Leader - Simon Ashley Yathin sk, CC BY-SA 3.0, White-Tailed Eagle Located on the Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, it's a beautiful place to visit, especially for nature lovers and bird watchers. Our visit, in the depths of winter, will take in the Middlebere Lookout - an new spacious hide - placed to take advantage… Read More »RSPB Arne

Leader - Dot Jones Pobpob11, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Meet our in-house expert WWT leader at 9.30 for a walk around the trust grounds and hides. We can expect to see a large variety of Waders, Ducks Geese and other Wetland Birds. Numbers will be at about their peak. Highlights should include Common… Read More »Slimbridge Hides

Leader - Simon Ashley Brent geese at Farlington by David Martin, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Our main aim today is to explore Pagham harbour reserves we’ll likely take in Selsey Bill for a cheeky sea watch and explore the complex of reserves and hides that make up the reserve. It is just about at… Read More »Selsey Bill / Pagham Harbour

Leader - Ken Cservenka Francesco Veronesi from Italy, CC BY-SA 2.0,Goshawk   We'll be in the right place at the right time - hopefully with the right weather. So we have a good chance of seeing Goshawks and if we're really lucky we'll see them performing their version of the sky dance courtship. This area… Read More »New Fancy View – Forest of Dean

Leader:  Dot Jones Skylark Neil Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0 Managed by the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (WWT) Steart Marshes, is an expansive and biodiverse wetland area located on the north-west coast of Somerset, England. It represents a significant habitat for a wide array of wildlife, particularly bird species, but also includes mammals like otters, and… Read More »Steart Marshes

Ken Billington, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Learn how to make a swift box, all materials provided. Meet experts from Stroud Swift Group and give a suggested  £15 donation to take your box home.

Leader: Nick Goatman Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Sand Martins Time for some early spring migrants.  Sand Martins aplenty. Meet in the small car park at the bottom end of the green on the track to the sailing lake at 8.30am. Nick our resident expert will be leading this walk.

Leader: Malcolm Royal Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, Stone Curlew This is one of my all time favourite trips. - trip to some hidden and less well known areas of Salisbury Plain and surrounding areas.  Details of exact time and meeting place may change as we get closer to the event but… Read More »Wiltshire Downs

Leader - Ken Cservenka A. tour around this local nature reserve, targets include ealry spring migrants.  We might hear a cuckoo. Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0, Sedge Warbler  

Leader - Simon Ashley A very leisurely stroll around one of Gloucestershire's preeminent butterfly spots, we hope to see some of the early spring butterflies. More importantly we'll have ice cream when we've finished. Spotted on Previous visits around same time of year Duke of Burgundy Green Hairstreak Common Blue Brown Argus Small Copper Small… Read More »Butterflies of Rodborough Common

Leader -  Barbara Wood Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wood Warbler Your chance to some of those elusive summer visitors, Redstart, Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher. Together with Crossbill, Siskin, Dipper, Firecrest and Goshawk.  What more could you want. We meet at the Nagshead carpark. The path can be muddy so please… Read More »Forest of Dean and Nagshead

Leader -  Dot Jones Afsarnayakkan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Garganey Great opportunity to visit Slimbridge with our own resident expert to steer us round and give us the best chance to see everything that will be there.