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Indoor Events

Indoor meetings will take place at the Stratfield Brake Sports Ground. Indoor meetings are free to members; non-members are invited to make a donation.

The start time is 7.45pm prompt and we finish at 10.00pm at the latest.

The Bernard Tucker Memorial Lecture is held at the Oxford Univesity Museum of Natural History and admission is £2.00.

Outdoor Events

Full details will be published in OOS Bulletins and announced at preceding indoor meetings, or contact the OOS Field Trip Secretary, Stephen Alley. Unless otherwise stated, outdoor events are free of charge and are open to non-members.

Lifts to Outings - Can You Help? We frequently get requests from members without cars for lifts to field outings. It would be helpful to have a list of people from various areas and who fairly regularly attend field outings and who have spare car space which they could offer. If you could help in this way please let Stephen know.

Next Indoor Event

Date Details
10/12/2008 (Wed)Magazines and the Art of Bird Photography
David Cromack, Buckingham Press

Next Outdoor Event

Date Details
07/12/2008 (Sun)Virginia Water, Surrey

We will meet up for this birding walk at 10am in the Savill Gardens car park (charges apply) located on minor roads about 3/4 mile to the west of Englefield Green at OS ref SU977706.

The area is forested with many fine old trees and a couple of lakes. It is a beautiful place with good paths so the walking should be fairly easy. The lakes are good for a variety of waterbirds and it is a known haunt of Mandarin ducks. The ancient woodland is good for Woodpeckers and Nuthatches etc. The hornbeams in the area attract Hawfinch although these are never easy to locate. Other specialities we may come across are Siskin, Redpoll and Brambling.

All are welcome to attend and weather permitting you should enjoy a birding trip in beautiful surroundings.

Full Programme of Events 2008-2009

Date Details
11/09/2008 (Thu)The Robin in Life and Literature
Andrew Lack
14/09/2008 (Sun)Birdwatching Day at Farmoor Reservoir
28/09/2008 (Sun)Lower Heyford, Oxfordshire
08/10/2008 (Wed)Russian Nature Reserves
Algirdas Knystautus
12/10/2008 (Sun)Frampton on Severn, Glos.
04/11/2008 (Tue)Bernard Tucker Memorial Lecture
What makes for a successful alien? Observations on introduced wildfowl

Professor Tony Fox
09/11/2008 (Sun)Buckland and Pusey, Oxfordshire
12/11/2008 (Wed)Changing Wildlife in the Chilterns
John Tyler
07/12/2008 (Sun)Virginia Water, Surrey
10/12/2008 (Wed)Magazines and the Art of Bird Photography
David Cromack, Buckingham Press
04/01/2009 (Sun)Noke and Oddington, Oxfordshire
14/01/2009 (Wed)Development of Agri-Environment Scheme Habitat Options for Bird Conservation
Chris Stoate, Game Conservancy
01/02/2009 (Sun)Arundel WWT
11/02/2009 (Wed)Water Voles
Julia Armstrong, BBOWT
01/03/2009 (Sun)Piddington, Oxfordshire
11/03/2009 (Wed)Bitterns - Boom or Bust
Ken Smith, RSPB
05/04/2009 (Sun)Stewartby Lake, Beds.
08/04/2009 (Wed)New Caledonian Crows
Christian Rutz, University of Oxford
NB: to be held at Exeter Hall
26/04/2009 (Sun)Birdwatching Day at Farmoor Reservoir
10/05/2009 (Sun)Albury and Rycote, Oxfordshire
14/05/2009 (Thu)Annual General Meeting
07/06/2009 (Sun)Rendcomb, Glos.
05/07/2009 (Sun)Great Haseley, Oxfordshire
02/08/2009 (Sun)Fowlmere RSPB, Cambs.


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