Trip reports
Sunday, 18 March 2012 Bird Walk at Stow Maries Aerodrome on 18th March 2012 The highlight of this walk was the sighting of a woodcock. More... |
Saturday, 25 February 2012 Bird Walk at Rye Meads on 25th February 2012 The undoubted stars of this walk were a pair of kingfishers which were inspecting the holes in the nest bank. The male posed beautifully for the numerous cameras and we all spent several minutes taking full advantage. More... |
Saturday, 21 January 2012 RSPB LOCAL WALK - West Canvey Marshes 21st January 2012. The hoped-for short-eared owl did not appear but a variety of other birds were seen. More... |
Sunday, 11 December 2011 Bird Walk at Old Hall Marshes on 11th December 2011. Highlights included red-breasted goose, peregrine and marsh harrier. More... |
Saturday, 12 November 2011 Bird Walk at Stour Woods on 12th November 2011. Twenty six species of birds were seen including pintail, goosander and goldeneye. More... |
Saturday, 22 October 2011 Bird Walk at Heybridge Basin on 22nd October 2011. The birds were quite scarce. The highlights included snipe, avocet and golden plover. More... |
Sunday, 18 September 2011 Bird Walk at Colne Point on 18th September 2011 Pallid Harrier the highlight of this bird walk. More... |
 | Saturday, 23 April 2011 Bird Walk at Two Tree Island on 23rd April 2011 Night Heron and Long-eared Owl seen on the walk at Two Tree Island. More... |
Saturday, 12 March 2011 Bird Walk in the Brecklands, Suffolk, on Saturday 12th March 2011. Birds seen on this field trip included siskin, lesser redpoll and crossbill. Some even saw a goshawk. More... |
Sunday, 20 February 2011 Bird Walk at Westleton Heath and Minsmere on 20th February 2011 Dartford Warbler, Smew and Marsh Tit were some of the highlights of this walk. More... |
Tuesday, 15 February 2011 Bird Walk at Hockley Woods on 22nd January 2011 Good views were had of treecreeper, green woodpecker, nuthatch, great spotted woodpecker and coal tit. More... |
Sunday, 12 December 2010 Bird Walk at Old Hall Marshes on 12th December 2010 Excellent views of a female peregrine. Hen harrier also seen. More... |
Sunday, 21 November 2010 Bird Walk at Hanningfield Reservoir on 21st November 2010 Goosanders seen at Hanningfield Reservoir. More... |
Saturday, 16 October 2010 Bird Walk at RSPB Rainham Marshes on Saturday 16th October 2010 Search for a bluethroat ! More... |
Sunday, 19 September 2010 Bird Walk at Lackford Lakes on Sunday 19th September 2010 Good views of a kingfisher and black redstart were the highlights of the walk at Suffolk Wildlife Trust's Lakford Lakes reserve. More... |
Saturday, 7 August 2010 RSPB Local Walk at Old Hall Marshes on 7th August An evening bird walk was a departure from our normal daytime walks and was a great success. The species seen included barn owl, marsh harrier, greenshank, golden plover and snipe. More... |
Saturday, 10 April 2010 Local Group Walk at Heybridge Gravel Pits on 10th April 2010 Over 3,000 black-tailed godwits in full breeding plumage seen on the main island. More... |
Sunday, 14 March 2010 Local Group Walk - The Brecklands - March 14th 2010 Goshawk seen during our visit to the Brecklands. More... |
Saturday, 20 February 2010 RSPB Local Group Walk - Fingringhoe Wick Thirty-nine species of birds seen including Smew and four Red-breasted Mergansers. More... |
Saturday, 12 December 2009 Bird Walk at Abberton Reservoir on 12th December 2009 Peregrines and other good birds were seen. A fitting end to Hollis Cloughton's leadership of our bird walks for the past 19 years before handing over the role to new leaders. More... |
Saturday, 5 December 2009 Bird Walk at Stour Wood, Copperas Bay and Abberton on Sunday 15th November. Red-breasted Mergansers, Spoonbills and Bewick's Swans all seen on this bird watch. More... |
Saturday, 17 October 2009 Bird Walk at Coalhouse Fort, East Tilbury. Great Skuas, Ring-necked Parakeets and Red-throated Diver all seen on this walk. More... |
Sunday, 20 September 2009 Bird walk at Landguard Point, Felixstowe. Brilliant views at no more than ten yards distance of a juvenile Glossy Ibis. More... |
Sunday, 3 May 2009 "2009 Migrants on the Move" Event. A successful day at our new location for our annual "Migrants on the Move" event. More... |
Saturday, 11 April 2009 Bird Walk at Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve on Saturday 11th April 2009 Garganey, Cetti's Warbler, Wheatear, Common Scoter and even Water Voles seen on trip to Rainham Marshes. More... |
Sunday, 8 March 2009 Bird Walk at Mayday Farm and the Brecklands on Sunday 8th March 2009 Everyone had good close views of a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker calling in the tops of the trees as it moved slowly through. It was followed shortly after by its partner, and it was very satisfying to see this species which has declined so much in recent years. More... |
Sunday, 11 January 2009 Birdwalk at Fishers Green, Lee Valley, on 11th January 2009. Good views were had of a pair of Goosander and of two male and three female Red Breasted Mergansers at this site which is well known as a good place to see Bittern. More... |
Sunday, 16 November 2008 Bird Walk at Minsmere RSPB Reserve on Sunday 16 November 2008 Waxwings seen at Minsmere. More... |
Saturday, 18 October 2008 Bird Walk at Chigborough Lakes, EWT Reserve. A pleasant walk in the Autumn sunshine produced a variety of birds. More... |
Sunday, 28 September 2008 Bird Walk at The Naze, Walton-on-the-Naze. Redstart, Wheatears and Stonechat were amongst the birds seen on this walk at Walton. More... |
Sunday, 21 September 2008 Bird Watch at Maldon Promenade Thirty-four species of birds, including a Curlew Sandpiper, shown to the public at Maldon Promenade. More... |
Saturday, 12 April 2008 Bird Walk at Heybridge Gravel Pits on Saturday 12 April The best weather so far on our autumn and winter series of bird walks resulted in a variety of of birds being seen. More... |
 | Sunday, 16 March 2008 Bird Walk at Mayday Farm and the Brecklands on 16th March 2008. Woodlark, Stonechat and Siskin were amongst the birds seen on our annual trip to the Brecklands area of East Anglia. More... |
Saturday, 16 February 2008 Bird Walk at Abberton Reservoir. Birds seen during our trip to Abberton Reservoir in February included, Smew, Goosander and Goldeneye. More... |
Sunday, 13 January 2008 Bird Walk at Fishers Green, Lea Valley on Sunday 13 January 2008 Water birds seen in good numbers but no Bittern. More... |
Tuesday, 11 December 2007 Bird Walk at Rainham Marshes RSPB Reserve on Saturday 8 December 2007 Birdwatching restricted because of bad weather. More... |
Sunday, 2 December 2007 Bird Walk at The Naze, Walton, Sunday 11th November. A birdwalk at The Naze, Walton, in search of rare seabirds. More... |
Saturday, 13 October 2007 Bird Walk at Colne Point EWT Reserve. A bird walk took place on Saturday 13th October at the Essex Wildlife Trust Colne Point Reserve. Many good birds were seen including a Peregrine. More... |
Thursday, 24 May 2007 Bird Walk in the Brecklands, Sunday 15 April 2007. |
Thursday, 24 May 2007 Bird Walk at Weald Country Park, Saturday 10 March. |
Thursday, 24 May 2007 Bird Walk at Fingringhoe Wick, Saturday 17 February 2007. |
 | Sunday, 14 January 2007 Bird Walk at Fisher's Green, Lea Valley. |
 | Sunday, 12 November 2006 Bird Walk at Warren Gorge, Grays. |
 | Sunday, 22 October 2006 Bird Walk at Rye Meads RSPB Reserve on Saturday 14 October 2006 |
 | Saturday, 14 October 2006 Bird Walk at Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Sunday 10 September 2006 |