Fylde Bird Club - meetings

2010

26th January: AGM & Photographic Competition

23rd February: A Ribble Estuary Year by Video with Peter Guy

23rd March: Seagulls to Eagles with Peter Smith

27th April: Zululand with Mike & Pauline McGough

25th May: Turkestan with Paul Ellis

22nd June: Business Update & Members Photographs

27th July: The RSPB Birds of Bowland Project with Gavin Thomas

24th August: Varanger or Bust: Birding in Sweden, Finland and Arctic Norway with John Bannon

28th September: 40 Years of Pennington Flash with Charlie Owen

26th October: Manu - Peru's Ultimate Birding Experience with Colin Bushell

23rd November: Brockholes Wetland with Sophie Leadsom

21st 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

Each year the Fylde Bird Club holds a photographic competition following the AGM. All members who paid their subscriptions for 2009 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. The closing date for the 2009 competition is 19th January 2010, by which time all entries must be forwarded to Paul Ellis.

· 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

2009 Winners

Fylde category: Goldcrest in Stanley Park by Paul Ellis

British Isles category: Bittern at Leighton Moss RSPB by David Moreton

World category: White-fronted Bee-eater by Mick McGough

2008 Winners

Fylde category: Short-eared Owl in Scronkey by Paul Slade

British Isles category: Sandwich Tern on Inner Farne, Northumberland by Paul Ellis

World category: King Penguins in St Andrews Bay, South Georgia by Kinta Beaver

2007 Winners

Fylde category: Treecreeper at Stanley Park by Mick McGough

British Isles category: Kingfisher at Leighton Moss, Lancashire 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

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