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For our upcoming events please see our Field Trips and Indoor Meetings pages.

• WYVER LANE on 18th Apr 2024, Field Trips

• David White – ‘The Breeding Bird Survey in Derbyshire’ on 8th Apr 2024 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• MIDDLETON LAKES on 4th Apr 2024, Field Trips

• Brian Shaw – ‘Latest on my Reserves, Osprey sightings and more’ on 11th Mar 2024 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• “Restore our Swifts” – the public launch of the BBSG Swift Project on 27th Feb 2024 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Ashley Grove – ‘Crane Spotting’ on 12th Feb 2024 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Mary Colwell – ‘Saving Curlews’ on 8th Jan 2024 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Member’s Christmas Party on 11th Dec 2023 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• CARSINGTON WATER on 16th Nov 2023, Field Trips

• John Beatty – ‘Adventures in the wild’ on 13th Nov 2023 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• ATTENBOROUGH on 12th Oct 2023, Field Trips

• Richard Sale & Steve Watson – ‘The Peregrine Falcon’ on 9th Oct 2023 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• OLD MOOR on 16th Sep 2023, Field Trips

• Andrew Lowe – Birds of Sherwood Forest on 11th Sep 2023 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• LATHKILL DALE on 1st Jun 2023, Field Trips

• REDMIRES RESERVOIR on 18th May 2023, Field Trips

• Carsington (previously BARBROOK PLANTATION) on 4th May 2023, Field Trips

• WYVER LANE on 20th Apr 2023, Field Trips

• OUR PLACE – Can we save Britain’s Wildlife before it is too late? by MARK COCKER, joint with DOS on 13th Apr 2023 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• BURTON MERE (minibus if sufficient demand) on 6th Apr 2023, Field Trips

• AGM + Bird Migration – Fascinating Discoveries by NIGEL SLATER on 13th Mar 2023 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Swifts by EDWARD MAYER on 13th Feb 2023 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Birding Costa Rica by PAUL BINGHAM on 9th Jan 2023 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Member’s Christmas Party on 12th Dec 2022 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• CARSINGTON WATER on 17th Nov 2022, Field Trips

• Yorkshire’s Wild Beauty by JOHN GARDNER on 14th Nov 2022 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• OLD MOOR on 20th Oct 2022, Field Trips

• The Changing Seasons – Wild Year by PAUL HOBSON on 10th Oct 2022 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• CARR VALE on 15th Sep 2022, Field Trips

• East Anglia… Natures Haven by STEVE LOVELL on 12th Sep 2022 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Local Walk on 9th Jun 2022, Field Trips

• CANCELLED: MIDDLETON LAKES (coach) on 2nd Jun 2022, Field Trips

• REDMIRES RESERVOIR (own car or share) on 19th May 2022, Field Trips

• BLACKBROOK PLANTATION (Own car or share) on 5th May 2022, Field Trips

• WYVER LANE (Own car or share) on 21st Apr 2022, Field Trips

• Should We Be Feeding the Birds? with Dr Alex Lees on 11th Apr 2022 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• BURTON MERE (coach) on 7th Apr 2022, Field Trips

• DRAKELOW (Own car or share) on 24th Mar 2022, Field Trips

• AGM and TWO VERY DIFFERENT NATURE RESERVES by Brian Shaw on 14th Mar 2022 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• DISCOVERING SCOTLAND’S WESTERN AND NORTHERN ISLES by Nick Martin on 14th Feb 2022 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• IDENTIFYING BIRDS BY SONG by Nigel Slater on 10th Jan 2022 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Members Evening and Christmas Party on 13th Dec 2021 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Carsington Water on 18th Nov 2021, Field Trips

• WILD ADVENTURES by Steve Williams on 8th Nov 2021 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Carr Vale on 21st Oct 2021, Field Trips

• A LANE IN EASTERN EUROPE by Mike Lane on 11th Oct 2021 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Willington Gravel Pits on 16th Sep 2021, Field Trips

• IN SEARCH OF THE SPOON-BILLED SANDPIPER by Tony Davison on 13th Sep 2021 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• BEMPTON CLIFFS (Minibus) on 22nd May 2021, Field Trips

• WOOLSTON EYES (Minibus/own car) on 24th Apr 2021, Field Trips

• DOE HILL (Own car) on 27th Mar 2021, Field Trips

• FAIRBURN INGS (Minibus/own car) on 27th Feb 2021, Field Trips

• CLUMBER PARK (Own car) on 23rd Jan 2021, Field Trips

• AVENUE WASHLANDS (Own car) on 14th Nov 2020, Field Trips

• CARSINGTON WATER (Own car) on 17th Oct 2020, Field Trips

• ATTENBOROUGH (Own car) on 26th Sep 2020, Field Trips

• **Cancelled** CUTTHROAT BRIDGE (Own car/car share) on 23rd May 2020, Field Trips

• **Cancelled** FROM ALASKA TO ARGENTINA by MARK SISSONS, Joint meeting with DOS on 27th Apr 2020 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• **Cancelled** WOOLSTON EYES (Car share) on 25th Apr 2020, Field Trips

• **Cancelled** DRAKELOW (Own car/car share) on 21st Mar 2020, Field Trips

• AGM and TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS of MANAGING LAND FOR WILDLIFE by BRIAN SHAW on 9th Mar 2020 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• BURTON MERE (Minibus) on 22nd Feb 2020, Field Trips

• A MOUNTAIN MAN’s PERSPECTIVE ON BIRDS by PAUL BINGHAM on 10th Feb 2020 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• POTTERIC CARR (Own car/car share) on 25th Jan 2020, Field Trips

• BIRD FLIGHT by JEFF BLINCOW on 13th Jan 2020 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• MEMBERS CHRISTMAS PARTY on 9th Dec 2019 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• MIDDLETON LAKES (Car share) on 23rd Nov 2019, Field Trips

• BIRDS OF PREY by GEOFF TRINDER on 11th Nov 2019 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• SPURN POINT (Minibus) on 26th Oct 2019, Field Trips

• THE WILDLIFE OF BEELEY MOOR by KEN SMITH on 14th Oct 2019 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• WILLINGTON GRAVEL PITS (Own car/car share) on 21st Sep 2019, Field Trips

• SECRET WILDLIFE OF THE CAIRNGORMS by NICK MARTIN on 9th Sep 2019 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• PADLEY GORGE (Own car/car share) on 18th May 2019, Field Trips

• WHISBY (Minibus) on 27th Apr 2019, Field Trips

• AN EVENING WITH CHRIS SPERRING by Chris Sperring (JOINT WITH DOS) on 8th Apr 2019 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• MACCLESFIELD FOREST (Car share) on 23rd Mar 2019, Field Trips

• AGM and ANOTHER NATURE RESERVE OF MY OWN by Brian Shaw on 11th Mar 2019 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• LEIGHTON MOSS (Minibus) on 23rd Feb 2019, Field Trips

• WILD LIFE, WILD PLACES by John Gardner on 11th Feb 2019 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• ATTENBOROUGH (Car share) on 26th Jan 2019, Field Trips

• NATURE’S IMAGES by Steve Williams on 14th Jan 2019 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Members Evening and Christmas Party on 10th Dec 2018 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• ROTHER VALLEY (Car share) on 24th Nov 2018, Field Trips

• THE RIVER by Paul Hobson on 12th Nov 2018 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• FRAMPTON MARSH (Minibus) on 27th Oct 2018, Field Trips

• NATURAL NORTHUMBERLAND by Susan and Allan Parker on 8th Oct 2018 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• MIDDLETON MOOR (Own car/car share) on 22nd Sep 2018, Field Trips

• BIRD MIGRATION by Nigel Slater on 10th Sep 2018 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• BURBAGE EDGE  (Own car) Leader: VERONICA on 19th May 2018, Field Trips

• RUTLAND WATER (Mini bus) Leader: STUART on 28th Apr 2018, Field Trips

• WILD SHETLAND (JOINT WITH DOS) by Steve Race on 9th Apr 2018 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• DRAKELOW  (Car share) on 24th Mar 2018, Field Trips

• AGM & A NATURE RESERVE (OR TWO) OF MY OWN by Brian Shaw on 12th Mar 2018 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• OLD MOOR  (Car share) Leader: Dorothy on 24th Feb 2018, Field Trips

• WATER VOLES IN DERBYSHIRE by Christine Gregory on 12th Feb 2018 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• CARSINGTON  (Own car) on 27th Jan 2018, Field Trips

• VARANGER AND NORTHERN FINLAND by Graham Catley on 8th Jan 2018 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• CANCELLED – Members Evening and Party on 11th Dec 2017 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• BURTON MERE  (Mini bus) Leader: STUART on 25th Nov 2017, Field Trips

• BIRDS OF BLAKENEY POINT by Paul Laurie on 13th Nov 2017 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• BLACKTOFT SANDS  (Mini bus) Leader: Dorothy on 28th Oct 2017, Field Trips

• ALASKA THE LAST FRONTIER by Ian Newton on 9th Oct 2017 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• CARR VALE (Own car) Leader: Dorothy on 23rd Sep 2017, Field Trips

• NAMIBIA AND ITS WILDLIFE by Paul Bingham on 11th Sep 2017 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• BEMPTON… on 10th Jun 2017, Field Trips

• COOMBES VALLEY… Leader: Veronica Wheeldon on 29th Apr 2017, Field Trips

• BIRD MIGRATION – Nigel Slater (With DOS) on 10th Apr 2017 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• CARR VALE… Leader: David & Cathy Frost on 1st Apr 2017, Field Trips

• AGM and A SURPRISE PACKAGE – Andy Parkinson on 13th Mar 2017 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• ALKBOROUGH… Leader: Dorothy Evans on 25th Feb 2017, Field Trips

• WILDLIFE OF THE PICOS DE EUROPA – Dave Hollis on 13th Feb 2017 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• LINACRE RESERVOIR… LEADER: Stuart Slack on 21st Jan 2017, Field Trips

• 45 YEARS OF LINCOLNSHIRE BIRDING – Graham Catley on 9th Jan 2017 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• MEMBERS’ EVENING & CHRISTMAS PARTY on 12th Dec 2016 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• MIDDLETON LAKES… Leader: Dorothy Evans on 19th Nov 2016, Field Trips

• EXPERIENCES OF AN RSPB INVESTIGATIONS OFFICER – Mark Thomas on 14th Nov 2016 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• FRAMPTON… Leader: Stuart Slack on 22nd Oct 2016, Field Trips

• CAPTIVATING NATURE – WILDLIFE OF BRITAIN AND BEYOND – Des Ong on 10th Oct 2016 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• WILLINGTON… on 17th Sep 2016, Field Trips

• ICELAND – LAND OF FIRE, ICE & WATERFALLS – Ian Newton on 12th Sep 2016 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• EASTERN MOORS… Leader: Brian Shaw on 14th May 2016 9:30:am, Field Trips

• WHISBY… Leader: Stuart Slack on 30th Apr 2016, Field Trips

• OUR CHANGING WILDLIFE on 11th Apr 2016 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• BURTON MERE on 19th Mar 2016, Field Trips

• OUR NOT SO COMMON SWIFTS AND AGM on 14th Mar 2016 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• OLD MOOR WETLANDS… Leaders: Dave & Cathy Frost on 20th Feb 2016, Field Trips

• WILDLIFE OF BHUTAN on 8th Feb 2016 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• CARSINGTON WATER… Leader: Derek Pollard on 23rd Jan 2016 9:00:am, Field Trips

• AN EVENING WITH JOHN KEELING on 11th Jan 2016 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Members Evening and Christmas Party on 14th Dec 2015 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• RIVER BRADFORD – A RIVER IN TIME on 9th Nov 2015 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• ALKBOROUGH FLATS… Leader: Dorothy Evans on 17th Oct 2015, Field Trips

• BIRD LIFE THROUGH 40 PENNINE YEARS on 12th Oct 2015 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• ALPINE EXPOSURE on 14th Sep 2015 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• WYVER LANE, BELPER led by Veronica Wheeldon on 12th Sep 2015 9:00:am, Field Trips

• ALL DAY WATCH AT MIDDLETON MOOR on 15th Aug 2015, Field Trips

• Upper Teesdale – Leader Brian Shaw on 17th May 2015, Field Trips

• Whitworth Park … Leader: Joy Frost on 5th May 2015, Field Trips

• Own car trip to Doe Hill … Leader: Stuart Slack on 25th Apr 2015, Field Trips

• Asia’s Teardrop: Birding in Sri Lanka By David Cromack on 13th Apr 2015 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Mini bus trip to Alkborough – CANCELLED on 21st Mar 2015, Field Trips

• ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on 9th Mar 2015 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Car sharing trip to Attenborough … Leader: Derek Pollard on 21st Feb 2015, Field Trips

• BOTSWANA THE KALAHARI AND THE OKOVANGO DELTA By Geoff Trinder on 9th Feb 2015 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Car sharing trip to Clumber Park … Leader: Dave Frost on 24th Jan 2015, Field Trips

• AN ARCTIC SOJOURN By Alan Goddard on 12th Jan 2015 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Members’ Evening and Christmas Party on 8th Dec 2014 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Mini bus trip to Middleton Lakes … on 15th Nov 2014, Field Trips

• WILDLIFE WONDERS OF CORNWALL By Jack Perks on 10th Nov 2014 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Carr Vale … Leader: Stuart Slack on 18th Oct 2014, Field Trips

• A SCOTTISH HOLIDAY By John Lintin Smith on 13th Oct 2014 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• SNOWY OWL – KING OF THE ARCTIC By Gordon Yates on 8th Sep 2014 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• All day watch at Middleton Moor … on 6th Sep 2014, Field Trips

• Gentle walk along river from Froggatt on 24th May 2014 9:30:am, Field Trips

• Car sharing trip to St Aidans, Leeds – CANCELLED on 17th May 2014, Field Trips

• EXPLORING DEEPSPACE on 12th May 2014 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Own car trip to Longshaw and Padley Top on 26th Apr 2014, Field Trips

• GARDENS ARE GOOD FOR BIRDS on 14th Apr 2014 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Own car trip to Pleasley / Carr Vale on 22nd Mar 2014, Field Trips

• ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING on 10th Mar 2014 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Own car trip to Cromford Meadows on 22nd Feb 2014,

• AUTUMN IN THE ISLES of SCILLY on 10th Feb 2014 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Car sharing trip to Old Moors RSPB site on 25th Jan 2014, Field Trips

• MAGICAL MERLINS on 13th Jan 2014 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Members’ Evening and Christmas Party on 9th Dec 2013 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Own car trip to Carsington Water on 23rd Nov 2013, Field Trips

• THE FLOWER KISSERS on 11th Nov 2013 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• Car sharing trip to Blacktoft Sands. on 19th Oct 2013, Field Trips

• CANADA – THE WILD WEST on 14th Oct 2013 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• DEVELOPING & MANAGING WOODSIDE NATURE RESERVE on 9th Sep 2013 7:30:pm, Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

• All day watch at Middleton Moor on 7th Sep 2013, Field Trips