A reminder if our code of conduct when photographing birds and disclosing locations

As the Club approaches its centenary now seems an appropriate time to chart its
progress so far…

The full report is in the attached PDF

Bardsey Lodge and Bird Observatory are offering 10 students aged 18-24, a week of hands-on experience in bird monitoring and conservation and we would love to see students from, or studying in, our region benefit from this.

As the Club approaches its centenary now seems an appropriate time to chart its
progress so far…

We are excited to announce a new opportunity for young birders and aspiring naturalists aged 18-27 from the West Midlands.

Will you join us?

By Richard King Introduction This is my ninth consecutive breeding report for Ladywalk and as the years progress it is easier to see...

I’ve been bird ringing in the region for around 50 years, and Siskins have always been a rather special bird to me for many reasons. They...

Berryhill Fields, Stoke on Trent is often referred to as the “Lungs of the City.” This site is included in the Staffordshire Biodiversity...

Bill Oddie started off his birdwatching days at his local patch of Bartley Reservoir, described in one of his books as ‘a nasty bleak...

Ladywalk is a haven of peace on the edge of Hams Hall industrial estate. It has a variety of habitats and offers five hides from which to...

Introduction Whilst, perhaps not in the top half of the Premier League of Staffordshire’s best Birding places, Radford Meadows can none the less offer some really good Birding at certain times of the year. Probably its first step into the awareness spotlight for Birders was when a Common Crane spent a few days on site in April 2012. This and several other good sightings sparked my interest in this site but it was not until 2015 that I started to watch it regularly. Situated towards the...

Subscribers to Birdguides or Birdwatch magazine will be aware that recently Club member Steve Nuttall reached a memorable target of...

As a BTO ringer of many years standings, the WMBC area has proved not to be the best area of the country for foreign ringing recoveries and/or controls. (The most interesting for me was an Estonian Black-headed Gull controlled in Sutton Park). However, this all changed when a conjunction of fortuitous factors coincided (not least, obtaining a Polish ringing licence) which allowed my wife and I to set up a small lacustrine ringing site situated in Pomerania, N.W. Poland. Almost immediately,...

Relationships with key personnel at Patshull remain very positive, and much conservation work has been done; in summary:- • most of the...

My home patch lies on the southern edge of Birmingham and straddles the West Midlands - Worcestershire county boundary. Sightings of Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus in this area have, for many years, been regular although not necessarily frequent. Given that this species breeds and frequents the Birmingham area, it’s not surprising that this should be the case, however, in recent years their occurrence in my home patch has increased considerably. An electricity pylon line is located nearby...

I had visited Albania several times for work purposes since the fall of the communist regime in 1991. Finally in 2019, having retired, I...

In the Spring of 2022, I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to spend a week on Bardsey Island with fellow university students...

Following a successful week of birding in Kashmir we headed east to the neighbouring Indian Union Territory of Ladakh. Situated at the...