L.O.S. Presentation - Friday 11 November 2022

81 Degrees North – An Arctic Adventure by David Shallcross


An Arctic adventure featuring Svalbard's history, its community and their work, breeding bird populations, cetaceans, polar bears, arctic fox, scenes of the pack ice, glaciers, and some amazing arctic flora.


Meet in the Derby Room at Leigh Library at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start.  

Entrance is free and everyone is welcome.

L.O.S. Annual General Meeting and Osprey Presentation - Friday 7 October 2022

The Society's Annual General Meeting will be held on Friday 7 October at 7:30pm in the Derby Room at Leigh Library.  This will consist of several reports about the state of the Society as well as the election of Chairman and Committee Officers and Members.

Following the AGM our very own Peter Hodson will give a presentation about Ospreys and some of the learning about this species from Lake District Osprey Project. Peter has been actively involved in this Project for a number of years.

The New Season Kicks Off - Friday 2nd September 2022

'Birding in the Isle of Avalon'

The new season of L.O.S. Friday Night Presentation Talks starts on Friday 2nd September with a talk by Mike Roberts on birding the Somerset Levels.

Forthcoming Friday Night Presentation Talks at Leigh Library

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Friday 4th February 2022 - 7:15 - 9:30pm

"My Year" - Presentation by Paul Hill

This talk is a calendar of the previous year's exploits, with highlights from each month. For 2021 and 2022, Paul concentrates on how he adapted his photography to accommodate the restrictions of Covid 19.
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Friday 4th March 2022 - 7:15 - 9:30pm

"2019 Namibia" - Presentation by Brian White (a local photographer from Bolton)

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Friday 1st April 2022 - 7:15 - 9:30pm

"An Eye For Birds" - Presentation by Bruce Kendrick

Bruce has just published a book called "An Eye For Birds" and copies will be on sale.

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Friday 6th May 2022 - 7:15 - 9:30pm

"50 Years of Birding through books" - Presentation by Paul Heaton (RSPCA Inspector)

Recommended by local bird groups, this talk is likely to be a bit different. It features books, slides and stories/anecdotes which are said to be "highly entertaining". 

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Admission is free to all these talks although donations are welcome through buying a raffle ticket.

Everyone is welcome and there is free parking outside the Library.