List of Optics Events (2 Viewers)

[Brian Stretch]

The next optics day held by The Birders Store at Upton Warren in Worcestershire will be on Saturday October 8th.
Details available here.

 

[Chris Galvin]

The Notts Wildlife Trust will be holding an Optics Event at their Attenborough Nature Centre from 10-4pm Saturday 15th October

 

[pete_gamby]

Yikes - way behind with keeping this up to date - sorry people!

Upton Warren Birders Store, Bromsgrove, 8/10
Upton Warren In Focus, Bromsgrove, 8/10
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 9/10
Seaton Marshes, Seaton, 11/10
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 15/10
Bedfords Park Nature Reserve, Havering-attte-Bower, 15/10
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 15/10
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Sandwich, 15/10
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 16/10
Avon Wildlife Trust, Portbury Wharf Nature Reserve, Sheepway, Nr Portishead, 16/10
Lea Valley Country Park, Waltham Abbey, 16/10
Whisby Nature Park, Thorpe-On-The-Hill, 16/10
Portland Bird Observatory, Portland, 22/10
WWT Castle Espie, Newtownards, 22/10
WWT Washington, Washington, 23/10
Roadford Reservoir, Stowford, 23/10
Riverside Country Park, Gillingham, 25/10
Titchfield Haven Nature Reserve, Fareham, 29/10
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 29/10
Lackford Lakes, Bury St Edmunds, 30/10
Low Barns Nature Reserve, Bishop Auckland, 30/10
Pagham Harbour Local Nature Reserve, Chichester, 30/10
Upton Warren Birders Store, Bromsgrove, 5/11
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 6/11
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 6/11

Cheers, Pete

 

[Brian Stretch]

The next optics day held by The Birders Store at Upton Warren in Worcestershire will be on Saturday November 5th.
Details available here.

 

[Jaff]

NW Bird Watching Festival 26th/27th November WWT Martin Mere.

 

[pete_gamby]

Not many events coming up in our database for the next couple of weeks:

Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve, Fingringhoe, 11/11
Dinton Pastures Country Park, Reading, 13/11
Hanningfield Reservoir, Billericay, 13/11
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 19/11
IWC Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, Wexford, 19/11
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 20/11
The South West Digital Camera & Optics Show, Cedars Hotel, Bickington Road, Sticklepatch, Barnstaple, 20/11

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

And of course:

Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, Harlingen TX, USA - 10-13/11

Chris and I will be in attendance from Thursday lunchtime until Sunday evening.

Cheers, Pete

 

[pete_gamby]

Next batch - time to go Christmas shopping!

Bedfords Park Nature Reserve, Havering-attte-Bower, 26/11
WWT Martin Mere -Northwest Bird Watching Festival, Burscough, 26/11
Pagham Harbour Local Nature Reserve, Chichester, 27/11
LCE Digital & Optical Show, Novotel, Southampton, 27/11
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 29/11
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 3/12
Upton Warren Birders Store, Bromsgrove, 3/12
Sevenoaks Wildfowl Reserve, Sevenoaks, 4/12
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 4/12
Brockholes Nature Reserve, Preston, 4/12

Cheers, Pete

 

[Brian Stretch]

The next optics day held by The Birders Store (and the last before Christmas) will be at Upton Warren in Worcestershire on Saturday December 3rd.
Details available here.

 

[pete_gamby]

Last batch for the year:

Blashford Lakes, Ringwood, 6/12
Wolseley Centre, Stafford, 10/12
Hanningfield Reservoir, Billericay, 10/12
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 10/12
Attenborough Nature Centre, Attenborough, 11/12
Hauxley Nature Reserve, Morpeth, 11/12
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 11/12
Abberton Reservoir Nature Reserve, Colchester, 11/12
Bough Beech Nature Reserve, Sevenoaks, 11/12
Upton Warren In Focus, Bromsgrove, 13/12
Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, Sandwich, 17/12
Pagham Harbour Local Nature Reserve, Chichester, 18/12
Fingringhoe Wick Nature Reserve, Fingringhoe, 18/12
Lea Valley Country Park, Waltham Abbey, 18/12
Whisby Nature Park, Thorpe-On-The-Hill, 18/12
Seaton Marshes, Seaton, 20/12
WWT Arundel, Arundel, 24/12
WWT Washington, Washington, 26/12
WWT Llanelli, Llanelli, 27/12
Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, Rye, 31/12

Please note that the event at Attenborough on 11th will feature special guest appearances by two rarely seen Opticron staff

Cheers, Pete

 

[AndyK]

any events around yorkshire (west if possible) in the new year?

 

[Chris Galvin]

@Andyk

I will be at Potteric Carr YWT reserve Sunday 11th December where I will be demonstrating the new ED-X for the first time. A return visit to Potteric Car will be Saturday 14th January

 

[AndyK]

Thanks Chris, just seen your post wish i'd have seen it before would have come along! I dont think will be able to do 14th jan either unfortunately.

 

[Brian Stretch]

The next optics day held by The Birders Store will be at Upton Warren in Worcestershire on Saturday January 7th.

Details available here.