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Latest news
Guided Walk: Delapre Abbey, Northampton in National Tree Week
Wednesday 6 December 2023, 10:00 – 13:00 Near the restored Elizabethan mansion are fine specimen trees, a walled garden, Victorian shrubberies, a plantation, golf course,…
Guided Walk: Paxton Pits, near St Neots
Saturday 11 November 2023, 10:00 – 13:00 This well-known reserve beside the Ouse continues to grow as more redundant gravel-pits are taken over. Famous in spring…
Winter Garden Bird Survey 2022/23 Results
Each year, North Bucks RSPB Group runs a Garden Bird Survey – with Group members sending in the results from their garden birdwatching. The survey…
2024 Group Calendar – Now on sale
Each year our Group produces a Calendar, with photographs provided by our talented Members. The 2024 Calendar is now available – for just £5.50. If…
From the blog
Nature Photography at College Lake, Tring
Wednesday 12 July 2023, 10:00 — 13:00 Walk lead: Paul Young Here are some of the photos taken from the event. Click photos to enlarge….
Walk Report: Dunstable and Whipsnade Downs
Wednesday 28 June 2023, 10:00 – 13:00 Walk lead: Pete How Walks in the summer are less about birds and more about other wildlife, like…
Walk Report: RSPB Otmoor, Oxford
Saturday 10 June 2023, 10:00 – 14:30 Walk leader: Mike Bird RSPB Otmoor Otmoor is made up of wet grassland, reedbed and blackthorn hedgerows. It’s…
Walk Report: Stonepit Field, Stantonbury, Milton Keynes
Wednesday 24 May 2023, 11:00 – 13:30 Group of eight walkers led by Jane Grisdale. Warm day with light cloud cover, 16-20 degrees. Stonepit Field…

Guided Walks and Illustrated Talks
Our Guided Walks and Illustrated Talks are ideal occasions to meet like-minded people, learn about the wildlife we see, and to discover good locations for observing it. You will find us a very friendly group, catering for all levels of expertise.
We have one to two Guided Walks per month from September to July. We hold Illustrated Talks once a month from September to May, in the Cruck Barn, Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes, MK13 9AP – but two talks – in January and February 2024 will be delivered via Zoom.

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