 Trips and Meetings 2024 - 2025
All INDOOR MEETINGS are held on the 4th. Friday of the month, unless otherwise stated in the programme (please note - some months have 5 Fridays, we still meet on the fourth Friday), in the JUBILEE HALL, 18 - 24 STANLEY ROAD, KNUTSFORD WA16 0GP. Members gather from 7:15 for an 8:00 pm start. New members are always welcome - scroll down this page! For these field trips there will be no meeting spots in Knutsford and members are asked to make their own way to the various venues. KOS Programme 2024 - 2025
2024 May 12-13 Walney Island on Sunday, Leighton Moss on the way back on Monday. Staying at Barrow Premier Inn. It is possible to just do the Sunday. Leader: Tony Usher. May 24 Fri Wildboarclough evening walk, meet in the Clough House car park (half way down the valley next to the stream) at 7pm. Leader: Jude Halman. Jun 2-6 KOS 50th Anniversary Trip to Dumfries and Galloway, staying at Creebridge House Hotel. Contact: Sheila Blamire. Day Leaders tbc nearer the date. Jun 28 Fri Mobberley evening walk, meet in Mill Lane (close to The Bull’s Head), Mobberley at 6:30pm. Leader: Tony Usher. Jul 6 Sat Belvide Reservoir Reserve / Blithfield Reservoir, meet at Belvide Reservoir at 10am (more details to be supplied nearer the date). Leader Phil Rowley. Jul 26 Fri Neumann’s Flash / Marbury CP, meet in the layby on B5075 at 6.30pm. Leader Sheila Blamire. Sep 8 Sun Leighton Moss RSPB, meet at Leighton Moss car park at 10am. Leader: Sheila Blamire. Sep 27 Fri ‘St. Kilda: The Lonely Isles’ by Steve Halliwell Oct 5 Sat Llanfairfechan and Morfa Madryn followed by Conwy RSPB, meet at Llanfairfechan car park at 10am. Leader: Frank Deardon. Oct 25 Fri ‘Curlews in the Landscape’ by Andrew Brockbank Nov 2 Sat Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB, meet at BMW at 9.30am. Leader: Bob Groom. Nov 22 Fri 'The Birds of Extremadura' by Mike Roberts Dec 1 Sun Marshside RSPB and Martin Mere WWT, meet in Marshside car park at 10am. Leader: Frank Deardon. Dec 13 Fri Christmas Party, Jubilee Hall, Knutsford at 7:45pm. 2025 Jan 11 Sat Neumann’s Flash / Marbury CP, meet at Witton car park at 10am. Leader Sheila Blamire. Jan 24 Fri ‘Where Eagles Fly - what satellite tracking has shown us’ by Dr Alan Fielding Feb 9 Sun Tatton Park, meet at Dog Lodge lay-by, off Mobberley Rd, at 9:15am. Leader: Tony Usher. Feb 28 Fri ‘Wild Islands: the Nature of the Falklands’ by Mark Sissons Mar 15 Sat Leighton Moss RSPB, meet at Leighton Moss car park at 10am. Leader: Tony Ellis. Mar 28 Fri ‘Vibrant Sri Lanka: Blue Magpies, Blue Whales and Blue Skies’ by Ashley Grove Apr 12 Sat Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve, meet at Woolston Eyes (first gate) at 10am. Leader: Karina Stanley. Apr 25 Fri AGM and MEMBERS’ IMAGES ADVANCE NOTICE PROGRAMME 2025 - 2026 Jun 15-17 Bempton Cliffs / Filey / Far Ings staying at Bridlington Premier Inn. Contact: Sheila Blamire. INDOOR MEETINGS are held on the 4th Friday of the month, unless otherwise stated in the programme, in the Jubilee Hall, Stanley Road, Knutsford. Members gather from 7:15pm for an 8pm start. Admission: £3 members and £6 visitors (except for under 18s when admission is free). There is no charge for the AGM. Directions: Approaching from the north on the A50 (the main road through the town) turn right into Stanley Road at the main set of traffic lights in the centre of Knutsford. Approaching from the south turn left at the lights (the first set you come to) and turn into Stanley Road. Approaching from Macclesfield (A537) it’s straight across the lights into Stanley Road. In Stanley Road take the first right into the car park of Booths supermarket. After 20yds turn right into the small car park (not the residents’ car park under the archway). The entrance to the Jubilee Hall is on Stanley Road, walking back towards the traffic lights. TRIPS AND EVENING WALKS: Meet at the venues, whether day trip or evening walk. More information, including all directions, will be sent by email before the event. Joining the KOS The current subscription rate is £20 per annum but for young people under the age of 18 membership is free. To renew your KOS membership: KOS subscriptions become due on the 1st April every year. The current subscription rate is £20 ( but free for under 18s). You can pay in various ways: -in person on any of our forthcoming day trips or evening walks. -by sending a cheque or cash (£20) by post to our treasurer Frank Dearden at 53, Northwich Road, Knutsford WA16 0AR. Please enclose a stamped self addressed envelope if you wish to have your receipt and membership card posted back to you. -by bank transfer to our account in the name of Knutsford Ornithological Society at Royal Bank of Scotland, account no.11875827 sort code 16-22-27. Please enter your name in the reference window so that we can identify the payment. To Join the KOS for the first time Again there are various ways. -in person on any of our forthcoming day trips or evening walks. - Go to our online application form [click here] and, after entering your details and submitting the form, transfer the fee (currently £20 but free for under 18s) to our online bank account. Instructions are on the online form. [5 min job] - Download an application form click here , print it out and follow the instructions Contacts: Chairman - Sheila Blamire - 07837 745989 chairman@10x50.com Secretary - Karina Stanley - 01565 634417 secretary@10x50.com Website - Tony Usher - 07710 508 544 tony@10X50.com Treasurer - Frank Dearden - treasurer@10X50.com Lectures Officer - Sheila Blamire - 07837 745989 Chairman@10X50.com |