Kent Ornithological Society The county’s bird club: Recording, reporting, and educating to protect Kent’s birdlife (Registered charity 21489)

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Peter Eerdmans

Indoor Meetings

23 October 2026

A KOS Talk by Chris Hewson - The BTO Cuckoo Tracking Project

What have we learnt and where we are heading

The BTO Cuckoo tracking project has been running since 2011, has revolutionised our understanding of cuckoo migration and has helped make significant advances in our understanding of bird migration between Europe and Africa more generally. This talk will review the rationale behind the project and how it has evolved as new information has come to light, as well as reviewing some of the major findings, particularly those relevant to understanding the population decline of the species in the UK. Finally, it will outline our plans for the future, describing how we are moving towards trying to understand how best to try to reverse the population declines as the causes are becoming more apparent

Time: Wednesday November 18^th 2026 7.30pm click the Zoom link below from 7.15 pm onwards.

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This talk is open to all and will last approximately 40 minutes with for questions and discussion from participants.  We look forward to seeing you 'online' on November 18^th  2026. 
 

 

 

 

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Peter Eerdmans

Indoor Meetings

01 October 2026

A KOS Talk by Andre Farrar ‘The Nightingales Sing Well Now'

200 Years of Nature in the North Downs

 

Time: Wednesday December 16^th 2026 7.30pm click the Zoom link below from 7.15 pm onwards.

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This talk is open to all and will last approximately 40 minutes with for questions and discussion from participants.  We look forward to seeing you 'online' on December 16^th  2026. 
 

 

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Peter Eerdmans

Indoor Meetings

29 September 2026

A KOS Talk by Oliver Slessor ‘Birds, Birding and a Career in Ornithology’

Time: Wednesday January 20th 2027,  7.30pm click the Zoom link below from 7.15 pm onwards.

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This talk is open to all and will last approximately 40 minutes with for questions and discussion from participants.  We look forward to seeing you 'online' on January 20th 2027. 
 

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Peter Eerdmans

Indoor Meetings

28 September 2026

A KOS Talk by Ken Smith - Woodpeckers

Time: Wednesday February 17th 2027,  7.30pm click the Zoom link below from 7.15 pm onwards.

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This talk is open to all and will last approximately 40 minutes with for questions and discussion from participants.  We look forward to seeing you 'online' on February 17th 2027.