Winter Bird Count: Sunday 8th January 2012
Published December 12, 2011 | This first meeting of the New Year will be our annual Bird Count. The idea of the count is to find as many different species as possible in our recording area between 8am and 4.30pm. Continue reading
Field Trip – Sunday 9th January: Winter bird count
Published January 20, 2011 | Our annual bird count took place on 9th January 2011 and nearly thirty members formed teams to scour the valley in search of as many birds as possible in the time allotted. As usual teams arrived at identical sites at
David Gibbons to join Liz Waller as WVBS Bird Recorder
Published December 6, 2010 | As from January 2011 member David Gibbons has kindly agreed to join Liz Waller as the Society’s Bird Recorders. Liz will continue to receive and collate your sightings and David will compile the monthly summaries for the newsletter and receive your latest sightings at our indoor meetings. He will also join the team that compiles the Society’s Annual Report. Continue reading
Common Terns at Sparham Lakes
Published November 26, 2010 | For newer members of WVBS it is worth mentioning the background to the raft.
In 2005 Jordan Cereals, owners of Pensthorpe, celebrated their 150 years of trading and sponsored several wetland conservation projects across the country. Jordans approached WVBS and asked for proposals which they would consider funding. The end result is the Tern Raft at Sparham Lakes close to Sparham Pools NWT nature reserve where Common Terns had nested for many years on a small island cleared specifically for the purpose. Common Tern like to nest on bare clean shingle and one of the reasons for their varied success was encroachment of weeds. Our chairman Alwyn Jackson was warden of Sparham Pools NWT until very recently and this helped make objective comparisons of the various successes of the two sites. Continue reading
Winter Bird Count – Sunday 10th January 2010
Published November 20, 2009 | Our traditional Winter Count will be our first Outdoor Event of the New Year.
The idea is to find as many different species as possible in our recording area between 8am and 4.30pm.
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