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Birding related Links.

Lancashire based websites.

Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Society. The society was formed in 1914 and has been a registered charity since 1971. Its aims are very straight-forward in that it records and publishes data on all the faunal groups that occur in the region. The website also contains a sub-section on the Lancashire Bird Club.

Lancaster and District Birdwatching Society.  Dedicated to recording the bird-life of north Lancashire. Includes a regularly updated local sightings page.

Fylde Bird Club. promoting bird recording, bird and habitat protection and to provide a social forum for those with an interest in the birds of Fylde, Lancashire, UK and elsewhere. Includes a regularly updated local sightings page.

Blackburn and District Bird club. Formed in 1991 to promote the study and protection of wild birds. The reporting area covers the towns of Blackburn and Darwen and the surrounding rural districts from the Ribble Valley in the north to the West Pennine Moors in the south.

Birder/Photographer websites.

The Breaks Family website.  - Images of both East Lancs scarcities and birds from further afield. 

Steve Round - Bird photography.  - Mainly involving British species and "constantly updated with new images".

Gray Images. - The website of Halifax birder Sean Gray, featuring images of Birds and Wildlife.

Products.

The Natural Nestbox Company - Based in Woodplumpton, Lancs, Steve Ainsworth designs and makes long-lasting, concrete Nestboxes, with different models purpose built to suit the needs of a wide variety of Birds. The nestboxes have an attractive Elder or Alder bark texture which blend in well to the natural surroundings. - added: 04.01.05.

Other UK sites.

Sculthorpe Moor Nature Reserve. - The first reserve of the Hawk and Owl Trust, situated in the Wensum Valley, Norfolk. Opening to the public in June and is a community based project reliant on sponsorship and charity funding. There are nesting Marsh Harrier, Barn and Tawny Owl as well as a variety of other wildlife. It is hoped to encourage Bittern, Avocet, Bearded Tit and Hen Harriers to the site within four years. The website is currently under construction.

General birding websites.

Birding.uk.com - A directory of birding links for the UK. - added: 11.02.05.

UK birdwatching links. - provides an up to date source for links to over 500 sites and pages of interest to birdwatchers in the UK. 

Birdtours.co.uk - A birdwatching trip reports website, with well over 400 reports from more than 100 countries, and, in excess of 8500 bird species documented.

Birds Of Britain - A monthly web magazine for birdwatchers, with over 240 pages, including changing monthly features and a permanent guide to Britains bird reserves and clubs.

Useful websites.

Tide times for the Lancashire coast. - For East Lancs birders planning a trip to the coast.

North West England weather forecast. - For predicting those good local patch days in East Lancs.

UK Moths  - included to reflect the increasing popularity of Moths amongst birders. Out of more than 2400 species of Moth recorded in the UK, there are currently (as of March 26th 2003) 1223 species featured on this website.

Non-birding related links

Locations of Speed Cameras in Lancashire. - Perfectly competent drivers are being mercilessly persecuted for slightly exceeding the speed limits, often set ludicrously low and located in places which are not accident blackspots or outside Schools.. These Cameras are nothing but a revenue raiser for the Police to fund yet more cameras with the money gained. It would be very hard birding around East Lancashire when we are all eventually banned from driving for doing a few miles per hour over the speed limits. Click on the link to discover the locations of cameras across East Lancashire (Blackburn has at least 34 as of Nov 2003!) and beyond.