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The Winter Bird Walk 2023 takes place on Saturday 4th March at Hillhouse Wood with Steve Hallam leading. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting). We advise wearing stout footwear and warm clothing & with a warm drink in a flask. Walkers can expect to see a range of resident woodland and meadow species as well as some winter visitors. Last year the walkers saw or heard:
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Steve Hallam reports on the 2022 Dawn Chorus walk.
The 2022 Dawn Chorus walk at Hillhouse Wood took place in the midst of a run of warm sunny days, with cool nights. Except for the morning that we chose, which was cloudy and dull but mild. Nevertheless, the publicity team had done an excellent job, resulting in a very pleasing 30 people turning up. I was particularly pleased to find that Jonathan Jukes, the Woodland Trust Regional Manager responsible for the wood, had dragged himself out of bed at such an uncivilised hour, to join us. With the cloud cover, the night was still fully dark, and thus the birds were relatively slow to get going.
Continue reading “2022 Dawn Chorus Walk – Where’s the Song Thrush”The first guided walk at Hillhouse Wood since 2020 takes place on Saturday 26th February when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2022. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting), wearing stout footwear and warm clothing & with a warm drink in a flask. They can expect to see a range of resident woodland and meadow species as well as some winter visitors, the Woodland Trust lists the following as the top-15 winter potentials:
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The first guided walk of the year at Hillhouse Wood takes place on Saturday 29th February when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2020. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting), wearing
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It Blew the Cobwebs AwayThe Winter Bird Walk at Hillhouse Wood this morning certainly blew the cobwebs away. Steve Hallam’s account reports on an interesting walk.
The 2019 Hillhouse Wood Winter Birds walk probably falls foul of the Trade Descriptions Act on at least two counts. Firstly, Continue reading “It Blew the Cobwebs Away”
The first guided walk of the year at Hillhouse Wood takes place on Sunday 3rd March when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2019. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting), wearing
Winter Bird Walk 2018The first guided walk of the year at Hillhouse Wood takes place on Saturday 3rd March when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2018. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting), wearing
Winter Bird Walk 2017The first guided walk of the year at Hillhouse Wood takes place on Sunday 19th February when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2017. Continue reading “Winter Bird Walk 2017”
Nuthatches moved in to Hillhouse Wood about four years ago, having been absent for at least thirty years. They are lively and attractive birds who move in quick hops and short flights from branch to branch and are often seen running down a tree looking for food hidden in the bark. The RSPB describes them as follows: Continue reading “Nuthatches Moved In”
Winter Bird Walk 2016The first guided walk of the year at Hillhouse Wood takes place this coming weekend (Saturday 27th February), when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2016. Walkers, who should meet at the Old Church at 10am (weather permitting), wearing stout footwear and warm clothing, can expect to see a range of resident woodland and meadow species as well as some winter visitors. You are also advised to bring a flask of hot drink with you.
Dawn Chorus walks in previous years have seen as many as 20 species registered, most being native, so who knows how many you might see with the added ‘winter visitors’?
[See the report of the walk here.]