Dan Brown in Pontio Bangor Tonight and Tomorrow

This week- Dan Brown Double Bill.

Tibet and the Sub-antarctic Islands.

Don't miss Dan on his flying visit to the UK and Bangor Birdgroup!

Wed 4 December, 2019, 7.30pm Room PL2 Pontio. 'In search of the Mountain Ghost - Wildlife of the Tibetan Plateau' . On the trail of Snow Leopard and other wildlife in one of the world's most remote and arduous regions.

Thursday 5 December, 2019, 7.30pm Room PL5 Pontio. 'Megaherbs, Great Albatrosses and Giant Peterels - Exploring our Anitpodal Seas and Islands' Discovering the endemic flora and fauna of New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands and the rich seas which unite them.

Both talks by local boy Dan Brown, currently based in South-East Asia. Ecologist, conservationist and wildlife cruise leader. All welcome. Students free and members of Bangor Bird Group free. Otherwise £4 per head.

Bangor Birdgroup is back this Wednesday- the 9th of October

I’m happy to announce the new programme for 2019-2020 for Bangor Birdgroup. Firstly please notice we have had a change of venue at the University. We are no longer in the Brambell building but have moved to The Management centre on College road, Alun room 101 is our new venue. Otherwise same old- doors open at 7 on a Wednesday evening for a 7.30 kick off. There are numerous topics covered about North Wales, the UK and the rest of the world from Antarctica to Azerbaijan and Algeria. I will be giving the first talk on The Birds of Anglesey on Wednesday the 9th October. Hope to see you there, everyone is welcome!
Membership £18 waged, £15 concessions or you can pay on the door. Students go free!

This Wednesday, the 9th October and I will be talking about the birds of Anglesey. I have updated the talk with a lot of new Bird and People photos :-)

Anglesey lies off the NW coast off Wales.
With an area of 276 Square miles it is the largest Welsh Island, and It's the 5th largest Island in the UK.
It has a good selection of habitats for birds and other wildlife.
With coastal habitats from sandy beaches to high sea cliffs and coastal lagoons. Freshwater lakes, Marshes, Fens, Woodland, Farmland, Freshwater rivers, Estuaries and more, it has a wide selection of habitats.
South Stack, Cemlyn and the reserve formally known as Malltraeth RSPB, now Cors Ddyga, are must visit sites for visiting birders, and bring in valuable money from Eco-tourism to the local economy.
I'm going to take you there and to many of my own personal favourite birding spots, to show you the birdlife and some of the other special wildlife that the Isle of Anglesey, Ynys Mon has to offer.

Bardsey's: Western Orphean Warbler 19 May

Bardsey's Wildlife: Today started like any other day, low cloud in the...: Today started like any other day, low cloud in the morning giving a misty start but this was soon burnt off as the sun came up and it turn...

Snowy Owl and Iberian Chiffchaff

The Snowy Owl has reappeared on Holyhead Mountain since the 11 April and apparently seen again yesterday (16th).


Also yesterday a good candidate for Iberian Chiffchaff was found singing in a woodland clearing in Gwydir above Penmachno at GR: SH773519 where the mountain bike trail leaves the forest track to the south.  The bird still present on 17th and easily picked up on song. If you go approach and leave via Penmachno as the road to the north is in a bad state and there's lots of gates to open an close.


The Ring-necked Duck also remains on Llyn Bran near Llyn Brenig.

India and Arizona at Birdgroup this week

Wednesday- Himalayan Gold by Steve Culley

Thursday- Arizona Birding by Arizona Birder Chris Rohrer

(currently on tour of the UK)

At Bangor Bird-group we meet on Wednesday nights in the University of Bangor Brambell Building, Deiniol road opposite Asda just down from the Train Station. Costs are £2 per meeting (non members), or even better join as a member. Membership costs are as follows- Waged = £15, £12 for concessions and free for Bangor University students. 

Not bad for 22 talks!

Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 pm start. Talks last for around 1 hour. All members of the public are welcome. 

Support Champions of the Flyway and save Vultures

Some friends need our help to help save the World's vulture species.  This year "Champions of the Flyway" is raising funds for on the ground action to prevent the whole scale slaughter of vultures in Kenya and across Africa.
I was lucky enough to go out to Israel last year to take part and this year's cause is no less urgent.
It doesn't matter which team you support as it all goes to the same Birdlife partner but the only Welsh gal Dan Rouse is 1/4 of the Swarovski Youth Birders Team and they're still aiming for their target.


£5, £10, £20 or whatever you can afford will all help.


Thanks


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Mark Avery at Plas y Brenin

Mark Avery returns to North Wales on Sat 23rd March. 
https://www.facebook.com/events/2604818869559161/

Dr Mark Avery is a scientist by training and a birder by inclination, who has become an environmental campaigner, author and blogger since leaving the RSPB in 2011 (after 25 years, 13 of them as Conservation Director). He’ll be talking about his campaign to ban driven grouse shooting, and about his new organisation, Wild Justice, that he has set up with Chris Packham and Ruth Tingay.

Tickets £5 on the door 8pm start.

It's Chile in Bangor this week

Dr Richard Birch, Consultant Ecologist and well known local naturalist will be taking us back to Chile again this week. He produced a wonderful video that we saw at Bird-group last season, and he loved the place so much he returned and made another Video about his Return to Chile, which he tells us is even better that the first one! It's one not to miss as he gives us an insight into this fascinating country that not a lot of us have had the chance to visit.

 At Bangor Bird-group we meet on Wednesday nights in the University of Bangor Brambell Building, Deiniol road opposite Asda just down from the Train Station. Costs are £2 per meeting (non members), or even better join as a member. Membership costs are as follows- Waged = £15, £12 for concessions and free for Bangor University students. 

Not bad for 22 talks!

Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 pm start. Talks last for around 1 hour. All members of the public are welcome. 

Return of The Bruce! RSPB Investigation in Bangor this Wednesday

Matthew Bruce was an Under-graduate Student at Bangor a few years back, but he now works for the RSPB Investigations Department at The Lodge.

Come and meet him this week as he gives us an insight into the work he does whilst fighting Wildlife crime for the RSPB, it should be an interesting talk.

At Bangor Bird-group we meet on Wednesday nights in the University of Bangor Brambell Building, Deiniol road opposite Asda just down from the Train Station. Costs are £2 per meeting (non members), or even better join as a member. Membership costs are as follows- Waged = £15, £12 for concessions and free for Bangor University students. 

Not bad for 22 talks!

Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 pm start. Talks last for around 1 hour. All members of the public are welcome. 

Namibia this week at Bangor-Bird-group

This week at Bird-group it was supposed to be Alex talking about Birding in the Eastern USA, however unfortunately he cant do it (hopefully we can reschedule for next year). However Local Birder and Photographer Dewi Edwards has stepped in to give us a talk on Namibia instead which he will give on the 20th Feb. That should also be a good talk as his photography is amazing!

At Bangor Bird-group we meet on Wednesday nights in the University of Bangor Brambell Building, Deiniol road opposite Asda just down from the Train Station. Costs are £2 per meeting (non members), or even better join as a member. Membership costs are as follows- Waged = £15, £12 for concessions and free for Bangor University students. 

Not bad for 22 talks!

Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 pm start. Talks last for around 1 hour. All members of the public are welcome. 

Change of talks- Cyprus then Namibia at Bangor Bird-group

This week at Birdgroup Julian Hughes will be talking about his trip last year to Cyprus studying local birds and migration through the region (13th Feb).

The week after was supposed to be Alex talking about Birding in the Eastern USA, however unfortunately he cant do it (hopefully we can reschedule for next year). However Local Birder Dewi Edwards has stepped in to give us a talk on Namibia instead which he will give on the 20th Feb. That should also be a good talk as his photography is amazing!

At Bangor Bird-group we meet on Wednesday nights in the University of Bangor Brambell Building, Deiniol road opposite Asda just down from the Train Station. Costs are £2 per meeting (non members), or even better join as a member. Membership costs are as follows- Waged = £15, £12 for concessions and free for Bangor University students. 

Not bad for 22 talks!

Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 pm start. Talks last for around 1 hour. All members of the public are welcome. 

The amazing life of Swifts at Bangor Bird-group tonight

This Wednesday  Ben Stammers from the North Wales Wildlife trust will be giving us an update on one of our best birds in North Wales, the Swift. Please come along and see how this cracking bird is getting on. His talk is entitled Sky Dwellers : The amazing life of Swifts

At Bangor Bird-group we meet on Wednesday nights in the University of Bangor Brambell Building, Deiniol road opposite Asda just down from the Train Station. Costs are £2 per meeting (non members), or even better join as a member. Membership costs are as follows- Waged = £15, £12 for concessions and free for Bangor University students. 

Not bad for 22 talks!

Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 pm start. Talks last for around 1 hour. All members of the public are welcome. 

Filey International : Mark James Pearson in North Wales this week

This Week at Birdgroup, Yorkshire Birder Mark James Pearson will be talking about

Filey International . It's A fantastic Migration Hotspot on the East Coast of Yorkshire.

Mark will give us a run-down of the Birding Year at his local patch in one of the more interesting Birding sites in the UK.

Come along and catch him whilst he's in town.

At Bangor Bird-group we meet on Wednesday nights in the University of Bangor Brambell Building, Deiniol road opposite Asda just down from the Train Station. Costs are £2 per meeting (non members), or even better join as a member. Membership costs are as follows- Waged = £15, £12 for concessions and free for Bangor University students. 

Not bad for 22 talks!

Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 pm start. Talks last for around 1 hour. All members of the public are welcome. 

Hawfinches in Wales at Birdgroup this week

This Wednesday Kelvin Jones from the British Trust for Ornithology will be giving us an update on one of our best birds in North Wales, the Hawfinch. Please come along and see how this cracking bird is getting on.

At Bangor Bird-group we meet on Wednesday nights in the University of Bangor Brambell Building, Deiniol road opposite Asda just down from the Train Station. Costs are £2 per meeting (non members), or even better join as a member. Membership costs are as follows- Waged = £15, £12 for concessions and free for Bangor University students. 

Not bad for 22 talks!

Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 pm start. Talks last for around 1 hour. All members of the public are welcome. 

Tonight- Shetland in Bangor

Little Bunting

Tonight at Birdgroup, Local Birder Chris Jones will be giving the talk

Birding in Wellies : An Autumn Week on Shetland

Come along and see how four North Wales birders got on in October 2017 in their quest to see and find rare and scarce birds in these Scottish Islands

At Bangor Bird-group we meet on Wednesday nights in the University of Bangor Brambell Building, Deiniol road opposite Asda just down from the Train Station. Costs are £2 per meeting (non members), or even better join as a member. Membership costs are as follows- Waged = £15, £12 for concessions and free for Bangor University students. 

Not bad for 22 talks!

Doors open at 7 for a 7.30 pm start. Talks last for around 1 hour. All members of the public are welcome.