UPDATE FOR 2021-2022

NEW MEETINGS 2021-2022

Please see our programme of new talks for 2021-2022. 

I hope that we will be able to meet again in September 2021 at Kennington WI Hall at 7.30 pm, but if not, we will have our meetings on Zoom as we did last season. 

The committee have discussed the future programme and will contact members before September asking if you would attend a meeting in the Hall or not;  we will then decide what to do. 

We are also resuming Field meetings. To see how to go about booking your place please see details on our Field Meetings page.

Jenny Jackson

Chair of Ashford Birdwatchers' Club

July 2021

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2021 

Because of the continuing and new restrictions for containing and reducing COVID 19 we have had to cancel our monthly indoor meetings at the WI Hall for the time being.  We will keep this under review and continue to follow the latest government  guidance.

However, we have arranged new monthly online meetings using ZOOM, and we are very grateful for our speakers who are happy to participate in this way. Please see our ZOOM Meetings page for details.

Because of rules about groups meeting, including the Rule of 6, we are running small group field meetings at this stage. 

INDOOR MEETINGS PROGRAMME 2019-2020

OUR INDOOR AND FIELD MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE TIME BEING DUE TO  CORONAVIRUS MEASURES

Please note the revised order of the programme of indoor meetings for 2020 for the remainder of this season of talks.

All meetings start at 19:30 and include a break for teas and coffees. In order to help reduce use of single-use plastic cups please bring your own cup or mug.


2020 

Please note changes to order of speakers doing talks Jan-April 2020 (not changes of dates)

January 8th A Winter break in Kuwait by Gill Hollamby.

February 12th Scottish Spring by Andrew Lapworth. Some of the iconic birds, mammals and flora of Scotland's Caledonian forests, uplands and coasts.

March 11th March 11th   Local birdwatching and the BTO by Robert Carr.    ABWC Member Robert will explain about birding a local patch, and keeping records of birds seen in an area. The records can then be submitted to local organisations and the British Trust for Ornithology in order to follow the fortunes and population trends of birds in an area.

April 8th AGM & raffle followed by a talk:  South Africa, the Cape and Kruger National Park, by Jenny Jackson.

INDOOR MEETING & AGM WEDNESDAY 10TH APRIL 2019

Following a short AGM, Club member and former Chairman John Bartlett will be giving his illustrated talk on his 2017 visit to Canada and Alaska: The Rockies & Alaska

The meeting starts as usual at 7.30pm; please remember to bring you own cup or mug for a tea or coffee to help save using plastic cups.

13TH MARCH MEETING: TURTLE DOVES 7.30PM

The speaker at the next indoor meeting on Wednesday March 13th will be Nicole Khan, RSPB Turtle Dove Conservation Advisor. She will be talking about the Turtle Dove Project and her role. Turtle Doves have suffered a 93% decline since 1995 partly because of guns in the Mediterranean basin and also because of loss of habitat and a shortage of spring food in the UK.

Heather

http://www.operationturtledove.org

Home - Operation Turtle Dove www.operationturtledove.org Working together for turtle doves – the launch of a Turtle Dove Friendly Zone Turtle doves are declining at an alarming rate, and we know that one of the best ways ...

KOS CONFERENCE SAT 3RD NOVEMBER 2018

Kent Ornithological Society (KOS)  has another conference in Canterbury that looks really interesting: Counting Birds, Making Birds Count. For details, and to book see KOS Conference 2018

Andrew Lapworth

OARE MARSHES

Nine members met at Oare Marshes on Tuesday 28th August. On arrival we were treated to scope views of an Osprey and in the next hour or so we saw:
C Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
A Peregrine being mobbed by 2 Hobbies
Kestrel
Marsh Harrier
and lots of waders including Black-tailed Godwit and Golden Plover with Whimbrel, Spotted Redshank and Ruff.

Do join us for our first Indoor meeting of the Autumn on Wednesday 12th September at 19.30 for a talk on local Barn Owls.

Robert Carr

From Andrew Lapworth

referring to a future speaker at the club.
NICOLE KHAN (March 13th 2019);

 

Dear all

I went to this talk at SBBO on Thursday. She was an excellent speaker and I'm sure she'll be well received at the Club. Her talk describes Operation Turtle Dove and the efforts going in to hanging on to existing local populations of these lovely summer visitors. An excellent website supports the initiative. I think this might be worth sharing with members via the emails and links on our website

http://www.operationturtledove.org

Home - Operation Turtle Dove www.operationturtledove.org Working together for turtle doves – the launch of a Turtle Dove Friendly Zone Turtle doves are declining at an alarming rate, and we know that one of the best ways ...

best wishes

Andrew 


SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS OF THIS MONTH'S MEETING