Trip reports

Local Walk Cudham -- 9th November 2011

Monday, 14 November 2011

This walk in mild unseasonal weather produced exceptional numbers of skylarks as well as buzzard and yellowhammer. This area is one of the best in the borough for farmland birds. More...

Scadbury Park Local Walk --- Thursday 13th October

Thursday, 13 October 2011

A pleasant Autumn walk records some early Winter visitors. More...

Male green woodpecker feeding on ground

Friday, 10 June 2011

A pleasant walk in a local country park produces 37 bird species More...

Local walk - Downe Scouting Activity Centre 7th May 2011

Saturday, 7 May 2011

A Spring walk around pleasant Downe woods and fields More...

Straining tower, Lake Vyrnwy

Sunday, 2 May 2010

Stuart was keen to show me better views of the honey buzzards and potentially goshawks as well! More...

Goldfinch on seed feeder

Thursday, 11 March 2010

The main objective Coolings had in establishing the Nature Trail is to manage the area to benefit and encourage as many different forms of native wildlife as possible More...

Tidal reedbed and muddy creek at RSPB Blacktoft Sands nature reserve

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

As soon as I arrived, I stopped on the flood bank that runs along the length of the reserve to check out the reserve's feeders and a friendly tree sparrow came and perched on a fence post about six feet away from me. More...

View over flooded fields at the RSPB Pulborough Brooks nature reserve

Saturday, 13 February 2010

Pulborough Brooks is about to embark on an ambitious scheme of conifer clearance and heathland restoration to attract species such as nightjar and woodlark More...

Adult bittern wading in reedbed at Lee Valley Country Park

Sunday, 1 June 2008

A hunting barn owl early in the day gets things off to an exciting start. More...

Nuthatch on branch

Thursday, 10 January 2008

Foraging in the long grass redwings and fieldfares were seen often in close proximity so that the size and plumage differences could be compared. More...

Great spotted woodpecker on branch

Thursday, 10 May 2007

Dulwich Wood and Sydenham Hill Woods both lie just inside the London Borough of Southwark. Once inside the woods you can sense the peaceful atmosphere with shafts of sunlight peering through the treetop canopy. More...

Great tit perched in small tree

Saturday, 14 April 2007

Our annual local outing continues to be as popular as ever and represents one of the few opportunities for Bromley residents to gain access to the reserve. More...

Chiffchaff standing on gorse

Friday, 16 March 2007

After the war part of the site had become a tip for war damage rubble and the sewage farm had gone into decline so Croydon Council drew up plans to redevelop the site to provide leisure and wildlife facilities . More...