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
November field trip POSTPONED
Published November 26, 2010 | Tomorrow’s field trip to Caister St Edmund has been postponed because of the weather conditions.
We aim to re-arrange it for some time next year.
If you have any queries about this, please contact Ray.
Keeping outdoor meeting leaders informed
Published November 26, 2010 | Could I respectfully remind members to inform outdoor meetings leaders if you are unable to attend an outdoor meeting you have signed up to attend. There is obviously a time lapse between signing up for a meeting and the actual
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
Shrinking Birds
Published November 26, 2010 | Global temperatures have risen an average of 0.6 degrees Celsius in the last century. What effect that may have on the planet’s species is hard to predict,but a recent paper evaluating data from more than 100 different bird species over