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.
Meetings start with a call over of bird sightings in the local area where members are encouraged to participate. There is normally a refreshment break around 8.30 and we usually finish around 9.30.
Guests are always welcome to our talks (£3), where they can also discover more about our outdoor meetings to local birding hot spots.
Please click on the meeting title to see further information.
- Neil Glenn – Birding the Arctic Circle on 13th Jan 2025 7:30:pm, at
Experience spring birdwatching in Finland and Norway amid the dramatic scenery of fjords, coastal tundra and uplands with the vast taiga forests, lakes and marshes of Finland, meeting many of ‘our’ wintering birds in their breeding grounds and speciality birds of the far north.
- Oxford University’s 75 year Great Tit Study at Wytham Woods on 10th Feb 2025 7:30:pm, at
On 27th April 1947 the year’s first great tit egg in Oxford University’s Wytham Woods was counted. The hugely influential Wytham Great Tit Study is the longest continuous study of an individually marked animal population in the world. It plays a key role in scientist’s understanding of how populations change in response to the environment...
- Brian Shaw – Update on my two reserves on 10th Mar 2025 7:30:pm, at
It has become something of a tradition that at this point in the year Brian gives us the lowdown on his two very different reserves. One, a wooded slope on his doorstep in Derbyshire and the other a wetland area in Lincolnshire. We’ll learn of ‘his’ birds’ past year’s breeding attempts. This will be followed...
- David Williams – Wildlife Sound Recording on 14th Apr 2025 7:30:pm, at
Visiting us for Surrey, Dave is a member of the Wildlife recording society. He has travelled to Sweden, Hungary, Spain and Poland in pursuit of his craft over the past 40 years. His recordings tonight will predominantly feature birds of Britain and Europe, but with some rather unusual additions included.
Our past events can be found in the events archive.