Trip reports

Sunday, 23 August 2009

THE GREAT BUSTARD PROJECT

In August the Group ran two trips on consecutive days, by minibus, to Salisbury Plain to see great bustards More...

Saturday, 18 April 2009

THE SCILLY ISLES

In April members of the Group spent a week on the Scilly Isles More...

Saturday, 13 December 2008

GROUP TRIP TO NORTH KENT COAST

November might not be everyone's idea of the best time to visit the coast and marshes of north Kent - unless you're a birder of course! More...

Saturday, 12 January 2008

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE...

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

Saturday, 6 October 2007

Leighton Moss

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

Saturday, 6 October 2007

Group Long Weekend to Anglesey

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

Saturday, 10 March 2007

Tichfield Haven

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...

Friday, 9 February 2007

Group Trip to Cornwall

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...

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Kenfig and Blackpill

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...

Tuesday, 12 December 2006

MORE VOLUNTEERING

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...

Saturday, 30 September 2006

OLD MOOR RSPB RESERVE

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...

Saturday, 22 July 2006

FOLLOW THAT OSPREY!

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...