West Midland Bird Club
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The West Midland Bird Club is the UK's largest regional ornithological society. It has been serving birdwatchers and ornithologists in the four English counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the Metropolitan West Midlands, with lectures, field trips, research, a bulletin and an annual report, since 1929. It is a registered charity, number 213311.[1]
There are branches in Birmingham, Kidderminster, Stafford, Solihull and Tamworth.
It manages the Belvide Reservoir nature reserve in Staffordshire, the Harborne Reserve in Birmingham, and the Ladywalk Reserve in North Warwickshire, as well as running an access-permit scheme for Blithfield Reservoir and Gailey Reservoir in Staffordshire. The Club has an information centre at Kingsbury Water Park (Warwickshire) and sponsors bird feeding stations at Cannock Chase (Staffordshire) and Draycote Water (Warwickshire). It co-founded and helps to manage the Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory and was instrumental in securing Brandon Marsh as a nature reserve[2].
Bill Oddie has been the Club's president since 1999. His first published article on birds appeared in the Club's 1962 Annual Report.
Contents |
[edit] Notable members
Past and present
[edit] Publications
-
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.
- A regular Bulletin [1] ISSN 1477-6111
- An Annual Report [2] ISSN 1476-2862
- Lord, John; Dennis Johnstone Munns, T. K Beck, A. J Richards (1970). Atlas of breeding birds of the West Midlands. London :: Published for the West Midland Bird Club (by) Collins,. pp. 3-276p(chiefly illus, form, maps) ; 20cm.. ISBN 0002110407. http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/biblio/biblo1.htm#Atlas.
- Harrison, Graham R.; Alan R. Dean, Alan J. Richards and David Smallshire (1982). The Birds of the West Midlands. West Midland Bird Club. ISBN 0950788104. http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/biblio/biblo1.htm#BirdsofWM.
- Harrison, Graham; Janet Harrison (2005). The New Birds of the West Midlands. West Midland Bird Club. ISBN 0950788120. http://www.westmidlandbirdclub.com/biblio/NBotWM.htm.
[edit] References
- ^ West Midland Bird Club, Registered Charity no. 213311 at the Charity Commission
- ^ "Brandon Marsh Nature Reserve, its Beginnings". Warwickshire Wildlife Trust. http://www.warwickshire-wildlife-trust.org.uk/reserves/brandon-marsh-sssi.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
