Our summer Nightjar watching evenings are back for 2025 and booking up fast! Dates & availability as follows:
Fri 30th May - 4 spaces
Thurs 12th June - 2 spaces
Sat 21st June - 1 space
To book follow the link below and click 'join this walk' on your preferred date 👇
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Another great day in Norfolk which started with a bang on a local walk along the coast path from Burnham Deepdale - a ringtail Hen Harrier (1 of 6 raptor species), Barn Owl, 4 Spoonbill, 9 Black-Tailed Godwit & Grey Plover were all new for the year and we got to watch two Chinese Water Deer chasing each other around which was only the 2nd time I've seen this feral wetland specialist!
A cracking afternoon walk at Norfolk Wildlife Trust Cley Marshes followed with plenty of close up Marsh Harrier action (including the stonking male in the video) and some quality waders including another Grey Plover, 18 Avocet and my first Ruff of the year 😊
Top walk with Will & Rebecca at Attenborough Nature Reserve this afternoon - always a top site for obliging views of water birds! Highlights were several species of wonderful wildfowl including Shoveler, Goldeneye, Teal and Goosander, Great Egret, Lapwings and the adult Caspian Gull
Nice guided walk with a lovely group at Carsington this morning, cold and quiet but some great views of displaying Goldeneye, grazing Wigeon, Pochard, Gadwall, a brief Willow Tit, a Great Black Backed Gull and a pair of recently returned Oystercatcher amongst others - poor visibility meant the Divers remained elusive this time!
Red-Throated Diver at Carsington Water today was a county ✔️ for me and showed wonderfully well at times. The regular wintering Great Northern Diver was also present as were the Scaup too, as well as a great selection of other wildfowl (Goldeneye, Wigeon, Pochard, Gadwall, Teal and Grebes) with a Willow Tit and Cetti's Warbler at Millfields and a Red Kite over - a good day's birding at this superb site! 😊
A wader packed walk up to Boulmer from Alnmouth today adding Grey Plover, Blackwit & Purple Sandpiper to the year list. Such a great spot for shorebirds with lots of Sanderling, Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Turnstone along with Barwit, Redshank & Curlew. A single, disgruntled Snipe and a Common Sandpiper were the suprise finds along the beach!
We're up and running at the Friends of Nottingham Road Cemetery - Derby open day - free to join nature walks at 11am & 1pm. Plenty to see and learn. One of our juv Sparrowhawks showing well already and Green Woodpecker, GS Woodpecker, RN Parakeet and a pulse of House Martins through!
3 spaces remaining on our autumn bird walk at Carsington Water on Sunday 1st September - always plenty of interest with wildfowl, local scarcities like Willow Tit & Tree Sparrow with the chance of passage waders and passerines 👇
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This delightful Redshank entertained us on a walk here earlier in the year! 😍
Still spaces available on our family friendly summer bat walks starting next week:
Thurs 8th August - Derby & Darley Park
Sat 17th August - Locko Park (Spondon)
Short, easy evening walks with plenty to see and enjoy as the sun goes down!
See our blog for more information and get in touch to book 👇
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Great hour watching up to 5 local Sparrowhawk (including 3 recently fledged noisy juveniles) at Notts Road Cemetery this morning with both adults chasing the Green Woodpeckers (something they do quite frequently especially when there are juvenile Woodpeckers around). Also two Kestrel on site and a new bird for the cemetery with a Great White Egret over.
Here is a bit of video of one of the young Sparrowhawks with a second bird calling from nearby - Friends of Nottingham Road Cemetery - Derby
Full day, shorter and bespoke walks available.
