All these trips include return transport from Lincoln to the venue with local pickups. Most locations include an onsite WC otherwise local facilities will used.
We will aways endeavour to make it a full day, regardless of the time of year and personalise the day to suit your requests.
Pricing:- for the full day to include, transport, guiding, tuition if required, a tastes of Lincolnshire packed lunch and all refreshments. Group size will be restricted to a maximum of seven.
£55 per person or bring your own packed lunch and reduce your fee to £45.
Discount will be given if booking for two people or individuals booking multiple trips.
Thursday 5th March - South Lincs - Deeping Lakes, Baston Fen, Willow Tree Fen etc. This will be our last chance to connect with the Long-Eared Owls and various waterfowl. It should give us a great opportunity to see Cranes and Harriers displaying at Willow Tree.
Tuesday 28th April - Cossington Meadows, Leicestershire – A fantastic site that has a mix of habitats, reedbed, grassland, scrapes, riverside and scrub. A wide range of species were seen here on our reconnaissance visits.
Friday 1st May - Langford Lowfields/ Besthorpe, Notts -
Two relatively local reserves with a wide range of species in the watery /reedbed environment. Besthorpe is notable for its mixed breeding colony of Herons, Egrets and Cormorants.
I was going to organise a day trip to the Idle valley at this time of year, but the RSPB have beaten me to it, but I will be heavily involved in the Lincolnshire Wolds Festival leading a series of walks at the South Ormsby Estate.
Wednesday 10th June – Lincolnshire Wolds, South Ormsby Estate and Red Hill - this day will be bit of a mixed day of birds, wildflowers, trees and insects, maybe even an odd mammal if we are lucky. It really is a beautiful and under watched area of the county.
Thursday 20th August - Lincolnshire Coast at the recently created Sandilands reserve and Anderby Marsh. These are both newish reserves but are incredibly important projects on the East Atlantic Migration Highway. Literally anything could turn up.
Wednesday 2nd September – RSPB Frampton / Freiston to coincide with the high tide. This should be spectacular as ever with thousands of wading birds coming close to our viewpoints, many will be in their breeding plumage. A photographic opportunity not to be missed.
PLEASE NOTE THIS WILL BE AN EARLY MORNING DEPARTURE FROM LINCOLN AT AROUND 7-15am
Monday 28th September - Alkborough Flats, Humber Bank and Far Ings. We will work around the tide times to get the best chance of seeing the incredible numbers of birds that call this part of Lincolnshire their home whether it is on a temporary or residential basis. We will also hope to catch up with some of the more elusive reedbed residents such as Bearded Tit, Bittern and Marsh Harrier.
Thursday 26th November – South Lincolnshire, Deeping Lakes, Baston and Willow Tree Fen. A return visit to this part of the county, hopefully to catch up with some of the local avian residents. If you cannot make this trip we will be running a trip in January 2027 to catch the sites in mid-winter.
All day trips are priced at £55 per person to include a packed Lunch, trip only is £45 per person. Local pick ups can be arranged.
I will also be leading some local walks locally to Lincoln, these will be for a morning and finishing up at a local café for Breakfast, Lunch or Brunch.
Please note that I will be leading a series of nature walks for the South Ormsby estate in the Wolds as well as walks for the Wilder Doddington project.
I am also formulating some other targeted events local to Lincoln with a Dawn Chorus, a Nightjar evening some of the options- further details will appear on my website.
