On Sunday 19 September 21 of us met at the Old Lighthouse in Dungeness. The weather was overcast but dry and with only a slight breeze. Before leaving the car park a sparrowhawk and kestrel flew over the lighthouse and a peregrine was spotted perching on a pylon. Making our way to the beach small […]
On a blustery and damp day thirteen of us met to explore this hidden gem tucked away just north of Sevenoaks and south of the M26. The reserve is based around several large lakes, left over from gravel workings in the last century and includes areas of varied woodland and open fields. The river Darent […]
Several members of the group have recently seen sparrowhawk in the garden. Some of the birds have been particularly gregarious, staying around and seeming almost curious around the human occupants, maybe young birds? I tend to see sparrowhawk in the garden more often in the autumn than the rest of the year, this is […]
As this was the last trip of 2018 hopes were high as (a lucky) 13 of us set out on a fine, sunny and still winter’s day to see what the Medway Estuary had in store. As it was low tide we were greeted by acres of mud and decided to set out for Horrid […]
Autumn has arrived and a merry band of seven well prepared group members met at Rainham Marshes on a very wet Sunday morning. It seemed as if the house sparrows were feeling in a similar mood – as we gathered in the shelter of the visitor centre, they were gathering under the bird house feeder […]
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 […]
A dozen of us joined Simon Ginnaw for a walk in Mote Park on Sunday. The plan was to do some bird watching and as the sun set look for some bats. As many of you will already know Mote Park has been Simon’s local patch since he was 14, and his knowledge of […]
A lovely day out, even though it rained a little this morning. At Conyer we saw many swallow gathering on telegraph wires ready to migrate. Hundreds of house martin were feeding up high above us, chattering away to each other (presumably keeping in contact in their family groups). Surprisingly, we also found […]