Indoor Meetings Programme 2025
Swallows & Sand Martins
Meetings are normally held January-March and October-December at Bayston Hill on Wednesdays. They are free for members: guests pay £2. Tea, coffee and biscuits are served halfway through the meeting at a nominal charge.
The meetings are informal, informative and interesting. Why not come along, especially if you have not been before? You will learn more about birds and nature in general and be able to chat to others with similar interests. Directions to the meeting venue can be found at the bottom of this page.
Talks designated as “family-friendly” are suitable for all ages, including our under 25 Youth members and any young people interested in ornithology, conservation or wildlife. Bring along your children or grandchildren if they have an interest.
Wednesday 5 November, 2025. 7:15pm Bayston Hill Memorial Hall. Ric Morris (‘Skull_Bloke’). Welsh border bones enthusiast, photographer, speaker, author of UK mammal bones ID guide):
- ‘The Skeletons of Birds’ (A family-friendly talk)
Ric is charismatic speaker with a huge passion and knowledge of anatomy and bones. Rick will take us on a tour of bird skeletons as well as some other interesting creatures and it will be a talk not to be missed!
Wednesday 3 December 2025, 7.15pm. Bayston Hill Memorial Hall. Chris and Graham Pennie (Dyfi Osprey project volunteers):
- ‘The Dyfi Osprey Project 2025: A Volunteer’s Perspective.’
Learn more about these incredible birds and how we can help to further the recovery of the Welsh Osprey population. Hear directly from the volunteers who play a key role in the project and get an update on how 2025 went for these stunning creatures.
Note that this talk differs from that shown on this website earlier and from the Society’s printed programme.
We will also have a Christmas raffle so please bring some money to buy a ticket and/or an item to donate as a prize if possible. Thank you.
Directions to Bayston Hill Memorial Hall
- From Shrewsbury, take the Hereford Road A49 towards Bayston Hill at the Meole Brace roundabout. Turn right in the village onto Lyth Hill Road…
- From Ludlow & Church Stretton, enter Bayston Hill on the A49 and continue past “The Compasses” inn on the right. About 100 m beyond the pub, turn left onto Lyth Hill Road…
- Then, the Hall is 80 m on the left. If you go past Lodge Crescent (on the right) you’ve gone too far. There is car parking at the hall. The OS grid ref is SJ486087 and the postcode is SY3 0DU.
- For a map of the hall location (which can be panned and zoomed), click here.
