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Bowling Green Marsh and Topsham, 22 August 2024

The skies were overcast with threatening light rain when 15 of us met at Holman Way car park. After a…

Silver-studded Blue pereched on Gorse

Aylesbeare Common, 13th July

Sixteen people met for this walk around the RSPB nature reserve to look for birds, butterflies and dragonflies. The morning…

Nightjar on dead branch

Nightjar walk at Bovey Heathfield, 2nd July

A large group met at the entrance to Bovey Heathfield DWT reserve just before 9 pm, on a still and…

Full day trip to South Dorset, 16th June 2024

A group of twelve met at Maiden Castle on a bright morning, and the first bird that everyone saw was…

Cetti's Warbler. Photo credit Mark Barron.

Day at RSPB Ham Wall and Shapwick Heath, 4th June 2024

Fourteen of us arrived on a rather overcast day at RSPB Ham Wall. The rain largely held off until the…

Wall butterfly

A walk from Bennett’s Cross to Challacombe, 18 May 2024

Eight keen birdwatchers gathered at the Bennett’s Cross car park on a sunny Saturday morning ready for a good walk…

Crossbill in a pine tree

A full day visit to Venford, 9th May 2024

Eleven of us met at Venford Reservoir on a lovely sunny day with a gentle breeze, and early mist clearing….

Willow Warbler perched on a gorse bush

A morning at Yarner Wood, 26th April 2024

I love Yarner Wood it is a beautiful ancient woodland. There are lots of mature Oaks and Beeches. We did…

A visit to Berry Head and Clennon Lakes, 7th April

Eighteen intrepid members and a few guests met at Berry Head car park on a wet and extremely windy Sunday…

Meadow Grasshopper (pink female)

Wildlife Highlights, Devon and beyond, a talk by John Walters on 3rd April 2024

John Walters is a freelance ecologist and is outdoors nearly every day studying wildlife, taking photos and videos and sketching…

Dipper on a river bank

Steps Bridge and Dunsford Woods, 19th March 2024

Eighteen people assembled at Steps Bridge car park for this morning event to Dunsford Woods nature reserve. Fortunately, it was…

Photos by Robin Morrison

Wildlife Photography in Southern England, a talk by Robin Morrison

Robin lives in Ilminster and does much of his photography within Somerset, Dorset and Devon, particularly the Somerset Levels. He…