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Author: Val Bentley
SOS Conference 2022
Sussex Ornithological Society Online Conference 2022 The Conference is online again this year with events on the evenings of the 29th and 30th January. We are pleased to welcome four great speakers over the two nights. Saturday 29th January will be a wader special with talks on Greenshank and Green Sandpiper. Pete Potts and Ken […]
January events
The SOS apologises that, due to unavoidable circumstances, the winter newsletter, accompanied by the events programme, has been delayed and will not be despatched until the New Year. The dates for events during January are: Date Venue Sat 8 Jan Rye Harbour LNR: Meet in car park at 09.30 hrs 189/TQ941189. Half day. […]
SOS New Year Bird Race 2022
NEW YEAR BIRD RACE 2022 January 2021 saw a pandemic-affected Race where it was only individuals or teams of two who could take part, and they had to stay local. However, 15 “teams” raised nearly £1200 through donations and sponsorship, and amassed a species list of 119. Living near one of the coastal hotspots was […]
Now’s the time to join SOS!
Membership is only £14 p.a. (£17 joint). If you join before the end of 2021 your membership will run to the end of December 2022, so you will get THREE Sussex Bird Reports for your year’s subscription – the most recent (2019), the 2020 edition, hot off the press, PLUS the 2021 report which will […]
SOS Outings Programme 2021
Many thanks to Mark Wright (Outings Organiser) for arranging the following events from this month until the end of the year They will be subject to any future covid-19 restrictions that may be applied. Date Event Saturday 28th August Whitbread Hollow, Beachy Head: Meet at 9.00 a.m. at Dukes Drive, Holywell corner at western end […]
29th & 30th June mid-week walks at Pett Level (members only)
There are still some places left on these two walks. Places limited and must be prebooked Meet at 09.30 at the big layby on Pett Level Road, beside the pools (TQ900144). We will spend around an hour looking over the sea, foreshore and pools nearby, so latecomers will still find us there. We will then […]
Seaford Seawatch – Sunday 2nd May (Members only)
Places limited and must be prebooked Meet at 07.00 on the beach just to the right of the Splash Point groyne, as seen from the bathing huts, 198/TV488982. Telescope and deck chair useful, warm clothes advisable. Half day, leader Simon Linington. In order to comply with covid regulations for groups of five plus leader, email […]
April mid-week walks (members only)
We are able to offer the following two walks this month led by Val Bentley in her local patch at Henfield. These were planned for February, but had to be cancelled due to Covid restrictions. Please note that the “rule of 6” applies, and hence the group will be limited to the leader plus […]
SOS Sussex Bird Photographer of the Year 2020
Many thanks to everyone who submitted entries for the Sussex Photographer of the Year Competition 2020-2021. As to be expected, the standard of entries is extremely high, and it will be a very difficult task to choose the winners. We plan to announce the results at the SOS AGM, which is to be held on […]
