Category Archives: Bucks

May Day morning on Lodge Hill

Posted on 02/05/2024 by campaignerkate

I chose May Day morning, this year for my annual visit to the corn buntings, it seems right to do something special on that day. I look for corn buntings around Lodge Hill, near Princes Risborough in the Chilterns. I … Continue reading →

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Scintillating siskins

Posted on 04/02/2024 by campaignerkate

I joined members of Bucks Bird Club this morning for a walk round Little Marlow gravel pit in Bucks, led by Adam Bassett who knows this site better than anyone. At the start he promised us siskins, and we were not … Continue reading →

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John Elfes, campaigner for access

Posted on 21/01/2024 by campaignerkate

When we wander over Buckinghamshire’s access land we should remember John Elfes with gratitude.  John, who died last October aged 88, was the access officer for the Ramblers Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes and West Middlesex Area for 18 years, from 2002 … Continue reading →

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College Lake revisited

Posted on 08/01/2024 by campaignerkate

Bucks Bird Club returned to College Lake near Marsworth in Bucks on 7 January. Ed Griffiths, our leader, decided on a clockwise route. The previous two years (when we met on new year’s day) we have walked anti-clockwise, but Ed reckoned … Continue reading →

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My bird year 2023

Posted on 01/01/2024 by campaignerkate

I was pleasantly surprised by my annual bird-count: 125 species seen, and another four heard (bittern, firecrest, nightingale, and water rail). This was the same as my peak year of 2014 when I went to Mull. I give credit to Bucks Bird … Continue reading →

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Dead end at Wormsley

Posted on 27/12/2023 by campaignerkate

Visitors to the magnificent Wormsley valley, on the Buckinghamshire-Oxfordshire border, will be surprised, if not annoyed, to find that an important bridleway has been ‘temporarily’ closed. This is a popular spot for walkers, riders, and cyclists because it is a secluded … Continue reading →

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Vismigging at Ivinghoe

Posted on 22/10/2023 by campaignerkate

I pitched up at Ivinghoe Beacon car park before dawn today, to join members of the Bucks Bird Club in watching the visible migration (vismig) largely from the east. Ivinghoe Beacon, in the Bucks Chilterns, is the northern end of … Continue reading →

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Desired not needed

Posted on 16/08/2023 by campaignerkate

It was a encouraging that a damaging planning application in the Chilterns AONB was rejected. Continue reading →

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Only the flickering bats

Posted on 24/06/2023 by campaignerkate

I carried out the BTO woodcock survey at Summer Heath wood, Turville Heath, in the Bucks Chilterns. Continue reading →

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Birds on the greensand

Posted on 01/05/2023 by campaignerkate

I went on a Bucks Bird Club walk around Rushmere Country Park. Continue reading →

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