Fylde
Bird Club Monthly Meetings
All meetings commence at 7:45pm
| 2008 22nd January: AGM and Photographic Competition 26th February: The Ribble Estuary - A World Class Wetland with Stuart Meredith 25th March: Birds of the Russian Tundra with guest speaker Charlie Liggett 22nd April: Members slides and digital images 27th May: Red Kites in Yorkshire with guest speaker Doug Simpson 24th June: Business update 22nd July: Namibia with Paul Ellis 26th August: Barn Owls in southwest Lancashire with guest speaker Tony Duckells 23rd September: Hesketh Out Marsh and Marshside RSPB with guest speaker Graham Clarkson 28th October: Business update 25th November: The Falkland Islands with guest speaker Colin Smith 16th December: Christmas Social, Quiz and Buffet If a talk needs to be cancelled for any reason, Fylde Bird Club will make all efforts to find a replacement speaker |
The
Fylde Bird Club now meets at the River Wyre Hotel, Breck Road,
Poulton-le-Fylde
click on this link for a map
Fylde Bird Club Photographic Competition
Each year the Fylde Bird Club holds a photographic competition following the AGM. All members who paid their subscriptions for 2007 are invited to enter and may submit up to three photographs for each geographical category:
· Fylde
· British Isles
· World
Digital photographs and slides taken in the calendar year prior to the competition are acceptable. It would be very helpful if digital entries could be submitted to
Paul Ellis (18 Staining Rise,
Staining, Blackpool, Lancashire FY3 0BU) in advance of the meeting.
· Only three images per category per photographer
· All photographs must be taken during the twelve months prior to the competition
· No photographs taken at the nest
· No photographs of captive or trapped birds
· Hard copies/prints will not be accepted; please submit only digital photographs and/or slides
2007
Winners

Fylde category: Treecreeper at Stanley Park by Mick McGough

British Isles category: Kingfisher at Leighton Moss, Lancashire by Paul
Ellis
World
category: Purple Heron by Paul Ellis
2006
Winners

Fylde category: Grey Heron at Stanley Park by David Moreton
Nikkor 300mm with Nikon 1.4x teleconverter

British Isles category: Little Gull at Crosby Marine Park, Merseyside by Paul
Ellis
Nikon D70s and Sigma 50-500mm, hand held
World
category: Malachite Kingfisher in Botswanna by Paul Ellis
Nikon D70s and Sigma 300mm F2.8 with Sigma 1.4x teleconverter, hand held from a
boat
2005
Winners

Fylde category: Reed Bunting at Marton Mere by Mick McGough

British Isles category: Puffin over Inner Farne, Northumberland
by Chris Batty

World
category: Red-billed Tropicbird over Raso, Cape Verde Islands by
Chris Batty
2004 Winners

Fylde category: Whitethroat at Whyndyke Farm by Philip Kirkham

British Isles category: Ptarmigan on Carn Ban Mor, Highland by
Paul Ellis

World
category: Lesser Kestrel at Madrigalego, Spain by Chris Batty
2003 Winners

Fylde category: Pochard at Marton Mere by Philip Kirkham

British Isles category: Water Rail at Leighton Moss, Lancashire
by Paul Ellis

World category: Black Woodpecker at Srebarna, Bulgaria by Mick
McGough
Fylde
Bird Club Photographic Competition rules
Only three images per category per photographer
All photographs must be taken during the twelve months prior to
the competition
No photographs taken at the nest
No photographs of captive or trapped birds