Look what's coming very soon to Bangor!

Just to let everyone know that Bangor Birdgroup starts back this coming Wednesday on the 1st October at the Brambell building rear entrance at 7pm. This week's talk is from Dawn Balmer from the BTO, coming up to talk about the Bird Atlas : Beyond the maps. Also if you have a look at the good selection of talks we have this year it's well worth becoming a member. Also if you join on Wednesday you can pre-book your ticket for the following week to see Iolo Williams talking about Welsh Wildlife. Otherwise tickets will be sold on the night (£5) on a first come first served basis and you may be turned away if we reach maximum capacity. So please come early. We look forward to seeing you there :-)

Bangor Bird-group programme 2014-15 (*) = Joint meeting with the NWWT Arfon branch

1^st Oct. Dawn Balmer (BTO) Bird Atlas: Beyond the maps.

8^th Oct. Iolo Williams (Ornithologist,Naturalist and TV Wildlife presenter–

Welsh Wildlife. - All ticket event.

15^th Oct. Nia Jones (NWWT) Nautilus Live: Accounts of Deep Sea Exploration

(Caribbean).

22^nd Oct. Thomas Pennant – the man who knew everybody by Goronwy

Wynne (NWWT Vice-President). Pennant lived in Flintshire and wrote

about his travels in Wales between 1773 and 1776. (*)

29^th Oct. Ian Spence The Brazilian Pantanal.

5^th Nov. Dan Brown The Arctic Wildlife of Svalbard.

12^th Nov. Paul Rodgers Tunnicliffe’s Anglesey.

19^th Nov. Stephen Culley: My family and other animals on Lesbos (Greece).

26^th Nov. Conserving marine mammals in Wales by Peter Evans. Peter lives on

Anglesey and is Director of the Sea Watch Foundation which he

established in 1991. (*)

3^rd Dec. Marc Hughes - Malawi (Culture, Education, Birds and Crocs).

10^th Dec. Christmas Party and Quiz. (Good food, good company, good quiz ;-)

7^th Jan. Kelvin Jones (BTO) Turkish delight : Ringing birds in Turkey.

14^th Jan. Julian Hughes (RSPB) Bird conservation in Wales:

What the future holds.

21^st Jan. Rhion Pritchard: Bird watching in Sichuan, China.

28^th Jan. USA deserts - more than just cowboys! Mountain ecologist Barbara

Jones will tell us about the ecology, wildlife and history of

North American deserts. (*)

4^th Feb Richard Dobbins (South Walian Birding: Skokholm to the Teifi).

11^th Feb Alan and Ruth (The Biggest Twitch) Birding in New Zealand.

18^th Feb Ron Evans: Iceland (Bird watching and Photography).

25^th Feb The Menai Strait: Underwater Wildlife and Marine Conservation.

Speaker Paul Kay is a very experienced photographer of marine life. (*)

26^th Feb Mark Cocker : Birds and People (venue/arrangements to be confirmed).

4^th Mar Niall Hatch (Birdwatch Ireland) Bird conservation in Ireland.

11^th Mar Kane Brides (WWT) A wild goose chase: on a mission to save the

World’s most endangered goose (the Red breasted Goose).

18^th Mar Stephen Culley: In search of the Spoon-billed Sandpiper: Wildlife of

the Russian Far East.

25^th Mar Richard Birch : Birdwatching in Australia (Video).

Usual rates Annual subscription £15, concession £12, Students £10 or £2 for non members per meeting.