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The Group is based on the city of Manchester in the Northwest of England. As well as Manchester it contains the SK8 region of Stockport. There are several thousand members in the group who are all regularly sent leaflets on group activities throughout the year.
The Manchester group contains Didsbury within it's boundaries, where the founding meetings of the RSPB were held over a hundred years ago. Initially these were to attack the millinary trade's use of rare birds' feathers in the manufacture of hats but, of course, the organisation's activities rapidly spread from this limited aim to one of active intervention to save birds' habitats and research into their migration patterns in cooperation with international partners.
The Group Leader, Peter Wolstenholme, has been an active Ornithologist from his earliest years. Whilst working he took advantage of long school holidays to further his interest by travelling to foreign countries and leading evening classes in Ornithology for the Manchester branch of the WEA. Since retiring from teaching he has expanded these lectures.
Manchester RSPB Group Meetings |
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| 10/06/2012 to 13/06/2012 | East Anglia | A trip to East Anglia led by Peter Wolstenholme and staying three nights. The coach leaves 8:00 am picking up at Gatley Crossroads, the Gateway Hotel and Cheadle Hulme Precinct and returning approximately 9:30 pm. We hope to visit Blakeney, Minsmere, Titchwell, Cley and Salthouse Health for avocet, terns, bearded tit, nightjar and waders. We should record over a hundred of species during the trip. | Organised by Mrs V Wolstenholme, 31 South Park Road, Gatley Cheadle Cheshire SK8 4AL to whom a non-returnable deposit of £100 (along with a DL sae should be paid to ensure your place. |  |
Not sure where St James Church is?
The hall is behind the church, accessed from a side road. There is no parking in the hall yard itself but there is parking space across the main road from the Church or in the surrounding roads.
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Where a phone number has been given, please call in the week leading up to the trip. All trips will commence from the Gateway Hotel, Parrswood, Manchester unless otherwise stated. Don't forget wet weather gear, a good pair of walking shoes, and packed lunches for day trips.
For local sites around the Greater Manchester area, please visit Manchester Birding
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| Previous Trips |
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| Central Wales December 2005 |
| Scotland - May 2005 |
| Scotland Summer 2004 |
| East Anglia Summer 2003 |
| Scotland Summer 2003 |
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