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.

Leader  Simon Ashley Frank Vassen from Brussels, Belgium, CC BY 2.0, Woodlark Who doesn't love the beautiful liquid song with a downward lilt that belongs to the Woodlark.  We'll go in search of these mystic birds - sadly lost to Gloucestershire.  We'll need to leave early to have the best chance of catching them, depart… Read More »Greenham Common

Leader: Barbara Wood Martin Mecnarowski (http://www.photomecan.eu/), CC BY-SA 3.0, Spotted Flycatcher Rough Bank is an SSSI owned and managed by Butterfly Conservation. At this time of year 10 species of butterfly are possible as well as good numbers of birds. On a past club trip to the site I recall seeing, among others, Redstart, Spotted… Read More »Birds and Butterflies of Rough Bank

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,… Read More »Nightjars in the Forest of Dean

Leader - Simon Ashley Yuvalr, CC BY-SA 3.0, Turtle Dove Car share trip leaving from Cheapside Carpark in Stroud at 8:00am - Arriving at Martin Down  top carpark around 10:30am. This often an excellent trip and probably offers the best chance of one seeing a turtle dove this year.  The turtle dove is a species… Read More »Martin Down

Leader - Nick Goatman Shantanu Kuveskar, CC BY-SA 4.0, Hobby Our ever popular series of local walks at local hotspot Frampton,  continues led by patch expert Nick Goatman. We'll be looking for the special birds and other wildlife of this area. Meet at 08.30 in the small car park which is situated near the bottom… Read More »Frampton In Summer

Leader:  Susanne  Zamze Ron Knight from Seaford,CC BY 2.0, Great Spotted Woodpecker Massive thanks to Susanne Zamze for leading this walk.  We’ll meet at the Reserve Car Park at 10:00am Lower Woods Nature Reserve is a vast ancient woodland located in Gloucestershire, England. Although woodland birding can be challenge in the summer – when leaves… Read More »Lower Woods Nature Reserve: A Haven for Birds, Plants, and Insects

Leader - Simon Ashley Matt Witt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons We’re running a three day trip to South Devon around the weekend of 2-5 August. We'll be based near Brixham, the intention is to spend one day on a pelagic trip, and see a few sea specialists and for the remaining days we’ll… Read More »Devon Residential 2-5th Aug

Leader - Simon Ashley Hugh Venables / Bearded Tit (Panurus biarmicus) September is a transitional month, marking the end of summer and the beginning of autumn migration. Timing our visit hopefully means we’ll  get to see a mix of summer visitors, resident birds, those arriving for winter and those migratory species passing through. We’ve visited Radipole Lake… Read More »Radipole Lake & Weymouth area