Coach Outings Programme
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We normally have 8 coach trips each September - June season within about 3h of London.
Our 2025-26 Coach outings programme is posted below.
We continue to charge £25 to MBS Members and £30 to non-members for seats on our 53-seater coaches (with WC).
£15 MBS Membership covers the September - June programme each year.
Please note coach details - boarding time and place, return journey, what to bring etc are all in the column to the right on a pc or laptop screen.
Please pay for coach trips using the relevant PayPal button below each coach trip (remembering to click on the arrow to select non-member if appropriate).
To book your seat on the coach you must also send an email to birdsmbs@yahoo.com stating destination and/or date and your phone number.
You can pay for e.g. 2 members or 2 non-members using these buttons but not e.g. 1 member and 1 non-member or seats on different coach trips.
If you wish to book by post & cheque or need to discuss alternative methods of payment please email birdsmbs@yahoo.com.
Saturday 25 October 2025
Keyhaven Marshes, Hampshire
Habitat: Fresh and saltwater marsh, salt lagoons, grassland, scrub, sea.
Species: Divers and scarcer grebes possible; Brent Geese, Wigeon, Pintail, Teal, Red-Breasted Merganser, possible Sea Duck; Golden Plover, Black-Tailed and Bar-Tailed Godwits, Greenshank, Spotted Redshank and Ruff possible; Peregrine, Merlin (Hen Harrier and Short-Eared Owl possible); Kingfisher, Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Rock and Water Pipit, (Bearded Tit possible).
Facilities: Toilets, pub
Reserve information
Saturday 29 November 2025
Reculver Country Park, Kent
Habitats: Sea, coastal farmland, reed filled dykes, oyster pond, lagoon.
Species: Brent Geese, Red-Breasted Merganser, Common Scoter, Eider, Razorbill, Guillemot; Scarcer Grebes and Gulls possible; Oystercatcher; Ringed, Golden and Grey Plovers, Sanderling, Snipe, possible Purple Sandpiper; Peregrine, Merlin; Stonechat, Corn Bunting probable; Shorelark, Snow Bunting, Black Redstart, Firecrest possible.
Facilities: Visitor Centre, toilets.
Reserve information.
Saturday 24 January 2026
Abberton Reservoir, Essex Wildlife Trust
Habitats: Reservoir, reed beds, marsh, rough pasture, woodland.
Species: numbers of wintering wildfowl incl. Goosander, Goldeneye, Pochard, Wigeon, Shoveler, Teal; possible Bewick's Swan, scarcer Grebes and Divers; Dunlin, Golden Plover; Great White and Little Egrets (Cattle possible); Peregrine, Buzzard; Fieldfare, Redwing, Kingfisher, Stonechat, Linnet, Skylark.
Facilities: Visitor Centre (cafe, shop, & toilets), hides & screens.
Reserve information
Saturday 28 February 2026
Rye Harbour, Sussex
Habitats: Saltmarsh, shingle, pools, reedbeds, scrub, mudflats, sea.
Species: Grey Partridge, Little and Great White Egrets, Bittern; Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, Shoveler, Goldeneye (Scaup and Long-Tailed Duck possible); Marsh Harrier. Peregrine (Merlin, Hen Harrier, Barn and Short-Eared Owls possible); Golden and Grey Plovers, Sanderling, Water Rail, Kingfisher, Rock Pipit, Skylark, Stonechat, Bearded Tit, Cetti's Warbler.
Facilities: Visitor Centre, toilets, viewing platform, hides, cafes, pub.
Reserve information
Saturday 28 March 2026
Dungeness Observatory, ARC Pits & RSPB Reserve, Kent
Habitats: Sea, shingle spit, rough pasture and scrub, marshes, pasture & scrub, gravel pits.
Species: Gannets, Brent Geese, Common Scoter, Gulls, Porpoises (Sea); Dartford Warbler, Stonechat, Finches; Woodlark, Firecrest possible; Peregrine.
ARC Pits / RSPB: Gadwall, Shoveler, Pochard; Grey and Red Legged Partridges, Bearded Tit, Raven, Marsh Harrier, Great White and Little Egrets. Chiffchaff, Wheatear, Sand martin, Little Ringed plover all possible.
Facilities: Toilets and cafe at Observatory; Hides at ARC Pits; Toilets, Visitor Centre, Hides at the RSPB reserve.
Reserve Observatory information and RSPB information
Saturday 25 April 2026
Pulborough Brooks RSPB West Sussex.
Habitat: Wet grassland, pools and scrapes; farmland, heath and woodland.
Species: Garganey, Shoveler; Little ringed plover, Lapwing, Snipe, Redshank; Green and Great spotted woodpeckers (Lesser spotted possible), Nightingale; warblers incl. Common and lesser whitethroat, Garden and Sedge; Nuthatch, Stonechat, Marsh Tit, Tree Creeper, Bullfinch; White-tailed sea eagle, Peregrine, Hobby. Buzzard.
Facilities: Visitor Centre with Cafe, toilets, hides.
Reserve information
Saturday 16 May 2026
Ashdown Forest, Sussex
Habitat: Heath, woodland, grassland.
Species: Hobby, Common Buzzard (Honey possible), Raven, Dartford Warbler, Spotted Flycatcher, Woodlark, Tree Pipit, Common Redstart, Redpoll, Crossbill, Cuckoo, Stonechat, Yellowhammer. Also Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers, warblers including Willow, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat etc; Dragonflies.
Facilities: Visitor Centre, toilets.
Reserve information
Saturday 6 June 2026
Minsmere RSPB, Suffolk
Habitats: Heath, woodland, scrub, freshwater marsh and reedbeds, dunes, sea.
Species: Marsh Harrier, Hobby, Buzzard, Bittern, Little and Great White Egrets, Bearded Tit, Reed/Sedge/Grasshopper Warblers; Nightingale; Common/Sandwich/Little Terns; Kittiwake; Shelduck, Garganey, Avocet, Stone Curlew; Kingfisher, Water Rail, Linnet, Stonechat, Skylark, woodland birds. Otter, Red Deer.
Facilities: Toilets, Visitor Centre, Cafe, Hides.
Reserve information.
Earlier this season
Local Outings
Our 2025-26 programme
Reports
Reports on past outings and events:
