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| Day, Date & Time | Event | Venue (Grid ref. & map link) |
Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 01 November 2008 | WMBC Anniversary | 79th anniversary of the founding of the Birmingham Bird Club (as the West Midland Bird Club was then known) in 1929. | |
| Tuesday 4 November 2008 (note revised date) 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Stafford Branch indoor meeting | Perkins Sports and Social Club, Tixall Road, Stafford ST16 3UB (SJ937231 ) |
Mike Leach: The Complete Owl. |
| Friday 07 November 2008 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Solihull Branch indoor meeting | Guild House, 1715, High Street, Knowle, Solihull B93 0LN (SP183768 ) |
Mike West: Birds Generally An interactive talk by our former Secretary, covering a wide range of subjects, involving audience participation. A lively evening materialised when he gave the talk at our Kidderminster Branch. Note: this is a change to the originally-advertised programme. |
| Friday 7 to Sunday 9 November 2008 6:30pm–6pm (approx.) |
WMBC Birmingham Branch field trip | Norfolk Weekend | 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 £50 per person per night. A deposit of £20 per person required with cheques made payable to The Beaumaris Hotel. |
| Friday 21 November 2008 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Tamworth Branch indoor meeting | Philip Dix Centre , Corporation Street, Tamworth B79 7DN (SK206041 ) |
Jim Winsper: What's That Bird? Jim is a former West Midland Bird Club Chairman, and his talks are always popular. |
| Tuesday 25 November 2008 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Birmingham Branch indoor meeting | Birmingham Medical Institute, 36 Harborne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 3AF (SP052858 ) |
Keith Offord: Western Cape |
| Wednesday 26 November 2008 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Kidderminster Branch indoor meeting | St. Oswald's Church Centre, Broadwaters Drive, Kidderminster DY10 2RY (SO841779 ). |
Lee Copplestone: Birds of Sandwell Valley Lee is warden of RSPB Sandwell Valley, an oasis for wildlife less than 5 miles from Birmingham city centre. |
Ornithology in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & the West Midlands county, since 1929.
Fetched from http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/diary/2008/11 on Thursday 09 February 2012 12:29:09
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