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| Day, Date & Time | Event | Venue (Grid ref. & map link) |
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| Saturday 31 May – Sunday 1 June 9:30am–5pm Saturday; 9:30am–4:30pm Sunday; |
Birdwatchers' Spring Fair | Middleton Hall , Middleton, Tamworth B78 2AE. (SP192982 ) |
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| Sunday 1 June 2008 7am–8.30pm (approx.) |
WMBC Birmingham Branch field trip | RSPB Bempton Cliffs , near East Yorkshire (TA197738 )andFlamborough Head (TA253707 ), East Yorkshire.
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The spectacular cliffs at Bempton offer close views of nesting seabirds — Gannet, Guillemot, Puffin and Razorbill! A seawatch from Flamborough should produce more seabirds, and a search of the wooded valley may find a rarity. Cost £15.00 |
| Saturday 7 June 2008 | Parking restrictions | Blithfield Reservoir | South Staffordshire Water will be hosting a special event at the Education Centre, Blithfield. Parking there will be at an alternative site. |
| Wednesday 4 June 2008 6:45pm |
WMBC Stafford Branch field trip | Gradbach (SJ998663 ) |
Meet at Gradbach car park hidden down the small side road. The Gradbach start gives us plenty of opportunities to choose from: a moorland stroll for Red Grouse, Curlew etc, or the River Dane valley for riparian birds. |
| Saturday 7 June 2008 | National Moth Night | National Moth Night is Britain's celebration of moths and moth recording. | |
| Sunday 8 June 2008 10:00am–6pm | WMBC Kidderminster Branch field trip | RSPB Coombes Valley . (SK009534 ) |
A full day visit to RSPB Coombes Valley where we hope to see summer migrants along with resident birds. Then on to the Knotbury Area some seven miles away to see upland bird species. We meet at the RSPB car park at 10 a.m. and return at about 6 p.m. Journey time approx. 90 minutes. |
| Sunday 15 June 2008 7am–8:30pm (approx.) |
WMBC Birmingham Branch field trip | RSPB Lakenheath Fen (TL724866 ),Weeting Heath (West Norfolk, TL756881 ) andPaxton Pits (Cambs, TL196629 ) |
Summer Special: A day's round trip of birding with potential for summer specialities: Golden Oriole, Stone Curlew and Nightingale — with any luck! Cost £15.00 |
| Friday 27 June 2008 8:30pm |
WMBC Stafford Branch field trip | Cannock Chase (SJ978164 ) |
Our annual pilgrimage to find a local speciality: Nightjars! We will certainly finish in the dark, and so a torch might be useful. Walking: possibly 1–2 miles over loose surface paths. Meet at the Springslade Café car park, off Camp Road. Leaders: Bevan Craddock and John Bennett. |
| Sunday 29 June 2008 2:00pm–5:00pm |
WMBC Harborne Reserve Open Day | Harborne Reserve (SP034851 ) |
All welcome! Access from the main gate between 29–31 Pereira Road, Harborne. At the same time the gardens of numbers 10, 14 ,50 and 55 Pereira Road will be open to the public under the National Garden Scheme. Admission to the reserve will be free. (Combined entry charge for the gardens is £3, children free.) Home made teas will be on sale at no. 10. |
Ornithology in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & the West Midlands county, since 1929.
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