With our ever-popular Photographic competition, quiz and buffet supper.

Rhodri is the former ecologist for the Peak District National Park. His talk relates to the conservation work being done in the national park in partnership with other organisations, focusing on the conservation of key species, like the Snipe, Curlew and Lapwing; working with farmers and landowners to address and try to reverse their declines.

This presentation will explore migration, research, observatory life and the Observatory’s evolution on Britain’s eastern edge; we’ll also hear where they are now and why it was set up all those years ago.

A 2025 holiday on the little known Hebridean island of Colonsay. The talk will be preceded by a short AGM.

Keith has been actively involved in the monitoring of breeding raptors in Wales for 50 years. They’re amongst the most exciting but elusive of our bird groups, yet due to their unpredictable behaviour, keen eyesight and fear of humans, pose some of the greatest challenges for identification. Taking a closer look at all the main […]