Programme of Events 2025-2026

Indoor meetings have resumed at Exeter Hall (details below), but some meetings will be held online using the Zoom video-conferencing system.

Attendance to Zoom meetings is limited to 100 on a first-come-first-served basis, and you must ensure that the membership secretary has your email address to that you can receive the link for each individual meeeting.

10/09/2025 (Wed)
Indoor meeting (Exeter Hall): When Kites Hover: Deciphering the Ecological Traps and Triumphs of India's Urban Skies
By: Dr Nishant Kumar (Dept BIology, Oxford University)
08/10/2025 (Wed)
Indoor meeting (Exeter Hall): Dippers as Bioindicators of River Health: a survey of the River Frome catchment in Gloucestershire
By: Dr Mark O'Connell (University of Gloucestershire)
29/10/2025 (Wed)
Indoor meeting (Exeter Hall): Bernard Tucker Memorial Lecture: A Passion for Birds: David Lack and his Contributions to Ornithology
By: Dr Andrew Lack

Indoor Events

Indoor meetings take place at Exeter Hall, Kidlington. 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 also held at Exeter Hall 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. Unless otherwise stated, outdoor events are free of charge and are open to non-members.

Calendar Applications

If you use Apple Calendar or a similar application you can subscribe to an automatically updating calendar of events by adding the URL http://www.oos.org.uk/progics.php to your application.