Trip reports
 | Tuesday, 24 January 2012 Bins and Boots Walk - Greenway Bank Country Park It takes more than average enthusiasm to drag yourself out of bed on a wet, chilly January morning. Nevertheless ten hardy members set off from the lower car park at Greenway Bank Country Park in light rain More... |
 | Sunday, 22 January 2012 Birdwatching trip to RSPB Fairburn Ings 2012 Although the day started dry with a lightly clouded sky a strong north-westerly wind buffeted the coach carrying 37 members to Fairburn Ings. More... |
 | Sunday, 20 November 2011 Birdwatching trip to Far Ings 2011 It was a foggy, damp and dark morning when 45 members set off for Humberside. More... |
 | Wednesday, 9 November 2011 Car-Sharing Trip to Carsington Water In this season's programme we introduced a new type of outdoor activity. Car-sharing trips. The first of these was to Carsington Water on 9th November. More... |
 | Sunday, 30 October 2011 Birdwatching Trip to RSPB Marshside and Mere Sands Wood After enjoying an extra hour in bed 43 brave souls set off for the coast of Lancashire. The weather promised sunny periods early in the day with light rain appearing mid afternoon but it was already overcast with some drizzle as the coach pulled away from the Michelin car park. More... |
 | Sunday, 2 October 2011 Birdwatching Trip to Frampton Marsh It was the first visit made by our group to Frampton Marsh and with warm, bright weather promised, exciting birds on the reserve and a fresh pair of hands on the helm all was set fair for a good day's birding. More... |
 | Sunday, 12 June 2011 Birdwatching Trip to Weeting Heath and RSPB Lakenheath Fen It's a long haul down to Weeting Heath and Lakenheath Fen but that did not deter the thirty-four folk who set out from the Stoke area hoping to see stone curlew, woodlarks and possibly golden orioles and, if we were outrageously lucky, cranes. More... |
 | Tuesday, 24 May 2011 Birds and Boots Walk - Froghall Wharf May 2011 The weather for our Bins and Boots walk at Froghall Wharf was dry and sunny if a bit windy. More... |
 | Sunday, 22 May 2011 Birdwatching Trip to RSPB Titchwell Marsh Thirty-seven members of the Group visited RSPB Titchwell Marsh in Norfolk. We had usually seen over a hundred species on our previous visits but we were wondering if this would be affected by the recent redevelopment work that had been done on the reserve. More... |
 | Sunday, 1 May 2011 Birdwatching Trip to RSPB Ynys Hir RSPB Ynys Hir is beautiful at any time of year. We had a full coach of 48 hopefuls on the way there on Sunday 1st May. The target birds were pied flycatchers, redstarts and wood warblers. A red kite would make our day. More... |
 | Tuesday, 26 April 2011 Bins and Boot Walk Dimmingsdale April 2011 We had never visited Dimmingsdale on a Bins and Boot Walk so it was with some anticipation that we turned up to meet Roger Birch our leader for the walk. More... |
 | Tuesday, 22 March 2011 Bins and Boots Walk Silverdale Void March 2011 I had never been to the Silverdale Void so I was looking forward to investigating a new birding site. More... |
| Sunday, 20 March 2011 Birdwatching Trip to the Wirral 2011 Tide tables told us there would be a spring tide of 10.1 metres at Parkgate at 11.18 a.m. on Sunday 20th of March. We decided to visit the Wirral. More... |
| Tuesday, 22 February 2011 Bins and Boots Walk Tittesworth Reservoir February 2011 The walk at Tittesworth Reservoir was well attended with 24 turning up. More... |
 | Sunday, 20 February 2011 Birdwatching Trip to RSPB Conwy and Llanfairfechan 2011 For the second trip in a row we had a full coach, 47 of us. The idea was to have a look at some of the birding spots on the north Wales coast. More... |
| Sunday, 23 January 2011 Birdwatching Trip to RSPB Leighton Moss 2011 January is the month when I am always concerned about how many people we will get on our birdwatching trip. Will there be enough to run the trip? We try to counter this by having a really attractive reserve lined up and this year it worked. We had a full coach, 47 of us, and a waiting list for our trip to RSPB Leighton Moss on Sunday 23rd. More... |
 | Tuesday, 23 November 2010 Bins and Boots Walk to Parkhall Country Park Our Bins and Boots walks are becoming increasingly popular. This most recent walk around Parkhall Country Park, led by Geoff Sales, attracted twenty-nine people on a sunny winter's morning. More... |
 | Sunday, 21 November 2010 Birdwatching Trip to WWT Martin Mere November 2010. We had hoped to go to Fineshade Wood to see the red kites but the kites had moved their roost so we had to change our destination. We went to Martin Mere. More... |
 | Tuesday, 26 October 2010 Bins and Boots Walk - Deep Hayes Country Park It was with rather heavy dark rainclouds overhead and somewhat heavy hearts that eleven faithfuls turned up to be led by Eddie and Janet Wainscott on a walk in Deephayes Country Park. More... |
 | Sunday, 17 October 2010 Birdwatching Trip to Blacktoft Sands October 2010 After the drenching on the previous trip it was a relief for our thirty-three members to be setting off for another trip to Humberside but on this occasion on a bright day with a positive weather forecast. More... |
 | Wednesday, 6 October 2010 Birdwatching Weekend on the Gower Besides the regular indoor meetings, coach trips and Bins and Boots Walks, members of the local RSPB group also take part in less regular but hugely enjoyable weekends-away organised by Jenny Wright. So, while golfing fans were concentrating on the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor hoping for birdies, eagles and albatrosses, twelve birdwatchers from the Stoke-on-Trent area were making their way through the rain for a weekend on the Gower Peninsula hoping to see a different sort of bird. More... |
 | Sunday, 19 September 2010 Birdwatching Trip to Spurn Point September 2010 With weather forecasts being unpromising, it was with some trepidation that thirty-one members of the local group collected in the dark to start off on our long trip to Spurn Point on the Humber estuary on Sunday 19th September. More... |
| Sunday, 13 June 2010 Birdwatching Trip to Rutland Water 2010 We had never been to Rutland Water in summer so we were looking forward to the visit and the promised fine weather as we congregated waiting for the coach. More... |
 | Tuesday, 25 May 2010 Bins and Boots Walk at RSPB Coombes Valley The Bins and Boots Walk for May visited RSPB Coombes Valley and was led by Roger Birch. More... |
 | Sunday, 23 May 2010 Birdwatching Trip to South Stack 2010 Forty-six members of the RSPB North Staffs Local Group visited RSPB South Stack on Anglesey on Sunday 23rd May in splendid weather. More... |
 | Sunday, 25 April 2010 Birdwatching Trip to Paxton Pits Paxton Pits is a reserve which has become identified with its star species, the nightingale. For this reason we recently visited the reserve. More... |
 | Tuesday, 23 March 2010 Bins and Boot Walk to Cotton Dell A group of twenty joined Geoff Sales as he led the most recent Bins and Boots Walk in Cotton Dell. More... |
 | Sunday, 21 March 2010 Birdwatching Trip to Potteric Carr Forty-four members of our Group visited Potteric Carr, A Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Reserve, near Doncaster on Sunday 21st March 2010. More... |
 | Saturday, 30 January 2010 Bins and Boots Walk - Ford Green The first Bins and Boots Walk of 2010 was enjoyed by the nineteen brave people who turned up at Ford Green Nature Reserve on a cold and thankfully dry morning. More... |
| Sunday, 24 January 2010 Birdwatching Trip to Tophill Low Nearly thirty intrepid members of the Group visited Tophill Low near Beverley on Sunday 24th January 2010. More... |
 | Tuesday, 24 November 2009 Bins and Boots Walk - Westport Lake The November Bins and Boots walk at Westport Lake was well attended with 26 of us led by Jenny Wright. More... |
| Sunday, 22 November 2009 Birdwatching Trip to Martin Mere 2009 Thirty-three members of the Group visited the WWT Martin Mere Nature Reserve in Lancashire on Sunday 22nd November. More... |
 | Tuesday, 27 October 2009 Boots and Bins Walk to Consall Nature Reserve On Tuesday 27th October 13 intrepid members of the Group visited and enjoyed a fairly strenuous walk led by Geoff Sales in Consall Nature Reserve. More... |
 | Sunday, 25 October 2009 Birwatching Trip to Ynys Hir 2009 Forty-one members of the Group visited RSPB Ynys Hir in West Wales on Sunday 25th October 2009. More... |
| Sunday, 27 September 2009 Birdwatching Trip to Gibraltar Point 2009 This was our first trip of the new season. More... |
 | Sunday, 24 May 2009 Birdwatching Trip to RSPB Titchwell Marsh Thirty-five members of the Group visited RSPB Titchwell Marsh in Norfolk on Sunday 24th May 2009. More... |
 | Sunday, 26 April 2009 Birdwatching Trip to Whisby Nature Park, Lincoln. We were happy that not only were we blessed with beautiful weather but one of the first birds seen was a nightingale, a mere 100 metres from the splendid visitors centre. More... |
 | Sunday, 22 March 2009 Birdwatching Trip to RSPB Old Moor Thirty-eight mambers of the North Staffs RSPB Local Group spent the day at RSPB Old Moor in Yorkshire. More... |
 | Sunday, 22 February 2009 Birdwatching Trip to Far Ings, Humberside. Given the weather of the previous two weeks the 43 members of the Group who went to Far Ings were more than satisfied to arrive in dry conditions. More... |
| Tuesday, 17 February 2009 Bins and Boots - Doxey Marshes Joyce Legge organised and led a group of North Staffs RSPB Local Group members on a leisurely walk round Doxey marshes. More... |
| Tuesday, 27 January 2009 Bins and Boots - Greenway Bank Country Park The most recent Bins and Boots walk was organised and led by Roger Birch. More... |
 | Sunday, 25 January 2009 Birdwatching Trip to Leighton Moss Forty-seven members of the Group spent a beautiful day at Leighton Moss and saw 78 species. More... |