Meetings and trips
Indoor meetings are usually held in the Sheffield University Hicks Building Lecture Theatre 5, on the second Wednesday of each month (except June, July and August) and include: an illustrated talk by an ornithologist of local or national standing, news of forthcoming events, features on identification and local habitats and recent bird news from the Sheffield area.
Meetings start at 7:15pm prompt and finish by 9:30pm, and are free to members; non-members welcome, a £2 fee applies for temporary membership.
Meetings for the year 2018 are as follows :
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Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
Location |
| January 10th | Ron Marshall | Spain |
Hicks Building LT5 |
| February 14th | Mark James Pearson | Can Bird Observatories Thrive in the Modern Era? | Hicks Building LT5 |
| March 14th | AGM | Including 2017 Review of the Year | Hicks Building LT5 |
| April 11th |
Peter Garrity |
Tobago | Hicks Building LT5 |
| May 9th | Richard Baines | The North Yorkshire Turtle Dove Project | Hicks Building LT5 |
| September 12th | Iolo Williams | The Birds of Wales | The Diamond |
| October 10th | Tim Birkhead | The Sex Life of Birds | Hicks Building LT5 |
| November 14th | Jack Ashton-Booth; Thomas Grose, Mark Thomas | Investigating Raptor Persecution in the Peak District | Hicks Building LT5 |
| December 12th | Mike Pilsworth | A Year on the Humber | Hicks Building LT5 |
2019 Programme of meetings are as follows :
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Date |
Speaker |
Subject |
Location |
| January 9th | Stuart Davis | Spring in Michigan | The Diamond TBC |
| February 13th | Keith Clarkson | Discovering Iceland | The Diamond TBC |
| March 13th | *2018 Review of the Year | Various | The Diamond TBC |
| April 10th | Richard Baines | Yorkshire Turtle Dove Project | The Diamond TBC |
| May 8th | Mary Colwell | Curlews | The Diamond TBC |
| September 11th | Mark Cocker | Our Place : Do we have time to save British Wildlife? | The Diamond TBC |
| October 9th | John Reilly | New Guinea - The Evolution of Paradise | The Diamond TBC |
| November 13th | Bob Croxton | Eastern Europe | The Diamond TBC |
| December 11th | Lucy Mitchell | The Nightjar | The Diamond TBC |
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*Review of the Year will be followed by a number of short presentations by members
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The SBSG Committee reserves the right to amend the programme and/or make a small admission charge as necessary, giving as much notice as circumstances allow.
Parking for Indoor Meetings
You will now require a staff Car Parking Permit to park in any of the University car parks. Therefore there is no visitor parking in University car parks. The University do have the Q Park on Durham Road now open and there are special evening and weekend rates in place that can be found online here.
Local field meetings for 2018:
| March | Derwentdale | Raptors |
| April | Orgreave Lakes - Waders & Wagtails | Waders and Wagtails |
| May | Padley Gorge | Spring Migrants |
| June | Hallam Moors Crepuscular Creep | Moorland Birds |
| October | Redmires Reservoirs | Visible Migration |
| December | Pit-house West | Winter Highlights |
Local field trips are free to members; non-members welcome, a £2 fee applies for temporary membership.
The SBSG Committee reserves the right to amend the programme as necessary, giving as much notice as circumstances allow.
Foreign Bird Trip Register
At a previous indoor meeting it was suggested that the membership had a wealth of knowledge and expertise around birding trips abroad. Yet that is not widely shared except when a local member gives a talk on one of their trips.
Please visit here for examples of recent trips abroad. I would suggest contributions from the last 6 years with details on the type of holiday eg family, or specific birding together with tour company /tour guide used. Contact details will be provided by those willing to share any inside info on their trip.
If anyone is willing to have their experiences logged in such a way can they contact Neil Porter on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and he will update the spreadsheet for the IT team at intervals.
As an aside it might also reveal some willing speakers for a short talk in the future although that is of course entirely voluntary.