Trip reports

Mid-week walk at Rother Valley Country Park

Wednesday, 13 February 2008

Our first Wednesday walk of the year saw 16 members meeting for a walk round the Rother Valley nature reserve. At the car park they saw reed bunting feeding alongside blue and great tit, chaffinch, and dunnock. Walking round the reserve they saw goldeneye, goosander, wigeon, teal, pochard, shoveler all in large numbers. The hedgerows produced greenfinch, yellowhammer, song thrush and a flock of long-tailed tits. Waders seen were redshank, oystercatcher and snipe. A kingfisher was seen several times and a great spotted woodpecker gave everybody good views. During the walk a total of 49 species were seen.