Trip reports

Male bearded tit perching on Phragmites

Saturday, 12 January 2008

PowickHams was flooded, the flood barriers were up in Upton - we wondered whether we would make it to Somerset. More...

Bittern feeding in reedbeds

Saturday, 6 October 2007

The Group had a successful visit to Leighton Moss in April More...

Sea cliffs near Upper Killeyan, Mull of Oa, Islay

Saturday, 6 October 2007

The Group spent 5 days in Criccieth visiting Anglesey, the Lleyn Peninsula and a day on Bardsey Island More...

Chiffchaff standing on gorse

Saturday, 10 March 2007

This was the Group's first trip to Tichfield Haven, a NNR in the Lower Meon Valley in Hampshire. It has a wide variey of habitats including reedbeds, woodland, scrub, flood meadows and scrap More...

Avocet wading in water

Friday, 9 February 2007

Despite heavy snow in the days prior to our departure, we managed to get away. There was no sign of snow in the West Country and although cold, it was sunny as we reached Torpoint via the fe More...

Little ringed plover wading in shallow water

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

The Members Group visited these two sites in South Wales on Sunday 14th January hoping to see ring-billed gulls. Despite days of torrential rain, on the day the weather was kind and jackets  More...

Heather at Arne nature reserve

Tuesday, 12 December 2006

Pam Scroop our Group's Hon Treasurer did 2 weeks volunteering in June at RSPB Arne in Dorset where she undertook a variety of tasks - manning the Information Hut in the car park; helping rep More...

RSPB Old Moor nature reserve landscape

Saturday, 30 September 2006

The Group had a very successful visit to the Old Moor reserve near Barnsley. Although surrounded by urban and industrial sprawl, the reserve is a little gem. Situated on a migration route, t More...

Osprey in larch tree

Saturday, 22 July 2006

This was a coach trip to Rutland Water which meant an early start and a late return as a cruise on the Rutland Belle was scheduled for 5.15pm to see the ospreys. Starting at Eyebrook, a walk More...