January 1st 10am: LDBWS Field Meeting: New Year’s Day Walk at Aldcliffe
Join Dan Haywood, Barrie Cooper and other fellow LDBWS members for a gentle winter walk which will take in the birdlife of Freeman's Wood, Freeman's Pools, Aldcliffe Marsh SSSI and the Wildfowler's Pools. Meet at the south end of New Quay Road Lancaster (what3words: faster.stow.brings). Email Dan via [email protected] for special requests and more information!
January Meeting at Hornby Institute featuring ”Wild Ingleborough” talk
The Yorkshire Wildilfe Trust's Ellie Parker will tell us all about this landscape-scale habitat and wildlife restoration project at one of the NW's most beautiful upland sites. In order to reduce car usage to these meetings it would be great if people could offer lifts- please email ldbws.info@gmail if you can help (similarly if you require a
Saturday February 4th 9:30-11:30 LDBWS Field Meeting: Hawfinch Walk at Silverdale – now Fully Booked
Following on from our successful event one year ago (6 or 7 hawfinches seen and more heard!), here's another bite at the cherrystone. Join Nick Godden and other experienced hawfinders for a fairly gentle walk where we hope to find this enigmatic red-listed species as well as a host of other attractive woodland birds in Silverdale & Arnside AONB. Sorry
Sat 18th February 09:00-12:00 LDBWS Field Meeting BIRDING BY BIKE
A low carbon special! 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. For
Mon 27th February 19:30 to 21:00 LDBWS Members Meeting Online featuring ”Birding in the Isle of Avalon” with Mike Roberts
The talk will look at the wide variety of habitats in the area now known as the Avalon Marshes near Glastonbury. This includes reserves such as Ham Wall, Shapwick Heath, Westhay and Greylake. Featuring Mike's stunning photography It will look at some of ethnic conservation successes and cover species such as bitterns, little bitterns, great
March Meeting at Hornby Institute featuring “British bird skulls.”
It will be a fun session with plenty to look at as we get up close and cranial with Steve Bullen's fifty-year collection of British bird skulls. This one night only exhibition of dozens of beautiful heads will form the basis of a quiz. I suggest you start boning up because we're not just playing for pride! Star prize will be another
Sat 6th May 07.30 LDBWS Field Meeting: Heysham Head – Morning Migrants
This morning meet-up on the rising tide hopes to produce passage seabirds including terns, skuas and auks as well as breeding rock pipits, linnets, passage chats, martins and warblers. Members free, non-members £5 payable on the day. To book and for more details please email [email protected] with the heading 'Heysham Head'.
Tues 30th May 19.00 LDBWS Field Meeting: Barbondale: Evening Session 7:00 PM
To take advantage of the long spring evenings this walk should produce a beautiful variety of riverine, woodland and moorland species including grey wagtail, redstart and both flycatchers. Members free, non-members £5 payable on the day. To book and for more details please email [email protected] with the heading 'Barbondale'.
Sat 3rd June 09.00 LDBWS Field Meeting: Happy Mount Park: Beginner’s Session
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'.
June Meeting online – LDBWS Summer Solstice Bird Quiz
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.
Sat 8th July 10.00 LDBWS Field Meeting: Birk Bank
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'.