Programme of Events 2026-2027

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.

05/09/2026 (Sat)
Outing to Farmoor Reservoir
Walk led by Andrew Mann
16/09/2026 (Wed)
Indoor meeting (Exeter Hall): Norfolk Migration Magic
By: Dr Graham Lenton
10/10/2026 (Sat)
Outing to Rushy Common / Tar Lakes
Walk led by Andrew Mann
14/10/2026 (Wed)
Indoor meeting (Exeter Hall): Bernard Tucker Memorial Lecture: Bending the Curve: successes and challenges in conservation intervention
By; Prof Malcolm Burgess (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds)
11/11/2026 (Wed)
Indoor meeting (Exeter Hall): Madagasgar Pochard
By: Peter Cranswick (Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust)
15/11/2026 (Sun)
Online meeting (Zoom): Outing to Poole Harbour includes Boat Cruise (Dorset)
Limited places boat cruise of Poole Harbour
25/11/2026 (Wed)
Online meeting (Zoom): Mountain Bird Ecology and Conservation
By Prof Dan Chamberlain (University of Turin)
09/12/2026 (Wed)
Online meeting (Zoom): Life in the Air: opportunities, costs and risks
By: Prof Emily Shepard (University of Swansea)
13/12/2026 (Sun)
Outing to Blenheim Park
Walk around Blenheim Park with Glen Pascoe
13/01/2027 (Wed)
Online meeting (Zoom): Tawny Owls - coming to a wood near you
By Dr Stephen Powles
17/01/2027 (Sun)
Outing to Farlington Marshes (Hampshire)
Circular walk led by Glen Pascoe
10/02/2027 (Wed)
Online meeting (Zoom): Avian Olfaction
By: Dr Marc Gilles (Bielefeld University)
28/02/2027 (Sun)
Outing to Middleton Lakes RSPB (Warwickshire)
Walk led by Glen Pascoe
10/03/2027 (Wed)
Indoor meeting (Exeter Hall): TBC
TBC
21/03/2027 (Sun)
Outing to Port Meadow
Walk led by Glen Pascoe
14/04/2027 (Wed)
Indoor meeting (Exeter Hall): Mapping the UK's Flat Flies: bird parasites on the move
By Dr Denise Wawman (University of Oxford)
18/04/2027 (Sun)
Outing to Pulborough Brooks RSPB
Walk led by Glen Pascoe
08/05/2027 (Sat)
Online meeting (Zoom): Outing to Frampton-on-Severn (Gloucestershire)
Walk led by Glen Pascoe
12/05/2027 (Wed)
Indoor meeting (Exeter Hall): Birds of the Lye Valley (Oxford)
By Tom Bedford
13/06/2027 (Sun)
Outing to Greenham Common (Berkshire)
Walk led by Glen Pascoe
18/07/2027 (Sun)
Outing to Peep-o-Day Lane
Walk led by Glen Pascoe

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 with a suggested donation of £3.00.

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

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