Happy Christmas &
Best Wishes for a Bird-filled New Year.
We look forward to seeing you all, virtually, on January 11th with an update on the Dungeness RSPB reserve by Craig Edwards. Details will be sent out nearer the time.
Ashford Birdwatchers Club is a small group of people with an interest in birdwatching in and around Kent. We hold indoor meetings through the winter and also arrange a variety of field meetings throughout the year. All indoor meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at the W.I. Hall, 228, Faversham Road, Kennington, Ashford, TN24 9AN, Kent at 2.30 pm. New members are very welcome. We have a £28.00 annual subscription or £5.00 on the door
Tuesday, 15 November 2022
Meetings for 2023
Our meetings for next year will be by zoom. The link will be sent out just before the meeting.
Our next speaker is Craig Edwards with a talk on 'RSPB Dungeness bird reserve update'
Meeting starts at 7.30 pm.
Wednesday, 9 November 2022
FIELD MEETINGS
We will be organising Field Meetings again this year, details will be published about 2 weeks prior to the walk, with a reminder one week before.
Possible trips include: Oare Marshes, Sheppey, Dungeness, Reculver, Rye Harbour and Stodmarsh/Grove Ferry.
OUR INDOOR AND FIELD MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE TIME BEING DUE TO CORONAVIRUS MEASURES
Next Field MeetingThursday 30th January 2020 Sheppey: Elmley NNR and the raptor viewpoint
Meet at the entrance to Elmley NNR at 10.00am. Please note there is a £5.00 per car entrance fee (Friends of Elmley can enter for free). We will drive in convoy along the entrance track birdwatching from our cars up to the CP area. After our visit to Elmley we will then drive to the RSPB's Raptor viewpoint to look for harriers and other raptors coming into their evening roost.
Please email or call/text Andrew on (mobile) 07962 038052 if you intend to come. In case of a forecast of inclement weather please check with Andrew in case the meeting is cancelled.
Thursday 19th December Dungeness RSPB Reserve
Meet in the CP at the visitor centre at 10.00hrs for a couple of hours winter birding. Remember to bring your RSPB membership card and wrap up well. Bring your telescope if you have one. Please email or call/text Andrew on (mobile) 07962 038052 if you intend to come. In case of a forecast of inclement weather please check with Andrew in case the meeting is cancelled.
Tuesday 6 August 2019 Oare Marshes. 10.00-13.00 Meet at CP at Oare Marshes. Mainly for waders on return migration. Leader: Andrew Lapworth
Spring 2019 Field meetings
Tuesday 16th April Rye Harbour. 10.00 Meet at Martello CP. Spring birding
Tuesday 30th April Faggs Wood meeting at 05.00 for Dawn Chorus
Wednesday 8th May Surrenden Lakes; meeting on A28 at 17.00; hoping for Nightingale and Turtle Dove. NB. Access to this private site is restricted; please email or telephone me in advance so I know numbers
Wednesday 26 June Kings Wood, Challock; 20:30. Nightjars.
Further details will be emailed to members ahead of each meeting.
Andrew Lapworth
Next field meeting:
Thursday 14th February 2019
The Isle of Sheppey. Meet at 10.00am at the RSPB's Raptor Viewpoint over Capel Fleet on the Harty Ferry Road. It is likely to be bitterly cold so wrap up well and bring lunch and warm drinks etc. Scopes and tripods useful here. If the weather is OK we may drive before dusk along the track into Elmley NNR, birdwatching from the car. Each car costs £5.00 to use the track (free for Friends of Elmley). For Location details see:
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Capel Fleet Raptor Viewpoint is simply a car park and raised viewing point maintained by the RSPB to provide visitors to the Isle of Sheppey with a strategic location to experience one of the foremost assemblages of raptors in the UK.
www.rspb.org.uk
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Grateful if members decide to come they can email of phone me beforehand.
Andrew Lapworth
Please make a note in your diaries for 2 forthcoming dates for field meetings:
Thursday 25th October Rye Harbour Nature Reserve. Meet 10.00am in Martello CP.
and
Tuesday 13th November : Reculver, Grove Ferry and Stodmarsh (see Field Meetings tab for details)
Please let me know if you are intending to come andrew_lapworth@hotmail.com
Andrew
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
Talks Programme for 2022-2023
Our venue for September, October and November has changed to St. Mary's Community Center, Rylands Road, Kennington, Ashfor. TN24 9LL. You will need to bring your own refreshments. January to April talks will be by Zoom online.
Our programme is now available on the Talks tab. Look forward to seeing you all.
Friday, 11 September 2020
UPDATE FOR 2021-2022
NEW MEETINGS 2021-2022
Please see our programme of new talks for 2021-2022.
I hope that we will be able to meet again in September 2021 at Kennington WI Hall at 7.30 pm, but if not, we will have our meetings on Zoom as we did last season.
The committee have discussed the future programme and will contact members before September asking if you would attend a meeting in the Hall or not; we will then decide what to do.
We are also resuming Field meetings. To see how to go about booking your place please see details on our Field Meetings page.
Jenny Jackson
Chair of Ashford Birdwatchers' Club
July 2021
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2021
Because of the continuing and new restrictions for containing and reducing COVID 19 we have had to cancel our monthly indoor meetings at the WI Hall for the time being. We will keep this under review and continue to follow the latest government guidance.
However, we have arranged new monthly online meetings using ZOOM, and we are very grateful for our speakers who are happy to participate in this way. Please see our ZOOM Meetings page for details.
Because of rules about groups meeting, including the Rule of 6, we are running small group field meetings at this stage.
Thursday, 27 June 2019
INDOOR MEETINGS PROGRAMME 2019-2020
OUR INDOOR AND FIELD MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE TIME BEING DUE TO CORONAVIRUS MEASURES
Please note the revised order of the programme of indoor meetings for 2020 for the remainder of this season of talks.
All meetings start at 19:30 and include a break for teas and coffees. In order to help reduce use of single-use plastic cups please bring your own cup or mug.
2020
Please note changes to order of speakers doing talks Jan-April 2020 (not changes of dates)
January 8th A Winter break in Kuwait by Gill Hollamby.
February 12th Scottish Spring by Andrew Lapworth. Some of the iconic birds, mammals and flora of Scotland's Caledonian forests, uplands and coasts.
March 11th March 11th Local birdwatching and the BTO by Robert Carr. ABWC Member Robert will explain about birding a local patch, and keeping records of birds seen in an area. The records can then be submitted to local organisations and the British Trust for Ornithology in order to follow the fortunes and population trends of birds in an area.
April 8th AGM & raffle followed by a talk: South Africa, the Cape and Kruger National Park, by Jenny Jackson.
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