Announcements
Diary dates
Poolsbrook/Carr Vale in January - CANCELLED
Sadly this event cannot go ahead owing to a lack of gulls at Poolsbrook and non-availability of a trip leader with good local knowledge of Carr Vale. Ringing demonstration at Blackburn Meadows February 4th 08.30 This local event will be hosted by Kev Bower. Meet at in the car park at SK 412922, see here for directions and map. Wed Feb 8th 2012 - Tim Melling - Wild West Canada Sheffield University Arts Tower, Lecture Theatre 5, 7:15 pm
Dr Tim Melling is the RSPB’s Senior Conservation Office for the North of England, and former Secretary of the BOU Records Committee.
If that wasn’t enough in itself to convince you of his ornithological credentials, he has a lifelong interest in natural history, gained his PhD in butterfly ecology, is a tour leader for Naturetrek, and came overall second in Radio 4's natural history quiz ‘Wild Brain’. Tim is an accomplished speaker on natural history topics, and will be sharing with us the wonders of Western Canada, in what promises to be an excellent talk.
For the 2012 schedule click here.
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New stuff
Sorby Breck Ringing Report 2011
David W has asked me to give all of us the chance to read the above Report; I found it an interesting alternative take on local ornithology. Click here to download a pdf. Gallery update
Insulted that your pics for the gallery have been ignored? Don't be - I have quite a number to upload but it's a time-consuming activity and before the revised site is launched I'll have to re-upload the whole gallery. So I hope you'll understand that I intend to do the major update after the site revision. Ringing demo details updated See revised item below left. New Orgreave Guide now uploaded
Our thanks are due to Bob Croxton who has made time to write a great guide to the temptations of Orgreave complete with site map. Take a look at it here. You will also find here the sightings from Orgreave for the past year, along with similar new site reports that I've recently uploaded. You can now browse specific reports from 24 SBSG sites. 2012 local trips programme also available
See here for an outline of planned trips. The schedule may be tweaked in order to improve our prospects, so further details will be announced as the time approaches. 2012 speaker programme now available
Roy, ably assisted by Rich Hill, has put together an outstanding programme for our 40th Anniversary year. He has tried to keep things mainly local, attracting key SBSG figures from the past 40 years, whilst also pulling in a several more widely known names to add to the impact of the programme. Have a peek here. A unusual request!!
Tim Birkhead, eminent Professor of Behavioural Ecology, University of Sheffield, needs a good source of owl and kestrel pellets for the forthcoming Children's Science Event at the Octagon. If you know of such a source, please get in touch with Tim by email.
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