Frampton in Spring

Leader: Nick Goatman

Our first visit is for this year’s programme.  We’re very lucky to have Nick as our guide for the trip. He rarely strays far from Frampton, which has been his local patch for around 20 years; he has recorded well over 200 birds here.

It’s got a great mix of habitats, including two large lakes, small reed beds, hedgerows, and farmland areas, all of which should help us locate some great birds.  We typically see around 50 species of bird, highlights might include:

• Common and Lesser Whitethroat
• Reed, sedge and Willow Warbler
• Ducks, geese
• All of the hirundines & swifts

It’s also a great time to see Hobby – our migratory raptor which congregates here for a couple of weeks before heading off to local areas to breed.

We’ll meet in the small car park at the bottom end of the green on the track to the sailing lake at 8.30am. It’s a flat gentle walk with largely well made paths. We should be out for around 2.5 hours.