Our Conservation Officer Peter Salter on getting into birdwatching

August proved a good birding month with the record hot, dry weather and low level of the reservoirs encouraging a nice array of passage migrants and waders. They included only the third wood…

July is usually a good month here as passerine migration gets underway, and the wide range of trees and bushes on site provide ideal habitat for birds to stop off to feed up. Warblers are…

This deadly disease is having a devastating effect on our already struggling wild bird populations.

June is probably the most predictable birding month of the year here. Our breeding birds are generally easy to see, we get sporadic visits from other birds which breed within a few miles of here,…

The first half of May generally sees a few migrant birds passing through, before things settle down as the breeding season takes over. By the end of May we usually only see birds which breed here…

April always sees a big boost to the number of bird species seen here in the current year. Most of our breeding birds return, and we see new birds which don’t breed on site but do breed within a…

March followed the trend of most Marches here, with a disappointing lack of migrant birds. Whilst most London birding sites start to get long-distance migrants arriving from early March, due to…

In winter, the likelihood of an unusual bird turning up here increases during any period of extreme weather. February 2022 was notable for having three storms in quick succession, and although the…

Few birds inspire awe as often as birds of prey, those athletic aerial predators that rule the roost when it comes to avian (bird) food chains. People traipse cross-country to see clouds of kites…