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| Day, Date & Time | Venue (Grid ref. & map link) |
Details |
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| Sunday 11 January 2009 8am–6:30pm (approx.) |
Rutland Water  , Rutland(SK879071 ) |
Inland reservoir with wildfowl and possible rarities. Cost £14.00 which includes reserve entrance fee. Lagoons, marshy margins, fields and woodland promise a wide selection of birds to start the year. |
| Sunday 8 February 2009 8am–7:00pm (approx.) |
RSPB Marshside (SD353205 ) &WWT Martin Mere (SD428143 ) |
A change of venue, due to inclement weather. |
| Sunday 8 March 2009 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 £12.00. |
| Friday 3–Sunday 5 April 2009 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 £56 per person per night for half board (no deposit). Book early for this very popular weekend meeting. |
| Sunday 26 April 2009 8am–7:00pm (approx.) |
Paxton Pits , Cambridgeshire (TL196629 ) |
An opportunity to spend a whole day at Paxton at the peak time for Nightingale activity, and the arrival of summer migrant warblers and Turtle Dove in an area offering scrub, woodland, pools and marsh habitats. Finish the day with a well earned hot drink and a biscuit! Cost £15.00 including reserve entrance fee. |
| Sunday 10 May 2009 7am–8.30pm (approx.) |
RSPB Lake Vyrnwy , Powys (SJ016192 ) |
Woodland, moorland ,and reservoir. Summer migrants, raptors, Dipper are possible in beautiful surroundings. Cost £16.00 |
| Sunday 31 May 2009 7am–8.00pm (approx.) |
RSPB Titchwell Marsh , Norfolk (TF750438 ) |
Seabirds, waders, wildfowl are likely on this prime RSPB reserve. Before major work later this summer this is a late chance to see the reserve as we've come to know and experience it. Cost £17.00 |
| Sunday 14 June 2009 7am–8:30pm (approx.) |
Weeting Heath , Norfolk (TL756881 )and RSPB Lakenheath Fen , Suffolk(TL724866 )
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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 possibly Common Crane and Bittern in the extended reedbeds. Cost £18.00 which includes reserve entrance fee. |
| Sunday 13 September 2009 7am–8:00pm (approx.) |
North Cave Wetlands , East Yorkshire (SE883329 )and RSPB Blacktoft Sands , East Yorkshire (SE843232 )
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A return to North Cave wetlands where an easy walk offers potential for wildfowl and waders and possible Corn Bunting and Partridges in nearby fields. At Blacktoft, an estuary reserve, we expect more waders as well as harriers, and Bittern and Bearded Tit are present. There is always a possibility of a rarity. Cost £17.00 |
| Sunday 1 November 2009 7am–8:00pm (approx.) Postponed from 11 October! |
Gibraltar Point NNR , Lincolnshire (TF556581 )
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Mix of fresh and saltwater marshes, sand dunes and shore on the edge of the Wash and North Sea attracts waders, wildfowl, seabirds as well as passage migrants and vagrants! Cost £18.00 |
| Friday 6 to Sunday 8 November 2009 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 £56.50 per person per night. A deposit of £30 per person required with cheques made payable to The Cliftonville Hotel. |
| Sunday 6 December 2009 7am–7:00pm (approx.) |
Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve and Baker's Fen, Cambridgeshire (TL562706 ) |
Another new venue. Traditional sedge fen, reedbeds, carr, marsh and grazed flooded meadows offer winter wildfowl and waders, passerines including Bearded Tit, Marsh Harrier and Hen Harrier and possible Bittern and Barn Owl and Short-eared Owl. Cost £19.00 including reserve fee (National Trust members showing membership cards enter reserve free). |
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