BIRDING TALKS

The Summer Meeting of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia (OSME) will be held on Saturday 1 July at BTO Headquarters, Thetford, Norfolk. Doors open 10am for coffee, tea and biscuits. Non-members welcome and entrance is free. Talks range from ‘A review of illegal bird killing across the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq & Iran’ to ‘distribution, abundance and conservation of steppe birds in Kazakhstan.’ There’ll be dinner at the Mulberry in Thetford after the meeting, which finishes at 5.15pm. Contact Irene Sabiniarz at secretary@osme.org