Osprey - Pete Blanchard
Trip Reports
Saturday 18 July – Forest of Dean Leader: Caron Thornton Trippit
July 18, 2026
Eleven of us arrived at the Speech House car park for this evening meeting to see a few birds flitting in the trees and Woodpigeon calling. On making our way into the forest, the excitement started when we had prolonged views of a Firecrest with two juveniles found by James. Further along there were Song
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