This page refers to past events and is kept as an historical record only.
As well as introducing members to some local sites that they may not have visited before, some meetings have been also arranged to help out with some groups of birds that are not always easy to get to grips with. Further information may be obtained from the branch contacts.
| Day, Date & Time | Venue (Grid ref. & map link) |
Details |
|---|---|---|
| Sunday 18 February 2007 9:30am–2pm |
Chasewater  (SK040071 ) |
Leader Ray Jennett. Meet in the South Shore car park to the west of the Innovation Centre, for winter ducks including a chance of Smew. |
| Sunday 11 March 2007 9:30am–2pm |
Cop Mere (SJ804295 ) |
Besides being one of very few sizeable lakes in Staffordshire, Cop Mere is of importance for its range of swamp, fen and carr communities. Please meet on the roadside to the south of the mere. Leader Gerald Ford. |
| Sunday 22 April 2007 | Keele | North Staffordshire Survey Instruction Special. This day will be a "by booking only" meeting and aims to cover a range of survey techniques in a mix of habitats near to the University. |
| Sunday 6 May 2007 | Brocton Coppice, Cannock Chase | Mid-Staffordshire Survey Instruction Special. This day will be a "by booking only" meeting and will cover survey techniques mainly in a woodland setting on the Chase. |
| Sunday 13 May 2007 10:00am–2pm |
Moors March, Knotbury (SK034698) |
Meet at the Cisterns Clough layby on the Buxton Road below Axe Edge. A walk to view some of the moorland specialities. This walk does involve some strenuous walking of a few miles and stout footwear is essential. Bring packed lunch to eat en-route. |
| Wednesday 6 June 2007 6:45–9:30pm |
Gradbach (SJ998663 ) |
Evening ramble. Meet at the 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 a river valley for the riparian birds. |
| Friday 29 June 2007 8:30–10:30pm |
Cannock Chase (SJ978164 ) |
Our annual trip, on one of the shortest nights of the year, to see Nightjars, the Cannock Chase highlight species. We will certainly finish in the dark, and so a torch might be useful. Walking: possibly 1–2 miles over loose surface paths. Change of venue: Meet at the Springslade Cafe, off Camp Road. |
| Sunday 23 September 2007 9:30am–12noon |
Berryhill, Stoke-on-Trent (SJ904464 ) |
Meet at the end of Arbourfield Drive, Berryhill. Easy walking. This is a good time of year for migrant birds and we should be able to find some of the species attacted to this unusual site where small stands of bushes attact a good variety of the more unusual birds, with recent visitors including Wryneck and Black Redstart. |
| Sunday 9 December 2007 9:30am–2pm |
Blithfield (SK0524 ) |
Meet in the car park on the Abbots Bromley side of the causeway for a review of the winter birds of this WMBC reserve. |
Ornithology in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & the West Midlands county, since 1929.
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