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

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

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

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...

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...

The main aim of ringing birds is the hope that they are caught or found again, thereby giving information regarding their movements,...

In 2022 I ran nocmig recording sessions at Earlswood Lakes covering spring and autumn migration. I wanted to see if there was any correlation between recordings I made at this site and the recordings I was making two miles away in my Monkspath garden. I also wanted to get an idea of just how much was being missed at a local patch which is otherwise well watched diurnally i.e. during the day. John Oates’ nocmig record of Spotted Crake on 25 May 2019 had already told us this was happening. The...

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Avian influenza. What do I do? If you find one dead bird of prey, 3 or more dead gulls or wild fowl, 5 or more dead birds of any species:...