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The Future for our Nature Reserves with Chris Wynne
Chris Wynne, Senior Reserves Manager for the North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT), talks in this presentation about 'The Future for our Reserves'.
Chris has many years experience of managing a wide variety of NWWT Reserves from coastal heath to upland blanket bogs, forests and fens. He will be considering how best to future-proof such sites of wildlife interest in the face of climate and other environmental changes.
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Estonia and Finland - A 'Steller' Cast with Henry Cook
มุมมอง 200หลายเดือนก่อน
In this talk we welcome back former Bird Group Vice-Chair, Henry Cook to hear about Finland and Estonia. Henry is a keen world birder and travels widely with his partner, Sophie. This talk is based on two trips to Eastern Europe in search of enigmatic birds and some of the region's most elusive mammals. Henry is now Warden of one of the RSPB's flagship reserves, Lakenheath Fen in Suffolk, home ...
Tanzania with Silas Olafson
มุมมอง 428หลายเดือนก่อน
In this presentation we head to Tanzania. Our speaker, Silas Olafson has treated Bird Group to some memorable talks in the past and we were full of anticipation for his latest offering which describes the birds, and birdwatching, in one of Africa's most bird-rich countries with 1160 species including 29 endemics. Silas grew up on the Faroe Islands and birdwatched from a very young age. He spent...
Spring in Skagen with Lauren Evans and Dante Shepherd
มุมมอง 2792 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this talk we hear all about one of Europe's foremost Bird Observatories - Skagen at the northern tip of Denmark. This is where Denmark comes closest to Sweden and where a fine peninsula of sand dunes, scrub, woodland and waterbodies provide habitat for a wide range of bird migrants, both Spring and Summer. Expert ornithologists, Lauren Evans and Dante Shepherd (of Pallas's Warbler and Red-ey...
Brenig Osprey Project with Mark Roberts
มุมมอง 712 หลายเดือนก่อน
The Brenig Osprey Project was started in 2013 as a Partnership Project between Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water and North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT). It is located at Wales's 4th largest lake, Llyn Brenig, a reservoir created in the mid seventies on the Denbigh Moors, 370m above sea-level. This talk by NWWT's Membership, Marketing and Recruitment Manager, Mark Roberts gives you a flavour of the highs and...
A Quest for Waders with Rick and Elis Simpson
มุมมอง 592 หลายเดือนก่อน
South Africa's avifauna is rich and relatively well studied. The publication of Chamberlain's Waders: The Definitive Guide to Southern Africa's Shorebirds in 2016 advanced the understanding and scrutiny of the country's wading birds enormously. The region is a seasonal home to some familiar species of the Northern Hemisphere whilst also important for exotic species such as Blacksmith's Lapwing ...
Birding Panama - Birding Paradise with Steve Culley
มุมมอง 3112 หลายเดือนก่อน
Steve talks about his two week trip to Panama in early 2023 which covered birding sites in the Canal Zone, The Anton Valley and the Western highlands in search of the Resplendent Quetzal. He also talks about the Darien region in the East where one of the main targets was one of the largest eagles in the world , the Harpy Eagle.
The State of Hampshire's Birds with Keith Betton
มุมมอง 39410 หลายเดือนก่อน
Hampshire is a grand county for birds from the vast expanse of the New Forest which is unique in Europe, to the open Chalk Downs, from the mudflats and sandbanks of the Solent to lush chalk river valleys world-renowned for their fly-fishing, river-meadows and wetlands. Keith Betton is a freelance PR consultant, writer, lecturer and occasional broadcaster. He is a keen world birder having seen o...
Hawaii with Alex Jones and Steff Leese
มุมมอง 9910 หลายเดือนก่อน
In this presentation we focus far away and to Hawaii - a land of dramatic landscapes, fascinating culture and some of the rarest birds on the planet. From the classic bright red I’iwis that inhabit the forests, to the masters of the ocean in the form of the Laysan Albatrosses and Tropicbirds that make the island cliffs their home, this pacific island chain has a wealth of incredible birds and o...
IBOC 2019 - The world's bird observatories flock together with Steve Stansfield
มุมมอง 2910 หลายเดือนก่อน
Steve Stansfield, Director of Operations, Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory on Bardsey Island (Ynys Enlli) speaks about the International Bird Observatories Conferences. Steve Stansfield grew up in industrial South Yorkshire and for the whole of his adult life has worked at British Bird Observatories, firstly at Sandwich Bay from 1990-1993 and then at N.Ronaldsay until 1998. He then took up th...
Spring in the Outer Hebrides with Steve Duffield
มุมมอง 60711 หลายเดือนก่อน
Steve Duffield graduated at Bangor in Applied Biology in 1998 and was a very active birder and member of Bird Group during his time at university there. He moved to the Outer Hebrides and in 2007 established Western Isles Wildlife (western-isles-wildlife.co.uk) running wildlife tours. He has become the go-to guide for birds and other wildlife in this area and this week's talk will cover all asp...
Birding in the Canary Islands with Heather Page
มุมมอง 513ปีที่แล้ว
Holly is a wildlife tour leader with Heatherlea, a successful tour company based in Speyside offering Birding and Wildlife Holidays in Scotland and Worldwide. A keen birder from an early age, Holly moved from Lancashire to Strathspey in 2020 and joined the Heatherlea guiding team. As well as birds she has a passion for all aspects of natural history. The Canary Islands form a fascinating sub-tr...
Rare Breeding Birds in the UK with Dawn Balmer
มุมมอง 119ปีที่แล้ว
Dawn is very well placed to talk on this subject having a long-term interest in monitoring bird movements and population dynamics. She was Co-ordinator of the British Trust for Ornithology's Bird Atlas 2007-11 and is now Head of Surveys with the BTO and Chair of the Rare Breeding Birds Panel. As Secretary of the European Bird Census Council she has comparative insight in to changes in the frequ...
Estado Pluirnacional de Bolivia with Barry Walker
มุมมอง 29ปีที่แล้ว
Barry Walker talks to us from Peru about the neighbouring country of Bolivia, following up on a marvellous talk about Peru which he gave us in early December 2021. Barry was born in Stalybridge near Manchester, England and started birdwatching at the age of thirteen. After studying birds extensively in Europe and the Middle East, he switched his attention to South America where he honed his bir...
Birds of Indiana with Aidan Rominger
มุมมอง 295ปีที่แล้ว
Aidan Rominger , is a brilliant young birder and naturalist from Indiana, USA and he speaks here from Eagle Creek Ornithology Centre near Indianapolis where he is the Head Ornithologist and Naturalist. Aidan has previously spoken to Bird Group as well as local Audubon Societies in the USA. He organises Birding Festivals and is involved with re-introduction projects for wetland bird species such...
Birding Balearica: My family and other animals on Mallorca with Steve Culley
มุมมอง 403ปีที่แล้ว
Birding Balearica: My family and other animals on Mallorca with Steve Culley
Birds and Bird Migration in SW Portugal with Nuno Barros
มุมมอง 139ปีที่แล้ว
Birds and Bird Migration in SW Portugal with Nuno Barros
North Wales Ringing CES, RAS and other projects with Stephen Dodd
มุมมอง 96ปีที่แล้ว
North Wales Ringing CES, RAS and other projects with Stephen Dodd
The Curlew LIFE Project with Lucy Foster
มุมมอง 132ปีที่แล้ว
The Curlew LIFE Project with Lucy Foster
Birding The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall with Davis Collins
มุมมอง 281ปีที่แล้ว
Birding The Lizard Peninsula, Cornwall with Davis Collins
Ohio and Michigan: A Bring Warbler Wonderland with Neil Glenn
มุมมอง 136ปีที่แล้ว
Ohio and Michigan: A Bring Warbler Wonderland with Neil Glenn
A Year on Ramsay with Greg Morgan
มุมมอง 802 ปีที่แล้ว
A Year on Ramsay with Greg Morgan
Investigating Bird Crime in Malta with Alice Tribe
มุมมอง 1552 ปีที่แล้ว
Investigating Bird Crime in Malta with Alice Tribe
A Bird Year on Fenn's and Whixall Moss NNR with Stephen Barlow
มุมมอง 1542 ปีที่แล้ว
A Bird Year on Fenn's and Whixall Moss NNR with Stephen Barlow
What's that Raptor? with Keith Offord
มุมมอง 1972 ปีที่แล้ว
What's that Raptor? with Keith Offord
East to West: The Terns of the Irish Sea with Emma Tiernan
มุมมอง 612 ปีที่แล้ว
East to West: The Terns of the Irish Sea with Emma Tiernan
Save Our Seabirds with Tessa Coledale
มุมมอง 622 ปีที่แล้ว
Save Our Seabirds with Tessa Coledale
Wildlife of the Forest of Dean with Ed Drewitt
มุมมอง 5852 ปีที่แล้ว
Wildlife of the Forest of Dean with Ed Drewitt
Birding on Lesbos: My family and other animals with Steve Culley
มุมมอง 4292 ปีที่แล้ว
Birding on Lesbos: My family and other animals with Steve Culley
Fair Isle with Rob Hughes
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Fair Isle with Rob Hughes