General Discussion

After some confusion and technical issues, my wife and I joined the club last week.

I‘ve read in some of the reserve instructions that membership cards may be checked - does this mean that we can expect real, physical, membership cards ?

Neither of us are birders, per se, but I joined to improve my photography and have already visited Ladywalk a few times managing to grab a few, okay, photos. Hopefully my technique will improve with more visits and practice.

Thank You,

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To help protect the birds we all enjoy, we ask everyone to follow the West Midland Bird Club's Code of Conduct and Ethical Bird Photography Guidelines.

Exercise caution before sharing sightings of rare, persecuted, locally scarce birds and birds listed in Schedule 1 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act, especially during the breeding season.  Please never publicly share nest locations, as this information could unintentionally put birds at risk from disturbance or harm.  If you're ever unsure, please consult the County Bird Recorder.

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Thank you to all of the WMBC for expressing interest and showing support to the LadyBirders! Whenever we're out and about we often get approached by WMBC members asking how we're getting on so here's a round up of some of the things we go up to in May: We had 9 scheduled walks and we visited places such as Earlswood Lakes, RSPB Sandwell Valley, Wyre Forest, multiple trips to the wonderful Belvide reserve for photography workshops with fellow LadyBirder Kerry France and we also visited our other the fantastic Ladywalk and Blithfield reserves. We also met up with one another for ad-hoc walks in local areas and reserves then a handful of us joined the WMBC coach trips to Minsmere and Ynys-Hir!We had a really exciting opportunity to be joined by ITV at Ladywalk for an interview that was aired on the local news (https://www.itv.com/watch/news/women-only-birdwatching-group-surges-in-popularity/82lp288) , we had a stal…