West Midland Bird Club: Diary of Events, November 2007

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Diary for November 2007
Day, Date & Time	Event	Venue (Grid ref. & map link)	Details
Thursday 1	WMBC Anniversary		78th anniversary of the founding of the Birmingham Bird Club (as the West Midland Bird Club was then known) in 1929.
Friday 02 7:30–9:30pm	WMBC Solihull Branch indoor meeting	Solihull College's, New Lecture Rooms, Blossomfield Road, Solihull B91 1SB (SP142790 )	Colin McShane: Lundy Island Lundy's name is derived from the Norse lunde, for the Puffins that nest on this island in the Bristol Channel. N.B. Change of speaker.
Friday 02 November 7:30–9:30pm	Sutton Coldfield Natural History Society	Fellowship Hall, South Parade, Sutton Coldfield B72 1QU (SP122958 ).	Roger Hailwood: The National Memorial Arboretum Admission £1.
Saturday 03 November 11:00am–2:00pm	RSPB North Staffordshire Local Group : children's activities	Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3DW (SJ881473 ).	25th Anniversary Celebrations: Make bird feeders, wildlife masks and badges.
Saturday 03 November 12:30–4:30pm	RSPB North Staffordshire Local Group : Ticklish Allsorts Wildlife Explorer Roadshow	Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3DW (SJ881473 ).	25th Anniversary Celebrations: The show will thrill and entertain families in the Forum Theatre.
Saturday 03 November 7:30–9:30pm	RSPB North Staffordshire Local Group : film show	Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Bethesda Street, Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent ST1 3DW (SJ881473 ).	25th Anniversary Celebrations: The inspiring and award winning film, Eagle Odyssey.
Friday 09 7:30–9:30pm	WMBC Stafford Branch indoor meeting	The Centre for The Blind , in North Walls, Stafford ST16 3AD (SJ923233 )	Charlie Brown: The Wildlife of Needwood Forest Lying to the east of our Blithfield reserve, Needwood Forest holds a very wide range of habitats and forms a major part of the National Forest. A wide variety of bird species are found in the area, and award-winning photographer Charlie Brown shows us these birds of this, his local patch, through his lens.
Friday 09 to Sunday 11 6:30pm–6pm (approx.)	WMBC Birmingham Branch Norfolk Weekend field trip	The Beaumaris Hotel , Sheringham, Norfolk (TG155431 )	Travel by own transport (car sharing on Saturday may be more practical to minimise convoy size). We will travel to visit Hickling Broad and Stubb Mill; Salthouse (Cley), Holkham and Titchwell — weather, tides and birds (of course) may decide detail. Waders, wildfowl and sea birds are certain, winter migrants — Snow Bunting, Shore Lark etc. perhaps… Cranes, Harriers, Owls, who knows — tremendous potential. Cost: Around £44 per person per night. A deposit of £20 per person required with cheques made payable to The Beaumaris Hotel.
Friday 16 7:30–9:30pm	WMBC Tamworth Branch indoor meeting	Philip Dix Centre , Corporation Street, Tamworth B79 7DN (SK206041 )	Professor Graham Martin : Through a Bird's Eyes Graham is 'Professor of Avian Sensory Science' at the University of Birmingham. His talk comapres avian vision with ours.
Wednesday 21 7:30–9:30pm	RSPB Walsall Local Group indoor meeting.	St Mary's Primary School, Jesson Road, Walsall WS1 3AY (SP019977 ).	Steve Magennis: Gulls, Gulls, Gulls — Birds of Walney Island Lots of gulls — and lots more besides!
Tuesday 27 7:30–9:30pm	WMBC Birmingham Branch indoor meeting	Birmingham Medical Institute, 36 Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3AF (SP052858 )	Graham Wren: Baltic Summer Birds of the Baltic sea and coast.
Wednesday 27 7:30–9:30pm	WMBC Kidderminster Branch indoor meeting	St. Oswald's Church Centre, Broadwaters Drive, Kidderminster DY10 2RY (SO841779 )	Mike Lane: Back Down A Country Lane A further talk in Mike Lane's highly informative and entertaining series about the wildlife which can be found along country lanes.