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A delightful walk between Luckington and Sherston on a cool and windy Tuesday. As soon as the group of 21 set off we counted Swifts and House Martins circling the village, with Sparrows chattering in the hedges and Wren calling. On entering the churchyard, Coal Tit, Goldcrest, Blackcap and Long-tailed Tits were seen. Onward we

This was our annual, evening field trip for Nightjars. We met initially at Cannop Ponds, Forest of Dean for a short walk through the woodland alongside the lakes. It was fairly quiet; a couple of singing Blackcaps and Song Thrushes and a family of Long-tailed Tits. There was a good count of Grey Wagtails with

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

The walk started with Swifts and Chaffinches near the village and after crossing the main road we had several Corn Buntings and Skylarks in the bushes and fields. Along the track were more Corn Buntings, singing and flying. A Yellowhammer was spotted in a nearby tree adding to our list. As we approached Rushmead Lane

A good crowd (24) turned up in reasonable conditions to crisscross our way over Felton Common. Most of the walk we were accompanied by the singing of Skylarks (parachute flight), Whitethroats (around their territories) and Linnets. A distant Kestrel was monitoring the rustlings from a landing light post, Swallows zipped over the grass at knee

I didn’t expect a lot from the walk when only one of the Reed Warblers which had serenaded us on the recce produced any song, but there were plenty of Whitethroats – if one could hear them through the din of the M5. 13 people walked past Pill harbour, which produced only a few Mallard,

The car park was busy; ominously full of bike-racked cars and vans, but we came through unscathed and even avoided the horses. In dappled sunlight and a fresh breeze we started our tally with Bullfinch, quickly followed by Stock Dove singing its dulcet ‘ooo-ue’ in the woods. Our first target was achieved with singing Wood

Fourteen members met on a mostly dry day. We were treated to views of a Lesser Whitethroat in the thick hedge bordering the road and two Peregrines which flew over. Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs, a Greenfinch, a Bullfinch were also heard. Entering the woods we heard Treecreepers and Goldcrests. We passed the rookery which has about 40

We were fortunate to have a fine and sunny day for our field trip. Coaches are not permitted to enter Worth Matravers so we walked down the road to the village and then towards the coast at Winspit. The route was a Whitethroat alley with several singing males along the way and two Red Kites

Eighteen of us met at the lower car park in Burrington Coombe on a warm, sunny morning. We walked up through the woods onto Burrington Ham. We walked along the flank of Black Down past oak woods and carpets of bluebells. Finally, we walked down the other side of the Coombe to our starting point.