Category Archives: Trip Reports

An extremely successful trip to Clumber Park was led by John Parlby on Thursday evening 26th June.  The maximum of 10 members attended and 40 species of bird were clocked up in the 3.5 hours that we were there. Initially … Continue reading →

Eleven members gathered at Grindleford Station, and were rapidly made aware of the first disadvantage of the still overcast weather – midges! However, once underway, we seemed to be able to keep ahead of the little pests. Early on, we … Continue reading →

This was an incredibly successful trip which, while the group experienced some mixed weather, was nonetheless able to bird every day, clocking up 114 different species including most of the iconic birds that the Highlands are famous for.  The group … Continue reading →

Ten members went on the trip and in spite of the strong breeze which blew throughout, it is fair to say that all enjoyed the day.  We were also lucky because the two heavy rain showers occurred whilst we were in … Continue reading →

This was the second official trip of the year and again we were blessed with good weather although the wind was a bit strong for it to be really pleasant.  Six members managed to clock up 51 species with one … Continue reading →

With the weather set fair, the trip could hardly do anything but succeed.  As it happened I think that it surpassed everyone’s expectations. Twelve members met up by the Derwent Dam wall and spent the first 45 minutes scanning the … Continue reading →

Eleven folk met up at Frampton at 10:00 a.m. and enjoyed a full day at the reserve in glorious sunshine. Sadly we didn’t manage to see the Buff Breasted Sandpiper (but then no one else at the reserve that day … Continue reading →