We meet in the Derby Room at Leigh Library. There is ample free car parking in the car park next to the Library (but please note that you do park at your own risk).
Meetings are on Fridays at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start. Everyone is welcome free of charge but a small donation to our funds from non-members would be gratefully accepted.
A varied programme of speakers and slideshows on wildlife subjects is organised, commencing in September running through to May each year, with usually about 10 presentations in total.
L.O.S. Meetings 2023-24 Programme
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1 September 2022
Mike Roberts
'The Birds of Extradamura'---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
October 2023
AGM followed by
Members Photographs
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3 November 2023
Dr Alan Fielding
'Where Eagles Fly - what satellite tracking has shown us'
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24 November 2023
Members' and Friends' Evening at Leigh Rugby Club--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 December 2023
Steve Halliwell
'St. Kilda: The Lonely Isles'
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5 January 2024
Ken and Jean Gallimore Memorial lecture
Michael Pettifer
'The Isle of May'
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2 February 2024
Dr Sonja Ludwig
(RSPB Species and Habitats Officer - Bowland)
'Hope for Hen Harriers'
Monitoring and Protecting Hen Harriers in the Bowland Fells and Beyond"
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1 March 2024
Dr Kevin Briggs
' Walk in the Woods'
Kevin’s presentation will focus on the nesting behaviour of four species; pied flycatcher, nuthatch, blue tit and great tit. Based on many seasons of his in-the-field monitoring and shot through with over fifty years of the speaker’s ornithological nous, the talk will give us an intimate look at their breeding habits within a number of woodland study sites in our area.
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5 April 2024
John Miles
'Owls of Fell Foot Forward'
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3 May 2024
Alan Bedford
'How estuaries work for birds'
The UK is Internationally important for its coastal birds and this talk describes the ecology of estuaries and why they are so productive with particular emphasis on saltmarshes.
Any bird watcher knows that our estuaries offer a real spectacle during the winter months and the NW estuaries together can support over 700 000 birds during this period. This talk looks at what the sandflats, mudflats and saltmarshes have to offer birds at these peak times and throughout the year.
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Guest Speakers: Should you wish to be invited to give an ornithological presentation to the Society please register your proposals and fees with our Programme Secretary Peter Hodson by email: leighos.progsec@gmail.com
