Sat, 4th May - our regular 'Date with Nature' walk at Dinton Pastures, Wokingham🩵
Spring birdsong at its peak: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler + Cuckoo.
Meet 9.00 am in main car park, RG10 0TH
Suggested donation - £2, walk taken at own risk

Sat, 4th May - our regular 'Date with Nature' walk at Dinton Pastures, Wokingham🩵
Spring birdsong at its peak: Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Garden Warbler, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler + Cuckoo.
Meet 9.00 am in main car park, RG10 0TH
Suggested donation - £2, walk taken at own risk

My first hobby of the year, catching and eating on the wing over suburban Reading #birdingfrommydesk #rdguk

We love our birdwatching walks on the Ridgeway🩵

Wearing thick winter woollies, our group of 17 very pleased to see 22 species of birds on Berkshire downs today🩵
These included Corn Bunting and Stone Curlew (Patrick Crowley images) + Grey Partridge, Yellow Wagtail, Linnet, Whitethroat and Skylark
Berkshire Ornithological Club Nicola Chester

Two handsome chaps on the local patch this afternoon. Whinchat and Wheatear on passage through Berkshire.
#whinchat #wheatear #berkshire #birding RSPB Wokingham and Bracknell Local Group Berkshire Ornithological Club

Wed, 24th April - Berkshire Downs morning field trip🩵
10.00 am start.
Contact Patrick Crowley, Walk Leader, for details:
07963 076940
Walk taken at own risk, all welcome😊
(Ridgeway image)

A relatively showy Nightingale singing at Hosehill Lake, Berkshire this morning. Not visible on this clip but it was moving around the oak and giving lengthy glimpses of itself between the leaves. All above the background incl. Wren, traffic, Black-headed gull colony
#birding

Sun coming up  over the shallow pools at Lavells Lake on our Dawn Chorus walk yesterday morning at Dinton Pastures,Wokingham🩵
(Image - Lynn Mann)
L.W.T. News Dinton Pastures Wokingham Borough Council

An cheery 12 turned up in the dark chill for 5.00 am Dawn Chorus walk at Dinton Pastures🩵
Pre-dawn Blackbird, Robin, then Wood pigeon, Mistle thrush, Wren, Blackcap, Chiff-chaff, Reed warbler, + Cuckoo joining chorus. Honking Geese, screeching Parakeets. 35 species seen + heard.

Wed, 24th April - Berkshire Downs morning field trip🩵
10.00 am start.
Contact Patrick Crowley, Walk Leader, for details:
07963 076940
Walk taken at own risk, all welcome😊
(Ridgeway image)

Join us at the Nature Discovery Centre for our brand new talk series!

Faaaabulous news
Warmer temps have got the trail camera clicking away....
this is Mrs N with the first clear view of the 2024 clutch !

From traditional observations (thanks to Dave Webster) we are eggspecting hatching around St George's Day

RSPB Wokingham and Bracknell Local Group
Berkshire Ornithological Club

12th April

Tiercel B69 taking his turn incubating the eggs...Mrs N must have said yes to a break

The Newbury Peregrines WhatsApp Group (NPWG) have kept a detailed log & it will be at least another 2 weeks incubation before any hatching occurs

RSPB Wokingham and Bracknell Local Group
Berkshire Ornithological Club

12th April

Great news from the Newbury BT Nestcam
the temperature got high enough today for the old battery to activate the camera & blast out a few frames

This is the 1st photo this year showing eggs, with Mrs N incubating

Berkshire Ornithological Club
RSPB Wokingham and Bracknell Local Group
Berks Bird News

25 of us enjoyed a dry, breezy day at Titchfield Haven yesterday🩵
40+ bird species seen incl Eider ducks, Avocets, Little + Mediterranean Gull, Black-tailed Godwits, Sand + House Martins + Swallows, Marsh Harrier, Sedge Warbler...
We were watched closely by this Canada goose!

Sat, 13th April - Titchfield Haven NNR, Hants, PO14 3JT - FREE all day trip. Meet 10am Visitor Centre.
Park public carpark nearby or sea front🩵
Opportunities to see many wader species, sea birds
Mediterranean Gulls +Bearded Tits...
Walk taken at own risk.
(Paul Briggs image)

Sat, 13th April - Titchfield Haven NNR, Hants, PO14 3JT - FREE all day trip. Meet 10am Visitor Centre.
Park public carpark nearby or sea front🩵
Opportunities to see many wader species, sea birds
Mediterranean Gulls +Bearded Tits...
Walk taken at own risk.
(Paul Briggs image)

Thursday 11th April - Indoor Meeting🩵
Conor Jameson, well known natural history author, will give presentation on - 'Looking for the Goshawk'. This charismatic top predator is rarely seen, and Conor will share his findings with us.
8.00pm - Finchampstead Memorial Hall, RG40 4JU

EIGHTEEN MONTHS into my campaign. The proposal to add a swift brick requirement to Building Regulations is ready, approved & recommended by ALL experts. Without swift bricks there’s no guaranteed nesting habitat for swifts&there never will be. The govt CAN give them a future. ⏳