Scattered houses, a light railway and hundreds of acres of gravel

Saturday 8^th May, 2021

It is a prime site at most times of the year At this season there should be nesting activity, incoming migrants, and sea passage.

See http://www.eastberksrspb.org.uk/calendar/56/359-RSPB-Dungeness-2021-br-Saturday-COACH-trip/ for more details

Meet at 7 a.m. at Braywick Park (Braywick Sports Ground) Braywick Rd Maidenhead (SU892798 / SL6 1DX)

Sedge Warblers sing their eccentric, excitable songs from reeds and bushes

Sunday 25th April , 2021

All nine regular warblers should be back, so we will get out early while they are still singing . There is a good chance on this extensive and varied site of finding Cuckoo, Common Tern, Swift and hirundines, as well as some passage waders.

Meet at 7.30 a.m. at Lavells Discovery Centre Car park (SU786725 / RG10 0SU) (Parking charge £1.50/hr)

(For more about this area see County Sites on this web-site)

A Roebuck in winter coat and antler velvet at Moor Green

Thursday 17^th December, 2020

We will walk around the lakes (possibly a short walk for some and a longer walk for others) to look for wildfowl, wintering finches etc., and maybe owls and raptors. Roe Deer are frequently seen.

If the weather does not suit, or if you want a gentle social lunch, simply join us for our Christmas meal at 1.30 p.m. Details will be available later but you must book well in advance.

Meet at 10 a.m. at Moor Green NR car park for the walk. (SU805627/ RG40 3TJ)

Lunch Menu and Booking (essential) via Carole White

(For more about this area see County Sites on this web-site)

Wildfowl and other water birds are sometimes corralled by winter ice 

Tuesday 5^th January, 2021

Walk off the New Year excesses, get a breath of air, and see some interesting birds to start your year-list. Drinks and snacks afterwards are optional, but you will need to book in advance. It is a gentle walk with lots of stops, but the wooded margins and the lake itself may throw up a wide variety of species and we should have time to check out Main Pit – just in case!

Meet at 10 a.m. in The Fox and Hounds car park at SU649698 / RG7 4BE

(For more about this area see County Sites on this web-site)

EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO CURRENT RESTRICTIONS

Spoonbills are now a regular feature at this site

Sunday 28th March, 2021

This site – an extensive area of marshlands, reed-beds and pools along the shore of the Solent – can normally produce a huge variety of waders and wildfowl, with a good chance of sea-ducks, divers and scarce grebes. The area rarely fails to produce something really special.

Meet at 9.00 a.m. at Keyhaven car park (SZ308916 / SO41 0TR) for limited free parking; there is a paying car park nearby and toilets.

Great Bustards feeding at the conservation site

March 2021: visit by car to the Great Bustard reintroduction site (Dates are flexible)

This is a good time to see the spectacular leks. These birds now qualify as a British species breeding freely in the wild. Access to the hide is via booking only and there is a fee. The site in Wiltshire is about 75 mins by car from Reading. Parking is in a nearby village and visitors are transferred to the site by Landrover.

Contact Ray Reedman before the end of January if you wish to book via the club.

The reed-beds and pools at Rainham 

Sunday 7^th February, 2021

Rainham is a wildlife oasis close to the M25 crossing of the Thames. It turns up all sorts, from Bearded Tits and Water Pipits to Short-eared Owls and Bitterns. For more detail see: http://www.eastberksrspb.org.uk/calendar/56/353-RSPB-Rainham-Marshes-2021-br-Sunday-COACH-trip/

Meet at 7 a.m. at Braywick Park (Braywick Sports Ground) Braywick Rd Maidenhead (SU892798 / SL6 1DX)

THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELLED

Large flocks of waders roost at Oare Marshes

Sunday 22nd November 2020

We will visit one or more of the superb birding sites in this diverse county. Details will be decided closer to the date according to what offers the best day’s birding. The problem is that there is so many good sites to choose from. Oare, which is featured above, is rivalled by sites like the Isle of Sheppey, Cliff, Grove Ferry, Stodmarsh and Dungeness. We shall just have to see…

The reserve, looking inland from the sea-front

Thursday 17^th September, 2020

We may not have group access to the reserve, but we can watch part of it from the sea-front and there is still a great deal of good birding habitat in the beach, on the Solent, along the canal path and along Brownwich Cliffs. At passage time, many species of waders, passerines, terns and raptors gather at this coastal launch pad. It is an excellent time to look for Bearded Tits. There are often interesting sea birds on the Solent.

Meet at 9.30 a.m. on Meon sea-front (SU535023 / PO14 3JT)

Black-necked Grebes at Woolhampton

Thursday 14^st November, 2019

This is an area of lakes and scrub adjacent to the Kennet and Avon Canal, which often has a wide variety of water birds, winter thrushes etc. and sometimes hosts rarer grebes and the odd diver. Much will depend on the prevailing weather.

Meet at 10 a.m. in the car park if the Rowbarge Inn (SU572664 /RG7 5SH