Ogston Sightings
- Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Blackbird, Black-headed Gull, Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Canada Goose, Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff (19), Coal Tit, Coot,…
- Tuesday 1st April 2025
Blackbird, Blackcap (1), Black-headed Gull (35), Blue Tit, Bullfinch, Buzzard (7), Carrion Crow, Chiffchaff (19), Coal…
- Recorder’s report – March 2025
A total of 101 species were reported during March, from a total of 1518 sightings. The total for…
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Trip Report – Rutland Water – 26/1/20
Thirteen members assembled in the car park at the allotted time and because we were so numerous, got a reduced rate for entry to the reserve. Starting birding upstairs at the visitors centre overlooking lagoon 1, it was not long … Continue reading
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Trip Report – Frampton Marsh Sunday 25th August 2019
Well, who’d have thought it? With our regular trip organiser away on holiday, two ‘volunteers’ stepped up to the plate to lead our merry gang of birders around the ever delightful Frampton Marsh Reserve. There was little pressure on our … Continue reading
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Report on Trip to RSPB Blacktoft Sands – 25th July 2019
Fourteen members turned up on this the hottest day of the year so far. (On the return journey, my car clocked 38 deg C.) While there weren’t many birds about, perhaps as a result of the heat, nonetheless, the group … Continue reading
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Nightjar Trip Report 23rd July 2019
This is by far the latest date in the year that we’ve run a Nightjar trip and it proved to be a mistake. A full complement of members attended what proved to be the most disappointing birding trip thus far. … Continue reading
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Nightjar Trip Report – Tue 16th July 2019
Ten members of the club joined the leader for another Nightjar evening in Clumber Park. We were all pleased to welcome a nice mild evening, a change from the last trip. Many in the party were quietly excited, they had never … Continue reading
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Nightjar Trip Report 26/6/19
The forecast was that it would stop raining at 17:00 and then remain dry for our evening trip. At 16:30 it was still raining persistently so a quick phone call to the trip leader John Parlby and the trip was … Continue reading
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Report on Annesley Pit Top trip 21/6/19
Eight members assembled at the car park in, for this year, unseasonably, warm and sunny weather. Mind you, when the wind blew in some of the more exposed parts of the reserve, it still felt decidedly chilly. A first time … Continue reading
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Report on evening trip to Clumber 22nd May 2019
A full complement of 10 members enjoyed a warm evening in Clumber Park. Beginning in Hardwick Village, the group first heard a Cuckoo calling and then were incredibly lucky to see it posing at the top of a bush, long … Continue reading
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Report on Trip to Whisby & Langford Lowfields 17th May 2019
Nine members assembled in the car park at Whisby with the organiser counting his blessings that it had stopped raining and was actually brightening up. Walking through the early part of the reserve, an early disappointment at the lack of … Continue reading
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Report on Lawrence Field Trip 10/5/19
Raining at 08:00 didn’t bode well so it was much relief that it had stopped when we arrived at the roadside park above Padley Gorge. Ten members then set off across Lawrence Field Moor in rather dull conditions hardly daring … Continue reading
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