Monday's talk for High Peak RSPB group is by none other than Dr Alex Lees from Manchester University, and is entitled Vagrancy in Birds. His book by the same name was nominated for the BTO book of the year in 2022. Talk starts at 7 30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members are welcome and can pay on the door, just 2£. Refreshments, raffle and quiz answers in the interval. All welcome. Thanks.
Chris Harper said
Sun May 19 9:12 AM, 2024
Our talk tomorrow for High Peak RSPB group is by Brian Anderson and entitled 'Land of the Incas'. Presentation starts at 7:30pm at Marple Senior Citizen's Hall. None members can pay on the door, just 2£. Refreshments, raffle and quiz answers in the interval. All welcome. Thanks.
Chris Harper said
Sun Apr 14 10:53 AM, 2024
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is all about Wader Quest, a charity set up for the conservation of shorebirds worldwide. The presenters are Rick and Elis Simpson. Talk starts at 7 30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£ . Refreshments, raffle and quiz answers in the interval. More information on the website. Thanks.
Chris Harper said
Sun Mar 17 6:50 PM, 2024
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is by Spurn Point observatory warden Rob Hinton and is entitled Spurn -a magical place. Talk starts at 7:30pm at Marple Senior Citizen's Hall. None members can pay on the door, just 2£. There will be refreshments, raffle winners and quiz answers in the interval. More details on the website. Should be a cracker. Cheers.
Chris Harper said
Sun Feb 18 1:46 PM, 2024
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled The Ring Ouzel by Kim Leyland. Looking at these iconic birds and their link to the Peak District. Talk starts at 7 30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£.
Refreshments raffle and quiz answers in the interval.
All welcome. Thanks.
Chris Harper said
Sun Jan 14 2:04 PM, 2024
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled ' Birds Beasts and Bugs of the Bog' by Alasdair McKee of the RSPB and Cumbria Wildlife Trust. It will focus on the wildlife of Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve in Cumbria. The presentation starts at 7:30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£ As usual we have a raffle, quiz and a refreshment break. All are welcome. Thanks.
Chris Harper said
Sun Nov 19 10:15 AM, 2023
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled 'From barns to boxes' by Paul Hackney from Staffordshire Barn Owl project. Promises to be an ensightful look at one of the UK's best loved birds. Talk starts at 7:30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just £2. Refreshments available plus raffle and quiz. All welcome. Cheers.
Chris Harper said
Sun Oct 15 7:01 PM, 2023
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled Leopard Moon Rising by Laurence Fox and is about nature and conservation in India. Promises to be a really interesting presentation. Marple Senior Citizens Hall at 7:30pm. None members can pay on the door, just 2£.
Quiz, raffle and refreshments available. All welcome. Thanks.
Monday evenings talk for High Peak RSPB group is by Gary Prescott aka The Biking Birder. He will tell us all about his quest to see as many species as possible last year without the use of fossil fuels. It was a pan European competition. Did he win. Come along to find out. Non members just 2£ on the door. Marple Senior Citizens Hall at 19:30. All welcome.
Not a talk as such, but it is High Peak RSPB groups AGM this Monday evening at 19:30. After the formalities 3 of us will be showing some of our wildlife photos with short presentations from each. You can also sign up for the group on the evening or renew membership. The venue is Marple Senior Citizens Hall. Thanks.
Chris Harper said
Sun May 14 3:00 PM, 2023
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled The Peregrine Falcon and is by Steve Watson and Richard Sale. They are travelling up from the Forest of Dean and will relate their experiences of monitoring the Falcons around the area and take a good look at this iconic bird of prey
None members can pay on the door just 2£
Start time is 7:30pm with refreshments, raffle and quiz answers in the break.
All welcome. Cheers.
Paul Heaton said
Wed Apr 19 11:40 AM, 2023
Chris thank you for the heads up on this talk, it was a truly inspirational evening , Mark Cocker was in top form and gave us all a lot to think about , his book Our Place is not one of his normal books , its one that tackles the environment etc and the charities that are associated with nature and how we view things as Green Belts and Brown Belts , really interesting evening .
I can Highly recommend his others books but will say all birders should read Birders Tale of a Tribe ..
Chris Harper said
Sun Apr 16 6:50 PM, 2023
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is by the one and only Mark Cocker. It is a joint meeting with Stockport RSPB group but none members can still pay on the door just 2£.
It is a follow up to his highly successful book 'Our Place', and starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall.
Refreshments and raffle and answers to bird quiz in the interval.
All ages welcome. Cheers.
Paul Heaton said
Mon Mar 20 10:12 PM, 2023
Absolutely brilliant talk tonight , entertaining interesting funny and all with superb photographs , Dennis was a credit to Lancashire birders .
Great nights entertainment , if you get a chance go see one of his talks .
Chris Harper said
Sun Mar 19 12:36 PM, 2023
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled 'Birding the Atlantic-from Madeira to Tenerife' by Dennis Atherton
The presentation starts at 7:30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall
None members welcome and just 2£ on the door
Refreshments and raffle in interval.
Cheers
Chris Harper said
Sun Feb 19 5:48 PM, 2023
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled 'The birds of Sydney and the Blue Mountains' by Nick Martin
The presentation starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall.
None members can pay on the door just 2£
Refreshments and raffle at interval.
Thanks
Chris Harper said
Sun Jan 15 8:30 AM, 2023
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled 'The Wildlife of the Cheshire Peaks' by David Tolliday.
The presentation starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall.
None members can pay on the door just 2£
Refreshments and raffle at interval.
Thanks
Chris Harper said
Sat Oct 15 6:15 PM, 2022
High Peak RSPB group has it's indoor meeting this coming Monday the 17th October. The speaker is Nick Milton and the subject is The Birdwatching Prime Minister....Neville Chamberlain.
Presentation starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just £2.
Refreshments and raffle at interval.
Thanks
Chris Harper said
Sun May 15 1:01 PM, 2022
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is entitled 'Our not so common Swifts ' by Tanya and Edmund Hoare.
The presentation starts at 7.30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£
Refreshments and raffle at interval
Thanks
Chris Harper said
Sun Apr 10 5:57 PM, 2022
Tomorrow evening's presentation for High Peak RSPB group is entitled 'The Lost Fens' and the speaker is professor Ian Rotherham.
The presentation starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall.
None members can pay on the door just 2£
Refreshments served at the interval
Looks very interesting as usual. Cheers.
Chris Harper said
Sun Mar 20 1:04 PM, 2022
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is called The Garden by Paul Hobson. Cracking photographer and promises to be very informative.
The presentation starts at 7.30 pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall.
None members can pay on the door just £2
Cheers
Chris Harper said
Sat Feb 19 3:38 PM, 2022
High Peak RSPB group has a speaker called Paul Hill this Monday the 21st February. He will be showing us his presentation entitled 'California Sunshine'.
Presentation starts at 19.30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall
Refreshments and raffle at interval
None members can pay on the door just £2
Cheers
Chris Harper said
Sun Nov 14 7:55 PM, 2021
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is entitled The Northern Goshawk by Steve Watson.
Talk starts at 7.30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£.
Refreshments and raffle at interval.
Thanks
Chris Harper said
Sun Oct 17 6:53 PM, 2021
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is on 'The Secret Wildlife of the Cairngorms' by Nick Martin.
The talk starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. Free for members. None members can pay on the door just £2.
Refreshments and raffle also available.
Cheers
Chris Harper said
Sun Sep 19 7:26 PM, 2021
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is The Bird's of Eastern Europe by the group's leader Richard Stephenson. This is our first indoor meeting in a while and all are welcome. Non members can pay on the door just 2£.
The meeting starts at 19:30 and will be preceded by a short AGM. Marple Senior Citizens Hall is the venue. Cheers.
Chris Harper said
Sun Feb 16 11:28 AM, 2020
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is by Gary Prescott aka 'The Biking Birder'. Promises to be interesting. Talk starts at 7.30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just £2. All welcome. Refreshments available in the break.
Chris Harper said
Sun Nov 17 8:29 AM, 2019
High Peak RSPB group talk is from our very own Dennis Atherton tomorrow night on The Birds of Gambia. 7.30 pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£. All welcome. Tea coffee and biscuits in the break available.
Mike Crawley said
Mon Nov 19 8:49 AM, 2018
As advertised on here, Stockport Birdwatching Society also have indoor meetings, in addition to their coach trips.
Hi folks. Thought I'd start a thread to publicise any speakers who are due to speak at RSPB local groups if anyone is interested .
To start off we at High Peak in Marple have Dr Kevin Briggs giving his 'confessions of a Lunatic' talk about the wildlife of the Lune Valley. Starts at 7.30 tomorrow night at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. Non members can pay on the door just 2£.
Monday's talk for High Peak RSPB group is by none other than Dr Alex Lees from Manchester University, and is entitled Vagrancy in Birds. His book by the same name was nominated for the BTO book of the year in 2022. Talk starts at 7 30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members are welcome and can pay on the door, just 2£. Refreshments, raffle and quiz answers in the interval. All welcome. Thanks.
Our talk tomorrow for High Peak RSPB group is by Brian Anderson and entitled 'Land of the Incas'. Presentation starts at 7:30pm at Marple Senior Citizen's Hall. None members can pay on the door, just 2£. Refreshments, raffle and quiz answers in the interval. All welcome. Thanks.
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is all about Wader Quest, a charity set up for the conservation of shorebirds worldwide. The presenters are Rick and Elis Simpson. Talk starts at 7 30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£ . Refreshments, raffle and quiz answers in the interval. More information on the website. Thanks.
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is by Spurn Point observatory warden Rob Hinton and is entitled Spurn -a magical place. Talk starts at 7:30pm at Marple Senior Citizen's Hall. None members can pay on the door, just 2£. There will be refreshments, raffle winners and quiz answers in the interval. More details on the website. Should be a cracker. Cheers.
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled The Ring Ouzel by Kim Leyland. Looking at these iconic birds and their link to the Peak District. Talk starts at 7 30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£.
Refreshments raffle and quiz answers in the interval.
All welcome. Thanks.
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled ' Birds Beasts and Bugs of the Bog' by Alasdair McKee of the RSPB and Cumbria Wildlife Trust. It will focus on the wildlife of Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve in Cumbria. The presentation starts at 7:30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£ As usual we have a raffle, quiz and a refreshment break. All are welcome. Thanks.
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled 'From barns to boxes' by Paul Hackney from Staffordshire Barn Owl project. Promises to be an ensightful look at one of the UK's best loved birds. Talk starts at 7:30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just £2. Refreshments available plus raffle and quiz. All welcome. Cheers.
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled Leopard Moon Rising by Laurence Fox and is about nature and conservation in India. Promises to be a really interesting presentation. Marple Senior Citizens Hall at 7:30pm. None members can pay on the door, just 2£.
Quiz, raffle and refreshments available. All welcome. Thanks.
Monday evenings talk for High Peak RSPB group is by Gary Prescott aka The Biking Birder. He will tell us all about his quest to see as many species as possible last year without the use of fossil fuels. It was a pan European competition. Did he win. Come along to find out. Non members just 2£ on the door. Marple Senior Citizens Hall at 19:30. All welcome.
Quiz, raffle and refreshments in the interval.
Thanks
Not a talk as such, but it is High Peak RSPB groups AGM this Monday evening at 19:30. After the formalities 3 of us will be showing some of our wildlife photos with short presentations from each. You can also sign up for the group on the evening or renew membership. The venue is Marple Senior Citizens Hall. Thanks.
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled The Peregrine Falcon and is by Steve Watson and Richard Sale. They are travelling up from the Forest of Dean and will relate their experiences of monitoring the Falcons around the area and take a good look at this iconic bird of prey
None members can pay on the door just 2£
Start time is 7:30pm with refreshments, raffle and quiz answers in the break.
All welcome. Cheers.
Chris thank you for the heads up on this talk, it was a truly inspirational evening , Mark Cocker was in top form and gave us all a lot to think about , his book Our Place is not one of his normal books , its one that tackles the environment etc and the charities that are associated with nature and how we view things as Green Belts and Brown Belts , really interesting evening .
I can Highly recommend his others books but will say all birders should read Birders Tale of a Tribe ..
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is by the one and only Mark Cocker. It is a joint meeting with Stockport RSPB group but none members can still pay on the door just 2£.
It is a follow up to his highly successful book 'Our Place', and starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall.
Refreshments and raffle and answers to bird quiz in the interval.
All ages welcome. Cheers.
Absolutely brilliant talk tonight , entertaining interesting funny and all with superb photographs , Dennis was a credit to Lancashire birders .
Great nights entertainment , if you get a chance go see one of his talks .
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled 'Birding the Atlantic-from Madeira to Tenerife' by Dennis Atherton
The presentation starts at 7:30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall
None members welcome and just 2£ on the door
Refreshments and raffle in interval.
Cheers
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled 'The birds of Sydney and the Blue Mountains' by Nick Martin
The presentation starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall.
None members can pay on the door just 2£
Refreshments and raffle at interval.
Thanks
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB group is entitled 'The Wildlife of the Cheshire Peaks' by David Tolliday.
The presentation starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall.
None members can pay on the door just 2£
Refreshments and raffle at interval.
Thanks
High Peak RSPB group has it's indoor meeting this coming Monday the 17th October. The speaker is Nick Milton and the subject is The Birdwatching Prime Minister....Neville Chamberlain.
Presentation starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just £2.
Refreshments and raffle at interval.
Thanks
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is entitled 'Our not so common Swifts ' by Tanya and Edmund Hoare.
The presentation starts at 7.30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£
Refreshments and raffle at interval
Thanks
Tomorrow evening's presentation for High Peak RSPB group is entitled 'The Lost Fens' and the speaker is professor Ian Rotherham.
The presentation starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall.
None members can pay on the door just 2£
Refreshments served at the interval
Looks very interesting as usual. Cheers.
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is called The Garden by Paul Hobson. Cracking photographer and promises to be very informative.
The presentation starts at 7.30 pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall.
None members can pay on the door just £2
Cheers
High Peak RSPB group has a speaker called Paul Hill this Monday the 21st February. He will be showing us his presentation entitled 'California Sunshine'.
Presentation starts at 19.30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall
Refreshments and raffle at interval
None members can pay on the door just £2
Cheers
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is entitled The Northern Goshawk by Steve Watson.
Talk starts at 7.30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£.
Refreshments and raffle at interval.
Thanks
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is on 'The Secret Wildlife of the Cairngorms' by Nick Martin.
The talk starts at 19:30 at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. Free for members. None members can pay on the door just £2.
Refreshments and raffle also available.
Cheers
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is The Bird's of Eastern Europe by the group's leader Richard Stephenson. This is our first indoor meeting in a while and all are welcome. Non members can pay on the door just 2£.
The meeting starts at 19:30 and will be preceded by a short AGM. Marple Senior Citizens Hall is the venue. Cheers.
Tomorrow evening's talk for High Peak RSPB is by Gary Prescott aka 'The Biking Birder'. Promises to be interesting. Talk starts at 7.30pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just £2. All welcome. Refreshments available in the break.
High Peak RSPB group talk is from our very own Dennis Atherton tomorrow night on The Birds of Gambia. 7.30 pm at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. None members can pay on the door just 2£. All welcome. Tea coffee and biscuits in the break available.
Their programme is here:- stockportbirders.blogspot.com/p/2018-program-of-events.html
Hi folks. Thought I'd start a thread to publicise any speakers who are due to speak at RSPB local groups if anyone is interested .
To start off we at High Peak in Marple have Dr Kevin Briggs giving his 'confessions of a Lunatic' talk about the wildlife of the Lune Valley. Starts at 7.30 tomorrow night at Marple Senior Citizens Hall. Non members can pay on the door just 2£.
Cheers