(Buller's Albatross, Chile Nov 2024) Featuring a talk by Paul Ellis on a birding trip to Chile: 'Chile Top to Bottom'. From the Atacama Desert to Tierra del Fuego, via the High Andes and two pelagic birding voyages. Preceded by an illustrated review of recent Fylde bird sightings.
Marton Mere LNR SSSI – Friends Group Monthly Work Party – November
(Bittern, Marton Mere by Mick McGough, 8th Feb 2013) This will be an outdoor meeting at Marton Mere Local Nature Reserve. Our main target will be to try to see a Bittern at dusk. Two or more Bitterns regularly winter at Marton Mere and have a habit of flying across the Mere at dusk. Sometimes, […]
Marton Mere LNR SSSI – Friends Group Monthly Work Party – December
Christmas Quiz, Social and Buffet. At Fylde Cricket Club, Moorland Road, Poulton from 1930 hrs
The Fylde Bird Club Annual General Meeting will be held at Fylde Cricket Club at 7:30 pm 7th January 2025. After 25 years as Chairman, Paul Slade is standing down and so a new Chairman will need to be voted in at the meeting. New committee members can also stand for election. The Secretary must […]
'Waders and Wildfowl' at high tide at Pilling Lane Ends. Meet at 10 am. Meet in the top car park on the sea wall. A telescope will be very useful at this location. We also hope to see a selection of wintering raptors. This is a big high tide at 9.93 m, peaking at 1300 […]
'Water Pipits and Raptors' at Warton Marsh. Meet at 9:30 am at the south end of Bank Lane. Parking is extremely limited, so be prepared to park some distance away and walk down Bank Lane. A telescope is extremely useful at this location. There is a massive 10.25 m tide on this day, peaking at […]
‘Raptor Migration & Birding in Southern Spain’ with Dennis Atherton. Fylde Cricket Club at 7.30pm
This talk will go some way to explaining the plight of Swifts and Martins, but will also highlight the positive steps that individuals and groups can make to help slow the decline of these amazing and enigmatic birds.
Spring Warblers at Marton Mere, meet at the Visitor Centre at 6.30 pm. This outdoor meeting will endeavour to find as many species of warblers as we can and any other migrants that might be present. Drive into the caravan park from Mythop Road, park at the main caravan park buildings, walk to the right […]
'Waders on the Incoming Tide’ at Lytham Jetty, meet at 7pm at Bath Street car park
