Talks

Branch Talks

This season the meetings will, again, be a mix of SOC-wide online meetings and Clyde Branch in-person meetings. Please note below the new venue for this season's talks.

Clyde branch in-person meetings are usually held on the first Monday of the month and are highlighted in green in the talks programme below.

The venue for the in-person meetings is: Partick Burgh Hall, 9 Burgh Hall Street, Partick, Glasgow G11 5LW [map]

Our in-person meetings start at 7.00pm (note earlier time this season) and the hall is available from 6pm if you wish to meet up earlier.

Online meetings and talks are held on zoom and start at 7.30pm

There is further information below for meetings at Partick Burgh Hall and for zoom instructions

Contact for any talks queries: Rebecca Dickson

Grey Heron © Rebecca Dickson

2024-25 Talks programme

The list of talks for the rest of the calendar year is as follows:

Mon 7 Oct	7pm	David Raffle, SOC – Getting the most out of BirdTrack (in-person)
Wed 16 Oct	7.30pm	Dave Parish, NatureScot – Stepping up efforts to save Scotland’s critically endangered Chough (online)
Mon 4 Nov	7pm	Neil Hammatt – Feeding the birds at Holy Loch Nature Reserve: a look at how the reserve supports so many birds (in-person) Joint meeting with Glasgow RSPB Local Group
Wed 20 Nov	7.30pm	Ian Thomson, RSPB – Ending raptor persecution on Scotland’s grouse moors? (online)
Mon 2 Dec	7pm	Flo Blackbourn – Lesser Black-backed Gull migration (in-person)
Mon 13 Jan	7pm	Simon Zisman - The Climate Catastrophe – How Is it Affecting Our Birds (and You)
Mon 3 Feb	7pm	Billy Thomson and Angus MacIver - Bean Geese on the Slamannan Plateau. Joint meeting with Glasgow RSPB Local Group
Mon 3 Mar	7pm	Steve Willis - Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) workshop (tbc)
Mon 7 Apr	7pm	AGM & Neil Forbes - Vulture Crisis in Africa - does it matter?

The in-person meetings start at 7pm
The online meetings start at 7.30pm

Further Information

* In Person meeting venue
Our in-person talks take place in Partick Burgh Hall. This is near Partick bus, underground and train station (see link for map). Car parking should be available in the adjacent streets e.g. Burgh Hall Street, Peel Street and Fortrose Street once the parking regulation hours have passed (currently after 6pm).

This is a new venue for this season. The venue is cheaper to hire than our previous venue and therefore we have been able to reduce the entrance fee. Based on the average number attending meetings last season it is proposed that we charge an entrance fee of £3. There will be no additional charge for the tea, coffee, and biscuits. The fee will be reduced to £1 for students and for others at the discretion of the committee. It would be very helpful if you could bring with you the exact amount of £3. We do not have any debit / credit card handling facility.

Online meetings:
For the meetings that are marked as "online" an invitation with a link to the Zoom meeting will be sent out a few days before the event via email. To receive this notice, please ensure that you are on the appropriate mailing list held by SOC HQ. If you are unsure, you can check your mailing list preferences by emailing Kathryn Cox or if you know you do not receive branch notices but would like to, you can sign up here (please note these will only be sent to SOC members).

Instructions on how to use Zoom.