13 Jan Malcolm Ross – Birds and mammals in Gujarat, We hope you enjoy the range of topics and India (Part 2) * Dumfries speakers on offer this year. Don’t forget, members 10 Feb Dan Brown – Conserving waders in the Upper Clyde Dumfries Baptist Church Centre, Gillbrae Rd DG1 4EJ Daisy Burnell – Seabirds count: Taking stock of Britain 09 Mar (Wed 1930 hrs) Contact: Lesley Creamer Tel: 01848 are welcome to attend talks organised by any of the and Ireland’s seabirds other branches too, in addition to talks at your local 13 Apr AGM & social evening 330821 branch. Non-members interested in finding out more 11 Sep Barbara Mearns – Birds, butterflies and moths: The

about the SOC, our activities and membership, * Caithness hunters and the hunted are more than welcome to come along and attend Castletown Heritage Centre, Harbour Road KW14 8TG 09 Oct Tom Byars – Dynamite in the dunes: A natural history (Wed 1930 hrs) Contact: Nina O’Hanlon Tel: 07810 300392 of the Ardeer peninsula a meeting - a great way to sample Club life! 13 Nov Stan da Prato – Wildlife of the East Lothian coast 04 Sep Ornithology at The Environmental Research Institute 11 Dec Julia Gallagher – How the RSPB is supporting Black Please note that most branches ask attendees for 02 Oct Tom Churchyard – Access all areas: How we successfully Grouse and Greenland White-fronted Geese as part of a small donation towards the cost of room hire removed invasive Black Rats from the Shiant Isles the Galloway Glens Heritage Lottery Fund project and refreshments. 06 Nov Daisy Burnell – Seabirds count: Taking stock of the 08 Jan Gordon Riddle – Island Kestrels: Seychelles, Mauritius seabirds of Britain and Ireland and Cape Verde 04 Dec Mince pies and quiz 12 Feb Tom Churchyard – Access all areas: How we success- 05 Feb Chris Bailey – RSPB Scotland: Advising land owners on fully removed invasive Black Rats from the Shiant Isles Want a timely reminder about your waders, Corncrake, Corn Bunting and Capercaillie 11 Mar Norman Elkins – Birding the Balearics branch’s upcoming talks? 04 Mar Peter Mawby – Watching and wondering 08 Apr AGM & Ed Forrest – Galloway and Southern Ayrshire Complete our online consent form at 08 Apr AGM UNESCO Biosphere www.the-soc.org.uk/members-area to allow us to send you these (if you Central Scotland * Fife haven’t done so already). * The Allan Centre, Fountain Road, Bridge of Allan FK9 4AT St Andrews Town Hall Supper Room KY16 9TA (Thu 1930 hrs) Contact: Neil Bielby Tel: 01786 823 830 (Wed 1930 hrs) Contact: Caroline Gordon Tel: 01592 750230 03 Oct AGM & Daisy Burnell – Seabirds count: Taking stock of the * Ayrshire seabirds of Britain and Ireland 11 Sep Presentations from St Andrews University PhD Monkton Community Church and Pioneer Cafe KA9 2RN 07 Nov Tom Churchyard – Access all areas: How we successfully students on their research projects (Tues 1900 for 1930) Contact: Anne Dick Tel: 01292 541 981 removed invasive Black Rats from the Shiant Isles 09 Oct Keith Brockie – The Teuchat Glen: Wildlife on a 05 Dec Roger Stewart – Photographing birds in Central Scotland Highland Perthshire estate 10 Sep Ben Darvill – Short-eared Owl survey feedback 09 Jan Chris McInerny – Honey Buzzards in Central Scotland 13 Nov Hayley Douglas – Tag-n-Track: Lesser Black- 08 Oct Rick Taylor – Reinforcing South of Scotland’s Golden (NB Braeport Community Centre, Dunblane FK15 0AT) backed Gulls as you’ve never seen them before Eagle population 06 Feb Kat Jones – Barbed wire, baler twine and a Dormobile: 60 11 Dec Members’ Night 12 Nov Mick Durham – Shetland wildlife years of Operation Osprey 08 Jan Graham Sparshott – Bird recording in Fife 10 Dec Tara Proud – Protecting Scotland’s marine life: From 05 Mar Andrea Hudspeth – Dragonflies 12 Feb Phil Taylor – Seafood, sustainability and the future of plastic pollution to sustainable seafood Scotland’s seas 14 Jan James Black – Small game hunting: A look at nature at Clyde 11 Mar Daisy Burnell – Seabirds count: Taking stock of the ground level * seabirds of Britain and Ireland 11 Feb Paula Baker – RSPB Loch Lomond Venue to be confirmed (Mon 1930 hrs) 08 Apr AGM & Members’ Night 10 Mar Jim Cassels – Forty years of the Arran Bird Report Contact: Ian Fulton Tel: 07785 354619 14 Apr AGM & Tom Byars – A Tiger’s tale: The story of the NB the branch is considering moving venue but this is to be Highland Cape May Warbler * confirmed. Please check on the SOC website for updates. Culloden Library, Keppoch Road IV2 7LL (Tue 1930 hrs) Borders 09 Sep Iain Livingstone – Clyde Ringing Group Roundup 2019 Contact: Kathy Bonniface Tel: 01808 511740 * 07 Oct Young Birders from SOC’s Youth Connect Group The Townhouse Hotel, Melrose TD6 9PQ 03 Sep Hugh Insley – Unravelling the travels of finches 04 Nov Mick Durham – Shetland wildlife 01 Oct Tom Churchyard – Access all areas: How we success- (Mon 1930 hrs) Contact: Neil Stratton Tel: 01573 450695 02 Dec Kat Jones – Barbed wire, baler twine and a Dormobile: fully removed invasive Black Rats from the Shiant Isles 09 Sep Harry McKerchar – In the Steppes of Genghis Khan: 60 years of Operation Osprey 05 Nov Daisy Burnell – Seabirds count: Taking stock of the A Mongolian natural history adventure 06 Jan Bernie Zonfrillo – Gannets from Ailsa Craig and beyond seabirds of Britain and Ireland 14 Oct Rick Taylor – Reinforcing South of Scotland’s Golden 03 Feb Tom Churchyard – Access all areas: How we successfully 03 Dec Martin Cook – Moray’s birds: A century of change Eagle population removed invasive Black Rats from the Shiant Isles 07 Jan Justin Grant – Back where they belong: Scotland’s 11 Nov Hayley Douglas – Tag-n-Track: Lesser Black- 02 Mar Phil Taylor – Seafood, sustainability and the future of White-tailed Eagles backed Gulls as you’ve never seen them before Scotland’s seas 04 Feb Chris Bailey – RSPB Scotland: Advising land owners on 09 Dec Members‘ Night 06 Apr AGM & speaker to be announced waders, Corncrake, Corn Bunting and Capercaillie >> 03 Mar Peter Mawby – Watching and wondering 07 Nov Daisy Burnell – Seabirds count: Taking stock of the 14 Apr AGM & Darrell Stevens: The work of the RSPB at the seabirds of Britain and Ireland Forsinard Reserve 06 Feb Helen Aiton – Arctic Skuas: How are they doing in Orkney? * Lothian 05 Mar Peter Mawby – Watching and wondering 33 Melville Street, Edinburgh EH3 7JF (Tue 1930 hrs) Stewartry Contact: Alison Creamer Tel: 07815 037330) * Scotland’s NB: Oct & Mar meetings held at HQ, Aberlady. Space limited. Kells School, New Galloway DG7 3RU (Thu 1930 hrs) Scotland’s Advance booking essential (07815 037330) Contact: Joan Howie Tel: 01644 420280 Bird Club 10 Sep Ian Poxton – Birding and other wildlife encounters in 19 Sep Crystal Maw – Cousin Island: From coconut plantation to the Southern Hemisphere ground-breaking nature reserve 08 Oct Keith Brockie – The Teuchat Glen: Wildlife on a 10 Oct Tom Byars – Dynamite in the dunes: A natural history Highland Perthshire estate (HQ) of the Ardeer peninsula 12 Nov Tom Churchyard – Access all areas: How we success- 14 Nov Stan da Prato – Wildlife of the East Lothian coast fully removed invasive Black Rats from the Shiant Isles 12 Dec Brian Smith – Bobby’s Sand Martins and a constant 10 Dec Ian Andrews – Fair Isle: A bird observatory like effort site no other 09 Jan Andrew Bielinski – Steppe-ing out in Kazakhstan 14 Jan Geoff Morgan – Vismig Edinburgh: Exploring visible 13 Feb Tom Churchyard – Access all areas: How we successfully migration from a Liberton back garden removed invasive Black Rats from the Shiant Isles 11 Feb Chris Bailey – RSPB Scotland: Advising land owners on 12 Mar Norman Elkins – Birding the Balearics waders, Corncrake, Corn Bunting and Capercaillie 02 Apr Members’ Night on the theme of Scottish islands; AGM 10 Mar Daisy Burnell – Seabirds count: Taking stock of the followed by Easter ‘Eggstravaganza’ and annual raffle seabirds of Britain and Ireland (HQ) 14 Apr AGM and Members’ Night * Tayside Moray Methodist Church Halls, 20 West Marketgait, Dundee * DD1 1QR (Thu 1930 hrs) Contact: Brian Brocklehurst Welcome to the... Elgin Museum Hall, 1 High St, Elgin IV30 1EQ Tel: 01382 778348 (Thu 1930 hrs) Contact: Alison Ritchie Tel: 01309 674379 05 Sep To be announced 10 Oct Molly Doubleday – Capercaillie: The story so far 03 Oct Kat Jones – Barbed wire, baler twine and a Dormobile: 2019/2020 14 Nov Alister Clunas – The Shiants: The enchanted isles 60 years of Operation Osprey 12 Dec Martin Cook – Moray’s wildflowers 07 Nov Hayley Douglas – Tag-n-Track: Lesser Black- 09 Jan Wildlife crime – speaker to be announced backed Gulls as you’ve never seen them before Winter 13 Feb AGM & Members’ Night 05 Dec Photographs followed by Christmas food & drinks 09 Jan To be announced

* North-East Scotland 06 Feb Molly Doubleday – Capercaillie: The story so far ngs Sportsman’s Club, 11 Queen’s Rd, Aberdeen AB15 4YL 05 Mar Daniele Muir – Dragonflies of Tayside Meeti (Mon 1930 hrs) Contact: John Wills Tel: 01467 651296 02 Apr AGM & photographs 07 Oct Andy Webb – Digital aerial survey: Who needs West Galloway Programme birders? * 04 Nov Curlews in NE Scotland – speaker to be announced Stranraer Library, North Strand Street, Stranraer DG9 7LD 02 Dec To be announced (Tue 1930 hrs) Contact: Geoff Sheppard Tel: 01776 870 685 06 Jan To be announced 08 Oct Tom Byars – Dynamite in the dunes: A natural history of 03 Feb Mark Lewis – Sound recording and NocMig the Ardeer peninsula 02 Mar Ken Shaw & Chris McInerny – Honey Buzzards in the 12 Nov Stan da Prato – Wildlife of the East Lothian coast Scottish Ornithologists’ Club (SOC) North-east? Lessons from Central Scotland 03 Dec Mick Durham – Shetland wildlife Waterston House, Aberlady EH32 0PY 06 Apr AGM & short talks on surveying and recording 14 Jan AGM and social evening Tel: 01875 871 330 Orkney 11 Feb Tom Churchyard – Access all areas: How we successfully Email: [email protected] * removed invasive Black Rats from the Shiant Isles The St Magnus Centre, Kirkwall KW15 1PA (Thu 1930 hrs) Norman Elkins – Birding the Balearics Contact: Helen Aiton Tel: 01856 751482 10 Mar www.the-soc.org.uk 07 Apr To be announced 03 Oct AGM + Tom Churchyard – Access all areas: How we successfully removed Black Rats from the Shiant Isles © The SOC 2019 Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation, Reg. No. SC009859. /scotlandsbirdclub /scottishbirding Kingfisher © Laurie Campbell. Design by LSDZIN