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Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

Meetings are normally held at 7.30pm on the second Monday of each month, from September to May, at the Friends Meeting House, Bakewell, DE45 1EL. Parking is only for disabled people and those needing to load and unload equipment etc.

The meetings usually start with a call over of bird sightings in our recording area during the previous month and announcements concerning forthcoming events followed by a speaker.

Please click on the meeting title to see further information.

BIRD FLIGHT by JEFF BLINCOW

13 January 2020 7:30 pm
  • Categories: Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

After a short look at the evolution of flight, the focus is on the enjoyment of birds in flight.  Birds have many different lifestyles requiring specialist flight skills.  This looks at the diverse modes of flight and the experts in each field  

A MOUNTAIN MAN’s PERSPECTIVE ON BIRDS by PAUL BINGHAM

10 February 2020 7:30 pm
  • Categories: Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

The combination of mountaineering and birding has dominated the speaker’s view of the world.  He will explain how and why with examples of birds in the hills and other wild places both at home and abroad.

AGM and TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS of MANAGING LAND FOR WILDLIFE by BRIAN SHAW

09 March 2020 7:30 pm
  • Categories: Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

More news of the successes and failures at Brian’s nature reserves in Froggatt and Wainfleet Followed by the AGM  

FROM ALASKA TO ARGENTINA by MARK SISSONS, Joint meeting with DOS

27 April 2020 7:30 pm
  • Categories: Indoor Meetings - Guests and visitors welcome

Wildlife through the Americas (includes Brazil, Costa Rica, New Mexico and Texas) as well as the title locations NOTE: DUE TO EASTER THIS MEETING IS ON THE 27th of APRIL

Upcoming Field Trips

  • 25th Jan 2020: POTTERIC CARR (Own car/car share)
  • 22nd Feb 2020: BURTON MERE (Minibus)
  • 21st Mar 2020: DRAKELOW (Own car/car share)

Upcoming Indoor Meetings

  • 13th Jan 2020 7:30:pm: BIRD FLIGHT by JEFF BLINCOW
  • 10th Feb 2020 7:30:pm: A MOUNTAIN MAN’s PERSPECTIVE ON BIRDS by PAUL BINGHAM
  • 9th Mar 2020 7:30:pm: AGM and TRIALS & TRIBULATIONS of MANAGING LAND FOR WILDLIFE by BRIAN SHAW

Local Sightings and Current Events

  • Bakewell Bird Study Group visit to Middleton Lakes RSPB Reserve – Saturday 23 November 2019
  • Bakewell Bird Study Group visit to Willington Gravel Pits, Saturday 21 September 2019
  • Bakewell Bird Study Group’s New Season
  • National Swift Awareness Week – 22nd – 30th June 2019
  • Bakewell Bird Study Group visit to Padley Gorge – 18 May 2019
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