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This year’s Annual General Meeting will take place at Mere Sands Wood Education Centre at 10am on Saturday 7th March 2020. Look forward to seeing many of you there.

Many thanks to those who’ve answered the call! We’re delighted to have seven new volunteers to contribute to the bird report this year so hopefully we should be able to stick to our usual schedule!

It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of one of the stalwarts of the Bird Report and fantastic birder, Barry McCarthy. Regularly seen patrolling Marshside, his knowledge of the birds of the Sefton Coast and places Read More

It’s that time of year when we start the compilation of the Bird Report for the previous year. We get datasets from Birdtrack, Fylde and ELOC but if you’ve not contributed to these datasets, then please send in your records Read More

It is with great sadness that we need to inform you of the passing of Malcolm Greenhalgh, a staunch supporter and contributor to the Society over many years. A denizen of Marshside and it’s breeding waders in his earlier years, Read More

Free Northern Butterfly Research Symposium, October 26th Butterfly Conservation have a list of 15 students and their excellent research butterfly and moth presentations included for Saturday’s Research Symposium. Lancashire Wildlife Trust will be talking about their huge Manchester Mosses raised Read More

A few copies of the Bird Report have been left at Leighton Moss and Heysham as well as the usual spot at in focus at Martin Mere WWT. Brockholes will be holding a few copies too by the end of Read More

An article about the historical status of the Grayling along the River Irwell has been added to the Freshwater Fish page