Saturday 13th November (morning only) Alston and Grimsargh Wetlands. Meet at 09:30. Take B6243 Preston Road out of Longridge and park on the access road to the new housing estate opposite Pinfold Lane, SD601357. Alston wetland SD605360 is on Pinfold lane, but there is no parking. Grimsargh Wetland SD590347 is also off the B6243 about a mile further towards Preston. Park on Elston Lane, SD592345, which is on the left opposite to the footpath to the wetland SD591345.
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October Field Trip
Our October Field trip will be to Heysham Nature Reserve and Sunderland Point.
Sunday 17th October
Meet at 10:30 am at the parking area by Heysham Nature Reserve LA3 2XA and after lunch when the tide has receded travel to the parking area at Sunderland Point LA3 3HR.
**** PLEASE NOTE THIS IS CHANGE TO THE ORIGINAL TIME AND DATE
September Weekend Trip
This years weekend trip is to Spurn Point.
Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th September.
Meet at 9:30.
High tide is at around 18:17 on Saturday and then c 06:35 and 19:00 Sunday.
M62/A63 to Hull then follow A1033 from Hull to Patrington. Turn right into B1445 for Easington. Turn right at the T junction in Easington and continue along the minor road to Kilnsea where turn right at the crossroads. The Pay and Display car park is on the left opposite the Discovery Centre. HU12 0UH (TA418158).
In view of the distance a B&B should be booked for Saturday Night (and possibly Friday).
Further information at https://www.ywt.org.uk/nature-reserves/spurn-national-nature-reserve
September Field Trip
Saturday 4th September. Burton Mere Wetland RSPB
Meet at 9:30 at Burton Mere Wetland RSPB. CH64 5SF, (SJ319739). Directions; at the end of the M56 join the A5117 and at the roundabout turn right onto the A540. Half a mile after the A550 crossroads, turn left down Puddington Lane and go through Puddington Village. There is no High tide during our visit, Low tide is at 13:30.
Sign-in and Registration
In order to get some continuity with previous records, existing user accounts have been transferred from the old site but without passwords. All you need to do is “Sign In” and then “Lost your Password” – you’ll get an email asking you to create a new password.
Once signed in you can enter records.
New users should use the “Register” option but will need to be approved by an administrator. This will normally happen within 24 hours.
We have suffered from a lot of Spam attacks which can slow down the performance but these have been reduced dramatically. However, please bear with us if you get blocked from accessing the site: please complete the Allow Access form and an administrator will add you to the approve lists asap.
Chairman’s Welcome
Hi Everyone,
Welcome to the ELOC website. This has been developed in 2021 by club members Bernard Bracken and David Bickerton. They have been helped by Steve Flynn, a friend of David’s who has carried out a lot of work on the Bird Records section.
As with any new website, there will be a few teething problems and we hope to resolve these over the next few months, please let us know if you spot anything odd or have any suggestions for improvements and we will do our best to make the relevant changes. Currently the site doesn’t support a Photograph Gallery. This may be added later and we would encourage you to use our Facebook page for now. Prior to entering your first sightings records you will have to register to the new site. If you find any problems, please report them to me or Bernard via the ‘About Us’ section.
The club always welcomes new members, beginners or seasoned birders alike. Why not come and join us at Fence Village Hall BB12 9QH, on the first Tuesday of the month? Check out the list of Indoor Meetings which are friendly and relaxed (with free refreshments!). Throughout the year we run several Field Trips for members where car sharing is encouraged. Visitors are also welcome to attend.
I hope all club members and website users will join me in thanking Philip Hartwell and retired Chairman Tony Cooper for developing and supporting the original website. This has taken a considerable amount of their time and effort over the last twenty years. I am looking forward to seeing this new site developing in the future. Many thanks to Bernard, David, Stephen and everyone who has contributed as these changes have been instigated over the last few months.
Andy Powell
ELOC Chairman