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List Of Optics Events 2012 (1 Viewer)

pete_gamby

Birds? What Birds?!
Here we go (a little bit late) with the first set for January:

Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 1/1
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 1/1
WWT Caerlaverock, Caerlaverock, 2/1
Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 3/1
Grove Ferry Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve, Canterbury, 7/1
Upton Warren Birders Store, Bromsgrove, 7/1
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 8/1
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 8/1
Upton Warren In Focus, Bromsgrove, 10/1
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 14/1
Low Barns Nature Reserve, Bishop Auckland, 15/1
Lea Valley Country Park, Waltham Abbey, 15/1

Cheers, Pete
 
Here's the next batch:

Seaton Marshes, Seaton, 17/1
Farmoor Reservoir, Oxford, 18/1
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 21/1
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 21/1
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 21/1
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 22/1
Potteric Carr In Focus, Doncaster, 22/1
Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham, 22/1
Riverside Country Park, Gillingham, 24/1
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Sandwich, 28/1
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 29/1
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 29/1
WWT Washington, Washington, 29/1
Exmouth Nature Reserve, Exmouth, 31/1

And of course Chris and I will be at Space Coast Birding & Wildlife Festival next week.

Cheers, Pete
 
Thought I should post a quick note about Space Coast as I may not get a chance tomorrow (the last day of the event).

We've had a lot of fun at this event and met a LOT of people there - it's certainly a busy festival and there's plenty to do and see.

Our booth was located next door to Leica so we had a great time (and some great cookies) with Jeff and Cameron. And Chas Studholme from One Good Tern was right opposite so we had some great banter and got to help a lot of people with their optics questions. I even managed to sell a lady a Kowa bino on Chas' behalf - hope the commission payment is on the way :)

Looking forward to being there again next year.

Next up - San Diego at the beginning of March.

Cheers, Pete
 
Yikes! A bit late with this list - sorry ppl :-(

WWT Slimbridge, Slimbridge, 4/2
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 5/2
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 5/2
Tophill Low Nature Reserve, Hutton Cranswick, 5/2
Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 7/2
Dinton Pastures Country Park, Reading, 12/2
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 12/2
Roadford Reservoir, Stowford, 12/2
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 14/2
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 18/2
Wolseley Centre, Stafford, 18/2
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 19/2
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 19/2
Whisby Nature Park, Thorpe-On-The-Hill, 19/2

Cheers, Pete
 
Next batch for the UK:

WWT Arundel, Arundel, 21/2
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 25/2
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 26/2
WWT Washington, Washington, 26/2
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 26/2
Riverside Country Park, Gillingham, 28/2

which seems a bit of a short list but then it's only ten days til the end of the month!

Cheers, Pete
 
And an update on the US events that Opticron will be attending:

San Diego Bird Festival March 1-4, 2012, CA
Galveston FeatherFest April 12-15, 2012, TX
Godwit Days Spring Migration Bird Festival April 19-25, 2012, Arcata, CA
Verde Valley Birding & Nature Festival April 26-29, 2012, Cottonwood, AZ
Southwest Wings Festival August 3-5, 2012, Sierra Vista, AZ
Tucson Bird & Wildlife Festival August 15-19, 2012, AZ

Some of those will be as "full on" sponsors/exhibitors, some we are on the wait list for and some we'll just be pitching up to join in the fun!

More news on our adventures in the US coming soon... see some of you in San Diego. Er, well, actually I won't but Chris and A N Other Opticron person will :)

Cheers, Pete
 
Next batch:

Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham, 3/3
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 4/3
WWT Caerlaverock, Caerlaverock, 4/3
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 4/3
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 4/3
Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 6/3
Grove Ferry Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve, Canterbury, 10/3
Upton Warren Birders Store, Bromsgrove, 10/3
Dinton Pastures Country Park, Reading, 11/3
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 11/3
Black Hole Marsh, Seaton, 11/3
Upton Warren In Focus, Bromsgrove, 13/3
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 17/3
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 17/3
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 18/3
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 18/3
Low Barns Nature Reserve, Bishop Auckland, 18/3

Cheers, Pete
 
Just to mention that I will be at the 45th All Ireland Conference on Bird Conservation in Cork Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th March in Cork and will be manning the Opticron Stand.

Chris Galvin
Opticron
 
Yikes - nearly two weeks late. Sorry!

WWT Arundel, Arundel, 20/3
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 24/3
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 24/3
Portland Heights Hotel, Isle of Portland, 24/3
Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve, Dawlish, 25/3
Lea Valley Country Park, Waltham Abbey, 25/3
WWT Washington, Washington, 25/3
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 25/3
Portland Bird Observatory, Portland, 27/3
Chew Valley Lake LCE, Bristol, 30/3
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Sandwich, 31/3
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 1/4
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 1/4
North Cave Wetlands, Brough, 1/4
Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve, Fareham, 1/4

Cheers, Pete
 
Next two weeks worth for the UK:

Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 3/4
Grove Ferry Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve, Canterbury, 7/4
Upton Warren Birders Store, Bromsgrove, 7/4
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 8/4
Dinton Pastures Country Park, Reading, 8/4
Black Hole Marsh, Seaton, 8/4
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 9/4
Upton Warren In Focus, Bromsgrove, 10/4
Loch of the Lowes, Dunkeld, 14/4
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 14/4
J & A Cameras In Store Day, Bideford, 14/4
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 15/4
Whisby Nature Park, Thorpe-On-The-Hill, 15/4
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 15/4
Durlston Country Park, Swanage, 17/4

Cheers, Pete
 
And the next round:

Durlston Country Park, Swanage, 17/4
London Wild Bird Watch, WWT Barnes, 20-22/4
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 21/4
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 21/4
Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve, Skegness, 22/4
Yarner Wood, Bovey Tracey, 24/4
Portland Bird Observatory, Portland, 28/4
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 29/4
Whisby Natural World Centre, Thorpe-On-The-Hill, 29/4
Potteric Carr In Focus, Doncaster, 29/4
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 29/4

Please note that we'll be at the London Wild Bird Watch event all weekend - looks like the rain will be there too so it's a good job we'll be under cover. But, there is a good view out across the reserve from the balcony of the specially constructed optics/photo building.

This will be a great chance for anyone living in London to get a good look at a wide range of optics (Opticron, Steiner, Zeiss, Minox, Swarovski, Bushnell etc etc) and photo gear (see Park Cameras website!) all in the same place AND with good views.

See you there!

Cheers, Pete
 
Chip will be on hand for one or more of the days at the following US festivals:

Godwit Days, Arcata, CA, 04/20-21
Verde Valley Festival, Cottonwood, AZ, 04/26-29

Cheers, Pete
 
It's a busy weekend for optics companies. The Pannonian Bird Experience takes place at the Nationalpark Neusiedler See, Illmitz in Austria. Opticron's intrepid DACH region sales rep Fabian will be there along with Swarovski, Zeiss, Leica, Kowa, Meopta, Canon, Gitzo and more.

More info at the website:

http://www.birdexperience.org/en/

Cheers, Pete
 
The next optics day at Upton Warren in Worcestershire is on Saturday May 5th. Further details here.

There will also be an 'all day' birdwatch at the reserve to try and record as many species as possible - all are very welcome.

Brian
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Birding Today
 
Kowa Optics

Alpha Digital (AKA Kowa Optics ) will be at Focalpoint Optics Ltd
Bentleys Farm Lane Higher Whitley Warrington WA4 4QW on Saturday 28th April 10.00am - 4.00pm

I will be manning the stand in everything Optics, if you need advice, or just to try the equipment,please come along and see me

Cheers

Paul
 
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Next batch for the next couple of weeks:

UK & Ireland

Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 1/5
Wolseley Centre, Stafford, 5/5
Upton Warren Birders Store, Bromsgrove, 5/5
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 6/5
Falls of Clyde, New Lanark, 6/5
Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve Montgomery Wildlife Trust, Maccynlleth, 6/5
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 6/5
WWT Caerlaverock, Caerlaverock, 6/5
Upton Warren In Focus, Bromsgrove, 8/5
Grove Ferry Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve, Canterbury, 12/5
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 12/5
Whisby Natural World Centre, Thorpe-On-The-Hill, 12/5
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 13/5
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 13/5
Dinton Pastures Country Park, Reading, 13/5
Exmouth Nature Reserve, Exmouth, 15/5

Sweden

Getteröns Naturcentrum Skärfläckans dag, Varberg, 5/5
Gunnar Olsson Foto 80th Anniversary In Store Days, Stockholm, 7-11/5

US

Biggest Week Marketplace, Oregon, OH, 10-13/5

Cheers, Pete
 
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