands" and "Silver Meadows" Adrian Shepherd |
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"Waterlands" is the latest RSPB DVD which was filmed over three years by the RSPB's award winning film unit. It offers a privileged view into the lives of many thousands of birds, mammals and insects that make their home in the reedbeds, salt marshes, and flower-rich wet meadows of the UK. Panoramic vistas of flocking wading birds reveal the vast extent of wetland needed for species to survive. |
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APRIL 14, 2010 |
Birding the Florida Coast Alan Gladwin |
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Alan and Arleen Gladwin live in the Peak District and when Alan took early retirement in 1991 they started a part time picture library, supplying photographs to many organisations such as local authorities, museums, the advertising media as well as private individuals. They are experienced naturalists who have travelled widely in Europe and made extensive trips farther afield including the USA. Alan has two talks on Florida. Part 1 covers the interior. Part 2, which is mainly coastal, is his talk on this visit. |
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MAY 12, 2010 |
The Birds of Teesmouth James Monroe |
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This is a DVD transferred from the original 16 mm film taken in the 1960's. It was filmed by James Munroe with sound by John Kirby, the same team who made the film "Where the Curlew Calls" which thrilled us last year. It shows Teesmouth before the large scale industrial development of today. It is, however, none the worse for that and shows some very interesting bird activities. A bit of nostalgia for those who knew Teesmouth of old and a good reminder to the rest of us that we still don't know all there is to know about bird behaviour. |
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ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING |
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Summer break |
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SEPTEMBER 8, 2010 |
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To be announced |
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OCTOBER 14, 2010 |
Life Over 1,000 Feet Keith Offord |
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More details later |
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NOVEMBER 10, 2010 |
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To be announced |
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DECEMBER 8, 2010 |
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To be announced |
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Non-members are welcome at all our events.
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