Osprey - Pete Blanchard
Trip Reports
Tuesday 21 June – Velvet Bottom Leader Nick Hawkridge
June 21, 2022
Alas there was a traffic problem in Bristol so we lost a couple of car loads of walkers. Nine walkers – including Simon, a veteran member but a new Tuesday walker, started along the path towards the Bottom. A Redstart family was an immediate sighting, followed by Bullfinch, Raven, singing Blackcap and Chiffchaff and a
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