Did you watch Winterwatch 2020? What was your highlight of the series? Well for me it was undoubtedly the film of the roosting treecreeper. If you missed it, the film showed a treecreeper coming to roost in a depression in the soft bark of a Giant Sequoia tree. It was also filmed waking up and […]
Our second outdoor meeting of the year was to Elmley Nature Reserve on Sheppey, a family run farm with marshland and nature trails. Once having passed through the gate there is a two mile drive to reach the car park. However, this drive in is part of your wildlife watching experience as there can be […]
In previous years some of us have made a one day “survey” of grey wagtails along the river Darent. We have shown that at least 5-6 pairs breed successfully between Farningham and Otford. This year we were rather unsuccessful, we found the birds at only two sites and saw only one fledgling. However, as with […]
I have never played bingo but this blog post is about Black-headed gulls on Gravesend promenade. If you have had enough of all of that then look away now! But it is interesting. And all these numbers and letters have got me confused. Sally and I went back to Gravesend promenade. I wanted to say […]
One of the benefits of being in a RSPB local group is to meet like minded people and find out what birds and wildlife they are seeing. Recently, Steve B. emailed me to let me know that he had seen a coal tit in his Gravesend garden. So what’s special about that? Well Steve thought […]
On a cloudy, dull November morning, 18 of us met in the very wet and muddy car park at Oare Marshes Wildlife Reserve. Oare Marshes consist of 176 acres and is owned and managed by Kent Wildlife Trust. It was almost high tide and the mud flats on the Swale were covered so we decided […]
Today Sally and I made a short birdwatching trip to Gravesend Promenade. The first birds to grab our attention were a pair of common gulls parading in unison, with dropped wings, across the mud – all the while giving a very loud raucous call (the birds, not us). This must be some kind of display […]
On a very bright and clear Saturday morning 14 of us met at the Old Lighthouse. Instead of our usual trip straight to the beach, we took a slight detour on the path round the Lighthouse as there had been a report of firecrest and goldcrest being seen in the bushes. Unfortunately, it was not […]