Events

Talk on The Complete Owl

Location: Lecture Theatre, Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

To find the lecture theatre click on the Google Map link below, which shows the exact location of the entrance, especially if you use the satellite view, and/or look for Loughborough University in our Links Section which gives full directions.

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Michael Leach is a wildlife photographer for magazines, books and TV, and author of approximately 24 books on wildlife. His owl talk will be facts and folklore about british owls and is based on his book of the same name.

For more information about this very well know photographer please use the link on the Loughborough group website to go to his website.

Time: 7.45 pm

Price: £3.00 local group members £3.50 non-members, LU student gratis with SU card

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Birdwalk at Calke Park

Location: From B587 follow signs for Staunton Harold, then turn left crossing reservoir dam and taking right at the T-junction. Car park overlooks reservoir. SK375227
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These are morning walks which take place during weekdays. We normally meet around 10.00 a.m. and return to vehicles around midday. Some of the party usually find somewhere for a light lunch though this is, of course, optional.

For more information about Calke Park please go to the Links section of the Loughborough Group website and click on Calke Park

Time: 10.00 am

Price: Free

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Talk entitled "Follow that Goose"

Location: Lecture Theatre, Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

To find the lecture theatre click on the Google Map link below, which shows the exact location of the entrance, especially if you use the satellite view, and/or look for Loughborough University in our Links Section which gives full directions.

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Phil Palmer is another speaker who has been to us before. Those who can recall his talk on nightjars will remember his enthusiasm and knowledge of his subject.

Time: 7.45 pm

Price: £3 Group Members, £3.50 Non members, Students with SU card gratis

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Birdwalk at Watermead Park

Location: A6 towards Leicester then left onto A46. Straight across roundabout at Hobby Horse pub then bear right & follow signs. Sailing Club car park (fee required) or on road outside. SK607113
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These are morning walks which take place during weekdays. We normally meet around 10.00 a.m. and return to vehicles around midday. Some of the party usually find somewhere for a light lunch though this is, of course, optional.

For more information about Watermead Park please go to the Links section of the Loughborough Group website and click on Watermead Park

Time: 10.00 am

Price: Parking Charge of £1.50

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: bobmudge@btinternet.com

Coach Trip to Welney - WWT - Cambridgeshire

Location: Coach leaves from Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

For further instructions as to how to find the Brockington Building look for Loughborough University in our Links Section and/or click on the GoogleMap link below which shows the exact location of the car park.
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Welney is one of the jewels in the crown of the WWT reserves offering a superb winter spectacle with the highlight being the superb herd of wintering wild swans as well as a range of geese and waders.

As usual with WWT there is a superb visitor centre with café and shop.

For more information about Welney please go to the Links section of the Loughborough Group website and click on Welney.

Time: 8.00am

Price: Expected cost £13 + Admission of £5.30 (conc £4), Accompanied under14s £5 - All money is collected on the coach, please DO NOT send money with your booking, it only makes things more difficult.

Booking essential

Telephone: Please use email for bookings

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Talk on The Hope Farm Project

Location: Lecture Theatre, Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough.

For further instructions as to how to find the Brockington Building look for Loughborough University in our Links Section and/or click on the GoogleMap link below which shows the exact location of the entrance.


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Chris Bailey has been the manager of Hope farm for the past 3 years. The RSPB bought this arable farm in 1999 with the aim of showing farmers and policy makers that farming can be both profitable and help wildlife - hoping to reverse the decline in farmland birds especially the skylark.

Time: 7.45pm

Price: £3.00 local group members £3.50 for non-members, LU student gratis with SU card

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Birdwalk at Attenborough Nature Reserve

Location: Attenborough Nature reserve - off A6005 between Long Eaton and Beeston. Signs to Nature Reserve (past sewage works). SK516339

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These are morning walks which take place during weekdays. We normally meet around 10.00 a.m. and return to vehicles around midday. Some of the party usually find somewhere for a light lunch though this is, of course, optional.

For more information about Attenborough please go to the Links section of the Loughborough Group website and click on Attenborough Nature Reserve

Time: 10.00 am

Price: Free

E-mail: bobmudge@btinternet.com

Coach Trip to Old Moor - RSPB and Blacktoft Sands - RSPB - Yorkshire

Location: Coach leaves from Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

For further instructions as to how to find the Brockington Building look for Loughborough University in our Links Section and/or click on the GoogleMap link below which shows the exact location of the car park.


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Old Moor RSPB shows just what can be done with abandoned industrial sites and it has turned up some excellent birds recently including Little Swift. We should see a good range of wintering birds on the scrapes.

In the afternoon we will go to Blacktoft to see more wintering waders, geese and raptors.

Old Moor has a good visitor centre and café, Blacktoft toilets only.

For details of both of these venues please look at the RSPB website

Time: 8.00am

Price: Expected cost £14 + Admission, Accompanied under14s £5 - All money is collected on the coach, please DO NOT send money with your booking, it only makes things more difficult.

Booking essential

Telephone: Please use email for booking

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Talk on Shetland

Location: Lecture Theatre, Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

To find the lecture theatre click on the Google Map link below, which shows the exact location of the entrance, especially if you use the satellite view, and/or look for Loughborough University in our Links Section which gives full directions.

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David Tolliday is a retired lecturer in teacher education, he used to be the leader of the Macclesfield RSPB group but now he runs their website. He last talked to us in 2007.

For a bit more information about him please use the link on the Loughborough Group website.

Time: 7.45 pm

Price: £3 Group Members, £3.50 Non members, LU students with SU card gratis

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Birdwalk at Thornton Reservoir

Location: Thornton is about 2 miles south west of Markfield (Field Head). Meet in the Reservoir Car-Park. SK471075
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These are morning walks which take place during weekdays. We normally meet around 10.00 a.m. and return to vehicles around midday. Some of the party usually find somewhere for a light lunch though this is, of course, optional.

For more information about Thornton Reservoir please go to the Links section of the Loughborough Group website and click on Thornton Reservoir

Time: 10.00 am

Price: Free

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: bobmudge@btinternet.com

Coach Trip to Saltholme Wildlife Reserve and Discovery Park - RSPB - Middlesborough

Location: Coach leaves from Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

For further instructions as to how to find the Brockington Building look for Loughborough University in our Links Section and/or click on the GoogleMap link below which shows the exact location of the car park.

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Now for somewhere completely different, this is a new venue opened by the RSPB in January 2009, so it is very doubtful if you will have been before.

For full details of this place please look on the RSPB website

Time: 7.00am

Price: Expected cost £15, Accompanied under14s £5 - All money is collected on the coach, please DO NOT send money with your booking, it only makes things more difficult.

Booking essential

Telephone: Please use email for bookings

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Talk on Sandwell Valley and AGM

Location: Lecture Theatre, Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

To find the lecture theatre click on the Google Map link below, which shows the exact location of the entrance, especially if you use the satellite view, and/or look for Loughborough University in our Links Section which gives full directions.


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Mike West has talked to us before. This time he will tell us of the 20 years of RSPB work at their Sandwell Valley Reserve on the edge of Birmingham.

Have a look at the Links on the this website for more information about this speaker.

Before the talk we will hold our Annual General Meeting - hence the slightly earlier start.

Time: 7.30 pm

Price: £3 Group Members, £3.50 Non members, LU students with SU card gratis

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Coach trip to Snettisham - RSPB - Norfolk

Location: Coach leaves from Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

For further instructions as to how to find the Brockington Building look for Loughborough University in our Links Section and/or click on the GoogleMap link below which shows the exact location of the car park.

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Snettisham is in a perfect position to attract a good range of waders, wildfowl and passerines. When we visit most of the spring migrants should be in, waders will be in summer plumage and we should see some interesting breeding birds such as Mediterranean gull.

There is no visitor centre but there is a nearby café and caravan park shop.

For more information about this place please look at Reserves on the main RSPB website

Time: 7.30 am

Price: Expected cost £14 + Admission, Accompanied under14s £5 - All money is collected on the coach, please DO NOT send money with your booking, it only makes things more difficult.

Booking essential

Telephone: Please use email for booking

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Talk on Garden Birds and Song

Location: Lecture Theatre, Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

To find the lecture theatre click on the Google Map link below, which shows the exact location of the entrance, especially if you use the satellite view, and/or look for Loughborough University in our Links Section which gives full directions.

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Nigel Slater an enthusiastic local amateur who should give us another fascinating fun evening, looking at common birds - also giving identification help with their wide range of calls and songs.

Nigel last talked to us about migration in January 2009

Time: 7.45pm

Price: £3.00 local group members £3.50 for non-members, LU student gratis with SU card

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Bird Walk at Ulverscroft Manor & Grange

Location: Drive to Copt Oak and turn by the Restaurant towards Markfield. After 1 mile turn left onto Priory Lane. Turn into Ulverscroft Manor and park in the car park. SK492112
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These are morning walks which take place during weekdays. We normally meet around 10.00 a.m. and return to vehicles around midday. Some of the party like to find somewhere for a light lunch though this is, of course, optional.

The walks are in term-time but if any children join us they must be looked after by an adult. Walking distance does not exceed 2 or 3 miles. While the walks do not involve strenuous climbs there are some uphill sections and some rough or marshy paths. You are strongly advised to wear boots or good walking shoes.

For more information about Ulverscroft Manor & Grange (including a map) please go to the Links section of the Loughborough Group website and click on Ulverscroft Manor & Grange

Time: 10.00am

Price: Free

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: bobmudge@btinternet.com

Coach trip to Elan Valley - Powys

Location: Coach leaves from Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

For further instructions as to how to find the Brockington Building look for Loughborough University in our Links Section and/or click on the GoogleMap link below which shows the exact location of the car park.
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Here we will see a good range of woodland and upland birds in a beautiful setting. We should see Red Kite, Raven, Pied Flycatcher, Wood Warbler and Redstart amongst others. There are a variety of walks and habitiats to explore here.

There is a good visitor centre, café and toilets.

For more information about Elan Valley please go to the Links section of the Loughborough Group website and click on Elan Valley

Time: 7.30 am

Price: Expected cost £14 + Admission, Accompanied under14s £5 - All money is collected on the coach, please DO NOT send money with your booking, it only makes things more difficult.

Booking essential

Telephone: Please use email for booking

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

Birdwalk at Cossington Meadow

Location: A6 from Loughborough, follow signs for Rothley. Turn left at traffic lights in Rothley & carry on past Cossington Mill. Reserve entrance is on left. SK596131
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These are morning walks which take place during weekdays. We normally meet around 10.00 a.m. and return to vehicles around midday. Some of the party usually find somewhere for a light lunch though this is, of course, optional.

For more information about Cossington Meadow please go to the Links section of the Loughborough Group website and click on Cossington Meadow

Time: 10.00 am

Price: Free

Telephone: 077 48876798

E-mail: bobmudge@btinternet.com

Coach Trip to Bempton Cliffs - RSPB - East Yorkshire

Location: Coach leaves from Brockington Building, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough

For further instructions as to how to find the Brockington Building look for Loughborough University in our Links Section and/or click on the GoogleMap link below which shows the exact location of the car park.
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What better way to end the season than to visit this seabird spectacular? Superb close up views of Gannets, Kittiwakes, Puffins, Rock Pipits and others give a real insight into seabird breeding and life.

There are toilets and refreshments here as well as a small shop.

Look on the main RSPB website for detail of the expected species and the facilities at this superb reserve

Time: 7.30am

Price: Expected cost £14 + Admission, Accompanied under14s £5 - All money is collected on the coach, please DO NOT send money with your booking, it only makes things more difficult.

Booking essential

Telephone: Please use email for bookings

E-mail: robertorton@aol.com

The British Birdwatching Fair

Location: Egleton Nature Reserve, Rutland Water
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This is the premier event of the year for birdwatchers and it happens on the Loughborough Group's doorstep. Go to the link on our website for full details about this year's event.

Time: 9am to 5.30pm

Price: See Birdfair Website

The British Birdwatching Fair

Location: Egleton Nature Reserve, Rutland Water
LE15 8BT (Google map)

This is the premier event of the year for birdwatchers and it happens on the Loughborough Group's doorstep. Go to the link on our website for full details about this year's event.

Time: 9am to 5.30pm

Price: See Birdfair Website

The British Birdwatching Fair

Location: Egleton Nature Reserve, Rutland Water
LE15 8BT (Google map)

This is the premier event of the year for birdwatchers and it happens on the Loughborough Group's doorstep. Go to the link on our website for full details about this year's event.

Time: 9am to 5.30pm

Price: See Birdfair Website