Aberdeen Seminars, Lectures & Events Calendar 2009-10

The page is brought to you with much thanks to RSPB Friends of Strathbeg for compiling the list (updated 31/10/09).

Legends:

Cairngorm Cairngorm Club Seafield Club, 11 Seafield Road
NTS National Trust for Scotland Cowdray Hall, Aberdeen Art Gallery
NEMT North East Mountain Trust Belmont Club, 218 Hardgate
RSGS Royal Scottish Geographical Society Fraser Noble Building, Aberdeen University
RSPB Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Scotland Main Lecture Theatre, Zoology Building, Aberdeen University
Saltire* Saltire Society Rubislaw Church Centre, 1 Beaconsfield Place
SOC Scottish Ornithologists Club Sportsman's Club, 11 Queen's Road
SWT Scottish Wildlife Trust Main Lecture Theatre, Zoology Building, Aberdeen University

* Tel.: 484061 (Where bookings are required)

 

 

Date Group Topic Speaker Location Time Notes
November 2009
2 RSGS Cordillera Crossing John Dunn Fraser Noble 7.30pm £6 non members
3 RSPB RSPB Tayside Reserves - two very different wetlands Hannah Morton Zoology 7.30pm £1 Homebakes
16 SOC 100 Years of Bird Ringing in Scotland Mark Grantham Sportsman's Club 7.30pm £2 suggested
16 NTS An Equadorian Safari Diana Robertson Cricket Club 7.30pm £2 non members
19 NEMT Cherishing Scotland's wild places - John Muir Trust Nigel Hawkins Belmont Club 7.30pm £4 (£2)
19 SWT Painting Wildlife Derek Robinson Zoology 7.30pm £1 Tea/coffee
28 Saltire Annual St Andrews Lunch Peter Johnson Cricket Club Noon Booking reqd *
December 2009
1 RSPB Equador Mark Caunt Zoology Building 7.30pm £1 Homebakes
2 CC The Deeside Railway Murray Duncan Seafield Club 7.30pm £3 includes tea
7 RSGS Sutherland - the Empty Lands C McNeish & R Else Fraser Noble 7.30pm £6 non members
15 Saltire Christmas Meeting - Light Verse Entertainment Douglas Kynoch Rubislaw Church Centre 7.30pm Booking reqd *
17 NEMT Hypothermia Eric Pirie Belmont Club 7.30pm £4 (£2)
January 2010
6 CC The Long and Winding Road, a cycle trip in Africa Donald Barrie Seafield Club 7.30pm £3 includes tea
11 SOC Conservation of Sociable Lapwing - Kazakhstan & beyond Robert Sheldon Sportsman's Club 7.30pm £2 suggested
11 RSGS Around the World and Back Again Dee Caffari Fraser Noble 7.30pm £6 non members
13 Saltire "Ga'in the Messages" Catherine Taylor Rubislaw Church Centre 2pm £2.50 non members
19 RSPB Goshawks in North East Scotland - an update Mick Marquis Zoology Building 7.30pm £1 Homebakes
20 NEMT New Twists for Old Hills David Jarman Belmont Club 7.30pm £4 (£2)
21 SWT Priorities in Spider Conservation Mike Davidson Zoology 7.30pm £1 Tea/coffee
February 2010
1 SOC Goldeneyes in Deeside Harry Scott Sportsman's Club 7.30pm £2 suggested
1 RSGS Peoplequake Fred Pearce Fraser Noble 7.30pm £6 non members
2 RSPB Title TBA Russell Nisbet Zoology Building 7.30pm £1 Homebakes
3 CC Buitres, Boats and Boobies - The Shirreffs in South America Gill Shirreffs Seafield Club 7.30pm £3 includes tea
16 Saltire Vera Erikson, The Beautiful Spy Peter Reid Rubislaw Church Centre 7.30pm £2.50 non members
17 NEMT Lyme Disease Nicola Seal Belmont Club 7.30pm £4 (£2)
18 SWT Seaweeds in a Changing Environment Clare Scanlan Zoology 7.30pm £1 Tea/coffee
March 2010
1 SOC Swanning around Scotland & Ireland - the Whooper Story Chris Spray Sportsman's Club 7.30pm £2 suggested
1 RSGS Everest Needs You, Mr Irvine Julie Summers Fraser Noble 7.30pm £6 non members
TBA RSPB Title TBA Speaker TBA Zoology Building 7.30pm £1 Homebakes
3 CC Looking after The Cairngorms Nic Bullivant Seafield Club 7.30pm £3 includes tea
16 Saltire The Deeside Railway Dr Mike Cooper Rubislaw Church Centre 7.30pm £2.50 non members
17 NEMT Ben Nevis - Britain's Highest Mountain Simon Richardson Belmont Club 7.30pm £4 (£2)
17 NTS AGM & A Year in the Life of an NTS Property Manager Gareth Clingan Cowdray Hall 7.30pm £2 non members
18 SWT A New Breeding Bird Atlas for North East Scotland Dr Ian Francis Zoology 7.30pm £1 Tea/coffee
April 2010
TBA RSPB Title TBA Speaker TBA Zoology Building 7.30pm £1 Homebakes
12 SOC AGM & Special Protection Areas for Seabirds at Sea Andy Webb Sportsman's Club 7.30pm £2 suggested
15 SWT AGM + The Cairngorms Wildcat - Saving the Highland Tiger David Hetherington Zoology 7.30pm £1 Tea/coffee
20 NTS/Saltire The Italian Influence on Scottish Painters Jennifer Melville Cowdray Hall 7.30pm Booking reqd £5 *
May 2010
18 Saltire AGM & Prof Alexander Gordon (1752-99) Dr David Galloway Rubislaw Church Centre 7.30pm £2.50 non members
 

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