Nightjars in the Forest of Dean

Leader: Ken Cservenka

UPDATE: The weather forecast is terrible for Thursday, so we’ve now moved the event Tuesday evening (11/6). Apologies for any inconvience and the vaguries of the British weather.

Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan, CC BY-SA 2.0 Nightjar

We meet at 7.30 pm in the lay-by near the stone works on the B4228, which is the road running parallel to Cannop Ponds from Parkend. We will have a walk looking for wildfowl and waterfowl (Mandarin, Grebes, Wagtails & Dipper) also woodland species such as Warblers, Flycatchers and Redstart) Leaving around 8.45pm we will drive to another part of the forest for a walk looking for Nightjars, Owls and Woodcock as the Nightjars can start churring around 9.40pm.

Nightjars can be relatively late migrants and this year we hope to discover them in a location subject to information received so try to come for the whole meeting.