Sunday 29th March – Portland Bill Report From: Mike Tranter An early start was required by the four members (Dot, Simon, Mike and Ken) and one guest (Laura from WWT Slimbridge), leaving Gloucestershire for the south coast. Made worse by the clocks going forward by an hour over night! We met at 9:15 in the…
Sunday 18th January. On a dull and misty Sunday, 17 Dursley Birders met our leader, Dot Jones, at Slimbridge car park; other members turned up later. Firstly, we went to the Peng Observatory to observe what was on the lake. We stayed a while in the warmth and saw Bewick’s swan some with cygnets (which…
With four days of immersion in nature to look forward to, our intrepid crew set off from the depths of the West Country and headed east. It’s a long way to Sandwich, so we decided to break up the journey and stop for some birding en route. Our two cars met up at Staines Reservoir…
Sunday 3rd August Eight members headed south to Somerset’s 1500 hectare Avalon Marshes for the day and,despite spending much of it getting wet in the unseasonal ‘mizzle’, managed some reasonably successful birding and a few laughs along the way. The Avalon Marshes Egrets were in evidence throughout the day, with one of at least five…