Indoor Meetings Programme 2009 - 2010

The KOS is again running a programme of Indoor Meetings where speakers give illustrated talks about many aspects of ornithology.

Please note the venue: Meetings are held at the Grove Green Community Hall, Grove Green, Maidstone, which is adjacent to Tesco's Supermarket in Grovewood Drive, Grove Green. It is open from 7.15pm for a 7.45pm start.

A map showing the location of Grove Green Community Hall can be found here.

KOS members and non-members are all welcome. Tea/Coffee and biscuits are provided during the Interval.

Also please note that meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month, except for December, when we are moving forward a week because of Christmas schedules. Note also that the February meeting has also been moved a week ahead to Thursday 4th February 2010.

As 2009 is the hundredth anniversary of ringing in Britain, an additional and joint meeting is being held with SBBO at the Sandwich Bay Observatory on October 29th (see below). It would be good to see KOS members giving their full support by attending this talk.

It would be of enormous help if you could place a poster up for us somewhere to advertise our talks. The link to download these posters is below.

Download Posters here

Thursday October 8th 2009 "Birds of North Kent "  

Barry Wright  

Where to go birding in North Kent and the birds to look out for, a journey that takes us from Dartford to Swalecliffe, essentially the KOS North Kent Recording area.  It is rich in birds and reserves, as well as many less well visited corners that deserve more attention, whether it be for the commoner species, or the rarer ones.

Thursday October 29th 2009 "Celebrating 100 Years of Bird Ringing" Mark Grantham  - BTO 

2009 sees the BTO celebrating 100 years of ringing in Britain. Over that time we've learned an incredible amount about our birds, but there is always more to learn. Mark will highlight some of what we know, and also look at things we still need to discover, and look at some of the events of the last 100 years

Please note that this talk is at Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory

Thursday November 12th 2009 "Wildlife and its Protection in  North-east Poland

Marek Borkowski

The richness of the wildlife of North-East Poland is presented by Marek, who lives in the Biebrza Marshes - a stronghold for such rare species as Aquatic Warbler, Corncrake and Great Snipe

PLEASE NOTE : Unfortunately, we have to change the programme arranged for Dec 3rd , which will be replaced by a talk to be given by Peter and Pauline Heathcote. Details are as follows:

Thursday December 3rd 2009 "Trogons, Toucans, Turkeys and Tikal"

Peter and Pauline Heathcote  

Peter and Pauline will describe a trip they made to Belize ( and Tikal in Guatemala) last year. Belize, in Central America, has substantial areas of protected habitat including forests, savannas, and wetlands, and has an excellent diversity of neotropic birds supplemented in the winter and migration periods by american migrants. There are also lots of Mayan ruins to explore. Come along and find out the real story.

Thursday January 14th 2010 KOS Quiz Night   

Questions set by Tony Morris    

IMPORTANT

In view of the continuing bad weather the Quiz Night has been cancelled.

As usual, there will be a variety of questions covering the world’s avifauna. Previous quizzes have been very enjoyable and entertaining, and no doubt this one will be too. There will be be prizes.
 

Thursday February 4th 2010 "A Birding Year in the Stour Valley" Brendan Ryan  

The Stour Valley contains some of Kent's best known birding sites including Stodmarsh and Grove Ferry, and boasts an impressive list of rarities.  This is an account of a typical year's birdwatching seen through the eyes of one of the team of regular birders who work the valley week in, week out.

Thursday March 11th 2010   "Birds of Cadiz Province"   

John Cantelo

Cadiz is one of Spain's premier birding provinces. It has a diverse range of habitats - woodland, mountain and marshland - plus rare breeding birds such as Little and White-rumped Swift, Crested Coot and White-headed Duck plus an unrivalled passage of raptors in the spring and autumn.

Thursday April 8th 2010   AGM  -  Followed by Members Talks