RSPB OXFORD LOCAL GROUP
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BIRD WATCHING TRIPS FOR 2010/2011

Coach trips start from Headington Hill Hall, by kind permission of Oxford Brookes University
(Free Car Parking on the right just inside the security gates). Departure times as shown below.

Dates shown in Green are for trips not on a Sunday

Bookings must be accompanied by a non-refundable deposit of £5 per person.
(Cheques payable to "Oxford RSPB Local Group".)

For information on earlier trips click on the links below:

Bird Watching Trips 2002                Bird Watching Trips 2003                Bird Watching Trips 2004

Bird Watching Trips 2005               Bird Watching Trips 2006                Bird Watching Trips 2007

   Bird Watching Trips 2008                Bird Watching Trips 2009               Bird Watching Trips 2010   

 

 

Note that dates in Green are not on a Sunday

 

Sun 19 Sept 2010 Coach 7:30 Arne RSPB Reserve, Dorset

Enjoy the peaceful estuarine habitat on the fringe of Poole Harbour, plus mixed woodlands and heath

Sun 24 Oct 2010 Coach 7:45 Titchfield Haven, Hants

This coastal location on the Solent with a variety of habitats is always a popular trip

Sun 21 Nov 2010 Coach 7:45 Rutland Water, Rutland

A reserve for all seasons - let's see what autumn has to offer

23 Nov to 7 Dec 2010 Group Holiday to the Gambia

A terrific destination to see a wonderful variety of species.  There are birds everywhere and it is possible to see up to 280 species

Sun 12 Dec 2010 Car sharing 9:00 Bury Down, Berks

A good place to see Short-eared Owls (4 seen on our last visit) and Corn Buntings

Sun 9 Jan 2011 Coach 7:30 Poole Harbour and Brownsea Island, Dorset

An opportunity to explore the Harbour by boat and to view Avocets and other waders close-up from the islands hides

Sun 20 Feb 2011 Coach 7:45 Elmley Marsh, Essex

An important wintering ground for large numbers of water birds and several species of raptors

Sun 20 Mar 2011 Coach 8:30 London Wetland Centre, WWT Reserve, Barnes

This comparatively small reserve is packed with species usually only seen on large wetland reserves

Sun 17 Apr 2011 Coach 7:00 Portland Bill and Lodmoor RSPB Reserve, Dorset

The scrubby areas on the Bill and the open water at Lodmoor provide resting places for tired passage migrants

Sun 22 May 2011 Coach 7:45 Highnam Woods and Nagshead, RSPB Reserves

These woodland reserves are the summer homes of Pies Flycatchers, Redstarts, Nightingales and Wood Warblers along with many resident species

Sun 26 June 2011 Car 19:00 Snelsmore Common, Berkshire (SU463710)

Our annual visit to hear and see some of the special crepuscular bird species that breed on heathland

Sun 18 Sept 2011 Coach 7:45 Keyhaven and Pennington Marshes, Hants

The saline and freshwater lagoons here attract passage migrants feeding-up before their sea crossing

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Why don't you come along as well?  Each trip is self financing so the costs are quite reasonable.  We will make you very welcome.  You do not need to be knowledgeable, we will be delighted to help if required.

telephone 01865 723868 to speak to Anne Clark or

email her

to book a place on our next trip,

or

 if she is not available phone David Rolfe on 01993 773123

 

Last modified: June 26, 2010