MANCHESTER BIRDING

GREATER MANCHESTER BIRD RECORDING GROUP

                                                                            FOUNDED MAY 2002

 

OBJECTS OF THE GROUP:

To further wild bird recording in the county of Greater Manchester and encourage the submission of records.

To produce the county bird report as the definitive annual account of the county's avifauna.

To appoint the county bird recorder and administer the rarities committee and any sub-committees.

To work for the conservation of birds and sites of ornithological interest.

To co-operate with national and regional societies and organisations in regard to survey work, research and conservation; these will normally be the following: BTO, RSPB, RBBP, WWT, BOURC, EN, LWT, CWT.

To liaise with local bird clubs and RSPB groups.

This group will not hold meetings, arrange outings or holidays as there are currently enough other bird clubs in the county to supply this need.

 

MEMBERSHIP:

Membership will be confined to persons who have submitted a reasonable number of individual records (other than national survey work) for the current last county bird report.

Membership will be free. Should any member's records be requested for commercial use e.g. by an ecological consultant, payments will be made to them.

Communication with members will primarily be via email or the NOTICE BOARD pages of this website. We have set up a service (run by Judith Smith) where we email the group on a regular basis with information on latest bird sightings; if you are a contributor to the bird report, please ask if you would like your email address to be added to this list.

 

ORGANISATION:

There are two group administrators, Judith Smith and Ian McKerchar. However, the electronic age enables instant simultaneous communication with most of the membership and as wide a consultation as possible will be made on any important issues. Objections will be made to planning applications which are harmful to bird interests. The group is a member of the BTO's Bird Clubs Partnership.

 

FINANCE:

Income from annual county bird reports will be paid into a Group bank account. Any profits from the sale of the reports will be used for the improvements of the annual bird report and birders will be paid for data supplied to ecological consultants (£2667+ has  been paid out since May 2002).