We meet at 7.30 pm, on the third Tuesday of each month (except August) in the hall of St Matthews C of E Primary School, Langley Road, Surbiton, KT6 6LW. We welcome non-members to our meetings.

17th February David Boag: The Comical Puffin

Please note, this meeting will be held by Zoom, starting at 7.30pm. A link will be sent beforehand to those on email. David makes a welcome return to SDBWS. Long-standing members will recall his memorable talks to us in past years. He is a professional, world-renowned wildlife photographer and author of 18 published books. He has presented on TV and radio, and lectures on natural history and photography to groups across the country and on cruise ships, as well as being an invited speaker for the National Trust, BTO and RSPB. Among his best-known books are those on The Kingfisher and The Atlantic Puffin. This evening’s talk provides an insight into the life of the Puffin, including photos inside the bird’s burrow and ‘flying’ underwater chasing fish.

17th March Keith Betton: Around the World in 50 Birds

Keith was a member of the SDBWS in the 1970s and remembers our founder, Hockley Clarke. As a teenager he was a bird recorder for the Royal Parks and founded the Richmond & Twickenham RSPB Group. He now lives in Hampshire and is Chairman of the Hampshire Ornithological Society. In a varied professional career, he was a travel expert and a spokesman on radio and TV for ABTA. He has also been a media trainer, a PR consultant and is an author of wildlife books, including revising the popular guidebook ‘Where to Watch Birds in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight’. He has been a Council Member of both the RSPB and the BTO. He is also an advisor to BirdLife International and a tour leader for Naturetrek. He has visited over 100 countries and seen nearly 9,000 species of birds. In this talk he will be showing us 50 of the top birds from his travels around the world.

Apr 21 John Hughes: The Seagulls of Ascension Island

May 19 Social Evening

Jun 16 Nick Martin: The Wildlife of My Garden

Jul 21 John Buckingham: How Birds Work

Aug No Meeting

Sep 15 John Caddick: Birds of the Horn of Africa

Oct 20 AGM followed by Guest Speaker

Nov 17 Chris Collins: Overseas birding (Topic to be advised)

Dec 08 Members’ Slides