Trip reports

Heather moor at Geltsdale

Monday, 23 April 2012

Group members have just returned from a trip to the Trough of Bowland. More...

Short-eared owl sitting on the ground

Saturday, 28 January 2012

Fourteen of us set out in the minibus in cold but sunny weather More...

Spotted flycatcher on perch

Saturday, 15 October 2011

A Group trip to Lundy, September 21st to 27th 2011 More...

Male redstart perched on branch

Sunday, 19 June 2011

The Group took a full coach to Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Reserve More...

Sunday, 8 May 2011

Twenty of the Group have just come back from a week in the Isle of Man. More...

Adult bittern wading in reedbed at Lee Valley Country Park

Sunday, 13 February 2011

In January twenty five of us went to east Norfolk stayling in Great Yarmouth More...

Male merlin perched on mossy hummock, Shetland Isles

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Nearly fifty Group members visited these RSPB sites in Ribble, Lancashire on 11th December during a lull in the arctic conditions that have had us all shivering over the past few weeks. More...

Male redstart perched on branch

Thursday, 11 November 2010

At the beginning of October sixteen of us spent four days at this Lincolnshire Nature Reserve situated not far from Cleethorpes More...

Oystercatcher wading in shallow water

Friday, 20 August 2010

Hilbre Island is actually three islands More...

Crested tit on branch

Friday, 30 April 2010

The Group has just enjoyed another successful trip More...

Male merlin perched on mossy hummock, Shetland Isles

Saturday, 20 February 2010

Old Hall Marshes is a wonderful place More...

Short-eared owl sitting on the ground

Sunday, 23 August 2009

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

Puffin with sandeels in beak

Saturday, 18 April 2009

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

Male merlin perched on mossy hummock, Shetland Isles

Saturday, 13 December 2008

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...

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...