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 […]
The first group outing of the New Year was to Shellness and Capel Fleet. Twenty-one of us met Jeff near Leysdown as the tide fell exposing large expanses of mud. Distant waders were identified through the misty morning light, and we soon had a list with Turnstone, Dunlin, Sanderling, Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Knot, […]
On a cold wintry day with snow falling I found myself with my usual Wednesday crew walking at Cliffe. As we donned our layers a group of around 30 chaffinch fed on seeds nearby, as we moved around they flew across the car park to nearby trees then returned as their confidence grew. Linnet were […]