BIRDS

Manx Bird
Club

Chough

BIRDS

Manx Bird
Club

Chough

Manx Bird Club

The Society organises summer birding events and winter talks. It publishes the journal Peregrine, which includes the Manx Bird Report, and it provides the Manx Bird Recorder and list of Manx birds. Members also take part in survey work. Copies of the latest and some back issues of Peregrine are available from the Society.

Constitution

The revised MOS Constitution was adopted at a Special General Meeting of the Manx Ornithological Society on 5th February 2013.

Strategy

The updated Manx Ornithological Society Strategy was published in January 2024.

Events

For the up-to-date calendar of MOS events, please visit the Events page.

MOS
The Manx Bird Club (also known as the Manx Ornithological Society) welcomes birdwatchers of all ages to its meetings.

They are usually held at

Union Mills Methodist Church
Strang Road
Union Mills
(usually from 7.30pm)

and at different outdoor venues in the summer.

Committee and Officers

Dr Richard Selman

Chair

David Bellamy

Vice-Chair

Janet Thompson

Secretary

Jenny Moore
Jenny Moore

Treasurer

Katie Keenan

Membership Officer

Committee members: Robert Fisher, Angela Guest, Katie Keenan, David Kelly, Allen Moore, John Thorpe, Alex King

Membership and key contacts

The Society’s Secretary is Janet Thompson.

Individual Membership is £10 per annum or £15 for two people at the same address. For school children, membership is free. Please contact Katie Keenan for further information.

Subscriptions are due each year on 1st January, payable to the Treasurer, Jenny Moore.

Manx Bird Club links

The MOS has long-standing close links with Manx BirdLife and has recently become a sponsor of Manx BirdLife’s Garden Birdwatch scheme.

The Society also has links to other organisations:

  • Andalucia Bird Society: a mainly English-speaking society for anyone with an interest in birding or wildlife in general in Andalucia, Spain.
  • LIPU-UK: founded in 1989 and since then has been successful in supporting LIPU, the Italian League for Bird Protection, BirdLife’s partner in Italy. The Manx Ornithological Society regularly supports their efforts to protect ‘our’ migrants and other birds in Italy.

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