The Danube Delta in Romania is Europe’s largest area of wetland, where the River Danube meets the Black Sea. A biodiversity hotspot with a mix of habitat from saline lagoons to dry and riverine forest. Situated as it is on major migratory routes, its diverse ecosystem provides a magnet for birds.
With our ever-popular Photographic competition, quiz and buffet supper.
Mark explores in detail what we can all sense from our own observations: with a changing climate, our springs are advancing, and our songbirds must migrate back here and breed earlier to keep up. They are shifting northwards and vacating previous breeding grounds to the south. He draws in particular on county records and his […]
Alan is active in golden eagle research, including supporting Irish birds of prey re-introductions and the very successful south of Scotland Golden Eagle Project. In his presentation he will show how satellite tracking has enabled us to understand a great deal more about the lives of these wonderful birds.
Brian will give us the latest news on his two very different reserves: one a wooded slope on his doorstep in Derbyshire and the other his reserve encompassing a wetland area in Lincolnshire. His presentation will include a brief history of its development, his tenureship and a current update. This will be preceded by a […]
Simon is the lead for the Belvoir Osprey Reintroduction Project and has been the instigator and champion since its inception in 2014. This is our annual joint meeting with DOS, the Derby Ornithological Society.