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| Day, Date & Time | Event | Venue (Grid ref. & map link) |
Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday 4 January 2009 10:00am–1pm | WMBC Solihull Branch field trip | Chasewater (SK040071 ) |
A popular site for wildfowl and other water birds: in 2008 there was a long-staying Great Northern Diver. (Approximate driving time from Solihull 50 minutes) |
| Tuesday 6 January 2009 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Stafford Branch indoor meeting | Perkins Sports and Social Club, Tixall Road, Stafford ST16 3UB (SJ937231 ) |
Andy Hirst of Birdguides: Diary of a Birdwatcher. As well as working forBirdguides.com , Andy has many other strings to his bow including tour guide, and Group Recorder and Producer for SK58 Birders one of the really innovative smaller bird 'clubs' in the U.K. His should be a very interesting perspective on today's birding scene. |
| Friday 9 January 2009 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Solihull Branch indoor meeting | Guild House, 1715, High Street, Knowle, Solihull B93 0LN (SP183768 ) |
Garry Jones : The RSPB Middleton Lakes Project Garry is the Community Officer for the RSPB's new reserve in the Tame Valley, which is expected to open later in 2009. |
| Sunday 11 January 2009 8am–6:30pm (approx.) |
WMBC Birmingham Branch field trip | Rutland Water , Rutland (SK879071 ) |
Inland reservoir with wildfowl and possible rarities. Cost £14.00 which includes reserve entrance fee. Lagoons, marshy margins, fields and woodland promise a wide selection of birds to start the year. |
| Friday 16 January 2009 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Tamworth Branch indoor meeting | Philip Dix Centre , Corporation Street, Tamworth B79 7DN (SK206041 ) |
Gerry Griffiths: Birding the Tropics Gerry is coming to cheer us all up after Christmas with his talk on warmer climes! |
| Tuesday 27 January 2009 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Birmingham Branch indoor meeting | Unitarian New Meeting , 31 Ryland Street, Ladywood, Birmingham B16 8BL (SP056863 ) |
Michael Leach Beneath the Dark Canopy.
Using his experiences in Indonesia, the Amazon basin, West Africa, Central America etc., Michael explains how a forest works and shows some of the specialised mammals, birds, reptiles and insects that have evolved to live there. |
| Wednesday 28 January 2009 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Kidderminster Branch indoor meeting | St. Oswald's Church Centre, Broadwaters Drive, Kidderminster DY10 2RY (SO841779 ) |
Gerry Griffiths: Costa Rica Once again we welcome Gerry Griffiths of Avian Adventures. This time he will be showing his slides of birds and other wildlife from Costa Rica.. |
Ornithology in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & the West Midlands county, since 1929.
Fetched from http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/diary/2009/01 on Thursday 09 February 2012 12:17:41
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