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This Wednesday 9th September, we will continue our geophysical survey at Quarr Abbey. We will meet from 09:30 on Pond Field. The weather looks promising, and I plan to stay through lunch if anyone cares to do the same. We can use the new and old resistance meters. Plenty of opportunit

The weather forecast was for heavy rain and 30mph gusts, so I wasn’t sure if I’d have any takers, but at 9am 4 brave birders began to scour the landscape for anything avian. We began at St Helens end by the metal gate to the left. The usual Great Cormorants (Phalacrocorax

This Wednesday 2nd September, we will continue our geophysical survey at Quarr Abbey. We will meet from 09:30 on Pond Field. We will use the new resistance meter and possibly the old one if I can find and fix the problem we had last week. Reminder: Please wear your hi-vis. (We have sp

This Saturday 29 August we hope to meet for a walk at Brading Marsh. Meet at St Helens end of Laundry Lane (near A&R Welding / cattle sheds SZ 62117E 88322N what3words roofed.flamenco.blizzard). We’ll be looking for departing summer migrants. Strong winds and thundery shower

This Wednesday 26th August, we will continue our geophysical survey at Quarr Abbey. We will meet from 09:30 on Pond Field. If there are enough of us, we will use the gradiometer and also the resistance meter. Reminder: Please wear your hi-vis. (We have spare hi-vis available if requir

This Wednesday 12th August, we will continue our geophysical survey at Quarr Abbey. We will meet from 09:30 on Pond Field to continue using the gradiometer. It will be another warm day, and I will have the gazebo to provide somewhere to sit in the shade. I will stay as long as there a

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It was a beautiful sunny morning for a summer walk around Bembridge Harbour and Lagoons. We set off from St Helens Duver National Trust car park and headed for the causeway path. An immature Common Gull was visible amongst a small group of Black-headed Gull. A view down the Eastern Ya

This Wednesday 5th August, we will continue our geophysical survey at Quarr Abbey. We will meet at 09:30 on Pond Field, where we have been recently using the resistance equipment. On this occasion, we will be using the gradiometer only. If we have sufficient people willing to stay thr