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Blackburn Bird Club is an organisation for those people who like to watch and learn about birds. All are welcome.

We meet on the first Wednesday of the month from October to April at Mellor Brook Community Centre, 7 Whalley Road, Blackburn, BB2 7PR. New members are always welcome.
£10 per individual
£18 per family
£5 per under 18

01/11/2026

Join us on Wednesday for our next indoor meeting with speaker Dennis Atherton, talking to us about 'Birding in Eastern Europe', including Belarus. Hope to see you there 😃

23/10/2026

We had a great day out at Leighton Moss the other week. The day started with sunshine, despite driving up in heavy rain. 4 Bearded T**s put on a good show down the Causeway (more at Griesdale), with a nice brief sight of a Barn Owl in the field on the way to the Causeway. In the Causeway Hide a Cormorant caught 3 fish in about the space of 5 minutes, putting on a great show with great photographic results! The main reserve was quiet bird wise, however we did see a Red Deer hind and an Otter from Tim Jackson hide. At the saltmarsh pools a mix of waders included Black and Bar Tailed Godwits, Redshank, Greenshank, Knot, Dunlin and Spotted Redshank. A female Sparrowhawk frightened all the waders and perched on the far bank of the Allen Pool, having not made any headway in the strong wind, her progress stalled as she flew into the wind. She sat for ages on the bank preening, before eventually setting off again, with the wind still being a problem. 2 Marsh Harriers wrapped up a good day, with 44 species seen, including 2 late Swallows in the morning. Thanks to Brian Taylor, Carol Brown and Jonathan Fry for supplying photos.

20/10/2026

A good monthly walk in Spring Wood on Sunday was attended by 9 people. We climbed up through the wood and although a little quiet in terms of birds we did hear Redwing and saw a few too, plus 1 Fieldfare was heard. We also had sightings of Jays and a few Treecreepers, so a good morning out! Join us next time in November.

16/10/2026

Join our free monthly walk this Sunday (18th) at Spring Wood at Whalley. We meet at 10am in the car park (BB7 9AF). Here we hope to see plenty of woodland birds such as Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker and newly arrived Redwing and Fieldfare. Come along and join our friendly group. Nuthatch by Jonathan Fry.

11/10/2026

Our first field walk of the season is to RSPB Leighton Moss on Tuesday (13th). We meet in the car park at 8am (LA5 0SW) to have an early look for the Bearded T**s on the grit trays. There's always the possibility of Bittern, Otter and Marsh Harrier here, as well as plenty of wildfowl and waders at the saltmarsh hides. All are welcome, entrance charge for non RSPB members. Bearded Tit by Kevin Scott.

09/10/2026

A great talk by Martin Jump on Wednesday night, all about Lancashire Wildlife. Martin displayed such stunning images of Spoonbill, Grey Wagtail, Peregrine, Banded Demoiselle and so much more. A wonderful talk thank you Martin, enjoyed by a record number of 42 attendees for us!

03/10/2026

Join us for our first indoor talk of the season at Mellor Brook Community Centre, Martin Jump joins us to talk about amazing wildlife right on our doorsteps, including Avocets, Sparrowhawks and Spoobills. All are welcome to join us.

21/09/2026

On the monthly walk yesterday we did manage to see the Kingfisher, in fact we saw 2! One after coming down the steps in Marles Wood with 3 Herons and 2 Little Egrets, and the other upstream at Dinckley. We also saw Buzzard, a Peacock (!), Grey Wagtail, quite a number of Swallows preparing for return migration and a female Sparrowhawk trying to take advantage of the swallows! A great walk with good company, remember if you haven't joined us before these monthly walks are free to attend, why not come along next time? Our new indoor season also begins on 7th October at Mellor Brook & District Community Centre, keep an eye out for further details. Photos by Jonathan Fry.

17/07/2026

Join us for our next free walk to Haslam Park at Preston this Sunday 19th July. We hope to see plenty of woodland birds, Ring Necked Parakeets which are in abundance in this area, and if the weather remains good some dragonflies on the pond. All are welcome on this free walk, we meet at 10am in the car park (PR2 1JE). If coming from Blackburn to reach the car park on the otherside of Blackpool Road you must turn left onto Waterloo Road, right onto Rose Terrace, right onto Grosvenor Place and then right onto Blackpool Road again. Then go over the bridge and then turn left onto Bristow Avenue and the car park is on the right at the end of the road. Brown Hawker Dragonfly by Jonathan Fry at Haslam Park last August.

Address

7 Whalley Road
Blackburn
BB27PR

Website

https://www.blackburnbirdclub.com/

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