Author Archives: Martin Kaye

Nine members were well rewarded on the annual trip to Blacktoft with good weather and excellent birding. Immediately sightings of Bearded Tits were had from the visitors centre before we’d even had a chance to get properly started.  Juveniles or … Continue reading →

Reports on two very successful trips. 24th May A mixture of 9 members of both OBC and DOS spent a very pleasant mild evening in the Park. With the recent events of vandalism to the ornamental bridge we noticed immediately … Continue reading →

Six members attended this visit on a gorgeous sunny day, targeting species like Nightingale, Garden Warbler and Med Gull. Within Ten minutes a Med Gull was spotted in the water bathing next to the islands by the visitor center. A … Continue reading →

8 members enjoyed a fabulous morning’s birding in pleasant conditions.  Starting at 08:30 before picnic parties and dog walkers had arrived, we started brilliantly with a distant view of a Whinchat and this was followed in a short space of … Continue reading →

Seven members made the trip and inspite of the strong wind, had a good time (it remained dry which was probably better than most parts of the country).  A total of 39 species were seen which compared to this time … Continue reading →

A very successful trip thanks to the leader Julia Smith who organised everything and who wrote the following report.  Thanks also to Christine Gregory and Dave Hallam for the photos. It was a lively group of 16 birders that met on Sunday … Continue reading →

Eight members chose the dry but chilly weather to visit this fabulous reserve rather than stay at home where as I understand it, the weather was not so kind. We benefitted enormously from the fact that there was a particularly … Continue reading →

The weather forecast was foul causing even the trip leader to bale out.  However, three hardy souls braved the elements and reported as follows: You (i.e. the trip leader) were right to cancel. It rained for the 4 hours we … Continue reading →

This trip was the one which should have taken place on 7th June, but had to be rescheduled after the National Trust closed parts of the park as a result of damage to a number of trees resulting from the … Continue reading →