List Of Optics Events 2012 (2 Viewers)

[pete_gamby]

Things are still busy in the world of optics field events:

UK & Ireland

Exmouth Nature Reserve, Exmouth, 15/5
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 19/5
Scottish Birdfair Hopetoun House, Edinburgh, 19/5
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 20/5
Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve, Dawlish, 20/5
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 22/5
Portland Bird Observatory, Portland, 26/5
Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve, Fareham, 26/5
Montrose Basin Visitor Centre, Montrose, 26/5
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 27/5
WWT Washington, Washington, 27/5
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 27/5
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 29/5

Good luck to all at the first annual Scottish Birdfair this weekend!

Sweden

Club 300 Tent Weekend/Naturbokhandeln Optics Days, Öttenby/Stenåsa, 18-19/5

US

Great Salt Lake Bird Festival, Farmington, UT, 14-17/5
Acadia Birding Festival, Mount Desert Island, Bar Harbor, ME, 31/5-3/6

Enjoy them all!

Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Fewer overseas events this time - if anyone knows of any please post them up!

UK

Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 29/5
Chew Valley Lake LCE, Bristol, 1/6
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 2/6
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 3/6
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 3/6
Tophill Low Nature Reserve, Hutton Cranswick, 3/6
Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve Montgomery Wildlife Trust, Maccynlleth, 3/6
Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 5/6
Black Hole Marsh, Seaton, 9/6
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 10/6
Roadford Reservoir, Stowford, 10/6
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 12/6

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Yikes! My Outlook reminder didn't work then

Here's the next couple of weeks worth:

UK & Ireland

WWT Arundel, Arundel, 12/6
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 16/6
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Sandwich, 16/6
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 16/6
Focus Optics Spring Event, Corley, 16/6
Whisby Nature Park, Thorpe-On-The-Hill, 17/6
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 17/6
Amwell Nature Reserve, Hertford, 17/6
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 19/6
Warnham Local Nature Reserve, Horsham, 22/6
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 23/6
Potteric Carr Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Doncaster, 24/6
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 24/6
WWT Washington, Washington, 24/6
Durlston Country Park, Swanage, 26/6
Scone Game Fair, Perth, 29/6-1/7
Warnham Local Nature Reserve, Horsham, 29/6
Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve, Fareham, 30/6
Upton Warren In Focus, Bromsgrove, 30/6
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 1/7

US

There were a couple of US events that I missed posting (Potholes & Prairies, Carrington, ND, and the Roger Tory Petersen Birding Festival, Jamestown, NY) but it looks like there's nothing on the calendar for July - unless anyone knows different?

Next festival would seem to be Southwest Wings on August 1st and then there's the AOU meeting on 14th.

Europe

Again, nothing on the immediate horizon here so please post if you know of something that's going on.

 

[pete_gamby]

Getting in early this time to avoid disappointment

UK & Ireland

Durlston Country Park, Swanage, 26/6
Scone Game Fair, Perth, 29/6
Warnham Local Nature Reserve, Horsham, 29/6
Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve, Fareham, 30/6
Upton Warren In Focus, Bromsgrove, 30/6
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 1/7
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 1/7
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 1/7
WWT Caerlaverock, Caerlaverock, 1/7
Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve Montgomery Wildlife Trust, Maccynlleth, 3/7
Warnham Local Nature Reserve, Horsham, 6/7
East Of England Show, Peterborough, 6/7
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 7/7
Whisby Natural World Centre, Thorpe-On-The-Hill, 7/7
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 8/7
Black Hole Marsh, Seaton, 8/7
Dinton Pastures Country Park, Reading, 8/7
Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 10/7

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Next batch:

UK & Ireland

Cowdray Park Polo Club, Midhurst, 12/7
Kent County Show, Maidstone, 13/7
Warnham Local Nature Reserve, Horsham, 13/7
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 14/7
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Sandwich, 14/7
Hanningfield Reservoir, Billericay, 14/7
Great Eccleston Show, Preston, 14/7
Low Barns Nature Reserve, Bishop Auckland, 15/7
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 15/7
Cowdray Park Polo Club, Midhurst, 15/7
Amwell Nature Reserve, Hertford, 15/7
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 17/7
CLA Game Fair, Grantham, 20/7
Warnham Local Nature Reserve, Horsham, 20/7
Countryside Centre, Woodwalton Fen NNR, Ramsey Heights, 20/7
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 21/7
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 21/7
Coniston Country Fair, Coniston, 22/7
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 22/7
WWT Washington, Washington, 22/7
Portland Bird Observatory, Portland, 24/7

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Here we go - finally some sunshine in the UK to enjoy:

UK & Ireland

North Lonsdale Show Bardsea Park, Ulverston, 25/7
Warnham Local Nature Reserve, Horsham, 27/7
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 28/7
Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve, Skegness, 29/7
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 29/7
Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve Montgomery Wildlife Trust, Maccynlleth, 29/7
Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran, 29/7
Potteric Carr, Doncaster, 29/7
Riverside Country Park, Gillingham, 31/7
Black Isle Show, Muir of Ord, 1/8
English National Sheep Dog Trials, Carnforth, 2/8
Highland Field Sports Fair, Moy Estate, 3/8
Warnham Local Nature Reserve, Horsham, 3/8
Loch of the Lowes, Dunkeld, 4/8
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 5/8
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 5/8

US

Southwest Wings Festival, Sierra Vista, AZ, 1/8

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Late again - D- for effort for me :-(

Birdfair is still "go" as far as we know so hope to see some of you there.

UK & Ireland

Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 7/8
Exmouth Nature Reserve, Exmouth, 11/8
Lowther Game Fair, Penrith, 11/8
Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve, Montgomery Wildlife Trust, Maccynlleth, 11/8
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 12/8
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 12/8
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 12/8
Angelsey Show, Holyhead, 14/8
Upton Warren In Focus, Bromsgrove, 14/8
Rydal Sheepdog Show, Ambleside, 16/8
British Birdwatching Fair Rutland, Oakham, 17/8
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 18/8
Galloway Country Fair, Thornhill, 18/8
Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran, 19/8
Lakeland Country Fair, Coniston, 19/8
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 19/8
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 21/8

US

Tucson Bird & Wildlife Festival, Tucson, AZ, 15-19/8

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Aaaagh. Whoever let me go on holiday needs shooting... I'll get an updated list posted next week when I get back from Falsterbo.

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Finally got to it:

UK & Ireland

Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 18/8
Galloway Country Fair, Thornhill, 18/8
Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran, 19/8
Lakeland Country Fair, Coniston, 19/8
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 19/8
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 21/8
Egton Show, Egton, 22/8
Blair Atholl Horse Trials, Pitlochry, 23/8
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 25/8
Cors Dyfi Nature Reserve, Montgomery Wildlife Trust, Maccynlleth, 25/8
Grasmere Sports, Grasmere, 26/8
WWT Washington, Washington, 26/8
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 26/8
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Sandwich, 26/8
Filey Dams, Filey, 27/8
Portland Bird Observatory, Portland, 28/8
Kilnsey Show, Conistone, 28/8
Far Ings Nature Reserve, Barton On Humber, 1/9
Wolseley Centre, Stafford, 1/9
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 2/9
WWT Caerlaverock, Caerlaverock, 2/9
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 2/9
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 2/9
Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 4/9
International Sheepdog Trials, Bonvilston, 6/9
Stockers Lake Nature Reserve, Rickmansworth, 8/9
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 8/9
Hanningfield Reservoir, Billericay, 9/9
Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston, 9/9
Dinton Pastures Country Park, Reading, 9/9
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 9/9
North Cave Wetlands - YWT, Brough, 9/9
Amwell Nature Reserve, Hertford, 9/9
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 9/9
Yarner Wood, Bovey Tracey, 11/9
Seaton Marshes, Seaton, 15/9
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 15/9
Black Hole Marsh, Seaton, 15/9
Midland Game Fair, Telford, 15/9
Borrowdale Show, Keswick, 16/9
Low Barns Nature Reserve, Bishop Auckland, 16/9
Farmoor Reservoir, Oxford, 16/9
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 18/9

As you can see, this coming weekend is a busy one with some Wildlife Trust 'Wetland Wildlife' events taking place in addition to the usual round of optics field events.

US

Wine Country Optics Fair, Sonoma, CA, 9/9
Rockport Hummerbird Festival, Rockport, TX, 13-16/9

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

UK & Ireland

WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 18/9
Stokesley Show, Stokesley, 22/9
Grove Ferry Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve, Canterbury, 22/9
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 22/9
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 23/9
Gibraltar Point National Nature Reserve, Skegness, 23/9
Surrey County Fair, Guildford, 23/9
WWT Washington, Washington, 23/9
Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve, Dawlish, 23/9
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 23/9
Nidderdale Show, Pateley Bridge, 24/9
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 25/9
Portland Bird Observatory, Portland, 29/9
Roadford Reservoir, Stowford, 30/9
Potteric Carr In Focus, Doncaster, 30/9
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 30/9
Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 2/10

US

For the US lists, I'm going to start to include all the festivals we know of although some of these won't necessarily have optics vendors on site.

Florida Keys Birding & Wildlife Festival, Big Pine Key, FL, 25-30/9
Wings & Wildflowers Festival, Tavares, FL, 28-30/9
Alabama Coastal Birdfest, Fairhope, AL, 4-6/10
Eastern Shore Birding and Wildlife Festival, Cape Charles, VA, 5-7/10

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

UK & Ireland

Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 2/10
Exmouth Nature Reserve, Exmouth, 6/10
Autumn Show & Game Fair, South of England Centre, Ardingly, 6/10
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 7/10
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 7/10
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 7/10
Tophill Low Nature Reserve, Hutton Cranswick, 7/10
Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston, 7/10
Riverside Country Park, Gillingham, 9/10
WWT Slimbridge, Slimbridge, 12/10
Amwell Nature Reserve, Hertford, 13/10
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 13/10
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 14/10
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 14/10
Seaton Marshes, Seaton, 16/10
Black Hole Marsh, Seaton, 16/10

Sweden

Naturbokhandeln Optics Days, Öland, 12-13/10

US

CraneFest, Bellevue, MI, 10/12-13
Ding Darling Days, Sanibel, FL, 10/14-20

Enjoy!

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Latest bunch for you all:

UK & Ireland

Black Hole Marsh, Seaton, 16/10
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 20/10
Upton Warren, Bromsgrove, 20/10
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 21/10
Whisby Nature Park, Thorpe-On-The-Hill, 21/10
Lea Valley Country Park, Waltham Abbey, 21/10
Amwell Nature Reserve, Hertford, 23/10
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 23/10
The Lower Ure Conservation Trust, Nosterfield Reserve, Nosterfield, 25/10
Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve, Fareham, 27/10
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 27/10
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Sandwich, 28/10
Dawlish Warren Nature Reserve, Dawlish, 28/10
Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran, 28/10
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 28/10
WWT Washington, Washington, 28/10
Portland Bird Observatory, Portland, 30/10

US

Ding Darling Days, Sanibel, FL, 10/14-20
Cape May Fall Weekend, Cape May, NJ, 10/26-28

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Next batch for you:

UK & Ireland

Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran, 1/11
Chesil Beach Centre, Portland Road, Portland, 1/11
Thatcham Nature Discovery Centre, Thatcham, 3/11
College Lake Nature Reserve, Tring, 3/11
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 4/11
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 4/11
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 4/11
WWT Caerlaverock, Caerlaverock, 4/11
Potteric Carr Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Doncaster, 4/11
Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 6/11
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 9/11
Montrose Basin Visitor Centre, Montrose, 10/11
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 10/11
Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston, 11/11
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 11/11
Dinton Pastures Country Park, Reading, 11/11
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 11/11

US

Rio Grande Valley Bird Festival, Harlingen, TX, 11/7-11
Central Valley Birding Symposium, Stockton, CA, 11/15-18

We've started to post some of the events that we'll be attending on our Facebook page too:

http://www.facebook.com/opticron/events

Enjoy!

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Only six shopping weekends until Xmas but a quiet couple of weeks for optics events:

UK & Ireland

Grove Ferry Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve, Canterbury, 17/11
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 17/11
Hanningfield Reservoir, Billericay, 17/11
Grafham Water, Huntingdon, 17/11
Low Barns Nature Reserve, Bishop Auckland, 18/11
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 18/11
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 18/11
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 20/11
Northwest Birdwatching Festival, Martin Mere, 24/11
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 25/11

US

Central Valley Birding Symposium, Stockton, CA, 11/15-18
Festival of the Cranes, San Antonio/Socorro, NM, 11/13-18

The next batch to be posted will be the last for 2012.

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Now only four weekends to get your Xmas optics purchases done!

UK & Ireland

Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 1/12
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 1-2/12
J & A Cameras In Store Day, Bideford, 1/12
North Cave Wetlands, Brough, 2/12
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 2/12
Hanningfield Reservoir, Billericay, 2/12
LCE Digital & Optical Show, Southampton, 2/12
Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 4/12
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 8/12
Chew Valley Lake LCE, Bristol, 8/12
Focalpoint Optics, Warrington, 8/12
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 9/12
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 9/12
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 9/12
Potteric Carr Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, Doncaster, 10/12

I'll be at the LCE Photo & Optics Show on Sunday with Rob - hope to see some of you there!

Contrary to my previous post, I'll list the final batch for the year on December 11th.

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Last batch for this year as promised.

UK & Ireland

Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston, 14/12
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 15/12
Whisby Nature Park, Thorpe-On-The-Hill, 16/12
Hunston Village Hall, Selsey, 16/12
Lea Valley Country Park, Waltham Abbey, 16/12
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 18/12
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 22/12
WWT Washington, Washington, 23/12
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 30/12
Potteric Carr In Focus, Doncaster, 30/12
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 1/1/13

US

Audubon Society Of Denver Christmas Bird Count, Chatfield, CO - 12/15

Cheers, Pete

 

[Chris Galvin]

Brockholes LWT Reserve 14th December

In what has been a long and successful 2012 for Opticron Optics Events I've attended Friday 14th December is my final event of the year. I will be at the Lancashire Wildlife Trust Reserve of Brockholes. Just off Junction 31 of the M6 I will be the Floating Village overlooking Meadow Lake from about 9:00am till about 3:00pm.

Pop along and talk birding, Digiscoping, Photography or even come along for that last minute Christmas Gift.

Chris Galvin
Opticron