Trip reports

Sunday, 11 May 2008

Elmley

RSPB local group outting to Elmley More...

Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Bookham Common

An evening stroll to listen to nightingales More...

Sunday, 17 February 2008

GROUP OUTING TO PAGHAM HARBOUR

Dunlin and oystercatchers More...

Sunday, 3 February 2008

Shellness day trip.

Large flocks of lapwing and golden plover. More...

Sunday, 20 January 2008

Wraysbury day trip.

The first bird of the day was a beautiful golden eye. More...

Sunday, 6 January 2008

A morning in Bushy Park.

Little owls were basking in the morning sunlight. More...

Sunday, 11 November 2007

Shellness

Popular Shellness again provided a worthwhile trip More...

Sunday, 28 October 2007

Oare Marsh

Oare Marsh instead of Thorney Island. More...

Sunday, 14 October 2007

Rainham

We were treated to some wonderful autumn sunshine for the group's first visit to the RSPB reserve at Rainham Marshes. More...

Sunday, 30 September 2007

Farlington Marsh

Our trip to Farlington produced a healthy bird list which included a major rarity! More...

Sunday, 16 September 2007

Oare Marsh

Oare Marshes is becoming a popular reserve to visit, today was a sunny day which may explain why there were numerous visitors. More...

Sunday, 2 September 2007

Pagham Harbour

A days birding at Pagham Harbour. More...

Friday, 15 June 2007

Chobham Common

At approximately 7.30 on Chobham Common the Group (all seven of us) set out for an evening stroll.

The weather was very much in our favour with glorious evening sunshine so our spir More...

Sunday, 15 April 2007

Dungeness

Our trip to Dungeness provided a number of unexpected surprises that lead to the most interesting and enjoyable day's bird watching. The first surprise of the day was an unexpected early mor More...

Sunday, 1 April 2007

Oare Marsh

Oare Marshes was whipped by strong winds, which made using the telescope difficult on the sea wall. A pair of avocets, a kestrel and green finches were seen from the car park. We scanned the More...

Saturday, 17 March 2007

Farlington

We traveled to Farlington with the hope of our first sightings of early spring migrants. A stiff wind and the recent colder weather spoilt the plan, but we were still treated to a number of  More...

Sunday, 4 March 2007

London Wetland Centre

Barnes WWT has made a welcome return to the group outing schedule for 2007. A winter visit promises a good chance of a bittern sighting as well as good numbers of wildfowl. We started by vis More...

Sunday, 18 February 2007

Pagham

Pagham Harbour is a large estuary that offers a good range of varied habitat on the shore and is particularly good for winter visitors. An inspection of the tide tables at the visitor's cent More...

Sunday, 4 February 2007

Shellness

This was our first trip to the coast in 2007 so we were all keen for some fine views of waders and other shoreline birds of which Shellness has in abundance. On our arrival the tide was out  More...

Sunday, 21 January 2007

Wraysbury

Wraysbury has a reputation for it's good chance of finding smew and goosander, both of which have been seen on previous years visits to this beautiful location. ( However, be warned, it is a More...

Sunday, 7 January 2007

Bushy Park

Bushy Park is our traditional first gentle outing of the year. This year's trip was well supported with 25 forming an enthusiastic party.
It is always nice to see old friends and we w More...

Tuesday, 19 December 2006

Horton Country Park

Horton Country Park is our local patch, so there was high expectation for a successful morning's bird watching, despite the thick mist that prevailed all morning. We toured the park in a clo More...

Sunday, 10 December 2006

Pulborough Brooks

The day dawned with a crisp frost and a bright clear blue sky. Wrapping up warm we were delighted to see a willow tit before we had left the car park.
The feeders in the courtyard were  More...

Sunday, 26 November 2006

Dungeness

The weather forecast was not good, which may explain why only four of us decided to make the long trip to Dungeness. We were fortunate that the rain held off, but a very strong wind kept the More...

Wednesday, 22 November 2006

Day trip to Shellness

Thanks to a good weather forcast 12 members met for a morning walk to Shellness. After a quick raid on the bakery we set off finding a good variety of waders: dunlin, oyster catcher, black t More...

Sunday, 17 September 2006

Field trip to Beachy Head and Weirwood Reservoir

Nine local group members and three guests enjoyed a day at Beachy Head and a visit to Weirwood Reservoir. The weather was kind to us and although we did not see a great number of species the More...