Eleven of the group met at this Essex Wildlife Trust reserve on the River Colne. After several windy days we were met beautiful sunny day with an almost cloudless sky. This reserve has a mix of habitats including woodland, scrub, marsh and a relatively new intertidal area where the river wall was breached to allow […]
Fourteen of us gathered at the Old Lighthouse, Dungeness, on a very cold but sunny and clear day. We were met by Jack, one of the Dungeness National Nature Reserve wardens, who gave us a briefing on what we may see around the area and at the RSPB reserve. Making our way out to the […]
Expectations were low as fourteen of us gathered in the RSPB car park on this cold, windy but dry day! On the leaders’ recce only eleven species had been spotted so the first target was to see at least one bird species for every member attending. The second target was to find the notoriously […]
Fourteen met at Oare car park for our walk. The strong breeze did make walking and hearing birds a bit of a challenge and telescopes were shaking at times, but the sun shone and we had a good day with some great birds. We started off at the slipway – it’s always exciting to […]
Big Garden Birdwatch is coming up at the end of the month. We already have a trip on 29th January to Oare on our programme, but if you would like another opportunity to look for wildlife and take part, why not come along to Swanscombe Marshes on Sunday 30th January (10:00 am-11:30am). In partnership […]
Is anyone interested in volunteering for the Group? Or do you know anyone who might be able to help us? We currently have vacancies for a Treasurer and a Newsletter Editor. If you are interested in either role, please contact Paul, our group leader via email here. See further details of each role […]
14 members of the group met up at the Brooklands end of the Leybourne Lakes complex near Snodland.The weather was foggy but we were determined not to let that stop us! Our walk began along a raised path through trees with a stream on one side and Brookland Lake on the other. Trying to look […]
I have had a reply regarding the colour-ringed common redshank seen by members of the group at Reculver on 2nd January. The colour rings were seen really well on Steve’s photograph: left leg: yellow over blue flag right leg: green over white The information has come back confirming that the bird was ringed by Swale Wader […]