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It was a cloudy but dry start to our day as 19 of us met in the RSPB Blean Wood car park. We were all hoping for a sighting of the now rare Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, which although Sandra and I had tried several times before in the Blean, had never managed to see one. […]
Fourteen of us gathered at the Stodmarsh car park and despite the odd shower burst on the drive over, the day was to turn out surprisingly calm and mild. Due to the recent rain and snow fall I felt that the tracks along the river Stour and across the meadow in the centre of the […]
On a beautiful sunny day, twenty-four of us gathered in the Salt Lane car park and welcomed four new faces – Mandy, Paul, Carol and Graham. The usual array of wood pigeon, collared dove and crows flew overhead as we made our way to the Crystal Pool. There were coot, tufted duck, great crested grebe, […]
Elmley is a family run farm with marshland rich in wildlife, home to large numbers of wintering wildfowl and breeding waders – over 40 species of birds breed and raise young here. The winter rain had filled the ditches rills and pools and near the entrance sheep were grazing and brown hares could be seen […]
Eight of us met at the old lighthouse on a miserable overcast day. However, despite the apocalyptic forecast, the morning proved not to be too bad. We walked out to the beach and saw sparrows, starlings and blue tit in the scrub on the way. We decided not to go as far as the patch […]
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 […]
Sunday 17th December: Wendy and I woke up to find we could barely see the end of our garden for fog and it was wet and cold. Oh well, knowing the intrepid Gravesend Group birders someone was bound to be at Leybourne so we packed a flask and set off. On our way down […]
The day started at Cliffe Pools with 10 hardy souls braving the cold weather. We didn’t move far spending the first 20 minutes at the car park end of Crystal Pool where happily everyone managed to get a good look at the frequently diving pair of Black-Necked Grebe. On the ‘Pools’ were, Ringed Plover, Grey […]