Trip reports

South Stack - Sally Connelly

Tuesday, 30 June 2009

I have just spent two weeks volunteering at South Stack in Anglesey and I had a brilliant time - it was bird and flower heaven. More...

Draycote Water by Paul Woodham

Friday, 15 May 2009

The day dawned rather misty as people travelled up to Draycote. With the look of rain, that thankfully did not happen, 16 of us arrived for the 10am start. More...

Blacktoft Sands - Sally Connelly

Friday, 12 December 2008

After taking redundancy and early retirement from work, I applied to the RSPB for a week's volunteering on one of their Reserves. I was due to finish work at Christmas, so I asked for a week early in 2008 - to celebrate the fact that I was able to do it! More...

View of Bempton Cliffs

Sunday, 16 September 2007

The early hours of Sunday 16 September saw some of us on the motorway heading for Yorkshire to meet the majority of our 18 strong band who had sensibly taken the opportunity for a long weekend in Bridlington and were already there. More...

Nightjar on ground among heather

Saturday, 2 June 2007

Nine of us met on a warm, sunny evening, with a slight breeze from the south west and a few pockets of cloud.

From the car park we saw Coal Tit, Robin, Blackbird, Nuthatch, Wood Pig More...

Coal tit perched on bramble bush

Monday, 1 January 2007

Once again, this has proved to be our most popular outing with 31 people coming along this year to sample the delights of Stockgrove.

Heavy rain over the previous couple of days had More...

Male blackcap in hawthorn bush

Monday, 5 June 2006

For those of us who enjoy a lie in on a Sunday morning, the local trip to Wendover Woods with a 10.00am start was appreciated.

Wendover Woods is noted as one of the few locations in More...

Tree sparrow on twig

Sunday, 16 April 2006

A couple of local trips which illustrate the wealth of birdlife on our doorstep and shows that it isn't necessary to travel long distances to see good birds.

First Summerleys. The g More...