Talks

We're delighted to share details of the meetings season (September 2023 - April 2024) 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:

7.30pm

Wednesday 21 February 2024
Ros Green, Claudia Tapia & speaker TBA – Tracking birds' movements (online). For further information, please click here.

Tuesday 5 March 2024   
Stuart Benn – past, present and future (in-person)

Stuart Benn is one of the most experienced Golden Eagle workers in Scotland, having dedicated the last 30 years of his life to their conservation, working with the RSPB, and now spending his retirement doing the same. He describes their history and future in Scotland at a time when Golden Eagles are now more numerous than they have ever been in recorded history.

Wednesday 6 March 2024
Helen Aiton - The effect of avian flu (HPAI) on an Orkney Great Skua population (online, with Caithness Branch)

Orkney Great and Arctic Skuas have been studied for 10 years now by Helen and David Aiton. Helen talks about how Great Skuas have been decimated by bird flu while Arctic Skuas have not.

Wednesday 20 March 2024
Dr. Phil Atkinson, Dr. Jude Lane & speaker TBA (NatureScot) – Avian flu (online). For further information, please click here.

Tuesday 9 April 2024    
AGM followed by Ron Summers – Purple Sandpipers (in-person)

Purple Sandpipers, although charismatic, were not well known in Scotland. Ron Summers has been filling in the blanks in their biology since the 1960s, following them to Iceland and Norway, tracking them to Arctic Canada and ringing them in Scotland to discover their origins, why they have an uneven sex ratio, and why they might be declining.

Wednesday 17 April 2024
Helen Aiton, Michal Jezierski  & Kevin and Mike Sinclair – SOC Endowment Fund Projects (online). For further information, please click here.

Contact:

Mary Galloway, send Mary an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 07598 320978.

Venue:

In-person meetings will be held at Culloden Library, Keppoch Road, Culloden, Inverness, IV2 7LL (click here for a map of the venue and surrounding area). Please note that there may be a small charge to cover room hire.