Announcements
Diary dates
****************************************************************** Andy Deighton - North India SBSG member Andy Deighton will
be talking about two 'off the beaten track' travels to northern India, to Gujarat and
******************************************************************** Paul Hobson - Techniques in Successful Wildlife Photography
******************************************************************** Gulls at Redmires Reservoirs - 13/14th September Meet at corner of Soughley Lane, and keep your eyes on the website for the selected date which may be announced late to take advantage of good weather.
******************************************************************** Visible Migration at Redmires Reservoirs - weekend of Oct 30/31st or Nov 6/7th.
Details to be confirmed here after weather check.
******************************************************************** For details of minibus field trips please contact Paul Medforth on
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For the 2010 schedule click here.
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New stuff
******************************************************************* Three new Site Guides now available These cover the secondary sites of Blacka Moor, Linacre Reservoirs and Rivelin Dams/Wyming Brook, and can be accessed from the SBSG area map, where they they will appear as red markers, or from the 'sites' page.
We hope to make available up to a dozen further guides to secondary sites over the next few months, though we of course have to rely on experienced members being able to make the time to write them.
******************************************************************* Ulley C.P. update Duncan Bye tells me that the park will re-open fully on 29th August this year.
******************************************************************* Blackburn Meadows NR - ringing demonstration Kevin Bower would like you all to know that the above event will take place on 11th Sept from 0800 to 1100.
******************************************************************* Indoor Meeting Sept 8th - location change Ron has been told by the University that our usual venue is unavailable, and the event will take place in Lecture Theatre 5 in the Hicks Building, across the other side of the dual-carriageway.
******************************************************************* Gallery updates You'll find a good number of new photos in the Gallery, including a number from people who haven't submitted before - great news and keep them coming.
There is a 'BUT.. ' though. Despite earlier requests to name photos with the necessary information, the majority are still named "DSCN6814" or "wwarbler" etc. This makes the updating process frustrating and time-consuming for me. I'm very happy to upload member photos and am keen to keep the Gallery going, so can I please ask photographers to name your photos as requested here.
Thanks very much. ******************************************************************* Call for more breeding records Pit House West, known as a decent site by many members, barely qualifies under Rotherham's Local Wildlife Sites Register, which protects such sites through the planning system. Why? Because sufficient detailed breeding records are not being submitted to meet the criteria (such as proof of breeding in three of the last five years).
Pit House West is just one example of course, but it illustrates that we can never have enough records for SBSG area sites.
So please remember to count, record and submit all sightings, especially evidence of breeding; our records could well make a major contribution to saving valuable sites.
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