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Wildstarts
4 days ago1 min read
Redpoll mission
On Sunday we had the delight of birding with Chris, a real gent of a birder who started the hobby after moving to Bulgaria a few years...


Wildstarts
Feb 241 min read
Worth the mud!
It was muddy out in Kent on a London Birding Breakout Tour yesterday with David from Ontario but the birds made all the slipping and...


Wildstarts
Mar 26, 20242 min read
Sunny birding mini-trip
It was an absolutely perfect morning when Sarah and I started the day's Sussex Birding Mini-Trip at Iping Common, with the sun out and...


Wildstarts
Feb 6, 20242 min read
Level best birding
Our day's birding with Kiran, Merryn, Aria and Kate started at Pett Level, where there was plenty on offer! We were greeted by fields...


Wildstarts
Dec 23, 20232 min read
Rye raptor encounters
A showy pair of Stonechats kicked off our Sussex Guided Bird Walk with Hector and Nigel as we headed out to the reserve at Rye Harbour....


Wildstarts
Dec 7, 20233 min read
A perfect winter birding trip
On Wednesday I picked up Laura from Oklahoma in Woolwich in good time to arrive in the Ashdown Forest as a perfect day was breaking. Upon...


Wildstarts
Nov 25, 20232 min read
Sunny Rye Harbour bird tour
Soon after starting out on our Sussex Guided Bird Walk at Rye Harbour with Steve and Annette last week, we were stopped in our tracks by...


Wildstarts
Nov 9, 20231 min read
Autumn bird tours photo round-up!
It's been a very busy season for our Sussex and London tours so instead of writing them up for the journal individually, why not have a...


Wildstarts
Jul 4, 20232 min read
Curlew over London
After picking Pat, Chinyere and Yolanda up in Earls Court early doors for a part-day London birding tour, we arrived at Beddington Park...


Wildstarts
Jul 2, 20235 min read
58 lifers
Josh from Colorado asked us to take him on a big day of guided birding out from London so we picked him up from Kensington at 4am and...


Wildstarts
Jun 28, 20233 min read
Trip to the Thames Estuary
I picked up Mary and Jeff from Stratford mid-morning on a recent sunny Saturday and we headed east for a few hours birding on the Kent...


Wildstarts
Jan 14, 20232 min read
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker
Visiting a site where I've had Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the past, I had the species in mind as we headed out from the car park but...


Wildstarts
Sep 30, 20221 min read
Birding bliss
Harry, Michael and Yoshi were fabulous Sussex Birding Mini-Trip guests yesterday. Here are a few memorable moments in photographs:


Wildstarts
Jul 22, 20221 min read
A note from the North Wall
I tend to head to the Church Norton side when I visit Pagham Harbour, so a recent visit to the North Wall was a refreshing change, and...


Nick Bond
Jul 3, 20223 min read
West Sussex Summer Delights
A full day out in wonderful West Sussex with Mel and Adam who had kindly booked us for a customised day tour. The day started nice and...
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