SOC Highland Branch Talks
- SOC Highland branch will hold a mixture of face-to-face and virtual meetings, via Zoom, in session 2023/2024. An invitation with a link to the Zoom meeting will be sent out to the branch's members a few days before the event via email. To receive this notice, please ensure that you are on the appropriate mailing list held by HQ. If you are unsure, you can check your mailing list preferences by emailing Kathryn Cox or if you know you do not receive branch notices but would like to, you can sign up here (please note these will only be sent to SOC members).
- Face-to-face meetinsg will be held at Culloden Library, Keppoch Road, Culloden IV2 7LL
- For instructions on how to use Zoom, please click here.
- When: The following days at 7.30pm:
2023
Wed 20 September (online) - Laurie Campbell - My Time with Golden Eagles
Tue 3 October Kenny Kortland -Cairngorm Connect Predator Project
Wed 18 October Dr Alan Perkins, Carolyn Robertson & Dr Alex Ball (online) - Bringing Species Back from the Brink: Capercaillie & Corn Bunting case studies.
Tue 7 November Thijs Claes - Curlew LIFE Project
Fri 24 -Sun 26 Nov - Various Speakers (online) - SOC Annual Conference Talks
Tue 5 December Zoom Workshop - Wader identification. Places limited, booking required nearer the time, details to be sent to those on Mailchimp list.
Wed 13 Dec - Prof Debbie Pain (online) - Lead from Ammunition: A toxic problem affecting birds and other animals.
2024
Tue 9 January Zoom Workshop - Flight identification of raptors Wader identification. Places limited, booking required nearer the time, details to be sent to those on Mailchimp list.
Wed 17 Jan Prof Tim Birkhead & Prof Neil Metcalfe (online) - Q&A The Great Auk
Tue 6 February Zoom Les Hatton (online, with Caithness & Orkney Branches)- Norfolk Pheasants, Velvet Runners, Bog Eagles and other fantastic beasts of the Tay Reedbed
Wed 21 Feb Ros Green, Claudia Tapia & Speaker tba - Tracking Birds' Movements
Tue 5 March Stuart Benn - Golden Eagles in the Highlands - past, present and future
Wed 20 Mar Dr Phil Atkinson, Dr Jude Lane & Speaker tba (online) - Avian Flu
Tue 9 April AGM and Ron Summers - Purple Sandpipers
Wed 17 Apr Speakers tba (online) - SOC Endowment Fund Projects
Contact: Mary Galloway, send Mary an email or phone 07598 320978.