Sunshine, twenty four degrees and a gentle breeze welcomed ten of us to this wonderful reserve in Essex. The RSPB acquired this site from the MoD in 2000, who used it as a test firing range and it was officially opened in 2006. After a chat with two of the wardens, Bill and Pat, we […]
Thirteen stalwart (and well wrapped up) members of the Group met at Leysdown on Saturday morning for our first group outing of 2018. With a biting north wind, we needed those layers. The tide was out when we arrived. We were greeted by a pied wagtail on the seawall, and several black-headed […]
Eleven of the group turned out for our Volunteer activity on Saturday. We met at Cliffe Pools car park and were soon issued with litter pickers, loppers, forks and spades by Steph of the rspb. Our initial task was to litter pick, trim overhanging branches, and remove dog faeces from along the track! […]
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 […]
My Wednesday walk this week was to Sevenoaks KWT reserve. We started off in our usual direction, along the side of the largest lake, taking in the hides along the way. The first thing we all noticed was that Great Tit were singing – I had heard one the day before, and realised […]