NOTE: Officers The Society cannot accept any responsibility for any members or Chairman John Mitchell visitors personal effects or for any incident involving injury, etc. to any 17 Woodland Avenue, Dursley, Glos. GL11 4EW 01453 546174 member or visitor attending these activities. Vice Chairman John Tyler Subscriptions Student £5, Single £10, Family £15 (2015) Cambrai, 31A Cam Green, Cam, Dursley. GL11 5HL 01453 542879 Student £7, Single £13, Family £18 (2016) Hon. Treasurer Chris Usher Visitors welcome (£2.00p per visit) 32 Sunnyfield Road, Hardwicke, Glos. GL2 4QF 01452 721863 Hon. Secretary Ruth Mitchell 17 Woodland Avenue, Dursley, Glos. GL11 4EW 01453 546174 DURSLEY BIRDWATCHING AND PRESERVATION SOCIETY Located in the Gloucestershire market town Programme Secretary Mike Robinson of Dursley, The Dursley Pet Shop is a 45 Parklands WUE GL12 7LT 01453 842566 PROGRAMME friendly town centre shop that can supply a For wide range of products, including wild bird Committee food, bird feeders, pet food and Membership Secretary Linda Tyler May 2015 - April 2016 accessories. Cambrai, 31A Cam Green, Cam, Dursley. GL11 5HL 01453 542879 Indoor meetings are held on Mondays at 7.45pm at the Additionally we also stock a variety of Bulletin Editor - Colin Crew 01454 853257 Dursley Community Centre, Rednock Drive, Dursley, seasonal garden items such as seeds, Bulletin Distribution - John Tyler 01453 542879 Gloucestershire GL11 4BX bulbs, plants and sundries. Website - John Mitchell 01453 546174 Conservation Officer - Roy Jellings 01453 810176 For more information about the Society 17 Parsonage Street, Dursley, please visit our website at Gloucestershire, GL11 4BW. Roberta Goodall, Maggie Jordon, Ron Swanwick, Gordon Wilcock Tel: 01453 542798 www:dursleybirdwatchers.btck.co.uk www.dursleypetshop.co.uk Other Positions Librarian - Louise Bailey 01454 528290 or Email: [email protected] Dursley Bird Watching & Preservation Society 10% discount on all Wild Bird Products DBWPS is a registered charity No. 1003480 and Garden Related items May 2015 September 2015 January 2016 Sat 2nd Cotswold Water Park Ken Cservenka Sun 6th Morning Slimbridge Safari (8.00am) Martin McGill Sun 10th River Exe, Devon (MB) Mike Robinson th th Fri 8 Evening Nightingales at Frampton Nick Goatman Sun 13 Frampton Country Fair. (SE) Mon 11th Arctic Summer ・Finland / Norway (I) Gerry Griffiths th th Sun 10 Bustard Project Salisbury Plain (MB) Louise Bailey Mon 14 Walking the Malverns for Wildlife (I) Ian Butler th th th Sat 16 Film Evening Slimbridge (SE) Thurs 28 Brokenborough Martin Saunders Sat 26 Newport Wetlands (MB) Howard Lloyd rd th Sat 23 Oldbury Howard Lloyd Mon 28 Wader Quest (I) Rick Simpson Mon 25th Top Shots (I) Keith Offord June 2015 Sat Jan 30th & Sun 31st - Winter Weekend, Slimbridge (SE) Sun 7th Forest of Dean Roy Jellings October 2015 th nd Wed 10 Ozleworth Area Colin Durber Fri 2 Sketching W alk (Part of Dursley Walking Festival) Ron Swanwick February 2016 th rd Sun 14 Purton Circular Walk Jane Bridge Sat 3 Dursley Urban Walk (Part of Dursley Walking Festival) Ron Swanwick Sat 6th Cotswold Water Park Ken Cservenka st th Sun 21 Coach Trip to Otmoor, Oxfordshire (SE) Louise Bailey Sun 11 Coach Trip to Llanelli (SE) Mon 8th Members Evening (I) th th Wed 24 Nightjars John Arrowsmith Mon 12 Wildlife Photography (Mostly Local & UK) (I) Mike Smith Sat 13th River Windrush Valley Walk Chris Rodell th th Sat 27 Slimbridge – an evening around the grounds Martin McGill Sun 25 Tichfield Hampshire (MB) Chris Usher st (Later start) th Sun 21 Starlings at Dusk Somerset Levels (MB) Mon 26 Wildlife Encounters in Australia (I) Robert Miles nd ・ July 2015 Mon 22 Bird Identification A new approach part 2 (I) Terry Bond th th Sun 5 Craig Cerrig (MB) Mike Robinson November 2015 Sat 27 Sharpness, Berkeley Pill th Sat 11 Whittington Lodge Farm Ian Boyd Sun 1st Talybont (MB) Mike Robinson st th March 2016 Tues 21 Afternoon in Lower Woods (Wickwar) John Ryman Mon 9 Peregrine Falcons - Biology (I) Steve Watson th th th Sun 6 Forest of Dean (Early Start) Roy Jellings Sun 26 Somerset Levels (MB) Mike Robinson Sat 14 Severnside Howard Lloyd th th th Mon 7 AGM (I) followed by a Wildlife of Exmoor Ken Cservenka Wed 29 Slimbridge Safari (6.30pm) Dave Paynter Sun 29 Chew Valley Lakes Roland La Porta th th Sun 13 Portland Michael Oates Mon 30 Birds of Southern India (I) Paul Bowden Sun 20th Saul / Fretherne Walk Chris Rodell August 2015 st th Mon 21 'Every Picture Tells a Story' (I) Peter Preece Thurs 13 Tomorosa Reserve / BBQ / Walk (Olveston) (SE) Tom Brown Sun 16th Frampton, Canal, River & Lake Nick Goatman December 2015 th Wed 2nd Swan Feed Slimbridge (6.00pm) (SE) April 2016 Sun 23 Usk Reservoir & Kite Feed (Wales) (MB) Michael Oates nd th Sun 6th Frampton Winter Wonderland Nick Goatman Sat 2 Gloucester Urban Walk Gordon Kirk Thurs 27 Evening Wader Watch (7.00pm) Dave Paynter th Mon 14th Xmas event (I) Sun 10 Sand Point Somerset (MB) Mike Robinson Wed 13th Cam Long Down Roland La Porta Sun 17th Arne and Dorset Heaths (MB) Michael Oates rd (I) = Indoor Meeting (MB) = Minibus (SE) Special Event Next programme runs from May 2016 - April 2017 Sat 23 Early Migrants at Frampton Nick Goatman