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What’s OnBlackburn & District Camera Club

Weekly Guide to Events & Activities

What’s On Noveber 4th

This Week’s Cover ImageCan you tell what it is by David Conroy

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November7 The Extravaganza

Margaret and John Sixsmith fromthe Wirral (both ARPS) will be givinga lecture and judging an interclubcompetition. Clubs from across theNorth West have been invited and atleast five clubs will take part

14th Presidents Prize

Competition results - judge JudithMarr

21st Lecture JeffCowling

From Grindleton will bring aselection of AVs of his travels

28 Members eveningMichael Green

Followed by the L &CPU NatureFolio

MeetingsWe meet each Monday evening at7.30pm (except Bank Holidays) atFeniscowles Methodists Churchon Preston Old Rd, Blackburn .

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December5 Elimination Contest

Please bring eight mounted prints tobe judged on the night. After eachround some prints will be removedand their authors will take no morepart. The remaining authors presentanother print and the processrepeats until only one print remains.There will be also be a competitionfor digital images, details will begiven closer to the time

12 Presidents EveningJudith Marr

Will be entertaining us. Will mem-bers please submit up to 8 of yourbest digital images of the year toMick Park humorous and light-heart-ed images are especially welcome.These will we presented on 19December

19th Free & Easy Night

Pie and Peas Supper Results ofMission Impossible 11 and apresentation of members best light-hearted images of the year

Sunday 20thNovember10:00 am Skippool Creek,Thornton, Nr Cleveleys

Tucked away in a bend in theWyre estuary stands SkippoolCreek.

A scene that has little changedsince the 1900′s.

Skippool Creek was first settledby the Saxons ,its name derivingfrom the Saxon word skiffs.

The area came to prominence inthe 1700′s when it was the main

port on the River Wyre before thedevelopment of Fleetwood.Ships of up to200 tonnes would unload cargoes fromaround the world with flax and cotton forthe Lancashire mills.

It was also renowned as a centre forcockfighting as well as being a haunt for

smugglers and press gangs looking forrecruits for the Royal navy.

The opening of the railway to Fleetwood in1840 quickly brought about the demise ofthe creek.

Info provided by Northwest Scenes

http://visitnorthwest.wordpress.com/2009/05/31/a-visit-to-skippool-creek/

Skippool Creek is where theMain Dyke flows into the WyreEstuary west of Shard Bridge.

Access to the area can beviewed from Wyre Road,Skippool and the public footpathbetween Old Mains Lane and

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Shard Bridge. The east side of the rivercan be viewed from the public footpathbetween Shard Bridge and SaltmarshLane, Hambleton.

The mudflats and south banks provide afeeding area and nocturnal roost forwaders and wildfowl. The best times tovisit are at two hours before high tide orone hour after high tide to low water.

In winter large flocks of Lapwing, Curlewand Redshank are joined by Dunlin,

Ringed Plover and Black-tailed Godwit.Shelduck and Mallard are the commonestof the wildfowl with a few Teal oftenpresent.

Spring and autumn migration bringsvarying numbers of Ringed Plover, Dunlin,Black-tailed Godwit, Greenshank,Whimbrel and Common Sandpiper. Insome autumns parties of Little Stint andCurlew Sandpiper are seen withoccasional Ruff and Spotted Redshank.

The gathering of gulls on the sandbankshere sometimes contain rarer species;Mediterranean Gull is regular

The saltmarshes attract flocks of finchesand skylarks with smaller numbers ofpipits and wagtails. These are best seenon high tides from the footpath leadingsouth from Hambleton. Choose a veryhigh tide, arrive early and watch for thebirds as they are moved by the incomingtide. Water Pipits are sometimes seenamongst the Rock Pipits, and Jack Snipeoften accompany the Snipe.

The whole area attracts raptors with Per-egrine, Merlin and Sparrowhawk are seenirregularly during most winters.

Past rarities include redhead Smew, LittleEgret, White-rumped Sandpiper (twice),Great Knot and 3 Ring-billed Gulls.

SkippoolCreek –DirectionsJoin M6 north and turn onto M55

Leave M55 @ Junction 3 and turn rightonto the A585 sign posted Fleetwood

At the traffic Lights with a glass statue onthe left – turn left.

Stay on this road but as you approach thetraffic lights make sure that you get intothe right hand lane. As you turn to theright you are still on the A585

Please watch your speed –there areseveral speed cameras on this stretch of

NovemberOn Friday 18th

The Warrington PhotographicSociety will be welcoming theInternationally renowned wildlifephotographer Andy Rouse back tothe North

Same night

Preston Photographic Society have

An evening with Colin Prior

On Sunday, November20th 10am-4pm

Accrington Camera Club have

Margaret Salisbury FRPS, APAGB,EFIAP, FIPF Colin New

Admission by Ticket only. FromHarry Emmett 01254 387901 orJohn Barton ARPS 01254 388820

Other Eventsroad. Carry on through a set of traffic lights and thevillage of Singleton (Could it be Bobs place) Followthe Skippool Creek brown Information sign turningright at the roundabout.

Immediately after the roundabout take the first turningright passing a pub on your left called the ThorntonLodge. Continue down this narrow road until you seea large ‘free car park on your left.

Approx 30 miles from Blackburn

December 11Martin Mere 2:00pm for the dusk flight

We hope that by producing What's On we introduce younot only to the activities provided by the club but also toother opportunities to get out and about to takephotographs or to see exhibitions or listen to interestingspeakers.

However we can only do this if we know what is goingon outside the club.

The website now includes two additional features thefirst is a calendar which incorporates not only thesyllabus but other events and the second is a guide tolocal events provided by an outside source, and ournew Weather Forecast Gizmo.

We need input from you to keepWhat's On and the calendar up-to-date.

If you learn of anything which might be of interest toother members whether it be somewhere to go orsomething to see please let us know.

For general events and photo opportunities pleaseemail the details to our events coordinator StewardElliott. [email protected]

For other stuff please e-mail it to [email protected]

Finally you will see that David Conroy has provided thisweek’s cover.

He has supplied me with some more images and thereare always my threatened holiday snaps to fill in.

However I am sure that there is someone else out therewho would like to have their image on the cover and ifyou would send me an image you have every chanceof it being used next week.

The image should be about 1500 pixels wide. What'sOn is landscape format and therefore landscapeimages are preferred you will also note that type isplaced to the bottom right-hand corner so please takethat into account when choosing the photograph.

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