Here are the details of our planned outdoor trips. For general information on outdoor trips please visit the outdoor trips page.
To take advantage of the short amount of daylight at this time of year, we will take a short journey to the north of the City to check out the lakes and pools of 2 reserves in the Soar Valley. All ducks will be looking at their best ahead of the breeding season. No facilities Where the River Ouse reaches the Humber Estuary, there are many reedbeds and lagoons. We should be able to see Marsh Harrier and even Hen Harriers. Bitterns and Bearded Tits are here all year round so let’s hope we can find them Facilities: Refreshments & Toilets Nature reclaimed this worked-out chalk quarry and created an outstanding centre for wildlife. Good for ducks, waders and early migrants This is a Wild Life Trust site. Remember to bring your WLT card Facilities: Café & Toilets At this Hawk and Owl Trust site, there has been extensive work carried out over the Covid period, enlarging lagoons and building an elevated hide to create improved viewing over the reserve. Facilities: Visitor Centre Entry is £7.00 unless you are a Hawk & Owl Trust member If there is time in the afternoon we will call in at Roydon Common which is a Ramsar Wetland site for raptor watching. The RSPB has transformed former carrot fields into wetlands supporting Kingfishers, Bittern and Cranes. We should also see the likes of Hobbys, chasing dragonflies, and Marsh Harriers. Facilities: Visitor Centre