Field Trips depart from Cambridge Street (at the rear of Baskerville House), Birmingham (map here 
) prompt at the times stated.
Food and drink should be brought and waterproofs. Appropriate clothing and footwear, to guard against the elements, is recommended.
Please note that the 48-seat coach can become fully booked, so non-arrivals on the day can deny those on the waiting list the chance to enjoy the trip. Please contact us — however late — if you cannot honour a booking. On Sunday morning call Ray Davis' mobile: 07762 061603 with any late cancellations. Thank you.
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| Day, Date & Time | Venue (Grid ref. & map link) |
Details |
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| Sunday 24 January 2010 8am–6:30pm (approx.) Postponed from 10 January due to inclement weather. |
Rutland Water , Rutland (SK879071 ) |
Prime inland reservoir with lagoons, marshy margins, fields and woodland to provide a wide range of species to start the year. Cost £11.00 which includes reserve entrance fee. |
| Sunday 7 February 2010 8am–7:00pm (approx.) |
RSPB Newport Wetlands , South Wales (ST334834 ) |
A new venture to visit a fast developing wetland reserve. View waders on estuary and lagoons, seek Cetti's Warblers and Bearded Tits in reedbeds, hope for Bittern and maybe experience the renowned Starling roost. Cost £10.00; plus entrance fee for non members — so bring your RSPB membership card! |
| Sunday 7 March 2010 8am–7pm (approx.) |
Forest of Dean , Gloucestershire (SO620100 ) |
Explore the Forest of Dean at a time of peak activity for Goshawk, Crossbill and Mandarin, Peregrine and other forest species. Cost £10.00. |
| Friday 9 to Sunday 11 April 2010 7pm–6pm (approx.) |
Devon Weekend | Langstone Cliff Hotel , Dawlish Warren (SX975783 ) Travel by own transport. We will search for interesting local resident species, and lingering wintering species, as well as the first summer migrants and rarities that may be present. Cost £60 per person per night for half board (no deposit). Book early for this very popular weekend meeting. |
| Sunday 25 April 2010 8am–7:00pm (approx.) |
Woolston Eyes , near Warrington (SJ660889 ) andMoore Nature Reserve (SJ584857 ), Warrington.
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As ever we expect Black-necked Grebe and first summer migrants at Woolston! At the Moore Nature Reserve, we anticipate warblers and woodland birds including Lesser Spotted Woodpecker — with any luck! Cost £13.00 |
| Sunday 9 May 2010 7:30am–8.00pm (approx.) |
RSPB Ynys Hir (SN682961 ), mid-Wales. |
This prime attractive reserve in mid-Wales should yield Wood Warbler, Pied Flycatcher, Redstart and possibly Tree Pipit and Red Kite as well as other summer migrant warblers. Coastal birds add to the interest. Cost £13.00 |
| Sunday 23 May 2010 7am–8.00pm (approx.) |
RSPB Bempton Cliffs , East Yorkshire (TA197738 )andRSPB Blacktoft Sands , East Yorkshire (SE843232 ) |
The spectacular cliffs at Bempton offer close views of nesting seabirds — Gannet, Guillemot, Puffin and Razorbill! Blacktoft offers estuary reserve good for waders, rarities, raptors, Bearded Tit and maybe Grasshopper Warbler. Cost £13.00 |
| Sunday 13 June 2010 7am–7:30pm (approx.) |
Weeting Heath , Norfolk (TL756881 )and RSPB Lakenheath Fen , Suffolk(TL724866 ) |
In search of rare British breeding birds we start at Weeting Heath hoping for Stone Curlew and possibly Woodlark. In the afternoon we search Lakenheath RSPB for Golden Oriole in the poplar plantations and Common Crane and Bittern in the extended reedbeds. Cost £15.00 which includes reserve entrance fee. |
| Sunday 12 September 2010 7:00am (revised!) –8pm (approx.) |
Titchfield Haven NNR , Hampshire (SU536024 )andFarlington Marshes LNR (SU6804 ), Hampshire.
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Freshwater reedbeds, scrapes and meadows at Titchfield near the sea give possibilities of waders, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler and Water Rail. Migrant terns are a possibility. Coastal grazing marsh with views over mudflats of Langstone Harbour at Farlington promises waders and wildfowl with potential for migrants and rarities. Cost £13.00 |
| Sunday 3 October 2010 7am–8:00pm (approx.) |
Spurn Head (East Yorkshire, TA397109 )
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Jutting out into the North Sea, a Yorkshire Wildlife Trust-owned peninsula that attracts passage migrants and vagrants — expect anything! Cost £13.00 |
| Friday 5 to Sunday 7 November 2010 6:30pm–6pm (approx.) |
Norfolk Weekend | The Cliftonville Hotel , 29 Runton Road, Cromer, Norfolk NR27 9AS (TG213423 )
Travel by own transport (car sharing on Saturday may be more practical to minimise convoy size). We will travel to visit Hickling Broad and Stubb Mill; Salthouse (Cley), Holkham and Titchwell — weather, tides and birds (of course) may decide detail. Waders, wildfowl and sea birds are certain, winter migrants — Snow Bunting, Shore Lark etc. perhaps… cranes, harriers, owls, who knows — tremendous potential. Cost: Around £65.00 per person per night. A deposit of £30 per person required with cheques made payable to The Cliftonville Hotel. |
| Sunday 12 December 2010 8am–7:00pm (approx.) |
RSPB Rainham Marshes , Essex (TQ552792 ) |
Another new venue. Marshland habitat with reedbeds, pools, shallow scrapes, some woodland and grazed meadows by the Thames estuary offers wildfowl, waders, reedbed specialities and rare gulls. Cost £13.00. |
Ornithology in Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire & the West Midlands county, since 1929.
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