We had a great walk last week at the cemetery, we even got to play around with our new toy (a thermal camera) which you can see in the photo below managed to get a picture of a fast moving pipistrelle bat! but we spoke about a lot on the walk including: different trees, parakeets, peregrines, bats and even about … Read More
Birdwise Guided walk
We had a fantastic Guided walk at Minnis Bay today. We met our group at 11am , straight away we were greeted with 4 mediterranean gulls 6 black headed gull and a cormorant as we left the van, We then walked along the top path, as we reached the farmer fields we saw our first buzzard as well as large … Read More
Fulmar Survey
Yesterday we did our first Fulmar Survey of the Season, we covered a few different areas including Kingsgate, Epple Bay, Botany and Joss Bay! Fulmars are related to an albatross, but look similar to a gull!, the East Kent Coast is a real hot spot for them, we counted a good number of birds on the cliffs other highlights were: … Read More
Elmley
On the 19th of June, the ranger team took a trip to Elmley National Nature Reserve. We arrived at 9am and took a slow stroll to the old school house. Our goal….find the little owl. Our walk along the woodland trail picked up Chaffinch, a blue tit and a huge amount of meadow brown butterfly that erupted from a nearby … Read More