Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & West Midlands, England
Key people
Bill Oddie (President)
Website
westmidlandbirdclub.org.uk
Formerly called
Birmingham Bird Club
The West Midland Bird Club is the UK's largest regional ornithological society. It has been serving birdwatchers and ornithologists in the four English counties of Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and (since its separation from the aforesaid counties in 1974) the Metropolitan West Midlands, with lectures, field trips, research, a bulletin and an annual report, since 1929. It is a registered charity in England and Wales, number 213311.[1]
There are branches in Kidderminster, Solihull, and Stafford.[2]
It manages the Belvide Reservoir nature reserve in Staffordshire, the Harborne Reserve in Birmingham, and the Ladywalk Reserve in North Warwickshire, as well as running an access-permit scheme for Blithfield Reservoir and Gailey Reservoir in Staffordshire. The Club sponsors bird feeding stations at Cannock Chase (Staffordshire) and Draycote Water (Warwickshire).
Bill Oddie has been the Club's president since 1999.
^"West Midland Bird Club, registered charity no. 213311". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
^"Local Branches". West Midland Bird Club. Retrieved 27 November 2023.
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