A trip further afield for a change, we are going to visit the North York Moors National Park. We will start with a mid-morning visit to Wykeham Forest where we have a chance of seeing honey-buzzards and goshawk, as well as the increasingly scarce turtle dove. If time allows, we can travel across to the

Silverdale resident John Webb will lead a walk around the Silverdale area. On this half-day field trip we will take a walk of approximately 3-4 miles and take in a variety of habitats including the scrubby grasslands of Jack Scout and various woodlands. We will stop for lunch (please bring your own) coincide with the

Another out of area field trip, this time to the East Yorkshire migration hotspot Spurn Point. Whether it is grounded migrants, overhead visible migration, seawatching, huge wader flocks or the occasional scarcity, there is never a dull day at Spurn in September. Nick and Dan will lead this trip, which will be flexible in its

Dr Phillip Warren is a project officer for Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust. Phil has an article in the BBC Wildlife Magazine on this topic - TEAMS meeting starting at 19:30.

This site, at the southern end of the Hutton Roof/Farleton Knott ridge, can be an excellent location to watch visible migration. Dalton Crags will be best known to LDBWS members for the comprehensive coverage of migration by Bryan Yorke. At this time of year we may be lucky to witness large numbers of thrushes and

Hilary McGuire - An overview of wader ecology in Bowland with a focus on Curlew and the more intensive monitoring ongoing with that species.

Our 2 previous visits to the National Landscape (AONB) this year have both involved 3 mile walks. This day is planned around accessible sites with opportunity to visit 2 or 3 from a menu which spans the area. Our base will be Leighton Moss which provides accessible hide opportunities on both the main reserve and

On Monday 25th November Prof Ian Nieduszynski will give a talk on “Bird Vision” at Hornby Institute.

On the outskirts of Greater Manchester, Pennington Flash is an excellent winter birding location. The large lake is home to a wide variety of wildfowl while the surrounding woodland is equally rich, including willow tits which are no longer found in our district. As the afternoon comes to an end, thousands of gulls come in

Cancelled due to illness.

Dr Stuart Sharp will give a talk on the ecology and conservation of river birds.  

Heather Harrison will give a talk on the personification of birds and the ways birds and birdwatching was encouraged in the 18th century.