Fifteen members met where London Road meets Bury Lane in Wick. Temperature around 14C with a gusty westerly breeze. A few Swift and House Martin were in view. We proceeded along the public footpath through the Cemex works, following roughly the route of Dog Brook to Golden Valley Road. A Mistle Thrush was singing at the top of a Leyland Cypress with a Song Thrush in the background and a Jay was spotted. Although it was dry to start with, it started to rain heavily along this section. We followed the River Boyd to the bridge and then climbed up on through the Golden Valley Nature reserve, with the rain gone after we stopped at the quarry viewpoint for coffee. Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls provided entertainment over the lake. Carrying on to Rock Road, two Red Kite were seen and a flock of Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Rooks were in the fields and a Chaffinch singing. We went back onto the footpath around the quarry works and returned to the start. Along this section we saw a small flock of Long-tailed Tits and Blue Tits near the house with the Emus (not added to the list). Along the way, there were good numbers of warblers (Chiffchaff and Blackcap) also a few Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, and songs of Dunnock, Chaffinch, Greenfinch and Goldfinch were heard. Thanks to Geoff Hardman for leading. (Apologies to Geoff and to Alan for the omission of this report from July Club News). Alan Daniells