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...
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Wildstarts
Aug 202 min read
Kicking off in Kent!
We took Gerald, from Oregon, on a private day tour of Kent on Sunday. Our tours typically go very well, but this one was an absolute...
David Campbell
Sep 20, 20232 min read
Ruff
It was already hot and sunny when Yasmin, Ray and I reached Pulborough Brooks RSPB shortly in early September. A Sparrowhawk was making...
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...
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 26, 20234 min read
Clashing terns
We recently took Sam from Texas out on a two-day guided birding tour of Sussex and Hampshire. Soon after setting out on the trails at...
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
Jun 26, 20231 min read
Midday Honeypot
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of taking Barry, Gill and Sarah out from Brighton on a memorable Sussex Birding Mini-Trip. Our...
Wildstarts
May 6, 20232 min read
Wood Warbler bonus!
We met Jennifer in the busy car park at 10am on a splendid, sunny day at Pulborough Brooks for our one-to-one Sussex Guided Bird Walk...
Wildstarts
Jun 6, 20221 min read
Birds, butterflies and foxgloves at Cocking Down
Just some highlights from a recent walk, loosely along the South Downs Way at Cocking. It's a lovely area of Sussex to go looking for...
David Campbell
May 22, 20222 min read
Redstarts and terns — a May tour in Sussex
Yesterday we guided James for a full day of birding as a birthday treat, and we couldn't have hoped for a better spring day to visit some...
David Campbell
Sep 9, 20211 min read
On their way south
There's no better time for birding than the return migration. Many birds start heading back to Africa in August, so 'autumn' starts quite...
David Campbell
Jul 20, 20211 min read
Cissbury Ring
The ringing team's first 'autumn' visit to Cissbury at the weekend produced our first clear 'autumn' migrant, a young Reed Warbler....
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