Group Adar Bangor Bird Group 2026-27 Programme
A warm welcome to our 2026/27 Programme!
Most of the talks are via Zoom with a link being sent to members ahead of each meeting, but those in bold are in person – see individual entries for details. PL2 is on the second floor of Pontio on Deiniol Road, Bangor, PL5 on the fifth floor, and MALT is the Main Arts Lecture Theatre in Top College, Bangor University on College Road. The Thomas Telford Centre is situated opposite Waitrose in Menai Bridge. As in previous years, the programme includes a number of talks kindly arranged by the North Wales Wildlife Trust (NWWT). All the talks start at 1930.
October 7 'Birding Balearica – Total Eclipse Edition' – Steve Culley - PL5
14 'Jordan – Birds and Bombs' – Tom Williams, recently assistant warden at Cors Ddyga
21 'Around the World in 50 Birds' – Keith Betton, Global Birder
28 NWWT talk –'Gwaith Powdwr Past, Present and Future' – Luke Jones, NWWT
November 4 'Scottish Island Odyssey' – Nigel Brown – MALT
11 'Birds of Mongolia Update' – Silas Olofson, birder and wildlife tour leader
18 'The Two Jonnies – in Spain' – pod-casting East Coast Birders.
25 NWWT Talk - 'A Season on St Kilda' – Sue Loughram, NWWT – in the Thomas Telford Centre Menai Bridge
December 2 'The Challenger Expedition' – Anthony Griffiths, Birder - PL2
9 'Pembrokeshire Pelagics and Grassholm' – Dave Astins, Wildlife Tour Leader
16 Christmas Quiz – Steve Culley
January 6 '70 years of Anglesey's Birds – from Nightjars to Ospreys' – Philip Snow, Wildlife Artist, venue to be confirmed
13 'Raptor Migration, Batumi, Georgia' – Lauren Evans, Post graduate, Bangor University
20 'Tropical Queensland' - Alex Jones and Steff Leese, global birders
27 NWWT Talk – 'Landscape and Wildlife Conservation' - Howard Davies, Chair and Trustee of NWWT.
February 3 'Armenia and Georgia' - Toby Carter, Zeiss Birding Ambassador - PL2
10 'Birds in Wales 2026' - Julian Hughes, Head of Species, RSPB Cymru
17 'Borneo' – Henry Cook, Warden, Lakenheath RSPB Reserve
24 NWWT Talk- 'Wildlife Crime in North Wales – The Wildlife Crime Unit' - PL2
March 3 'Bird Ringing in the Gambia' – Robin Sandham, birder and bird ringer - PL2
10 'Tales of a Twitcher' – Austin Morley, NW Birder and UK Twitcher
17 'Romania (Transylvania to the Danube)' – Steve Culley