Trip reports

RSPB MANSFIELD FIELD MEETING TO SALTHOLME RSPB NATURE RESERVE ON 6/5/2012

Monday, 21 May 2012

64 birds seen, including Marsh Harrier and Peregrine Falcon. Two Avocet and one Wood Sandpiper were the top Waders. More...

RSPB MANSFIELD FIELD MEETING TO LAKENHEATH FEN ON 15/4/2012

Sunday, 22 April 2012

Bitterns, Marsh Harriers and Common Crane seen at this interesting Reserve! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD'S FIELD MEETING TO MIDDLETON LAKES ON 11/3/2012

Wednesday, 14 March 2012

Beautiful weather and a total of 60 species of bird ticked at this new Reserve! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD LOCAL GROUP'S FIELD TRIP TO GIBRALTAR POINT ON 8/1/2012

Thursday, 12 January 2012

70 species of birds recorded on this interesting day at the seaside! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD'S FIELD TRIP TO OLD MOOR ON 4th DECEMBER 2011

Saturday, 31 December 2011

An early Christmas lunch, followed by some great birding! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD'S FIELD MEETING TO CLEY MARSHES ON 6/11/2011

Tuesday, 15 November 2011

93 species recorded this time - this being our 2nd highest total! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD'S FIELD MEETING TO MERE SANDS WOOD ON 9th OCTOBER 2011

Saturday, 22 October 2011

53 species of birds seen at this interesting Reserve! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD'S FIELD MEETING TO TITCHWELL NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE ON 11/9/2011

Friday, 16 September 2011

78 species seen on this memorable trip, including a LITTLE BITTERN! More...

MANSFIELD RSPB MEMBERS GROUP FIELD MEETING TO FRAMPTON MARSH on 5th JUNE 2011

Tuesday, 7 June 2011

85 birds seen on our first visit to this new Reserve! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD'S FIELD TRIP TO PAXTON PITS NATURE RESERVE on 8th MAY 2011

Tuesday, 17 May 2011

58 species of birds seen, including Nightingale and Cuckoo! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD GROUP'S TRIP TO RAINHAM MARSHES on 10th APRIL 2011

Thursday, 14 April 2011

63 BIRDS SEEN AT THIS AMAZING NATURE RESERVE!! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD MEMBERS GROUP FIELD TRIP TO RUTLAND WATER ON 6TH MARCH 2011

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

71 varieties of birds seen on this visit, including 12 species of Ducks, 7 Wader species and 5 species of Gull. Ruddy Shelduck and Smew were good ticks on the list! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD GROUP'S FIELD MEETING TO OLD MOOR ON 6TH FEBRUARY 2011

Monday, 14 February 2011

Impromptu change of venue brought great sightings of birds! More...

MANSFIELD RSPB FIELD TRIP TO CARSINGTON WATER on 9th JANUARY 2011

Tuesday, 11 January 2011

63 species of birds seen at Severn Trent's flagship Reserve! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD LOCAL GROUP FIELD MEETING TO HOLLINGWORTH LAKES ON 7TH NOVEMBER 2010

Tuesday, 30 November 2010

45 birds seen on this trip, including a super rarity!! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD GROUP'S FIELD TRIP TO NORTH CAVE AND BLACKTOFT SANDS ON 10/10/10

Sunday, 17 October 2010

A total of 70 birds and 5 mammals were seen on this memorable day out! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD GROUP FIELD TRIP TO SALTHOLME RESERVE ON 6th SEPTEMBER 2010

Friday, 1 October 2010

60 birds seen at this new and interesting Reserve in the Tees Valley! More...

RSPB MANSFIELD GROUP FIELD MEETING TO STRUMPSHAW FEN ON 6th JUNE 2010.

Saturday, 3 July 2010

72 species of birds, an otter and scores of Swallowtail butterflies seen at this amazing Reserve! More...

MANSFIELD RSPB LOCAL GROUP MEETING TO MINSMERE NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE ON 9TH MAY 2010

Friday, 21 May 2010

A record number of 96 birds seen at this amazing Reserve!! More...

MANSFIELD RSPB GROUP'S MEETING TO FILEY BRIGG AND BEMPTON CLIFFS ON 11TH APRIL 2010

Monday, 19 April 2010

An impressive total of 58 bird species seen here! More...

MANSFIELD RSPB MEMBERS GROUP FIELD TRIP TO PITSFORD RESERVOIR ON 7TH MARCH 2010

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Over 60 birds and 4 species of mammal seen at this enormous Reserve in Northampton! More...

MANSFIELD RSPB GROUP'S FIELD TRIP TO POTTERIC CARR ON 7th FEBRUARY 2010

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

A dull day, but good varieties of birds seen. More...

MANSFIELD GROUP'S TRIP TO OLD MOOR ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13th 2009

Thursday, 31 December 2009

Good weather and over 60 birds recorded on our last trip of the year! More...

Barn owl looking over its shoulder

Monday, 30 November 2009

An excellent day with a total of 78 species seen!! More...

MANSFIELD RSPB GROUP'S TRIP TO SPURN POINT ON OCTOBER 4th 2009

Thursday, 15 October 2009

Over 60 birds seen on a superb Autumn day! More...

MANSFIELD RSPB MEMBERS GROUP FIELD TRIP TO PENNINGTON FLASH on 6th SEPTEMBER 2009

Sunday, 4 October 2009

Over 50 birds seen at Pennington Flash including numerous sightings of Kingfishers! More...

Little ringed plover wading in shallow water

Wednesday, 17 June 2009

A very successful day! 50 species of birds seen! More...

Nightingale singing

Thursday, 21 May 2009

Almost 60 birds seen at Paxton Pits, including Nightingale, Cuckoo and Turtle Dove! More...

little egret, wading, water

Thursday, 9 April 2009

76 Trombones? No - 76 different birds seen at Titchwell!! More...

Long-tailed tit perched on branch

Wednesday, 11 March 2009

The weather did its best to spoil our day at the above Reserve but we still managed to spot over 50 birds! More...

MANSFIELD GROUP'S TRIP TO RUTLAND WATER on 8th February 2009

Tuesday, 24 February 2009

Another amazing trip to a very wintery Rutland Water! More...

MANSFIELD RSPB FIELD MEETING TO POTTERIC CARR ON 11th January 2009

Thursday, 22 January 2009

Plenty of good sightings at Potteric Carr, with the bird of the day being an Iceland Gull! More...

MANSFIELD RSPB FIELD TRIP TO OLD MOOR on 7th DECEMBER 2008

Friday, 2 January 2009

Records were broken on this outing with the most people that have ever travelled on a field trip! Good numbers of birds seen despite freezing conditions. More...

Curlew standing on weed, County Cork, Ireland

Wednesday, 19 November 2008

Good weather and a total of 70 birds seen! More...

Male bearded tit perching on Phragmites

Monday, 13 October 2008

Not the best weather, but a worthwhile trip as a total of 74 birds were seen! More...

MANSFIELD GROUP'S FIELD MEETING TO SANDWELL VALLEY on 7th September 2008

Sunday, 14 September 2008

Over 50 species of birds seen at this little Reserve near Birmingham! More...

Adult black-tailed godwit in summer plummage, at the RSPB Snettisham nature reserve, Norfolk

Tuesday, 15 July 2008

Hot enough for June!! An amazing day in Wales! More...

MANSFIELD GROUP'S TRIP TO LAKE VRYNWY ON 4TH MAY 2008

Wednesday, 14 May 2008

A long journey to Wales, but well rewarded with an excellent list of sightings. More...

Oystercatcher wading in shallow water

Saturday, 19 April 2008

Nearly 70 species of birds seen at Leighton Moss! More...

Male green woodpecker feeding on ground

Saturday, 15 March 2008

Calling Cetti's Warbler heard - the icing on the cake for this trip! More...

Adult whooper swans feeding in fields

Thursday, 7 February 2008

Braving the elements to visit the Ouse Washes and Welney! More...

Nuthatch on branch

Thursday, 24 January 2008

Good weather for January and a pleasant trip! More...

Mansfield Group's Trip to Old Moor on 9th December 2007

Saturday, 15 December 2007

Another memorable outing by the group. 43 made the journey and most of us, if not all, saw the bird of the year not once, but twice and possibly three times! More...

little egret, wading, water

Monday, 10 December 2007

Washed out at Cley, but good birding, all things considered!! More...

Wheatear in spring

Thursday, 25 October 2007

A list of 60-plus bird species attracted a huge gallery of bird watchers, including 41 of us. More...

male stonechat perched on bramble

Thursday, 27 September 2007

Another very good trip to this National Nature Reserve. A long list of birds were seen. More...

Hobby chasing dragonflies

Monday, 11 June 2007

The weather could not have been better if it was possible to order it! The day was sunny and warm, even hot at times. We arrived at Weeting Heath a little earlier than expected, giving us 2  More...

Cuckoo perched in tree

Thursday, 24 May 2007

Another very good day's bird watching at Minsmere. Most of the target birds were seen, like Nightingale, Cetti's Warbler, Dartford Warbler, Woodlark, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo, Avocet, Bittern and More...

Puffin with sandeels in beak

Friday, 20 April 2007

For the second month running, 40-plus members made the trip, this time to the above sites which are well known for sea birds and cliff nesting birds. Our lists were not long but a few good t More...

Redshank perched on post

Tuesday, 13 March 2007

We arrived at North Cave at 9.45 a.m. We were met there by Stephen Martin whom with others, was responsible for securing this site for birds and wildlife in general. Had it not been for thei More...

Bittern feeding in reedbeds

Tuesday, 20 February 2007

The Mansfield Group's trip to Potteric Carr was a great success for most members, if not all. The target bird BITTERN was seen from a number of hides during the visit. Other birds of interes More...

Male goldeneye

Thursday, 18 January 2007

39 of our members went on the group's first visit to this reserve. It is now run by the National Trust and is situated in an area close to Nostell Priory. The four bodies of water held a goo More...

Male wigeon swimming

Friday, 12 January 2007

A good variety of waterfowl were seen, including Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, Shoveler, Pochard, Tufted Duck, Ruddy Duck, Goosander and Mallard. There were also a few grebes in attendance. We obse More...