Trip reports

Adult male siskin on feeder

Friday, 8 February 2008

If members wonder what the most common bird in Nightingale Wood was in 2007, they may be surprised that blackcap comes out on top More...

Volunteers preparing natterjack pond

Friday, 8 February 2008

This is an up-date of Brook Meadow (BM) over the past year. More...

Tuesday, 4 December 2007

A history of and a natural history of Madagascar. More...

Tuesday, 6 November 2007

This talk by Gordon Langsbury was about the remote north of Norway and the northern forest zone in Finland. More...

Cuckoo perched in tree

Tuesday, 2 October 2007

This talk wasn't just about taking photographs close to the object, it was also about taking superb pictures with seemingly little effort. More...

Tuesday, 4 September 2007

Our season started off with a brilliant lecture on the natural history of the dormouse. More...

Saturday, 22 September 2007

This last half year has been one of change, and as must be expected some changes are good More...

Adult and child birdwatching

Monday, 27 August 2007

With the new season of meetings starting in September, now is a good time to join the group. More...

Sunday, 26 August 2007

In addition to a careful description of the reserve and its ecology, the plan sets out a calendar of conservation programmes More...

Wednesday, 22 August 2007

The sale of Pin Badges produce nearly £3,000. More...

Sunday, 5 August 2007

The minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on Tuesday 5 June 2007 More...

View across ponds on edge of Burrowes Pit, Dungeness RSPB reserve

Sunday, 1 July 2007

On a fine, bright day we met first at the Blean Woods RSPB reserve, close to Canterbury More...

Tuesday, 5 June 2007

After the completion of AGM business Patrick Cashman gave us an update on the development of Wiltshire's latest RSPB reserve. More...

Tuesday, 1 May 2007

Everyone knows that the birds on these islands are special More...

Sunday, 22 April 2007

We explored the delights of Durlston on a lovely sunny morning. A few common birds singing around the information centre were joined by a vocal lesser whitethroat, More...

Barn owl looking over its shoulder

Tuesday, 3 April 2007

Mike Gates returned to our biggest audience yet with more information about owls. More...

Great spotted woodpecker on branch

Sunday, 18 March 2007

Failing to spot goshawk we searched the opposite hill and were pleased to see redpoll, siskin, crossbill and brambling. More...

Tuesday, 6 March 2007

This talk was essentially about the centenary of the ornithological publication "British Birds" More...

Sunday, 18 February 2007

9 members met at Portland Bill on a wet morning and soon found More...

Male merlin perched on mossy hummock, Shetland Isles

Tuesday, 6 February 2007

Keith Offord came to convince us that raptors are special - and probably succeeded. More...

Sunday, 14 January 2007

15 members met for our annual walk to the WWT's main centre, More...

Heather at Arne nature reserve

Wednesday, 10 January 2007

The first bird I saw (other than the usual suspects at the feeders) was quite a good one - a yellow-browed warbler. More...

Tuesday, 2 January 2007

With a collection of photos only five short of the British full house, we had plenty of butterflies to look at. More...

Tuesday, 2 January 2007

Brook Meadow is a dedicated conservation area within Nightingale Wood, South Marston - a village some 4 miles north-east of Swindon. Nightingale Wood, little over ten years old, is part of t More...

Saturday, 9 December 2006

Kay Ridley and her team have again produced some good results from her stall at the West Swindon District Centre. Sales topped £167. Our thanks go to Kay, Heather Brimacombe. Vera Raymont, S More...

Tuesday, 5 December 2006

Ken Panchen came over from Beaconsfield to talk about the Red Kite programme in the Chilterns. He started by giving us a general overview of wildlife in his area before going into the histor More...

Male bearded tit perching on Phragmites

Sunday, 19 November 2006

Four members met on a cold, but bright, morning as the high tide flowed into Portsmouth harbour. There, we quickly found brent geese, shelduck and black-necked grebe. In the bushes were robi More...

Robin sitting in grass

Tuesday, 3 October 2006

A magazine once asked the reader to think of a blue tit - and then draw it from memory. Duh! Mike Read asked us to say how near to the robin's bill does the red come. Only 4 people got it ri More...

Hobby chasing dragonflies

Sunday, 17 September 2006

With an experienced and knowledgeable guide on hand show us around, it was disappointing that only four people turned up for this meeting on a glorious, sunny day. The tour started slowly as More...

Male redstart perched on branch

Wednesday, 6 September 2006

The Even Swindon Community Centre always attracts a good turnout, and once again tonight was no exception. Group member, John Booth, has lived in Yorkshire and has spent a lot of his time bo More...

Tuesday, 5 September 2006

When Yvonne Cox opened her talk with puppets instead of slides I had a strange feeling that this was not going to be a good start to the season. Wrong, as usual. With humour and great skill, More...

Tuesday, 6 June 2006

HELD AT THE EVEN SWINDON COMMUNITY CENTRE, JENNINGS STREET, SWINDON

Present: 26 members. List of names attached to official copy of these minutes.

1. Welcome: Derek Lyford, More...