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Today’s walk was postponed from yesterday due to the wet weather. Seventeen of us met with cautious optimism of seeing target species of Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Redstart and Yellow Wagtail, following a number of reported sightings during the week (and earlier in the morning!). As we set off towards the Common, we saw a Sparrowhawk

Even though the Kings Wood car park was packed with dog walkers we still managed to find room here and in various lay-bys for the 14 walkers that turned up for this walk. As we left the car park we went in the glorious summer woodland and first saw Nuthatch and Great Spotted Woodpecker. We

Our group birded from the Lodge to Top End hide and back from late morning to mid-afternoon. The passerines were certainly keeping their heads down, and there were very few birds on the water, although significant numbers of Mallards with some Gadwalls were loafing along the North Shore as they do during their moult. I

Not too hot, no rain, a slight breeze, perfect day for a walk, shame that only five people seemed to think so! It started very well with a Red Kite immediately above and flying so low we could see its perfect markings; a little further on and the cry of a Chaffinch, many Crows, Magpie

Ten of us met at a lay-by on the A432 on a baking hot morning. After my really quite good sausage sandwich from the local food van, we set off down a footpath which led us by way of a couple of fields to the suburbia of Frampton Cotterell. It wasn’t birding weather and very

Our group of thirteen, including three newcomers, met in the village of Somerford Keynes, where a good number of doves and Swallows could be seen; a Green Woodpecker was heard but not seen. We set out toward Pit 37, having spotted Little Grebe on the village lake and Migrant Hawker dragonflies flying above. The ground

It was 21C and stayed dry. Fourteen of us met by St Katherine’s church on Felton Common. Swallows and a House Martin were feeding around us as we made our way across the common and we glimpsed several Skylarks fluttering around the bracken. Some of us also briefly saw a Stonechat with the House Sparrows

Sixteen birders set off on the long slope down into the tranquil valley immediately spotting a Treecreeper showing off. Soon our curiosity was sparked when we noticed a pair of large metal sheets just off the path which we carefully lifted up, hoping to spot some wildlife resting in the cool and dark. There was

We numbered 14 in the group on a cooler day than recently with a stiff breeze along the Severn Way. From the path above the lake, we saw Gadwall, Mallard, Moorhen, Mute Swan and Little Grebe. The occasional call from a Chiffchaff was heard as we walked the path towards the river, with Reed Warblers

Thirteen enthusiastic birders began from the small harbour at Pill where there was an incoming tide. This would prove to be quite a hot day starting out around 20C and ending on our return at 25/26C. Despite this our bird count for the day of 30 species was respectable. We assembled on the green with