Watching the weather forecasts this week I did not expect to be leading the Elmley trip on a lovely sunny morning. On the track to the main reserve we saw marsh harrier, curlew, skylark, and lapwing. On the sacrificial crop near the farm goldfinch and linnet fed, and a robin ‘ticked’ as it joined them. […]
Our first outing of 2015 was a rather foggy affair, but that did not deter 21 people who gathered at Leysdown. As it was coming up to a high tide we decided to move down to the car park at Shellness and wander towards the high tide roost. That was not before we […]
As we drove onto the reserve we were met with flooded fields and ditches with huge flocks of starling, lapwing and over 50 curlew on one side of the track – a further 60 on the other. Mute swan, greylag geese, coot, redshank and a marsh harrier were also spotted as we continued along […]
It was a dry and cloudy morning when 9 of us met at Reculver for our first trip out in November. Clifford and Joan Goble were our leaders and they steered us along the coastal path towards Minnis Bay. It was fairly quiet on the bird front, only a few swans bobbing on the sea […]