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July 2009

Friday, 31 July 2009

Adult and children with book and binoculars birdwatching

July Round-Up

On our last event of the season, Derrick Ling led an evening stroll around RSPB Rye Meads on the 3rd, a peregrine was the star bird of the evening.

100 CLUB
Our monthly 100 Club winners for July were:-1st Mrs B Adams 2nd Mrs S Southwell.
Don't forget to contact Geoff Brown if you would like to join our fundraising club, using the 'contact us' link above. (If you would like to join from our August draw, the cost is £10 - that is £8 plus a one-off £2 admin charge) Last season a total of £535 was raised by club members for RSPB funds.

LOCAL BIRDS
17 mistle thrushes were seen flying over 70 acres lake at Fishers Green on 10th, a male Argentine Blue Billed Duck was a strange sight on the lake on 19th! Look out for the last sightings of Swifts for this summer.

At RSPB Rye Meads the kingfisher chicks have hatched, the adult birds have been seen removing egg shells and taking in fish. This is a great time to see kingfishers, as the adult birds are very active trying to feed their hungry young on small fish and large aquatic insects. We'll get amazing views while they are feeding the young, which they will do for about 25 days - so this is the perfect opportunity to visit your local reserve!

COMING EVENTS:
Our new 2009/10 programme is now on this site, remember, you can book your coach seats now with Barrie for any of the coming trips. Our first event of the 2009-10 programme is a car trip on Saturday September 19th, to Cliffe Pools and Oare Marshes. Please contact Derrick Ling during the week commencing September 12th for additional details regarding car parking etc.

HOLIDAY NEWS
There are still a few vacancies for both the N Norfolk weekend, 23-25 Oct 2009 and the Romania trip, 25 April-5th May 2010. For more details, contact Phil Blatcher on 01992 441024.

STORT VALLEY GROUP QUIZ
The Stort Valley RSPB Local Group have a Quiz night on September 19th, at the Charis Centre, Water Lane, Bishop's Stortford, (next to the Waitrose car park). Tickets are £8.50 each, including either a Fish & Chips or Chicken & Chips supper. Bring your own drinks. Please send remittance & stamped SAE to Pat Crosby, 261 Stansted Rd., Bishop's Stortford, Herts CM23 2BT.

See our events listings for more details. We hope to see you at one of our events in the new season.