West Midland Bird Club

Mailing lists

Also available as RSS feeds.

• Annoucements mailing list  (RSS feed for West Midland Bird Club announcements )
• Staffordshire mailing list  (RSS feed for Staffordshire )
• Warwickshire mailing list  (RSS feed for Warwickshire )
• West Midlands County mailing list  (RSS feed for the West Midlands )
• Worcestershire mailing list  (RSS feed for Worcestershire )

(With the exception of the Warwickshire list, these are run by the Club. There are other ways to join our lists.)

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Fatbirder

(the Fatbirder site is a major resource for online birding information and links)

• Staffordshire on Fatbirder 
• Warwickshire on Fatbirder 
• West Midlands County on Fatbirder 
• Worcestershire on Fatbirder 

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RSPB Local Groups

• RSPB Birmingham Local Group 
• RSPB Burton and South Derbyshire Local Group 
• RSPB Coventry and Warwick Local Group 
• RSPB Lichfield Local Group 
• RSPB North Staffordshire Local Group 
• RSPB Solihull Local Group 
• RSPB South-West Staffordshire Local Group 
• RSPB Stourbridge Local Group 
• RSPB Sutton Coldfield Local Group 
• RSPB Walsall Local Group 
• RSPB Wolverhampton Local Group 
• RSPB Worcester & Malvern Local Group 

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BTO

• BTO Garden BirdWatch results for Staffordshire 
• BTO Garden BirdWatch results for Warwickshire 
• BTO Garden BirdWatch results for the West Midlands 
• BTO Garden BirdWatch results for Worcestershire 

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Other Local Birding Links

• Banbury Ornithological Society  (includes parts of Warwickshire, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire)
• Brewood Ringers 
• Centre for Ornithology at the University of Birmingham 
• Gulls in the West Midlands Region 
• Nuneaton and District Birdwatchers Club 
• Warwickshire Birding 
• West Midlands Birding (Andy Thomas) 
• West Midlands Birding (Brian Stretch) 
• Wild Warwickshire  (with emphasis on Mute Swan information)
• Worcester Birding 

• Cheshire & Wirral Ornithological Society 
• Derbyshire Ornithological Society 
• Gloucester Birder 
  • Gloucestershire Naturalists' Society 
  • Dean Birders 
• Herefordshire Ornithology Club 
• Leicestershire & Rutland Ornithological Society 
• Northamptonshire Bird Club 
  • Northamptonshire Wildlife  (includes the full text of "The Birds of Northamptonshire")
• Nottinghamshire Birdwatchers 
• Oxford Ornithological Society 
  • Banbury Ornithological Society 
• Shropshire Ornithological Society 

• Bird Guides Bird News  — the latest reports of sightings of rarities.
• British Trust for Ornithology 
• Disabled Birders Association 
• RSPB 
• UK Birdwatching newsgroup: Frequently Asked Questions 
• Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust 

These organisations have captive birds as part of their collections:

• Birmingham Botanical Gardens 
• Birmingham Nature Centre 
• The Falconry Centre , Hagley, near Stourbridge
• Dudley Zoo 
• West Midland Safari Park , Bewdley

These organisations have stuffed birds, skins or similar items in their collections:

• Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery  , Birmingham (about Birmingham Museum's collection ). Includes The Robert Chase collection of British nestlings and eggs contains some 5000 specimens. These collections are currently not available to the public or researchers.
• The Potteries Museum , Stoke-on-Trent (about The Potteries Museum's collection ). Evolved from initial collections made by members of the North Staffordshire Field Club in the late 1800s.
• Market Hall Museum , Warwickshire. Includes the taxidermy of Peter Spicer .
• Worcester City Museum , Worcester. Includes the skin of Britain's first Upland Sandpiper.

Badgers

• Staffordshire Badger Conservation Group  (third- party site)
• Warwickshire Badger Group  (third- party site)

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Bat Groups

• BrumBats: Birmingham and Black Country Bat Group 
• Staffordshire Bat Group 
• Warwickshire Bat Group 
• Worcestershire Bat Group 

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Biodiversity

• Sustainability West Midlands 
• West Midlands Biodiversity Partnership  (the Club is a member)
• Worcestershire Biodiversity Partnership 

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Butterfly & Moth Conservation

• Butterfly Conservaton — West Midlands Branch (includes Moth Group) 
• Butterfly Conservation — Warwickshire 
• Monkwood Reserve 
• Staffordshire Moth Group 

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Dragonfly Groups

• Warwickshire Dragonfly Group 

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Education

• Hams Hall Environmental Studies Centre 

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General Conservation

• Kemerton Conservation Trust 

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Herpetology (Amphibians and Reptiles)

• WART  (Warwickshire Amphibian and Reptile Team)

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Natural History Societies

• Birmingham Natural History Society 
• North Western Naturalists' Union  (includes Staffordshire)
• Sandwell Valley Naturalists Club 
• South Staffordshire Naturalists' Society 
• Sutton Coldfield Natural History Society 
• Warwick Natural History Society 
• Worcestershire Naturalists' Club 

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Police

• Warwickshire 

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Record Centres

• EcoRecord  (Birmingham and Black Country Ecological Database)
• Staffordshire Ecological Record Records Centre 
• Warwickshire RINGs  (Research, recording and recreation In Nature Groups)
• Worcestershire Biological Records Centre  (includes articles about birds , some by WMBC members)

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Rescue Services

• Central England Reptile Rescue & Bird of Prey Sanctuary , Evesham, Worcestershire
• Nuneaton Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary , Nuneaton, Warwickshire
• Rehabilitation at The Falconry Centre , Hagley, near Stourbridge
• Wychbold Swan Rescue , near Droitwich

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Botany

• Plantlife 
• Warwickshire Wild Flowers 

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Wildlife Trusts

• Birmingham and the Black Country Wildlife Trust 
• Staffordshire Wildlife Trust 
• Warwickshire Wildlife Trust 
• Worcestershire Wildlife Trust 

• Alrewas Birder  (Croxall, Whitemore Haye et al). (Alrewas Birder RSS feed ).
• Birds, dogs and all creatures  (Staffordshire birding). (Birds, dogs and all creatures RSS feed ).
• Blurred Birding  (Local birding). (Blurred Birding RSS feed ).
• Clayhanger Marsh Log  (Walsall, West Midlands). (Clayhanger Marsh Log RSS feed ).
• The Hornet's Nest  (Warwickshire birding). (Hornet's Nest RSS feed ).
• Lutley Birder  (West Midlands). (Lutley Birder RSS feed ).
• Steve Nuttall  (Belvide).
• Friends of Queslett Nature Reserve  (Birmingham). (Friends of Queslett Nature Reserve RSS feed ).
• Shenstone Birder  (Worcestershire; not to be confused with Shenstone in Staffordshire). (Shenstone Birder RSS feed ).
• Birds of Shustoke Reservoir Warwickshire . (Birds of Shustoke Reservoir RSS feed ).
• Tame Valley Birding  (Staffordshire, Warwickshire). (Tame Valley Birding RSS feed ).
• Wom Brook Blog  (Staffordshire, Warwickshire). (Wom Brook Blog RSS feed ).

• Richard Dawkins  (Warwickshire). See also Richard Dawkins' moths .
• Bob Duckhouse .
• Ashley Grove .
• Dave Hutton Bird & Insects Photography .
• John Jennings  "Coventry Birder".
• Nick Martin .
• Peter Preece .
• John Robinson .
• Phillip Satchell — Coton Lakes .
• Steve Seal .
• Nick Trotman  (Warwickshire).
• Steve Valentine .
• Jeff Wesson .

• Anna de Ville , jeweller (note Anna's bird brooches).
• Nick Derry , artist.
• Teresinha Roberts , bird-carver.
• Melanie Tomlinson , jeweller (note Melanie's bird brooches).
• Mike Warren , artist.

• (undated): The Birds of Shakespeare  (from a 1916 book by Sir Archibald Geikie — well, the Bard was from Stratford-upon-Avon… allegedly!)
• August 6, 2006: Martin Collinson lauds H. G. Alexander as a 'Hero of the Birding Revolution' .
• November 2005: Our then County Recorder for Worcestershire, Andy Warr, writes about the “The Malvern Hills 2005: an autumn passage bird bonanza ” for the Worcestershire Record.
• October 31, 2005: Our Vice President Alan Richards writes about the history of Brandon Marsh .
• April 2005: County Recorder for Worcestershire, Andy Warr, writes about the “Waxwings and Eastern Buntings in Worcestershire ” for the Worcestershire Record.

• The Cub is a member of some webrings.

• Finally, our President, Bill Oddie .