Following the success of previous visits, and with current reports that Redpoll and Siskin are again present at the reserve, we have decided to repeat our popular minibus outing to Warnham Nature Reserve on Wednesday 11th March 2026. Details The minibus for this trip will depart from Shoreham Station car park at 09.30AM. The journey should take around 30 minutes and we aim...
A talk by Keith Betton - Birding Falklands, S.Georgia & Antartica. For more information contact Sue Miles at memsec@sdos.org
AGM followed by Steve Lawless - 3 months birding in Eastern Australia.
This is our first of two trips to RSPB Pulborough this week. The second is on Saturday 11th April Meet by the ‘welcome hut’, just before the entrance to the cafe and shop. This walk is particularly suitable for beginners and will focus on a wide range of birds and habitats. We will use sight...
This is our second of two trips to RSPB Pulborough this week. The first is on Friday 10th April Meet by the ‘welcome hut’, just before the entrance to the cafe and shop. This walk is particularly suitable for beginners and will focus on a wide range of birds and habitats. We will use sight...
We walk in search of warblers in the scrub at Hope Gap, chats, pipits and Wheatears on the grassland and Fulmars and seabirds as we approach the Cuckmere Valley. An optional extra is a short drive to Splashpoint in search of Kittiwakes. Meet at 08.15 at South Hill Barn, approaching from Chyngton Way. Arrive via...
The walk includes fields, hedgerows, scrub, trees and riverbank and is ideal for spotting the full range of songbirds active in early spring. Note that the route is 5 miles although all flat. Location Henfield. Meet outside Grommets light industrial unit. Park on Hollands Lane or Hollands Road. Organised by Richard Allan & Paul Emmerson.
An evening walk around the reserve and then cross the road and wander down the Mill Stream to hopefully hear Nightingales. Bring a torch as it will be getting dark by the time we return, at around 10pm. Could be one muddy section. Meet at 6.45pm at the Visitor Centre Car park
Note that this is one week later than the official International Dawn Chorus Day. This will be a 3 mile walk and all on the flat. Spring migrants, songbirds, likely White Tailed Eagle in roost tree in distance. Meeting Point: Hog Lane, Amberley, 200 metres west of the Black Horse pub (BN18 9NH) where Hog Lane...
A talk by Alex Hughes - Conserving Wetlands for birds & people. For more information contact Sue Miles memsec@sdos.org
Members' Evening
