Layover birding tour
This week we were joined by Rachael from California for a very enjoyable two-day tour during her extended layover, heading out from...
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Wildstarts
Nov 11 min read
Hastings and Rye birding
It was a delight to take Kate, Andrew and family on a half-day customised tour last weekend, visiting Rye Harbour and Hastings Country Park.
Wildstarts
Sep 81 min read
Tern arrivals and stint find!
We clocked up 96 species on a full day tour around Sussex and Kent with Pratibha from Florida on Friday, despite rain catching us out and...
Wildstarts
Mar 252 min read
Rye filling up with birds
We were greeted by a fly-over Marsh Harrier as we met Andrew and Ellie at Rye Harbour for a Sussex Guided Bird Walk recently, before...
Marc Read
Dec 25, 20232 min read
Damp day with a big bird list!
I picked up Andrew and Bruno, visiting from Quebec, in Burgess Hill on a very damp morning last Tuesday. For our first stop, on what...
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 17, 20233 min read
North-west London birding adventure
I picked up Dhashni and Prasatt from Northwood pre-dawn for some birding around the edges of north-west London on 8th December....
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...
Nick Bond
Nov 21, 20231 min read
Warnham group outing
I had a fantastic day out guiding the 'Grey Plovers' at Warnham recently. The morning rain had cleared as we left Hove and stayed dry...
David Campbell
Sep 12, 20232 min read
Rainy day birding
It was tanking down with rain when we arrived at Pulborough Brooks for the day's Sussex Birding Mini-Trip with Sarah and Rachel, but with...
Wildstarts
Sep 9, 20232 min read
Close-up Kestrel
Isabella, Melanie and I started our city birding tour at the London Wetland Centre, the urban Wildfowl and Wetland Trust reserve opened...
Wildstarts
Aug 28, 20232 min read
Whinchat win
We put together a part-day London birding tour for Chris from Virginia on 15th August, kicking off at Richmond Park with a huge mixed...
Wildstarts
Aug 24, 20231 min read
Kingfisher quest
In a quest for Kingfishers, we met Myra and her family at Burton Mill Pond on a fine August afternoon for a birthday treat Sussex Guided...
Matt Phelps
Aug 21, 20232 min read
An afternoon on the Kent coast
We couldn’t have hoped for better weather as I met Colin and Jennie by the RSPB Dungeness visitor centre early afternoon, for a short...
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
Jun 24, 20232 min read
Calm May morning
Starting out in an East Sussex woodland on a beautiful May morning, we were greeted by brief views of a Great Spotted Woodpecker as we...
Wildstarts
May 7, 20232 min read
Warnham and Pagham mini-tour
We arrived at Warnham Local Nature Reserve shortly after opening time for a recent Sussex Birding Mini-Trip with Stuart and his mother....
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