Leader - Nick Goatman Andreas Trepte, CC BY-SA 2.5, Yellow Wagtail via Wikimedia Commons This is the second of our meetings with Nick during this programme, 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 of the green at… Read More »Frampton in Summer
Leader Jeanne Vitkovskis. Redshank Hobbyfotowiki, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons This will be a car share meeting. Directions – Take the M5 North to Junction 5 . Follow the signs to Webbs of Wychbold (a large garden centre) on the A38 north. After passing the garden centre on a roundabout continue round take the second turning… Read More »Upton Warren,Worcestershire
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