Boxing Day Bird Race & Bridge Inn

A few people have emailed to tell me that as Boxing Day is such a poor day to hold a fund raising event due to family commitments, would I be prepared to shift this to another day. I personally have no problem with this as the whole idea was to have a fun day AND raise funds for the Conservation Committee. Would others prefer another date for the great bird race and if so when ? I am happy to change the date if people can agree on a date and still offer a copy of NN, History of Ornithology as a prize. I think we should make this one £5 per team to enter. But you have to turn up at the agreed evening venue with your list to be able to enter.I am still offering the brand new unopened copy of the latest NN A History of Ornithology as a prize in the Xmas raffle. This is valued at £45 but will rocket in value over the next few years if people want to hang onto. Nick has tickets for sale at £5 each and remember every penny raised goes back into helping local bird life, so if you have not bought a ticket yet please do.

The "evening get together" at the Bridge inn on the 23rd December will have two prizes on offer donated by Pennine Books. I will be donating two copies of "Merlins of the South East Yorkshire Dales" by Peter Wright. How these will be used I shall leave up to the organisers of the event as any funds raised on the evening are going to support the optics for Malta appeal I believe.