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The Group is based on the city of Manchester in the Northwest of England. As well as Manchester it contains the SK8 region of Stockport. There are several thousand members in the group who are all regularly sent leaflets on group activities throughout the year.

The Manchester group contains Didsbury within it's boundaries, where the founding meetings of the RSPB were held over a hundred years ago. Initially these were to attack the millinary trade's use of rare birds' feathers in the manufacture of hats but, of course, the organisation's activities rapidly spread from this limited aim to one of active intervention to save birds' habitats and research into their migration patterns in cooperation with international partners.

The Group Leader, Peter Wolstenholme, has been an active Ornithologist from his earliest years. Whilst working he took advantage of long school holidays to further his interest by travelling to foreign countries and leading evening classes in Ornithology for the Manchester branch of the WEA. Since retiring from teaching he has expanded these lectures.

Manchester RSPB Group Meetings

Event Duration Location Detail For more information conact Calendar
21/11/2009 to 30/11/2009Altrincham LibraryThe successful joint Charities Christmas Card Shop will be open in Altrincham Library. Many charities including the RSPB will have cards on sale and there will be other items. We are manning the shop on Wednesday 11th November 2009The shop will be online at Charities Card Shop Calendar
21/11/2009 to 27/11/2009Sale LibraryWe will be taking part in a Joint Charities Christmas Card Shop in Sale Library and manning the shop on Wednesday 18th November. Calendar
21/11/2009 to 30/11/2009Hale LibraryThere is a Joint Charities Christmas Card Shop in Hale Library (closed Wednesdays and Thursday afternoons). We will be manning the shop on Tuesday 24th November. Calendar
24/11/2009St James Parish Church HallAn illustrated talk by Dr Kevin Briggs, 'Confessions of a Lunatic - bird studies on the Lune Valley'. At St James Parish Church Hall. £2.00 for hall and tea and biscuits. There will be RSPB Sales Calendar
28/11/2009Parrs Wood Rural Studies Centre siteWe will have a stall at the Christmas Fair of the Friends of Parrs Wood Rural Studies Centre. Calendar
06/12/2009Gateway Hotel car parkA morning, by car, at Pennington Flash Nature Reserve led by Tony Coatsworth. Possible species include ducks, willow tit, bullfinch, water rail. Meet at the Gateway Hotel car park at 8:30.Please call Tony Coatsworth during the week prior to the trip on 0161 718 7115 Calendar
16/01/2010 to 17/01/2010A weekend trip to the Solway, led by Peter Wolstenholme and staying one night at Castle Douglas. The coach leaves 7:30 a.m. Saturday, picking up at Cheadle Hulme Precinct, Gatley Crossroads and the Gateway Hotel, East Didsbury, and returns approximately 8:30 p.m. Sunday evening weather and traffic permitting. We hope to visit the Solway coast, Loch Ken area, lauriston Hills, Murray's Monument area and Carlaverock. Possible species include geese, red kite, raptors, swans, barn owls, ducks and waders.Please send a non-returnable deposit of £50.00 along with a sae to Mrs V Wolstenholme, 31 South Park Road, Gatley, Cheadle, Cheshire SK8 4AL Calendar
25/01/2010Hough End Centre, Mauldeth Road West Manchester M21 7SXFilm Premiere - Gordon Yates presents his new film 'Bird Life through 40 Penine Years' in the Anderton Suite, Hough End Centre, Mauldeth Road West, Manchester M21 7SX. Gordon will be selling photographs and DVDs and there will be an RSPB sales counter. Please note due to space limitations and the popularity of this event, this is an all-ticket event. Tickets are £5.00 and include refreshments (but not drinks).Tickets are available by post from Mrs B Borthwick, 8 Norwood Road, Gatley, Cheadle, SK8 4AJ (pleaes include an sae). Cheques to be made out to RSPB Manchester Local Group. Calendar
15/02/2010A joint meeting with Stockport and High Peak group. The speaker will be Peter Holden. Further details later in the year. Calendar
23/02/2010Indoor Meeting - further details later in the year Calendar
23/03/2010Indoor meeting - further details later. Calendar
04/05/2010A trip to Scotland led by Peter Wolstenholme and staying five nights at Grantown-on-Spey. The coach leaves 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday picking up at the Gateway Hotel and Gatley Crossroads and returns at approximately 8:00 p.m. Sunday. Possible species include sea eagle, divers, merganzers, puffin, black gullimot, osprey, capercallie, black grouse and crested tit. Last year's trip recorded over 120 species.Please send a non-returnable deposit of £100.00 per person (payable to S. Rydz) and a DL sae to Mrs Sheila Rydz, 28 St Johns Road, Altrincham WA14 2NA Calendar


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The hall is behind the church, accessed from a side road. There is no parking in the hall yard itself but there is parking space across the main road from the Church or in the surrounding roads.

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Where a phone number has been given, please call in the week leading up to the trip. All trips will commence from the Gateway Hotel, Parrswood, Manchester unless otherwise stated. Don't forget wet weather gear, a good pair of walking shoes, and packed lunches for day trips.

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Scotland - May 2005
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