Monday 30 November 2015

Indoor Meeting Wednesday 2nd December

Hello

This is an invitation to non-members and a reminder to members that our next indoor meeting is this coming Wednesday (2nd December) starting at 7.30pm. As usual the venue will be the Fishing Lodge at Pitsford Reservoir which is found off the Brixworth Road just outside the village of Holcot north of Northampton (post code NN6 9SJ). Parking is possible close to the lodge with overflow facilities at the bottom of the track next to the boats or on the causeway itself.

This month our speaker is our very own charismatic chairman Mr Bob Gill! A man of few words but those that he does utter are pretty spicy, Bob hopes to entertain us with a digital presentation of wildlife from Spain. In the main the images will be from the trip earlier this year with other Bird Club colleagues.

As usual hot drinks and biscuits will be available during the evening and of course it is an opportunity for a natter and meet fellow wildlife enthusiasts.

I very much hope to see you there!

Neil M



Bee-eater
courtesy of Robin Gossage

Wednesday 25 November 2015

Items for Sale

Hello

All the below-listed items have been donated to the Northants Bird Club by the late Graham Soden.

The committee are seeking to sell these items in order to raise funds for a celebratory shield in Graham's name, 
the GRAHAM SODEN PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARD.

This shield will be engraved with the Northants Bird Club emblem as well as his name and is to be presented to the photographer whose image is deemed the best overall by Bird Club members during the course of the club's annual photographic competition.

It is planned for all winners to have their name engraved.

Should you be interested in purchasing the listed items please make email contact with committee member Robin Gossage on robin.gossage@sky.com

In addition Graham donated a selection of books and Robin will bring these to Bird Club evenings where it is hoped members will purchase those they wish to own.

The photographic/ optical equipment for sale consists of:-


BENBO 1 TRIPOD with or without the MANFROTTO 322RC2 TRIGGER GRIP.



TAMRAC PRO CAMERA BAG, EXPEDITION 8X.




OPTOLYTH TSB 80 TELESCOPE



Regards

Neil M

Sunday 22 November 2015

Club car trip (November)

Hello

The monthly car trip today was spent in the winter coolness of middle Northamptonshire! The first venue was Pitsford Reservoir which provided views of Red-crested Pochard, a Scaup, Green Sandpiper, Redshank, 2/3 Great White Egrets and 6 Little Egrets. Harrington Airfield received a visit and produced raptors in the shape of Red Kite, Common Buzzard, Kestrel and Sparrowhawk and good numbers of Fieldfare. The last venue was Blueberry Farm near Maidwell where the team connected with Short-eared Owl and Stonechat...

Regards

Neil M