Our first trip in December found us at Shellness at the extreme east end of the Swale. As is quite usual now, I bought a loaf of “Mother’s Pride” from a shop in Leysdown, and tried feeding the black headed gulls on the seawall. Of course, this is a purely scientific venture. The aim is […]
18 keen birdwatchers joined me for our last outdoor meeting of 2013. A bright sunny day, with a surprisingly mild breeze gave us an excellent opportunity to enjoy some sea watching. The patch was busy as usual with many black-headed and herring gulls, with a few great black backed, lesser black backed and […]
Gravesend RSPB Local Group is moving to a new evening venue in January 2014. In future our evening talks will take place at Northfleet School for Girls, Hall Rd, Northfleet, DA11 8AQ. Meetings will be on Thursdays starting at the slightly earlier time of 7.30pm. Entry will be £3.50 with refreshments. Parking is free. Our talks […]
We went to Reculver on our last birdwatching trip in November. It was a rather cold, misty and drab sort of day. However one of the first birds that we saw was a black redstart hawking for insects(!) from the towers of the Roman Fort. Sally’s photograph does show the bird but, I admit, you […]
On Monday Sally and I made another visit to Chatham and we just had time for a few minutes bird watching on the “Waterfront”. The tide was in and a few black-headed gulls were loafing around. This juvenile black-headed gull caught my eye and Sally was able to take a short video of the bird […]
Cold and grey, my first walk out with the group for two months did not have the best weather forecast, but 15 of us joined Paul for our Sunday walk at this excellent reserve. With its mix of habitats there is always the chance of a surprise or two. We set off into the […]