Trip reports
 | Wednesday, 18 March 2020 BIRDING IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES (Southern Islands) Worcester & Malvern Bird Club (the independent travel arm of the local RSPB Group) took a group to the Outer Hebrides for a week in February. More... |
 | Saturday, 15 February 2020 For me, the day began with a golden full moon setting on the Malverns More... |
 | Tuesday, 4 February 2020 From the 14th to the 17th Dec, 14 of us explored the extraordinary estuary of Morecambe Bay. More... |
 | Monday, 30 December 2019 EASY AS 1,2,3. A GROUP TRIP TO NORFOLK It was Nick's idea. We were given the identities of members of the Royal Family. More... |
| Tuesday, 19 November 2019 Autumn arrives earlier north of the border More... |
 | Wednesday, 23 October 2019 Fourteen hardy souls gathered on the 14th September for the long trip to RSPB Frampton Marsh near Boston. More... |
 | Sunday, 21 April 2019 DAY TRIP TO RSPB OLD MOOR - 13th APRIL Early thoughts of 'Why am I getting up before sparrow cough' were dispelled later in the day. More... |
| Monday, 11 March 2019 NOT ALL EAGLES AND SUNSHINE: MULLING THINGS OVER IN MULL Two grey and threatening clouds hung low as our ferry approached Mull. One was over the island, the other was over my head and I'd brought it with me. More of that cloud later. More... |
 | Thursday, 28 February 2019 The nice thing about the Attenboprough Nature Reserve is that it's a great reserve, and also, by our group's trip standards it's not too far away, about 75 miles from Worcester. More... |
 | Wednesday, 13 February 2019 BOOMERS, BUMBARRELS, DIDAPPERS AND THOUSANDS OF STARES Across the Somerset Levels and through forgotten villages to RSPB Ham Wall. More... |
 | Wednesday, 6 February 2019 SOUTHEND EXPEDITION JANUARY 2019 We set off early from Worcestershire for darkest Essex exchanging tales of the birds we may encounter. More... |
 | Thursday, 20 December 2018 GROUP TRIP TO ANGLESEY NOV 2018 Our hardy group survived the challenge of Storm Diana and enjoyed some great birding More... |
 | Thursday, 25 October 2018 CHEW VALLEY & BLAGDON LAKES VISIT Chew Valley Lake opened in 1956 and once farmland, is now a large shallow reservoir which reveals paths and a small stone bridge in times of drought. I used to live not far away and regularly visited the lake before I moved to Worcester. More... |
Thursday, 11 October 2018 GROUP TRIP TO SPURN POINT, YORKSHIRE - SEPT 2018 We set off for a glorious sunny and warm trip to NE Yorks, a welcome change from the wet and windy days at home. More... |
 | Monday, 16 July 2018 ELAN VALLEY & GIGRIN FARM IN APRIL Elan Valley, an estate near Ryader covering 72 sq miles encompasses 12 separate SSI's and the Claerwen National Nature Reserve as well as reservoirs, rivers, woodland, moor and bog. More... |
| Saturday, 14 July 2018 I awoke and blinked in the bright early morning April sunshine. More... |
Thursday, 5 July 2018 Group Trip to the Spanish Pyrenees, Zaragoza Plains & Picos de Europa Following our successful tour to Poland last year More... |
| Thursday, 5 July 2018 It was going to be the warmest day of the year More... |
 | Monday, 14 May 2018 It was a glorious morning for our coach journey through the lush Shropshire countryside to Wales. More... |
 | Saturday, 24 March 2018 A GROUP TRIP TO COUNTY CORK 16 -25 February The journey to south west Ireland was long and necessitated an overnight stay at a guesthouse in Tagoat near Rosslare. More... |
 | Saturday, 13 January 2018 DAY TRIP TO SLIMBRIDGE Jan 13th 'I must go to Slimbridge one of these days' is something I had been telling myself since moving to Malvern nearly 20 years ago. More... |
| Friday, 8 December 2017 DRAYCOTE WATER & BRANDON MARSH - 2 December 2017 It wasn't the best of days, weather-wise, More... |
 | Tuesday, 28 November 2017 ALL ABOARD THE CHUCKLE BUS - Group trip to Cleveland, November 2017 The North East is not everyone's idea of an ideal holiday destination, but I love it and a birding trip isn't really a holiday, is it? More... |
| Thursday, 1 June 2017 GROUP TRIP TO GWENFFRD-DINAS & LLYN BRIANNE 27TH MAY The trip to this lovely mid-Wales reserve passed fields and verges yellow with buttercups and the occasional red kite was seen from the coach. More... |
 | Sunday, 28 May 2017 GROUP TRIP TO BIALOWIEZA FOREST & BIEBRZA MARSHES Of all the identification challenges that were likely to present themselves on our trip to the forests and marshes of Eastern Poland, I had not expected Europe's largest mammal to be one of them. More... |
| Sunday, 30 April 2017 SPONSORED WALK: SUGAR LOAF, ABERGAVENNY, This energetic alternative to the traditional sponsored birdwatch has become an established annual fundraising event. More... |
| Thursday, 27 April 2017 It was a bright chilly morning in early Spring, cold enough to require frost removal from the car windscreen. More... |
 | Wednesday, 8 March 2017 In February a small party from the Group went an our annual trip to the far north of the British Isles. More... |
| Saturday, 7 January 2017 The visit to the Park was the Group's first trip of the New Year More... |
 | Saturday, 3 December 2016 December's trip was to the Forest of Dean, a top birding spot in my view. More... |
 | Sunday, 6 November 2016 WWT Caerlaverock, 24 -29 October 2016 Having admired the lovely autumn colours as we travelled north, we reached Scotland with sufficient time to make a few birding stops along the Solway Firth where Caerlaverock is situated. More... |
| Saturday, 17 September 2016 WRYNECK SAVES THE DAY A Group trip to Sandwich Bay If the title of this piece seems familiar, perhaps you recall the book from your childhood featuring Peregrine Wryneck. More... |
| Thursday, 17 March 2016 GROUP TRIP TO SHETLAND IN FEBRUARY A small group of us had a 6am start for the ten hour journey to Aberdeen where we caught the overnight ferry to Lerwick via Kirkwall in Orkney. More... |
 | Sunday, 6 December 2015 A group of us spent a morning at Sandwell Valley reserve; More... |
 | Tuesday, 10 November 2015 Well, despite the forecast of rain and yet more rain, we had sunshine when we stopped off on the way to Weymouth at Shapwick Heath on the Somerset Levels. More... |
| Tuesday, 24 February 2015 Not the obvious place to go in February you might think, but enough of us thought otherwise, and so it was that fourteen of us arrived in Fort William after an early morning start. More... |
 | Sunday, 7 December 2014 CHEW VALLEY LAKE, DECEMBER 2014 It was not a good start More... |
 | Tuesday, 21 October 2014 We arrived at Draycote , a large, multi-use reservoir in Warwickshire, hoping to avoid the wet weather that had hit Worcestershire overnight. More... |
| Monday, 18 August 2014 DAWLISH WARREN AND THE EXE ESTUARY Twentyseven of us were on this trip to Dawlish Warren and after getting stuck in motorway traffic, we were wondering why we had come. More... |
 | Saturday, 28 June 2014 NORTHUMBERLAND AND THE FARNE ISLES This Group trip took place five days after we got back from Scilly, so it was a bit of a scramble to get organised for our next foray. More... |
| Monday, 19 May 2014 Thirty-seven members of the Group have just returned from a week in the Scillies More... |
 | Wednesday, 12 March 2014 At the end of February twelve members of the Group spent eight days on Mull More... |
 | Wednesday, 3 July 2013 This was an evening trip to see the nightjars More... |
| Sunday, 23 June 2013 A glorious place to spend a few hours birding More... |
 | Monday, 22 April 2013 The name sounds uninviting, but this is a great nature reserve More... |
 | Tuesday, 12 March 2013 Twelve members of the Group enjoyed a trip to Orkney in February. More... |
 | Tuesday, 13 November 2012 SCOTTISH GEESE 15 - 20 October In October the Group had a successful few days in Scotland More... |
 | Monday, 23 April 2012 Group members have just returned from a trip to the Trough of Bowland. More... |
 | Saturday, 28 January 2012 Fourteen of us set out in the minibus in cold but sunny weather More... |
 | Saturday, 15 October 2011 A Group trip to Lundy, September 21st to 27th 2011 More... |
| Sunday, 19 June 2011 The Group took a full coach to Radnorshire Wildlife Trust Reserve More... |
 | Sunday, 8 May 2011 Twenty of the Group have just come back from a week in the Isle of Man. More... |
| Sunday, 13 February 2011 In January twenty five of us went to east Norfolk stayling in Great Yarmouth More... |
 | Tuesday, 14 December 2010 Nearly fifty Group members visited these RSPB sites in Ribble, Lancashire on 11th December during a lull in the arctic conditions that have had us all shivering over the past few weeks. More... |
| Thursday, 11 November 2010 At the beginning of October sixteen of us spent four days at this Lincolnshire Nature Reserve situated not far from Cleethorpes More... |
| Friday, 20 August 2010 HILBRE ISLAND - GROUP TRIP 14TH AUGUST 2010 Hilbre Island is actually three islands More... |
 | Friday, 30 April 2010 The Group has just enjoyed another successful trip More... |
| Saturday, 20 February 2010 GROUP TRIP TO ESSEX FEBRUARY 2010 Old Hall Marshes is a wonderful place More... |
| Sunday, 23 August 2009 In August the Group ran two trips on consecutive days, by minibus, to Salisbury Plain to see great bustards More... |
| Saturday, 18 April 2009 In April members of the Group spent a week on the Scilly Isles More... |
| Saturday, 13 December 2008 GROUP TRIP TO NORTH KENT COAST November might not be everyone's idea of the best time to visit the coast and marshes of north Kent - unless you're a birder of course! More... |
 | Saturday, 12 January 2008 PowickHams was flooded, the flood barriers were up in Upton - we wondered whether we would make it to Somerset. More... |
| Saturday, 6 October 2007 The Group had a successful visit to Leighton Moss in April More... |
| Saturday, 6 October 2007 Group Long Weekend to Anglesey The Group spent 5 days in Criccieth visiting Anglesey, the Lleyn Peninsula and a day on Bardsey Island More... |
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 | Wednesday, 17 January 2007 |
 | Tuesday, 12 December 2006 |
 | Saturday, 30 September 2006 |
 | Saturday, 22 July 2006 |