Meetings & Trips

Indoor Meetings

 

Indoor meetings are usually held in the University Arts Tower Lecture Theatre 5, on the second Wednesday of each month (except July and August) and include: an illustrated talk by an ornithologist of local or national standing, news of forthcoming events, features on identification and local habitats and recent bird news from the Sheffield area.

 

Meetings start at 7:15pm and finish by 9:30pm, and are free to members; non-members welcome, a £2 fee applies for temporary membership.

 

Meetings for the year 2012 are as follows :

 

Date

Speaker

Subject

Location

January Clive McKay This Birding Life University Arts Tower LT5
February Tim Melling Wild Western Canada University Arts Tower LT5
March AGM Includes 2011 Review of the Year University Arts Tower LT5
April Jon Hornbuckle 40 Years of World Birding University Arts Tower LT5
May Tim Birkhead Bird Sense - what it's like to be a bird University Arts Tower LT5
September Ian Newton The Sparrowhawk University Arts Tower LT5
October

Derek Yalden

Common Sandpipers University Arts Tower LT5
November Keith Clarkson Changes in Yorkshire's Bird Populations University Arts Tower LT5
December Kevin Gould 40 years of the SBSG - a Recorder's Perspective University Arts Tower LT5

 

The SBSG Committee reserves the right to amend the programme and/or make a small admission charge as necessary, giving as much notice as circumstances allow.

 

Local Field Meetings


Local field meetings for 2012 are planned as follows, with more detail provided on the Homepage:

 

January Poolsbrook/Carr Vale Winter Birding
February Blackburn Meadows Ringing Demonstration
March Derwentdale Raptors
April Orgreave Lakes/Bolehill Flash Waders and Wagtails
May Padley Gorge Migrants
June Sheffield - Moorland Fringe Evening Birds
September Ramsley Reservoir Ringing demonstration and pot luck
October Redmires Visible Migration
December Site tbc. Winter Wildfowl

Local field trips are free to members; non-members welcome, a £2 fee applies for temporary membership.

 

 

The SBSG Committee reserves the right to amend the programme as necessary, giving as much notice as crcumstances allow.

 

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