Events

This year is our 60th anniversary. Our AGM is held on this date and will be followed by a quiz celebrating our 60th anniversary. This is the best time of the year to renew your membership or to join the society for the first time. 

Since the 1960s, the River Tyne has supported the most inland breeding colony of kittiwakes in the world. Each spring, these pelagic gulls return to the Newcastle-Gateshead Quayside where they nest on buildings and structures, including the Tyne Bridge. The kittiwakes are now part of this iconic cityscape and a…