For those not familiar with Swillington Ings Bird Group and its history, you should visit our website www.sibg1.wordpress.com for more information about the group, news and latest sightings.
We are located to the east of Leeds in the Lower Aire Valley, roughly bounded by the M1 to the west of the site at Stourton, Temple Newsam woods to the north running across to Little Preston in the North East corner, down to Great Preston and Lowther Lake on the Eastern boundary, then follows the River Aire back westerly towards Leeds splitting to include the canal all the way back to the M1. The full site map is on the website.
Membership is only £5 which gives you access to the viewing hide at Astley Lake as well as the annual bird report that is usually published in time for the AGM in early February.
We have members from across the country, so if you aren't already a member, we'd really appreciate your subscription so we can continue the good work we do for the wildlife in the valley.
The challenge is a friendly yet competitive list which has improved the coverage of the site and as a result has increased the annual species list to another record this year.
I'm very much looking forward to the 2014 challenge but as a full time worker I know that I wont be in contention for the top spot but my own personal target of 150 was achieved this year, so I'm going to raise it to 160. As it stands, the total list stands at 181 with a couple of local rarities needing approval, so I think 160 would be a remarkable achievement if not a little optimistic. After all its a challenge for a reason!
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