What’s On Blackburn & District Camera Club Weekly Guide to Events & Activities
What’s On November 19th Blackburn & District Camera Club Feniscowles Methodist Church Hall Preston Old Road Blackburn BB2 5EP W - www.Bandd.cc E - Secretary@Bandd.cc
This Week’s Cover Image Bit of a Squeeze by Andy Philips
News Events and Activities From Blackburn & District Camera Club
Contents Club Meetings Trips and Activities Other Events How you can Help Web site Galleries
Meetings We meet each Monday evening at 7.30pm (except Bank Holidays) at Feniscowles Methodists Church on Preston Old Rd, Blackburn .
November
BB2 5EP
21st Lecture
Jeff is a good speaker and it will be an entertaining evening.
28 Members evening Michael Green Followed by the L &CPU Nature Folio
Jeff Cowling From Grindleton will present selection of AVs of his travels Jeff has spent many of the 45 years doing voluntary work in east, and south west of Africa, he spent several years involved with the gold mining industry of this vast and vibrant country.
December 5 Elimination Contest
12 Presidents Evening Judith Marr
Will be entertaining us. Will members please submit up to 8 of your best Please bring eight mounted prints to digital images of the year to Mick be judged on the night. After each Park humorous and light-hearted round some prints will be removed images are especially welcome. and their authors will take no more These will we presented on 19 part. The remaining authors present December another print and the process repeats until only one print remains. 19th Free & Easy Night There will be also be a competition for digital images, details will be Pie and Peas Supper Results of given closer to the time Mission Impossible 11 and a presentation of members best lighthearted images of the year
Trips & Outings Sunday 20th November 10:00 am Skippool Creek, Thornton, Nr Cleveleys Tucked away in a bend in the Wyre estuary stands Skippool Creek. A scene that has little changed since the 1900′s. Skippool Creek was first settled by the Saxons ,its name deriving from the Saxon word skiffs. The area came to prominence in the 1700′s when it was the main
port on the River Wyre before the development of Fleetwood.Ships of up to 200 tonnes would unload cargoes from around the world with flax and cotton for the Lancashire mills. It was also renowned as a centre for cockfighting as well as being a haunt for
smugglers and press gangs looking for recruits for the Royal navy. The opening of the railway to Fleetwood in 1840 quickly brought about the demise of the creek. Info provided by Northwest Scenes http://visitnorthwest.wordpress.c om/2009/05/31/a-visit-toskippool-creek/
Skippool Creek is where the Main Dyke flows into the Wyre Estuary west of Shard Bridge. Access to the area can be viewed from Wyre Road, Skippool and the public footpath between Old Mains Lane and
Shard Bridge. The east side of the river can be viewed from the public footpath between Shard Bridge and Saltmarsh Lane, Hambleton. The mudflats and south banks provide a feeding area and nocturnal roost for waders and wildfowl. The best times to
pipits and wagtails. These are best seen on high tides from the footpath leading south from Hambleton. Choose a very In winter large flocks of Lapwing, Curlew high tide, arrive early and watch for the and Redshank are joined by Dunlin, birds as they are moved by the incoming Ringed Plover and Black-tailed Godwit. tide. Water Pipits are sometimes seen Shelduck and Mallard are the commonest amongst the Rock Pipits, and Jack Snipe of the wildfowl with a few Teal often often accompany the Snipe. present. The whole area attracts raptors with PerSpring and autumn migration brings egrine, Merlin and Sparrowhawk are seen varying numbers of Ringed Plover, Dunlin, irregularly during most winters. Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Past rarities include redhead Smew, Little Whimbrel and Common Sandpiper. In Egret, White-rumped Sandpiper (twice), some autumns parties of Little Stint and Great Knot and 3 Ring-billed Gulls. Curlew Sandpiper are seen with occasional Ruff and Spotted Redshank. visit are at two hours before high tide or one hour after high tide to low water.
The gathering of gulls on the sandbanks here sometimes contain rarer species; Mediterranean Gull is regular The saltmarshes attract flocks of finches and skylarks with smaller numbers of
Other Events Skippool Creek – Directions Join M6 north and turn onto M55 Leave M55 @ Junction 3 and turn right onto the A585 sign posted Fleetwood At the traffic Lights with a glass statue on the left – turn left. Stay on this road but as you approach the traffic lights make sure that you get into the right hand lane. As you turn to the right you are still on the A585 Please watch your speed –there are several speed cameras on this stretch of road. Carry on through a set of traffic lights and the village of Singleton (Could it be Bobs place) Follow the Skippool Creek brown Information sign turning right at the roundabout.
Immediately after the roundabout take the first turning right passing a pub on your left called the Thornton Lodge. Continue down this narrow road until you see a large ‘free car park on your left.
November
Approx 30 miles from Blackburn
Accrington Camera Club have
On Sunday, November 20th 10am-4pm
Margaret Salisbury FRPS, APAGB, EFIAP, FIPF Colin New
December 11 Martin Mere 2:00pm for the dusk flight
Admission by Ticket only. From Harry Emmett 01254 387901 or John Barton ARPS 01254 388820
Help We hope that by producing What's On we introduce you not only to the activities provided by the club but also to other opportunities to get out and about to take photographs or to see exhibitions or listen to interesting speakers. However we can only do this if we know what is going on outside the club. The website now includes two additional features the first is a calendar which incorporates not only the syllabus but other events and the second is a guide to local events provided by an outside source, and our new Weather Forecast Gizmo.
We need input from you to keep What's On and the calendar up-todate. If you learn of anything which might be of interest to other members whether it be somewhere to go or something to see please let us know.
For general events and photo opportunities please email the details to our events coordinator Steward Elliott. wildprophotos@yahoo.co.uk For other stuff please e-mail it to me secretary@bandd.cc Finally you will see that Andy Philips has provided this week’s cover. He has supplied me with some more images and there are always my threatened holiday snaps to fill in. However I am sure that there is someone else out there who would like to have their image on the cover and if you would send me an image you have every chance of it being used next week.
The image should be about 1500 pixels wide. What's On is landscape format and therefore landscape images are preferred you will also note that type is placed to the bottom right-hand corner so please take that into account when choosing the photograph.
Web Site Galleries Unfortunately we had to disable member’s direct access to post images to galleries for security reasons. However we now have a solution and you can once again create galleries and add and remove images. John Murray has agreed to administer the galleries so all you need to do is email the photos to him He has created an email address specifically for the use of Gallery entry requests which is: gallery.banddcc@btinternet.com Please use this address for all gallery communications to make John’s task as easy as we can. If you haven’t been to the website recently have a look and you will see some very good work in the members galleries - all listed under a tab on the front page