Shropshire
John Arnfield (South Shropshire) and Claire Backshall (North Shropshire)
Upcoming Activities
Tue 9th Jul 2013 20:00
Cleobury Mortimer Women's Institute, Cleobury Mortimer Parish Hall,
John Arnfield gives an illustrated talk on attracting garden birds
Thu 18th Jul 2013 20:00
Lydham More & Snead WI, Lydham Village Hall,
John gives a talk on Shropshire's garden birds
Sat 3rd Aug 2013 08:30 - 18:00
Oswestry Showground, Park Hall, Oswestry, Shropshire,
Claire Backshall and John Arnfield run a Garden BirdWatch stand.
Tue 10th Sep 2013 20:00
Hopesay WI, Aston on Clun Village Hall, Shropshire,
John Arnfield gives an illustrated talk on attracting garden birds
Tue 17th Sep 2013 20:00
All Stretton WI, Village Hall, All Stretton, Shropshire,
Tue 5th Nov 2013 19:30
Ellesmere & District Gardeners' Club, Ellesmere Town Hall, 1-3 Willow Street, Ellesmere,
Claire Backshall gives a talk on why garden birdwatchers matter
Articles
John also writes a regular monthly article for the local magazine, Stretton Focus, entitled 'Birdlife in your Garden'. See previous articles below.
Help needed!
If you can help distribute BTO Garden BirdWatch guides and leaflets then please get in touch!
Selected previous activities
- Event: Apr 2013, Hope Bowdler Womens' Institute
- Event: Apr 2013, Moreton Park Garden Centre
- Talk: Mar 2013, Snailbeach WI
- Talk: Feb 2013, Weston Lullingfields WI
- Talk: Feb 2013, Caynham & District Gardening Society
- Talk: Jan 2013, Bridgnorth and District Naturalists' Society
- Talk: Oct 2012, Kinlet Womens' Institute
- Talk: Oct 2012, Wem & District Ladies Probus Club
- Talk: Aug 2012, Oswestry Show
- Talk: June 2012, Annscroft & District WI Shrewsbury
- Talk: April 2012, 1990 Group Church Stretton
- Talk: Mar 2012, W.I. group at Trefonen.
- Talk: Mar 2012, Baschurch Women's Institute, Baschurch.
- Talk: Feb 2012, Clun & Bishop's Castle, Shrop Wildlife Trust.
- Talk: Feb 2012, Women's Institute, Bucknell.
- Talk: Jan 2012, Church Stretton Methodist Church Network
- Talk: Jan 2012, Women's Institute, Smethcott
- Talk: Jan 2012, Women's Institute, Knowbury
- Talk: Jan 2012, U3A, Church Stretton
- Talk: Jan 2012, Church Stretton Gardening Club
- Talk: Nov 2011, Shrewsbury U3A
- Event: Nov 2011, Welsh Ornithological Society conference
- Talk: Nov 2011, Men’s Breakfast Meeting at Maesbrook near Oswestry
- Talk: Oct 2011, The Civil Service Retirement Fellowship
- Talk: Sept 2011, Llanablodwell & Pothwaen WI (Parish Hall)
- Event: Aug 2011, Oswestry Show
- Event: June 2011, Church Stretton SummerFest
- Talk: May 2011, Kinnerley WI
- Talk: May 2011, Church Stretton Probus
- Talk: March 2011, Rotary Club Telford
- Talk: March 2011, Committee and supporters of the Ifton Nature Reserve
- Talk: March 2011, U3A Oswestry
- Talk: March 2011, Methodist Women’s Guild, Oswestry
- Talk: March 2011, Whixall W.I., Whixall Social Centre
- Talk: March 2011. Shrewsbury MS Branch, Shrewsbury Hospital
- Talk: March 2011, Chelmarch Women's Institute
- Talk: Feb 2011, Oswestry Retired Civil Servants Association
- Talk: Feb 2011, Rotary Club Church Stretton
- Talk: Feb 2011, Church Ladies Group, Oswestry
- Talk: Feb 2011, Public meeting
- Talk: Feb 2011, Pony Club Lydbury North
- Talk: Feb 2011, Shropshire Ornithological Society (Ludlow branch)
- Talk: Jan 2011, Shropshire Wildlife Trust (Whitchurch branch)
- Talk/stand: Dec 2010, Shropshire Wildlife Trust (Ellesmere branch)
- Talk: Nov 2010, Whitchurch Rotary Club
- Talk: Nov 2010, Bird watching course, National Trust (Cardingmill Valley) and Shropshire Ornithological Society (Church Stretton branch)
- Talk: Oct 2010, Oswestry Rotary
- Talk: Oct 2010, St Marys Mothers Union (Kinnerley)
- Talk: Oct 2010, Montgomery Wildlife Trust Bird Group (Welshpool)
- Talk/stand: Oct 2010, Shropshire Wildlife Trust (Ellesmere branch)
John Arnfield's selected previous articles
- December 2012: flocking
- November 2012: cats and garden birds (part two)
- October 2012: cats and garden birds (part one)
- September 2012: House Sparrow
- August 2012: Jackdaw
- July 2012: Tawny Owl
- June 2012: Gardening for birds
- May 2012: Chiffchaff
- Apr 2012: Jay
- Mar 2012: Siskin
- Feb 2012: Woodpigeon
- Jan 2012: About GBW
- Dec 2011: Robin
- Nov 2011: Long-tailed Tit
- Oct 2011: Wren
- Sept 2011: Feeding advice
- Aug 2011: Dunnock
- July 2011: Keeping feathers in tip-top condition
- Jun 2011: Sparrowhawk
- May 2011: Nuthatch
- Apr 2011: Blackbird
- Mar 2011: Nesting garden birds
- Feb 2011: Blue Tit
- Jan 2011: Cosmopolitan visitors to bird tables
- Dec 2010: Disease in Greenfinches
All of John's articles are published in Stretton Focus magazine.
