General notifications
Happy New Year and I wish you a great birding year in 2024.
It’s that time of year again when we start compiling the ELOC Bird Report for the previous year. If you have any records from 2023 can you enter them to the Club’s website or send them to Ian Lancaster (Recorder) as soon as possible please?
Andy Powell
Please note there has been a change to the date and location of the September Field Trip due to the closure of Lunt Meadows flooding. Please see the Field trip page for details or check Facebook or Whatsapp. Apologies for the inconvenience.
First club trip of the year to Conder Pool, Cockerham, Eagland Hill and finally Knott End was held on Saturday 7th of January. 15 members attended at the new early start time of 8am. 59 species seen including Black Redstarts, Hen Harrier, Bewick Swan a good selection waders and 2 viewable Barn Owls before full light on the morning. A great outing despite the poor weather conditions
Thanks to Nigel Leeming our new travel rep and trip advisor. Trip Report by Glenn Higgins.
The Long Preston Bird Report for 2020 is an interesting read for an area just outside the ELOC recording area but often visited by members. A copy can be viewed by clicking here
The ELOC 2022 Bird Report is now available as a paper copy or a PDF. Either version can be ordered by contacting David Chew or Andy Powell for payment and delivery information.
Cost – Members £4 paper copy, £2 PDF. Non members £6 paper copy, £4 PDF. If you have already let us know that you require a copy we will contact you.
Chairman
Due to the increasing numbers of attendees at our indoor meetings we will be moving venue to Higham Village Hall from January 2022. Initially the venue has been booked until May 2022.
The first meeting in February proved to be a successful one with plenty of room and good facilities.
The new venue is Higham Village Hall, Higham Hall Road. BB12 9EU. Next to St. John the Evangelist Church.
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.
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