SERIES OF TWENTY-THREE ILLUSTRATED TALKS 2009 - 2010

WINTER SEASON LECTURES 2009 - 2010

All talks are on Monday evenings at 7.30pm, and unless otherwise stated, at St. Mary's Church Hall, Cop Lane, Penwortham, Preston  PR1 0SR

Stephen.Halliwell@prestonsociety.co.uk

2009

28th Sept.    "Seagulls to Eagles"                                          Peter Smith of Preston

5th Oct.       "An Introduction to Permaculture"                     Rod Everett of North Lancs.
12th Oct.     "The Corner of an Island"  (Anglesey)               Rev. Hugh Linn of Wrexham

19th Oct.     "Countryside Through the Seasons"                   Laura Sivell of Lancaster

26th Oct.     "Yellowstone: The Sleeping Giant"                    Geoff Evans of Preston*
        * [At St. Leonard's Church Hall, Marshall's Brow - the continuation of Cop Lane]

2nd Nov.     "Volunteering with the Wildlife Trust"                Cat Altouynan   L.W.T.

9th Nov.      "Bird Island: Antarctica"                                   John Critchley of Chorley

16th Nov.    "Out of the Fieldbook"           Poetry by:          Carol Thistlethwaite of Euxton*

23rd Nov.    "Shropshire's Magnificent Peregrines"              Jim Almond of Telford

30th Nov.    "Snowy Owl -King of the Arctic"  (cine-film)   Gordon Yates of Rochdale

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7th Dec.      "The Ultimate Pelagic - Auckland to Tokyo"

                    with  Dr. Tom Lawson of York.

                    In aid of Birdlife International.

                    Non-members please book in advance, £2.                  

                    First come first served.

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14th Dec.     Member's Evening.                                                             Bring you own images.

2010.    ***Half-price membership available for second half of 
             season -      See Steve Halliwell on 4th January, 2010.***
              Or - Just pay £2 on the door as a non-member.              

4th Jan.      "Samburu - Gateway to the Northern Frontier District"             Mike McKavett of Southport  
                   - accompanied by Mike's fantastic photographs of some birds and mammals of Kenya. 

11th Jan     "Heysham Moss: The Restoration of a Lowland Raised Bog"    Reuben Neville of L.W.T.

18th Jan.    "Birds of the Arctic Circle - Norway and Finland"                    John Bannon of Southport

25th Jan.    "Greenland - The People and Its Natural History" (re-arranged talk)  Cliff Jones of Adlington

1st Feb.     "Brazil's Best Birding - Atlantic Forests and The Pantanal"     Colin Bushell of Preston

8th Feb.    "More Wildlife - More Wild Places"     (re-arranged talk)                John Gardner of Wakefield  
  15th Feb.      MEMBER'S OPEN EVENING.                                       Bring your own images.

22nd Feb    "Lune to Loon"                                                                        Jim Clift of Preston

1st Mar.    "Birding on the Doorstep"                    (re-arranged talk)           Chris Galvin of Merseyside

8th Mar.    "A Pass in the North-west Frontier"  Botanising Pakistan.     Peter Cordall of Mawdesley

15th Mar.  "Kazakhstan: Birds of Mountain, Desert and Steppe"            Colin Straker of Grassington

22nd Mar. "INDIA THROUGH THE EYES OF A TIGER"       Barrie Kelly of Gtr Manchester

29th Mar.  "What's in a Name?  An irreverent look at the origin of wildlife names."  Tim Melling RSPB.

12th April    A.G.M.

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IT'S WHAT MONDAY NIGHTS ARE FOR !!
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Posted by: Steve Halliwell