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 […]
Sevenoaks Wildlife Reserve was the venue for our Tuesday walk this month and although the traffic was quite bad, 14 of us met up near the tea bar. Whilst some watched a kingfisher from the nearby hide, others enjoyed a relaxing cup of tea whilst listening to chiffchaff, robin, blackbird and blackcap (amongst others). […]
This Wednesday Malcolm had the bright idea to travel the byways of Kent in search of Grey Wagtail territories. As the driver of a car only washed the day before I was delighted to ramble down narrow country lanes with potholes in abundance – Malcolm helpfully requesting that I avoid them of course! […]
Twenty of us gathered in the car park at Sevenoaks today for Sue & Cliff’s debut as walk leaders, and what a great job they did! With all the recent rain, it was no surprise to find that access to various parts of the reserve was restricted with Carter Hide under water and much […]
When we set off this morning, the weather was overcast, and rain threatened, but with Malcolm’s “it’ll be sunny by 11:30” ringing in our ears we decided on Blean Woods to start and then Reculver. Our thoughts were that if we were likely to see a lesser spotted woodpecker this year then we needed to […]
At last a lovely bright sunny day without the need for all the thermals and layers. My usual weekly wander took me to Bossenden Wood this week. We parked in a side road and as we donned the walking gear there were lots of birds enjoying feeders and shelter in a nearby garden. First off […]
As the weather was still cold and snow lay on the ground we decided to try a local walk again this week. We started off at Cobham, near the Mausoleum. Blue Tit and Great Tit were the most numerous birds we encountered at first, along with some Crows and a couple of Green […]
So, what have I been up to recently? Well during the last few days I have been at Millbrook Garden Centre with Irene helping Malcolm and Sally with the Spring Birdwatch event. This time with a photographic competition for those who wanted to take part, and a colouring activity for the children over the […]