The Club has been advised by British Waterways, as confirmed by the Environment Agency, that an outbreak of blue green algae has been found at Belvide...
Recycling stuff like this is what we should all be doing rather than just chucking it in the bin. An organisation I can recommend is: http://freecycle.org...
1 cuckoo on edge of Brockton coppice plus redstart 2 buzzard + 1 Juv near Forestry commission info site 2 families of stonechats hundreds of swallows in...
I have just seen this, on another mailing list. Names and e-mail addresses have been removed: "Early this year I inspected a quite amazing collection of ...
hi just saw your taxidermy notes,antbody wishing to see taxidermy should visit Calke Abbey,south derbyshire,incredible ammount of taxidermy in National Trust...
It's not just stuffed birds that proliferate in Burton - I recently counted 103 Mute Swans in the half mile stretch downriver from St Peters Bridge, although...
Here are the results of a recent plant survey at Blithfield Reservoir: http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/blithfield/plants20060815.htm -- Andy Mabbett ...
At Blithfield, 19/9: Tad Bay 1 Pectoral Sandpiper, supposed to be two but I didn't see the other one 1 Ruff 1 Dunlin 4 Little Egret 1 Peregrine 4 Buzzard 9...
hi richard,just spent forty quid on petrol to see the Pectoral and Curlew Sandpipers at Blacktoft Sands so was a bit mad to hear the Pectoral Sandpiper was ten...
Hi Richard Did you know the car park on the tarmac trail north of the railway tunnel is our local hotspot for marsh tit. There's lots of feeders/tables nailed...
Hi' I see you have some bird books going cheap! do you have anything on 'birds of the world' or any of the 'Where to Watch Birds' series for the UK? Sheila...
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hi sheila, there are a few of the john gooders where to watch birds,manchester,sheffield,peak district guides to birds,birdwatching in europe, if you are going...
Hello Les Its nice to learn that putting my sightings on here is of use. That's what its here for, so I'll use it. If it was any consolation, I'm sure you...
Hello Grahame Thanks for the info on Manifold Valley. I must try and explore it a bit more. Do you know of any other good birding sites around there? I do...
Hi Re Dippers in Staffordshire, the best views I have had was going to see the Grey Shrike at Bosley above Leek on the Macclesfield Rd, Nov 2003 - March 2004,...
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Sorry for the short notice. -- Andy Mabbett Webmaster & Trustee West Midland Bird Club: ornithology in Staffs, Warwks, Worcs & the West Midlands county, since...
Took a walk in the Consall area of the Churnet Valley today (7th). 1 Raven, 10 Swallows, Kestrel and Sparrowhawk mobbing each other. But the highlight was...
Hello Folks, Just a reminder that the Staffs Branch of the WMBC is hosting the first of its winter indoor meeting series tomorrow (Friday) 13th October. The...
I have just received this from an ornithologist working an island of the SW coast of Ireland. If you think it is important then just follow the link. Nigel...
... Hello Paul The shrike is at Berry Hill fields. Directions from birdguides.com are as follows: juvenile still around SJ898455 mid-afternoon but mobile;...
Tad Bay: 90 Golden Plover 3 Dunlin 16 Snipe 11 Goosander 8 Pintail 1 Sparrowhawk large numbers of Lapwing, could have easily been into four figures. Blithe...
... I did see the Red-Backed Shrike at Berry Hill fields this morning before going to work, and showed well. On the below multimap link (you'll have to copy...