Trip reports
 | Wednesday, 25 January 2012 Field trip to Rainham Marshes RSPB reserve Lots of variety, including good views of Bearded Tit and Peregrine. More... |
 | Saturday, 21 January 2012 Field trip to Rainham Marshes RSPB reserve An enjoyable visit, including a good view of a Peregrine, to a reserve that keeps improving, More... |
 | Saturday, 17 December 2011 Field trip to Shellness and Harty Ferry raptor viewpoint A remarkably mild and sunny winter's day with great raptor sightings. More... |
 | Wednesday, 23 November 2011 Field trip to Oare Marshes nature reserve Sightings included hen harrier and bearded tit. More... |
 | Saturday, 19 November 2011 Field trip to Oare Marshes nature reserve 62 species, including fantastic views of a short-eared owl hunting over the reserve. More... |
 | Wednesday, 26 October 2011 Field trip - Samphire Hoe/Capel le Ferne Highlights were sightings of merlin, peregrine, little gull (adult), black redstart and wheatear. More... |
 | Saturday, 22 October 2011 Field trip - Samphire Hoe & Capel-Le-Ferne A sunny, breezy day at this unique site between sea and cliffs. Excellent views of kestrel and sparrowhawk against the chalk backdrop. More... |
 | Wednesday, 28 September 2011 Highlight of the day was the great skua seen flying over the estuary. More... |
| Saturday, 24 September 2011 A good collection of raptors and a close encounter with a reptile ... More... |
 | Saturday, 18 June 2011 Good views of spotted flycatcher and yellowhammer, and a profusion of heath spotted orchids, made it worth braving the showers. More... |
| Saturday, 21 May 2011 Field trip to Stodmarsh National Nature Reserve As in 2010, hobbies impressed with their aerobatic displays. More... |
 | Wednesday, 27 April 2011 Second field trip to Rye Harbour Another good day at Rye Harbour. Highlights: yellow wagtail, little tern, whimbrel, views of Cetti's warbler and waders in summer plumage. More... |
| Saturday, 23 April 2011 On a beautiful long day Rye Harbour lived up to its usual standard in the sheer range of birds. Highlights: little tern, whimbrel, avocet; golden plover & dunlin in summer plumage. More... |
 | Wednesday, 23 March 2011 Late decision to go to Dungeness instead of New Hythe. 55 species including red-throated diver, an early Sandwich tern and late smews. More... |
 | Wednesday, 2 March 2011 Field trip to Elmley Marshes reserve on Wednesday 2 March 2011 Postponed from 23rd February because of bad weather. We saw 50 bird species including red-breasted merganser, large flocks of golden plover and curlew, and four hares racing across the fields. More... |
 | Saturday, 22 January 2011 Field trip to Dungeness RSPB Reserve (including ARC) 22 January 2011 The weather was overcast with occasional sunny spells and drizzle but very cold and windy.Birds: Mute swan, greylag goose, shelduck, wigeon, mallard, gadwall, shoveler, pintail ... More... |
| Saturday, 20 November 2010 Field trip to Rainham Marshes on 20 November 2010 The weather was overcast with a cold north-easterly breeze.Birds seen: Mute swan, canada goose, greylag goose, shelduck, wigeon... More... |
 | Saturday, 13 November 2010 Field trip to Pett Level & Pannel Valley 23 October 2010 Weather: Rain cleared to a sunny day, but thunderstorm with hail early afternoon and further rain late afternoon. Cold wind (max 12oC).Highlight: Without doubt, ... More... |
| Wednesday, 22 September 2010 Field trip to the Oare Marshes - Saturday 18 September 2010 We had a beautiful day, warm and sunny with a very light breeze and some superb birding! More... |
| Friday, 4 June 2010 Field trip to Stodmarsh and Grove Ferry 15 May 2010 We had a great day, lots of warblers (heard if not all seen), nightingales heard only, fantastic views of hobbies with up to 17 seen in the air at one time! More... |
 | Wednesday, 2 June 2010 Field trip to Stodmarsh 15 May 2010 We had a great day, lots of warblers (heard if not all seen) ... More... |
| Friday, 30 April 2010 RSPB Field Trip to Rye Harbour Reserve on Wednesday 28 April 2010 Birds seen were: great crested grebe, little grebe (h), cormorant, grey heron ... More... |
 | Tuesday, 13 April 2010 Field trip to Cliffe Pools - Wednesday 28 March 2010 Weather: We had a dry morning with some sun, but it was cloudy with light drizzle in afternoon.Birds seen: More... |
| Tuesday, 23 March 2010 Field trip to Dungeness on Saturday 20 February 2010 Our visit included the ARC pit and a short sea watch by the power station.It was a very good day for birds ... More... |
| Tuesday, 23 March 2010 Field trip to Cliffe Pools 20 March 2010 Our trip to Cliffe was somewhat disappointing... More... |
| Thursday, 11 March 2010 Field trip to Dungeness RSPB Reserve on Wednesday 24 February 2010 We had a cool showery morning and a sunny afternoon with a light south-westerly wind.Amongst the 55 species of bird were: More... |
 | Sunday, 14 February 2010 Field trip to Elmley RSPB reserve, Isle of Sheppey on Saturday 13 January 2010 Among the total of 54 species of birds seen were: More... |
| Thursday, 11 February 2010 Field trip to Elmley RSPB reserve, Isle of Sheppey, Wednesday 27 January 2010 It was a cold day with a south-easterly wind ... More... |
| Saturday, 9 January 2010 Field trip to the Sevenoaks Reserve in December 2009 We had planned to go to Hayesden but instead we visited the Sevenoaks reserve. More... |
| Sunday, 22 November 2009 Field Trip to the Oare Marshes 21 November The weather was much better than forecast ... More... |
| Wednesday, 18 November 2009 Field trip to Sandwich Bay and Pegwell Bay Our visit to Sandwich Bay and Pegwell Bay on 24 October produced 61 species, including ... More... |
 | Saturday, 14 November 2009 Field trip to Sandwich Bay and Pegwell Bay Amongst the birds seen on our visit to Sandwich Bay and Pegwell Bay on 28 October ... More... |
 | Saturday, 19 September 2009 Trip to Beachy Head - September 2009 Our trip to Beachy Head included Whitbread Hollow and Cow Gap and Cuckmere Haven. More... |
 | Friday, 24 July 2009 Trips to Weirwood Reservoir & Old Lodge - May 09 A report on our two trips to Weirwood reservoir and Old Lodge in the Ashdown forest area of East Sussex. More... |
 | Thursday, 14 May 2009 Trips to Cliffe Pools - April 09 Both Wednesday and Saturday had been sunny and breezy. More... |
 | Saturday, 18 April 2009 Trips to Pegwell Bay and Grove Ferry - March 09 Saturdays trip had good weather. The group visited Oare Marshes as well as Grove Ferry with seven in attendance. More... |
 | Tuesday, 24 March 2009 Trips to RSPB Rainham Marshes - February 09 A report on our two February field trips to the RSPB's superb Rainham Marshes reserve where it was more than just birds that were seen. More... |
 | Friday, 6 March 2009 Trips to Dungeness - January 09 A short report on our two trips to the RSPB reserve at Dungeness in January this year. More... |
 | Saturday, 24 January 2009 Trips to New Hythe - December 08 A short report on our trips to New Hythe and Leybourne Lakes country park. More... |
 | Tuesday, 2 December 2008 Trips to Conyer Creek - October 08 Reports for the trips to Conyer Creek on the Swale for October. More... |
 | Wednesday, 29 October 2008 Trips to Rye Harbour - September 08 A brief summary of our two September trips to the East Sussex SSSI. More... |
 | Wednesday, 3 September 2008 Trips to Ashdown Forest - June 08 A report on our two afternoon and evening field trips to the Ashdown forest. More... |
| Tuesday, 29 July 2008 Our two trips to the natural England managed reserve near Canterbury produced a mixed bag of sightings and weather. More... |
 | Wednesday, 11 June 2008 Trips to Rye Harbour - April 08 Our two trips to the popular East Sussex reserve by the sea, a mixture of saltlmarsh, wetland, reedbeds and farmland habitat. More... |
 | Saturday, 10 May 2008 Our two March trips to the white cliffs area between Folkestone and Dover on the 26th & 29th of the month were a mixed bag. More... |
 | Saturday, 15 March 2008 Two trips to the RSPB reserve at Dungeness on 23rd and 27th of February. More... |
 | Saturday, 19 January 2008 The first of two trips to the North Kent reserve by the group. The Saturday 19th date found the Weather very windy, cloudy but mainly dry. More... |
 | Thursday, 17 January 2008 Sevenoaks Reserve and Bough Beech Reservoir - Dec 07 A pre Christmas trip to two of our local spots turned up a wide range of species for those who attended this dual reserve Field trip. More... |
| Sunday, 23 December 2007 On Saturday 24th November 8 people attended on a windy and very cold day. However despite the conditions highlights included a red breasted merganser, More... |
 | Wednesday, 26 September 2007 A full coachload of 49 set off just after 8 am. Everyone was at their pick-up points on time as we headed for the Dartford Tunnel. Unfortulately the M25 was closed and so we were detoured onto the A13. We had an interesting run through the lovely countryside, eventually rejoining the A12 and on to Minsmere. More... |