The Club has now reduced the price of its flagship publication
The Birds of Durham; edited by Keith Bowey and Mark Newsome. vi, 1014 pages plus 64 pages of colour photographs; 56 black-and-white photographs and numerous line drawings in text. Hardback. ISBN: 978-1-874701-03-3. June 2012
from £30 to £10 (plus carriage*)
Full information on the publication, together with some reviews, can be accessed at https://durhamornithology.org/publications/
*Carriage options are
Royal Mail Parcelforce express48 – £13.14
Courier service (requires signature on receipt) – £7.29
In some cases, in the area between Tyne and Tees, it may be possible to arrange hand delivery free of charge – please contact David.Sowerbutts@dunelm.org.uk to enquire about this.
Payment can be either by cheque (payable to Durham Bird Club) or by cash on collection or delivery.
The latest Lek contained a Gift Aid form, unfortunately details of where to return the form were missing, this should be scanned and emailed to durhambirdclub@gmail.com or posted to the Treasurer, Durham Bird Club, 19 Shearwater, Whitburn, Sunderland, SR6 7SF. Where the form refers to donation this can be considered to be your annual membership fee.
Request for help!
BioBlitz Elba Park - 17 & 18 August 2019 12pm-12pm
Email from Becky Vickers Community Project Manager Groundwork NE & Cumbria
"I'm organising a BioBlitz this summer at Elba Park in Sunderland and wondered if someone from the bird club would be able to attend to help us survey our birds. The main event will be from 12 midday 17th August till 12 midday 18th August. We'd like to have a dawn chorus walk as a minimum. We do quite well for ground nesting birds at the park so it would be great to be able to survey them in some way too. We have a small budget for the event so could cover modest expenses or make a donation to your group.
We've also got some funding from Sunderland Council for some basic training for the local community in how to survey and identify different species. Is this something you could also help us with? We are thinking of a couple of hours one evening or weekend, just going through the different ways to survey birds and some ID tips. If you can help here could you let me know how much you'd charge and give me some idea of dates and times that would suit.
Thanks very much
Please let me know if it will be possible to work together."
Volunteers should contact Becky at Rebekah.Vickers@groundwork.org.uk and please CC in the DBC email address durhambirdclub@gmail.com
Thanks you
