COUNTY INDOOR MEETINGS

All meetings held at The Ley Arms, Kenn, Exeter, Devon unless otherwise stated.

Wednesday 23 January - 7.30pm

‘Climate Change and the Nature of Climate Change’ with Kelvin Boot, Director, National Marine Aquarium, Plymouth.

Thurday 14 February

Bicton College Lectures, Winter Series 2008 - 'BTO and Birding in East Devon' - John Woodland, BTO Regional Rep for Devon and Mike Tyler, DBWPS County Recorder, present the work of the BTO, the current Nationwide Survey and its links with local efforts to build information on local habitat management and policy and monitoring changes in the local bird population. Booking will be required. For further information go to Bicton College web site

Thurday 21 February - 7:30pm

The Birds and Wildlife of Lundy - An illustrated talk by Tim Davis and Tim Jones, authors of the “Birds of Lundy” at the Henry Williamson Room, Barnstaple Library, Tuly Street, Barnstaple EX31 1EL.

Tickets: £2.50 (available from Barnstaple Library - call 01271 388724 for more info) proceeds to the Devon Bird Watching and Preservation Society. ...more

Saturday 22 March - 2.30pm

Annual General Meeting - Followed by H.G. Memorial Lecture
‘Natural History Film Making’ with Andrew Cooper, Wildlife Naturalist and Photographer.

Tuesday 23 September - 7.30pm

‘The Wetland Bird Survey’ A change of speaker.

The main speaker will now be Mark Collier (WeBS National Organiser) from the BTO, replacing Andy Musgrove. There will also be short talks by Peter Reay on WeBS in Devon and by David Price & John Waldon on 30 years of WeBS counts on the Exe Estuary.

Saturday 8 November - 2.30pm

‘A Sparrowhawk in your Garden’ with Robin Khan. Followed by the Annual Draw.

EAST DEVON BRANCH MEETINGS

Enquiries to: David Jannaway

Thursday 30 October - 7.30pm

Joint meeting with Exeter RSPB at All Saints Church Hall, All Saints Road, Sidmouth. Speaker is Damon Bridge and he will give an illustrated talk entitled “From Black Desert to Silver Meadow” - more details here online and in the latest Harrier. Members £3.00 and others £4 admission.

SOUTH DEVON BRANCH MEETINGS

Enquiries to: Martin Lees

Meetings held at Court Farm Inn, Abbotskerswell on the third Mondayday of the month (except December), commencing at 7.30pm

Monday 21 January - 7:30pm

‘Wildlife of Dartmoor’ with John Walters

Monday 18 February - 7:30pm

‘Sri Lanka for birds and other wildlife’ with Dave Smallshire

Monday 17 March - 7:30pm

‘Bird Migration through the Holy Land’ with Robin Khan

Monday 21 April - 7:30pm

‘Birding in the Kimberley Coast of West Australia’ with Jim Bennett

Monday 19 May - 7:30pm

‘Updating “Where to Watch birds in Devon and Cornwall”‘ with Dave Norman

Monday 16 June - 7:30pm

‘Malaysia’ with Jim Bennett. The evening includes a progress report on Digital Photography

Monday 21 July - 7:30pm

‘Birding in Iceland’ with Eileen Marsh

Monday 18 August - 7:30pm

‘A Kenyan Safari’ with Simon Lees

Monday 15 September - 7:30pm

‘The Birding of Torbay’ with Mike Langman

Monday 20 October - 7:30pm

‘An Abundance of Birds in Cairns, Australia’ with Martin Lees

Monday 17 November - 7:30pm

‘An Adventure in the Argentine’ with Simon Lees

TAW & TORRIDGE BRANCH MEETINGS

Enquiries to: Margaret Phillips

Meetings held at The Park Community School, Park Lane, Barnstaple on the second Tuesdaysdaysday during the winter months, commencing at 7.30pm. Admission £2.50 including refreshments

Tuesday 8 January - 7:30pm

‘A Naturalist in Death Valley' with Rev. Tom Gladwin. An illustrated account of a spring expedition to the botanically interesting Mohave Desert and other wildlife rich sites in and by Nevada

Tuesday 12 February - 7:30pm

‘Curlews in Devon andWaders on Dartmoor’ with Jon Avon

Tuesday 11 March - 7:30pm

Annual General Meeting, followed by ’Vive La Difference – Birds across the Channel’ with Dominic Couzens, a British-based freelance writer with regular columns in BBC Wildlife, Birdwatching and the National Trust magazine. A light-hearted talk about how birds differ and alter their behaviour as soon as you cross on to the continent

Tuesday 8 April - 7:30pm

‘Norfolk Birds’ with John Wyatt

Tuesday 9 September - 7:30pm

‘The Great Bustard Project’ with Alasdair Dawes. In spring 2007 a female from the Great Bustard group introduction project nested inWiltshire – the first Great Bustard to nest in the wild in the UK for 175 years

Tuesday 14 October - 7:30pm

‘Iceland – Rivers of Ice and Mountains of Fire’ with Rod Lawrence. Exploring Iceland’s very special birds and its incredible wild flowers set in ever-changing landscapes of glaciers and volcanoes

Tuesday 11 November - 7:30pm

‘Painting Ground – Rollers and Asities in Madagascar’ with John Gale

Tuesday 9 December - 7:30pm

‘The Cirl Bunting and Chough in Cornwall’ with Claire Mucklow