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| Day, Date & Time | Event | Venue (Grid ref. & map link) |
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| Sunday 1 | WMBC Anniversary | 80th anniversary of the founding of the Birmingham Bird Club (as the West Midland Bird Club was then known) in 1929. | ||
| Sunday 1 November 2009 7am–8:00pm (approx.) Postponed from 11 October! |
WMBC Birmingham Branch field trip | Gibraltar Point NNR , Lincolnshire (TF556581 )
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Mix of fresh and saltwater marshes, sand dunes and shore on the edge of the Wash and North Sea attracts waders, wildfowl, seabirds as well as passage migrants and vagrants! Cost £18.00 |
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| Sunday 1 November 2009 9:00am | WMBC Tamworth Branch field trip | Gigrin Farm (SK004204 ) |
A coach trip, departiong from Spinning School Lane, to this popular destination to see Red Kite, Buzzard, Raven and hopefully lots more. | |
| Tuesday 3 November 2009 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Stafford Branch indoor meeting | Perkins Sports and Social Club , Tixall Road, Stafford ST16 3UB (grid reference: SJ937231 ) |
BTO Speaker: Celebrating 100 years of Bird Ringing We couldn't let this, the 100th year of the Bird Ringing Scheme, go past without marking it in some way. This talk will present methods and results from the last century's work and look also to the future of the scheme. |
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| Friday 6 November 2009 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Solihull Branch indoor meeting | Guild House, 1715, High Street, Knowle, Solihull B93 0LN (SP183768 ) |
Gerry Griffiths: Birding the Tropics Gerry's talk covers Australia, Africa and Latin America. |
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| Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November 2009 6:30pm–6pm (approx.) |
WMBC Birmingham Branch field trip | Norfolk Weekend | The Cliftonville Hotel , 29 Runton Road, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 9AS (TG213423 )
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 £56.50 per person per night. A deposit of £30 per person required with cheques made payable to The Cliftonville Hotel. |
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| Sunday 8 November 2009 10:00am–5pm |
WMBC Kidderminster Branch field trip | A visit to the club's Belvide Reserve where almost anything can turn up at this time of year. Meet in car park. Journey time from Kidderminster approximately 1 hour 10 minutes. | ||
| Tuesday 24 November 2009 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Birmingham Branch indoor meeting | Unitarian New Meeting , 31 Ryland Street, Ladywood, Birmingham B16 8BL (SP056863 ) |
Keith Offord : Namibia Land of Contrasts
Namibia is one of the most remote and undiscovered countries in Africa and has within it an extraordinary range of habitats including thornveld, mountains, desert and coastline. It is not surprising that there exists an enormous variety of birdlife from ubiquitous Lilac-breasted Rollers to endemic White-tailed Shrikes and Monteiro's Hornbills. Mammal life is equally rich with massed gatherings of various antelope species with their attendant predators plus one of the world's most important populations of the threatened Black Rhino. This presentation explores the fabulous wildlife of these areas and blends some of the most exciting aspects of natural history with stunning backdrops of Namibian scenery |
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| Friday 20 November 2009 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Tamworth Branch indoor meeting | Philip Dix Centre , Corporation Street, Tamworth B79 7DN (SK206041 ) |
Steve Magennis: Gulls, Gulls and more Gulls! Based on the Gull colony on Walney Island this is a general look at Gulls rather than specifically for the Gull specialist. |
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| Wednesday 25 November 2009 7:30–9:30pm |
WMBC Kidderminster Branch indoor meeting | St. Oswald's Church Centre, Broadwaters Drive, Kidderminster DY10 2RY (SO841779 ) |
Michael Leach: Enchanted islands The Galapagos. |
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| Sunday 29 November 2009 | No trip | A trip on this date was advertised in error — our apologies. |
Ornithology in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & the West Midlands county, since 1929.
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