What's that bird? A beginner's guide to identifying by calls and songs. Members free, non-members £5 payable on the day. To book and for more details please email [email protected] with the heading 'Happy Mount Park'.
Join us online with the club's most clued-up quizmaster David Talbot for an hour of fun illustrated multi-choice quizzing on a spring /summer theme.
As well as a plethora of adult and juvenile birds this session will also aim to find bog dragonflies and moorland butterflies. Members free, non-members £5 payable on the day. To book and for more details please email [email protected] with the heading 'Birk Bank'.
A talk by Phillip on the Merlin Magic Project that aims to help conserve merlin, a small falcon which has been red listed as a bird of conservation concern following recent declines in numbers.
Limited to twelve places, this free guided event will hope to catch migration in action on the beautiful limestone SSSI of Farleton Knott. If we're lucky we'll see big flocks of Redwings, Fieldfares and finches including Chaffinches and Bramblings on the move. In passage periods like these club members have found off-passage scarcities like Lapland Bunting
One Man and His Dish: A sound-illustrated talk in which Andrew talks about his sideline as a bird sound recordist and discusses some of the techniques and history of the subject
Join Nick Godden and Dan Haywood for an early morning session watching thousands of wild geese leaving their night-time roost- always a spectacular sight and sound. other birds we might encounter include Whooper Swans, ducks including Pintail and Wigeon and raptors including Merlin and Peregrine. Numbers are limited to 20 participants so please book your
Stephen is a senior lecturer at Bath Spa University and the President of Somerset Wildlife Trust. Stephen is an entertaining and informative speaker who will provide the perfect pre-Xmas talk on five of Britain's favourite birds. Based on his many successful bird biographies, this talk will feature “The Owl,” which is due to be published
Meet fellow birders for a slow, level cycle at the end of New Quay Road, Lancaster at 9am. The ride (with lots of stops) will take in the sights of the Lune Estuary as well as the quiet lanes of Thurnham and Cockersands for geese, swan species and raptors. Please e-mail [email protected] with the heading
A quiz for new bird watchers and veteran birders alike, with festive refreshments. Slyne Church Hall Shady Ln, Slyne, Lancaster LA2 6JG
Merlin by Emily Bronte Portrait of the Bronte sisters by their brother Branwell Alasdair McKee will talk about the Brontë sisters and their relationship with birds and nature. Not only did birds play a big part in the sisters' lives, they are also an important feature of their work, being involved
On Monday 26th February Prof Ian Nieduszynski will give a talk on “Bird Flight” at Hornby Institute.