Trip reports
 | Wednesday, 25 January 2012 Morning fund-raising walk at Fishers Green A pair of great crested grebes were displaying on 70 Acres lake, but when they dived together only one of them found some weed so they lost interest!! 46 species were found in total. More... |
 | Sunday, 15 January 2012 Car trip to Lynford Arboretum & SWT Lackford Lakes 14 members led by Barrie Stockwell met up at Barton Mills for the day's birding. In the grounds of the arboretum we managed to locate a small flock of about 12 crossbills and everyone managed good views of them. More... |
 | Monday, 2 January 2012 Annual local walk at Abberton & Tollesbury The highlights: At Abberton - a pair of Goosander (no others were seen during the day). At Tollesbury - Spoonbill, Red-breasted Goose (with the Brent Geese), a drake Smew and a "text book plumaged" drake Eider. More... |
 | Wednesday, 14 December 2011 Fund raising walk at Fishers Green We had good views of water rail and reed bunting from the BIP hide, drake pintail at the weir and a pair of goldeneye in the channel. More... |
 | Sunday, 4 December 2011 A Black Necked Grebe was seen just above the weir. We had close views of a drake pintail just below the weir and both drake and duck goldeneyes were seen. A Peregrine was spotted perched on the pylon, seen from the Grebe hide. More... |
 | Wednesday, 23 November 2011 Fundraising walk at Hall Marsh scrape & Bowyers Water No charging stag this time! We had very good views of fieldfare and some redwings, two treecreepers and some of us were lucky enough to see a kingfisher. More... |
 | Saturday, 19 November 2011 Coach trip to RSPB Pulborough Brooks, W Sussex Good views of two peregrines,bullfinches and goldcrests, and Terrys favourite, the confiding wood mouse that one group saw, in leaf litter a few feet away, showing no fear at all. More... |
 | Sunday, 6 November 2011 Morning walk at HMWT Amwell Nature Reserve Around mid-morning five buzzards soared over the site as did a sparrowhawk. A flock of siskins flew over and two were seen in a nearby tree. More... |
 | Sunday, 30 October 2011 Group weekend in North Norfolk, 28-30 October 2011 18 Members enjoyed this weekend, organised by Phil Blatcher, staying at the very comfortable Linksway Hotel, Old Hunstanton and a total of 98 species were seen during the group part of the weekend (Saturday & Sunday). More... |
 | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 Morning walk at Cornmill Meadows We all had excellent views of a fallow deer stag, walking along the path at the northern boundary towards us! Many thanks to Alison Monckton for the photo! More... |
 | Sunday, 16 October 2011 Coach trip tp NWT Cley, N Norfolk Along with literally thousands of wildfowl and waders that greeted us as we looked out of the hides onto the reserve, were a number of special birds that can make a visit to Cley particularly memorable. A Little Auk on the sea with a supporting cast of Guillemots, Razorbills and Red-throated Divers, a Rough-legged Buzzard was one of seven raptors that were seen in the area. More... |
 | Sunday, 2 October 2011 Morning walk at Bowyers Water & Hall Marsh John Murray led this walk on a hot and sunny morning - most unseasonal for October! More... |
 | Saturday, 17 September 2011 Car trip to RSPB Cliffe Pools and Oare Marsh, Kent At Cliffe, amongst the many little egrets around the edges of the pools we found 2 spoonbills. These later gave two close fly-pasts. At Oare Marsh, a sandwich tern posed nicely on a sandy mound and then, after a few dives, on a post near the jetty. An occasional distant Marsh harrier could be seen over Sheppey More... |
 | Friday, 1 July 2011 Evening walk in the Thundridge area, North Ware The Yellow Wagtails were a real surprise. We saw 2 adults (at least) and a well marked juvenile. We then saw 3 juvenile wagtails on top of a tree which I initially thought were Pied but further investigation has confirmed them as Yellow ......so if anyone tells you Pied Wagtail is missing that's the reason!! More... |
 | Saturday, 25 June 2011 Coach trip to RSPB Strumpshaw Fen Highlights included FOUR OTTERS, marsh harrier (>5), hobby, curlew, swift (>20), kingfisher, grasshopper warbler (2 heard), bearded tit, marsh tit (2), reed bunting (>20) More... |
 | Sunday, 5 June 2011 11 members met up at the LVRP's Cornmill Meadows car park, for what turned out to be a pleasant leisurely walk, on a dry but cloudy Sunday morning. 40 species were recorded. More... |
 | Sunday, 15 May 2011 We had good views of a pair of osprey at their nest site , pink-footed goose, red kite, hobby, arctic tern, little gull (juv), common sandpiper, sanderling & grey plover(in summer plumage), cuckoo and good numbers of swift (c.200) and sand martin (c.80) More... |
 | Wednesday, 11 May 2011 Fundraising walk at Fishers Green It was quite chilly as we looked out over 70 Acres lake, but Terry found a star bird, a male garganey, sitting on the spit opposite, which was an excellent start to our walk. 8 nightingales were heard singing during the walk. More... |
 | Sunday, 8 May 2011 Morning walk at Fishers Green for nightingales and warblers We had good views of 3 young cormorants in their nest, and of sedge warbler and common whitethroat performing their display flights. 2 pink footed geese were feeding on the goosefield where a black tailed godwit was also found. More... |
 | Monday, 2 May 2011 Group Weekend in East Yorkshire 29th April to 2nd May 2011 27 supporters came along on this weekend - one new sighting on Monday was clouds! On our first 3 days we had had clear blue skies and endless sunshine. A very successful weekend with 107 species seen in total. More... |
 | Wednesday, 20 April 2011 Fundraising walk at Fishers Green We heard a nightingale as we drove into the car park, in all, 7 were heard and some of the group managed to see one. We saw our first common terns over 70 Acres, a couple of redshanks were on the spit & one flew onto one of the tern rafts More... |
 | Saturday, 16 April 2011 91sp were seen. From the Island Mere hide 2 bitterns were showing well and the probable highlight of the day for most people was to see the bitterns booming. Most managed to see, as well as hear, nightingale. More... |
 | Sunday, 3 April 2011 Morning walk around LVRPA Gunpowder Park & Sewardstone Marsh. The highlight of the walk was a male wheatear, found sitting on a tree branch as we returned to the car park. 47sp were found in total. More... |
 | Wednesday, 23 March 2011 Fundraising walk around Cornmill Meadows, Waltham Abbey Since April 2010, these walks have raised £459.70 for the RSPB, many thanks to all the supporters who joined us on our walks during the year. More... |
 | Sunday, 13 March 2011 Coach trip to RSPB Frampton Marsh It proved to be a real birding red letter day. Without doubt, top of the list were two Lapland Buntings on an island close to one of the hides, a new bird for many people. But the very impressive 'also ran' list included; hen harrier (m & f), little gull, twite, tree sparrow, corn bunting, scaup, whooper swan and three barn owls, one at the reserve and two from the coach on the way home. More... |
 | Sunday, 6 March 2011 Morning walk around Walthamstow Reservoirs The morning was enjoyed by all and the sighting of two Scaup was voted the highlight of the visit, also the Eider was an unexpected bonus. More... |
 | Saturday, 19 February 2011 Coach trip to Holkham and RSPB Titchwell 79sp seen including, for those in the right place, at the right time; a Northern Harrier (the American equivalent of our own Hen Harrier, that has been in the area all winter) and a Black Brant, an American sub-species of Brent Goose. More... |
 | Wednesday, 16 February 2011 Fundraising walk at Fishers Green 14 supporters joined Terry & Ann on this walk, 47 species were seen. More... |
| Sunday, 6 February 2011 Morning walk in the Amwell area On a warm but windy February day, 16 members and guests joined Ruth in taking 3 hours to walk less than 2 miles around Amwell! A total of 48 sp were seen + 2 sp heard. More... |
 | Sunday, 23 January 2011 Car trip to the Isle of Sheppey Derrick organsied an excellent day out - with 75 species seen, including marsh & hen harriers, common buzzard, peregrine and barn owls. More... |
| Wednesday, 19 January 2011 Fundraising walk at Fishers Green Highlights were brief views of a bittern in front of the Bittern hide and a red-headed smew quite close in to the bank of 70 Acres. A pair of great crested grebes startinng to perform their mating display. More... |
%20(crop)%2090_tcm9-27939.jpg) | Sunday, 2 January 2011 New Years walk at Abberton & Tollesbury 17 Members enjoyed this day out, a total of 83 species were seen including 8 goose species. More... |
| Wednesday, 15 December 2010 Fundraising walk at Fishers Green We had good views of a bittern flying across 70 Acres and a drake smew which was quite close in to the bank. At least 5 goldeneye were seen from the weir, a common buzzard was seen sitting on top of a tree on the farm and a goosander flew overhead. More... |
 | Sunday, 5 December 2010 Not so local walk' at RSPB Fowlmere reserve 5 brave souls met up for a walk around the reserve led by Barrie Stockwell. Most of the snow had gone, the temperature was around freezing and the lake near the reed bed was iced over. More... |
 | Sunday, 28 November 2010 Coach trip to RSPB Ouse Washes & WWT Welney After a nervous few days wondering if the weather was going to allow us to make the trip, 31 of us set out on a cold but sunny morning. The main roads were fine but the access road into Ouse Washes was dodgy, being covered in ice and with an adverse camber towards a ditch. However our Polish driver was not too fazed by this and got us safely to the visitor centre. More... |
| Wednesday, 24 November 2010 A morning walk around Hall Marsh scrape, Bowyers Water and Hook Marsh pit, Waltham Abbey. 20 supporters joined Terry and Ann for this walk on a very cold but bright morning, becoming a little warmer in the pleasant sunshine towards the end of the morning. More... |
 | Sunday, 7 November 2010 Morning walk around the Holyfield/Langridge area John Murray led this walk around a new area for most of us. 17 supporters joined the walk on a fine sunny morning, which became cloudier later. 40sp were seen including a flock of approx 40 Meadow Pipits. More... |
 | Monday, 1 November 2010 Group Weekend in North Norfolk 29th - 31st October 2010 22 Members enjoyed this weekend, organised by Phil Blatcher. The weather was good throughout: mild, 16c, dry and with southerly breezes. Over 100 species were seen by the group, including rough-legged buzzards, long-tailed duck and twite. More... |
 | Wednesday, 27 October 2010 Fundraising walk at Cornmill Meadows 18 supporters joined Terry & Ann on this walk. We had excellent views of 4 common buzzards drifting overhead. More... |
 | Sunday, 3 October 2010 Morning walk at Stanstead Innings 31 species were seen; nothing unusual but we saw some swallows moving through, a nice starling flock and good numbers of various wildfowl. More... |
 | Saturday, 18 September 2010 CAR TRIP TO EWT FINGRINGHOE WICK & ABBERTON RESERVOIR The group's "New Year" got off to a very enjoyable start with good weather and an excellent variety of birds, in total 76 species were seen on the 2 reserves. More... |
 | Friday, 2 July 2010 Evening walk at HMWT Hunsdon Meads We had excellent views of a family group of green woodpeckers, which were sufficiently confiding for everyone who wished, to watch through a telescope. More... |
 | Saturday, 19 June 2010 Coach Trip to Rye Harbour, Sussex The area is excellent for Mediterranean Gull. Three species of tern, Sandwich, Common and Little, breed on the reserve with varying degrees of success. The colonial nesting Little Terns have recently been encouraged to stay and breed, by the introduction of plastic, decoy Little Terns to favourable nesting areas. More... |
 | Wednesday, 9 June 2010 Fundraising walk at Fishers Green, for birds, plants and insects We saw several nightingales & heard their young begging for food. 3 Hobbies were hunting overhead and a cuckoo was calling. We found several Bee Orchids in flower plus some in bud, 2 Painted Lady butterflies were our first for this year. More... |
 | Sunday, 6 June 2010 Walk at Silvermeade, looking for Water Voles Mink are a serious predator of water voles, breeding at the same time as the voles, being slim enough to be able to chase them and enter their burrows to predate on both adults and young. We saw several latrines & feeding areas but sadly, no voles! More... |
 | Sunday, 23 May 2010 Highlights included booming bitterns, watching the food passes of marsh harriers, brief glimpses of bearded tits over the tops of the reeds, 2 little stints on the scrape and close views of avocets with their young. More... |
| Wednesday, 12 May 2010 Fundraising walk at Fishers Green for nightingales and warblers We heard at least 5 nightingales ( - and saw the tail of one!) and found 9 warblers. More... |
 | Sunday, 9 May 2010 At least 9 nightingales were heard but not seen! 9 warbler species were found and 6 hobbies were seen hawking over 70 Acres lake and perching in trees. A Cetti's warbler was singing loudly by the viewing platform at 70 Acres and was then seen flying across in front of us. More... |
 | Sunday, 25 April 2010 Tour to Romania 25th April - 5th May 2010 with Ibis Tours Our Romanian leader, Daniel Petrescu was excellent. He had the ability to mimic numerous bird calls and was literally able to 'charm the birds from the trees'. More... |
 | Wednesday, 21 April 2010 Fundraising walk at Fishers Green At least 5 nightingales, 4 lesser whitethroats and 5 sedge warblers were found, along with lots of blackcaps. Common buzzards were over Galley Hill Wood and a red kite was spotted flying over the channel More... |
 | Saturday, 17 April 2010 Coach trip to Stodmarsh NNR, Kent 33 people enjoyed a warm, sunny day and a good selection of birds. Marsh harriers were everywhere and it was almost impossible to look up and not see one in flight. More... |
| Sunday, 4 April 2010 Local walk around Waterford Marsh & Heath The bird list started well with redwing, song thrush and mistle thrush being seen in the same field. It also finished well with sparrowhawk, buzzard and kestrel being seen together in the sky from the same spot. Red kite was also seen, making 4 raptors for the morning. More... |
| Saturday, 27 March 2010 Some were fortunate to see Penduline Tit and Garganey at the ARC pit. 3 Slavonian grebes and a black necked grebe, plus Great White Egret were seen in the Denge Marsh and new excavations areas, tree sparrows were seen on the feeders. More... |
 | Wednesday, 24 March 2010 Morning walk around Cornmill Meadows We had excellent views of two treecreepers together, thanks to Andy Johnson for the photo, our first redshanks, singing chiff chaffs and song thrushes of the year. A buzzard drifted overhead giving very good views. More... |
 | Sunday, 7 March 2010 Walk around Tyttenhanger Gravel Pits We all had excellent views of a small party of Yellowhammers and several Tree Sparrows, along with Reed Buntings, Chaffinches and Goldfinches, in the hedgerows surrounding Tyttenhanger Farm. But while we were admiring the gathered throng, this encounter was topped, when two Red Kites decided to put in an appearance and drifted overhead! More... |
 | Wednesday, 3 March 2010 Despite the harsh winter we saw fewer dead birds than we feared - only 3 individuals; one redshank, one gadwall and a herring gull. The weather on Tuesday was in complete contrast to the previous Sunday, being very sunny. It was a very nice day out and we saw plenty of (live) birds. More... |
 | Saturday, 20 February 2010 We thought it was a pretty quiet day by Cley's standards but 81 species of bird were recorded during the day, including all three divers, the two subspecies of Brent geese that regularly winter in Britain (dark-bellied and pale-bellied), Barn owl, bearded tits and a corn bunting. More... |
 | Wednesday, 17 February 2010 Morning walk at Holyfield Hall Farm & Lake, Fishers Green area Highlights of the walk were a Little egret flying overhead, Common buzzard perched on tree, Yellowhammer by the animal barns and Goldeneye on the Lake and in the channel. More... |
 | Sunday, 7 February 2010 Local Walk around Glen Faba lakes & the Stort valley Phil Blatcher led this walk on a calm, grey and overcast but dry day, max temp 45 degF. 26 members enjoyed this walk, including 6 newcomers to our events. More... |
 | Sunday, 17 January 2010 Car trip to RSPB Rainham Marshes Terry Smith led todays walk around the reserve and the Thames path. We were fortunate to have a sunny day, mild, with only a light wind - very pleasant. The reserve was very busy - we were told that today was their 2nd busiest day ever! More... |
 | Wednesday, 13 January 2010 A morning fundraising walk at Fishers Green. We all had excellent views of 2 bitterns in front of the Bittern Information point hide, one being chased by the other and forced to climb up the reeds before flying across the lake! At least 5 water rails were seen during the walk. More... |
| Sunday, 3 January 2010 Car trip to Tollesbury and Abberton An excellent day - we suspect a few people may have been put off by the weather forecast! At Abberton we enjoyed excellent view of a North American rarity - a spotted sandpiper. At Tollesbury, amongst the highlights here were 3 great northern divers, marsh harrier, smew and slavonian grebe. More... |
 | Wednesday, 16 December 2009 Morning walk at Fishers Green to learn more about our local birds We had brief sightings of 3 treecreepers, at least 4 goldeneye, good views of redwing and several glimpses of kingfisher. More... |
 | Sunday, 13 December 2009 Highlight of the day? Take your pick! Maybe, the 300 Brambling from the car park at Santon Downham or good views of Crossbills at both Santon Downham and Lyndford Arboretum or perhaps, tens of thousands of Starlings performing a spectacular aerial display, before dropping into their overnight roost in the reedbeds, at Lackford Lakes. More... |
| Sunday, 6 December 2009 Local walk around Cedars & Theobalds Parks, Cheshunt It looked like it was going to be a complete wash-out, with torrential rain just before Mike left at 9.30, hence just four people turned up! The Met Office predicted rain moving away and sunshine in our area about 10.00, they were spot on fortunately... More... |
 | Sunday, 22 November 2009 Coach Trip to RSPB Elmley Marshes, Kent Some of the birds that we had hoped to see, such as barn and short-eared owls were keeping their heads down but a respectable total of 58 bird species were seen plus lots of hares, rabbits, a fox and a stoat. More... |
 | Wednesday, 18 November 2009 Morning walk around Hall Marsh scrape, Bowyers Water and Hook Marsh pit, Waltham Abbey. Terry Smith led todays morning walk around Hall Marsh scrape, Bowyers Water and Hook Marsh pit, Waltham Abbey. It was very windy, but was dry at first with a short spell of fine rain then became dry again at the end of the walk. More... |
| Sunday, 1 November 2009 4 members braved the very wet morning to join Ann on this walk, visibility was very poor at times and only the ducks seemed to appreciate the conditions! More... |
| Wednesday, 28 October 2009 Morning walk around Cornmill Meadows We had very good views of green woodpeckers feeding in the grassy areas. A flock of siskins, with some goldfinches, were found amongst the alders. More... |
| Friday, 23 October 2009 Group weekend in North Norfolk Hotel better than ever with excellent food! 17 Members enjoyed this weekend. A total of at least 98 species were seen by members this weekend. More... |
| Saturday, 17 October 2009 32 Members enjoyed this special trip to Snettisham. An estimated 70,000 birds were seen! More... |
 | Sunday, 4 October 2009 Local walk at Amwell Quarry Nature Reserve Derrick Ling led our first walk of the Group's "New Year". 17 supporters joined him for the walk at a popular venue. It began well with fine weather, dry, mainly sunny, with light wind at beginning of the walk and we saw a good variety of species. More... |
| Saturday, 19 September 2009 CAR TRIP TO NORTH KENT MARSHES The group's "New Year" got off to a very enjoyable start with good weather and an excellent variety of birds. 80 species were seen or heard at the two sites visited, RSPB Cliffe Pools & Kent Wildlife Trust Oare Marsh Reserve. More... |
| Friday, 3 July 2009 AN EVENING WALK AROUND RSPB RYE MEADS The evening began on a high note with excellent views of a peregrine on the top of a pylon across the road from the car park. More... |
 | Saturday, 13 June 2009 Summer Family Walk at Fishers Green On today's family walk with the Rye Meads WEX group we watched several large carp swimming in the channel, from the road bridge. A pair of great crested grebes were diving and feeding two well grown young nearby and we saw several mallard ducks with broods of ducklings. More... |
 | Saturday, 13 June 2009 RSPB Lakenheath was visited first where there were excellent views of a male golden oriole at the nest with visits by the female. Hobbies and cuckoos were flying around, bitterns were booming and up to 5 marsh harriers were seen in the sky. Garganey was seen on the return path. More... |
| Wednesday, 10 June 2009 Morning fundraising walk at Fishers Green We managed to hear and see several nightingales, busy collecting food. We spotted an oystercatcher, calling as it flew overhead. A silent cuckoo, probably a female, landed on the tree next to the Bittern Information hide, and was chased off by small birds. More... |
| Sunday, 7 June 2009 Morning walk at Standon Green End Farm Tony and Joyce Spackman have farmed it for 35 years. Tony is a keen birdwatcher and manages the farm in a way sympathetic to birds and wild flowers. More... |
| Saturday, 16 May 2009 We had good views of Marsh harriers and hobby flying over the reedbeds. A bittern was heard 'booming' and Cetti's warblers seemed to be everywhere! More... |
 | Wednesday, 13 May 2009 Highlights: 10 nightingales were heard singing but not seen. Good views of a garden warbler. 4 Black Terns feeding over Holyfield Lake with many swifts. More... |
| Sunday, 10 May 2009 We heard 8 nightingales singing and had fleeting glimpses of some of them. 9 hobbies were seen hunting over 70 acres lake. More... |
 | Friday, 1 May 2009 Group Weekend in Portland, Dorset On Portland various group members found their way to two major rarities: Collared Flycatcher and Eastern Bonnelli's Warbler, succeeding in seeing one or both of these - a good start to the weekend. The dining room at the Heights has spectacular views of Weymouth Bay and Chesil Bank. More... |
| Sunday, 26 April 2009 We had several sightings of osprey, sitting by the nest and flying over. Good views of red kite both from the coach and over the reserve. A drake garganey was seen and a grasshopper warbler was heard and seen. From the new hides we had good views of several yellow wagtails including a sub species, thought to be a Beema. Some were lucky enough to see and hear Turtle Dove calling. More... |
| Wednesday, 22 April 2009 Morning walk at Fishers Green for Nightingales & Warblers We stood listening to the songs of the nightingales and all the warblers in the very pleasant warm sunshine this morning. More... |
| Sunday, 5 April 2009 Local Walk at HMWT Willowmead & Hertingfordbury Early arrivals were rewarded with views of a kingfisher on the Mimram. Other highlights were 2 blackcaps singing and a sparrowhawk overhead. More... |
 | Saturday, 28 March 2009 69 sp seen in all, highlights included: Jack snipe, peregrine (seen several times), mediterranean gull (c.10), swallow (c.8), chiffchaff (10) & wheatear (2). More... |
 | Wednesday, 18 March 2009 Morning walk around Cornmill Meadows, Waltham Abbey We had excellent views of 4 common buzzards soaring overhead on a sunny and warm spring morning. More... |
| Sunday, 1 March 2009 Morning Walk at Copped Hall Estate, Epping Surprise of the day was a female Hooded Merganser, on a pond just north of the Hall - clearly a 'fence hopper' from some nearby wildfowl collection but nice to see nevertheless. More... |
| Sunday, 22 February 2009 Beached Bird Survey at Tollesbury, Essex Six people met at Abberton reservoir before moving to Tollesbury. It was a cloudy day with a fresh wind, but thankfully more mild than of late. The recent snow and cold weather suggested it was likely that there would be a high count on the survey, but fortunately we found only one dead bird. More good news is that there was no evidence of oiling on the beach. More... |
| Wednesday, 18 February 2009 Morning walk to Holyfield Hall Farm & the Grand Weir hide At the farm, a buzzard was spotted perched in a tree and one was seen soaring over the woods. Singing skylarks & meadow pipits were seen and heard over the fields, and various geese were feeding on the fields near the path. More... |
 | Sunday, 15 February 2009 Coach trip to Holkham & RSPB Titchwell Marsh The highlights at Holkham included, excellent views of a small flock of Pink-footed Geese in the fields next to Lady Anne's Drive, clearly unperturbed by the comings and goings of walkers and birdwatchers just a few yards away. More... |
 | Saturday, 14 February 2009 Highlights were the common buzzard sitting on a small tree for ages and then another two seen soaring, the small herd of fallow deer along the wood edge and, of course, the icy puddles! More... |
| Sunday, 1 February 2009 Morning walk around the N Met & Ashley Gravel Pits Ashley has, for the last few winters, been the lake of choice for many of the Valley's goosander, one of the areas specialities. We were fortunate to see several females and smaller numbers of drakes on the pit. More... |
| Saturday, 17 January 2009 Car Trip To Isle of Sheppey (Capel Fleet & Elmley RSPB Reserve) A long wait watching a large raptor sitting on a hay bale resulted in the confirmation of a Rough-legged Buzzard, ring-tailed Hen Harriers were at the same site, as were several Marsh Harriers and a small flock of Bewick's Swans. More... |
 | Wednesday, 14 January 2009 Highlights were the bittern seen in front of the Bittern Information Point hide, the kingfisher seen flying and then perched along the channel, 2 male smew and a female goosander seen from the Grebe hide. More... |
| Sunday, 4 January 2009 Annual car trip to Abberton Reservoir & Tollesbury The highlight of the day for most people was a Cattle Egret at Abberton. Other highlights included drake Smew (at Abberton and Tollesbury), Slavonian Grebe (Abberton and Tollesbury), Red-crested Pochard (Abberton), Velvet Scoter (Tollesbury) and Hen Harrier (ring-tail) at Tollesbury. More... |
| Wednesday, 17 December 2008 Morning walk at Fishers Green to get to know our local birds Highlights: A male kingfisher, perched along the river just pass the Bailey bridge, giving excellent views. Peregrine on pylon in front of the Grebe hide, preening and showing well. More... |
 | Sunday, 14 December 2008 Car trip to SWT Trimley Marshes The highlight was a short-eared owl hunting close by before settling on a post about 100m away giving good views More... |
| Sunday, 7 December 2008 Morning walk around Hall Marsh Scrape and Bowyers Water Decisions, decisions - do we look at the barn owl or the pair of peregrines calling and flying overhead? More... |
| Wednesday, 19 November 2008 'Get to know your local birds' - A morning walk around Hall Marsh & Bowyers Water Our first winter visitors were seen: wigeon on Friday Lake and on Bowyers Water along with a male goldeneye. Redwings were seen feeding amongst the bushes by the path around Bowyers Water. More... |