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We record the county's birds in our Annual Report, so we need your Records. We have a stunning Gallery, so we need your photos. We discuss things on Cambirds, we do Research, we have indoor Meetings, we have a Partnership with an African bird-club and we inform you with our regular Bulletins and lots more.

You can see 'What's About?' and we urge you to report promptly interesting sightings to the County Recorder on 07810 622756.

We hope you enjoy your visit and come back soon.

Announcements

Kingfisher at FowlmereNext meeting

Friday August 13th

Barbecue at Fowlmere RSPB Reserve

Barbecue cooking in the picnic area from 7.30pm. Bring your own food to cook. Salad, baps, sauces, soft drinks available - donation towards costs welcome.

We plan to arrange a moth trapping session  later in the evening.

Toilets are available.

Please book by contacting Vicki Harley by 11th August.

For information on Fowlmere RSPB Reserve see http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/fowlmere/index.aspx

Birds of the Russian Far EastNext indoor meeting

Friday 10th September

Chris Collins: Birds of the Russian Far East

Chris Collins has been a freelance bird and wildlife guide for a number of years and in this talk discusses one of his favourite parts of the world – the Russian Far East. The lecture will concentrate on the Kuril and Commander Islands and Kamchatka Peninsula, areas which very few birders have been to and which have only been ‘open’ to foreigners since the fall of the Berlin Wall.
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© Virgin MediaRookeries Survey 2010

This year the CBC Research Committee would like to collect data on every rookery in the county.  This can be achieved if as many members as possible record simple information for every rookery this spring. More information


WILD BIRD FOOD

Members of the Cambridgeshire Bird Club can buy wild bird food at a 10% discount from Rectory Farm, Landbeach (on the A10 just over 1km N of the A14). Just show your most recent Bulletin or Annual Report as proof of membership. Just one more benefit of joining CBC.




Picture of the month for June:
Male Reed Bunting, Nene Washes,
6th June 2010 © Peter Beesley  
Picture chosen by Richard Thomas
''There are many photographs that I find quite outstanding. A superb overhead Sand Martin by James Hanlon, his pin-sharp Little Ringed Plover in flight, Colin Brown's portrait of a juvenile Whitethroat, the near perfect composition of Garth Peacock's Yellowhammer, Gary Thornton's action shots of Common Terns and his Corn Bunting on a favoured perch, Peter Beesley's classic Redshank atop a post, resplendent in full summer plumage.

These are all more than worthy runners up, but the photo that just pips them for me is Peter Beesley's doleful Reed Bunting; pin-sharp, showing excellent feather detail and perched on a barbed wire strand. Buntings are one of my favourites, although many write them off as LBJs; but as this photo shows, when seen well, they can be rather handsome. ''
See all the pictures in the Gallery here
2008 winner

CBC photograph of the year, 2009:
Male Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Cambridgeshire
19th February 2009 © Garth Peacock 


Runner up

CBC photograph of the year 2009, runner-up:
Bittern, Fen Drayton Lakes RSPB
6th January 2009 © Garth Peacock

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