Northamptonshire Bird Club

Thursday, 16 February 2017

NBC PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION continued

PLANTS and FUNGI.

JEFF BLINCOW.

DRAGON ARUM Crete

GOLDEN WAXCAP Norway

BOB BULLOCK

FUNGI Sp Cuba

FRUITING LICHEN Dorset

FUNGI Sp Northants

PETE GILBERT

FLOWER Sp France

ROBIN GOSSAGE

MARSH HELLIBORINE

DEVILS BIT SCABIUS

THISTLE Sp

DAVE JACKSON

SILVER BIRCH

TEASEL

JOHN SHOWERS

SPRING GENTIAN

YELLOW STAGSHORN

PUFFBALL

MARTIN SWANNELL

JAPANESE WILD IRIS

BEE ORCHID

WILD ROCK ROSE

Tuesday, 14 February 2017

Annual General Meeting

Hello

The club's AGM is pencilled in for Wednesday 1st March but the majority of this indoor meeting will be taken up with a presentation by Mike Alibone on the birding delights of Israel. However we have some business to complete first which will hopefully be a short affair!

Sue Prouse has been a committee member and our club treasurer for many years but other commitments and interests now pull her in another direction and she will not be standing for election this year. Sue has been committed to her role throughout the difficult times of several years ago when our finances were low and overheads and the economic climate meant that it was difficult for all amateur clubs to keep going. Now of course the club is in a healthy condition and this is in no small part due to the commitment of the club committee including Sue's determination to ensure that we remained viable and able to flourish again. Thank-you Sue for unravelling the mystique of figures and providing us with direction and purpose over the years!

Nomination are invited from the membership to join the club committee, and of course we would be delighted to invite someone to take over from Sue's work as club treasurer!

Should you wish to be nominated to the committee, please make contact with me or Bob Gill prior to 1st March.

An opportunity will be provided for questions during the AGM but if you have any questions or would like an opportunity of debating an issue associated with the running of the club please again make contact so that we have time to prepare any information. A spread sheet will be circulated detailing the club finances.

Thank-you and I look forward to seeing you on 1st March!

Neil McMahon

neil.mcmahonoriole@btinternet.com
Tel 01604 880009

Steppe Eagle, an iconic
migrant of the Middle East
and one of the earliest
spring migrants to be seen
in the skies over Israel.

Can you help surveying the Nene Valley?

Hello

A message from Ted Weber...

I’m currently putting together plans for carrying out the Nene Wetlands Breeding Birds Survey for the coming season and would like to expand the team of volunteers that undertakes it. Some of you Nene Wetlands volunteers are already involved but new members might also like the opportunity to participate.

We need experienced birdwatchers with the ability to confidently identify birds in close terrain and by song; training in the survey process will be given, but a good knowledge of birds is an essential prerequisite. The Nene Wetlands has been divided up into 4 sectors, each of which must be surveyed once a month in April, May, June and July, but the transect routes involved are quite large and may require a couple of days to complete.

Please let me know as soon as possible, if you are interested.

Ted

Edward Weber
Nene Wetlands Reserves Officer

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