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If you are interested in birds, you may also like to read what's on our Birds on Magog Down page.
Bird Club - come and join us!
If you have never given birdwatching a try do come along on the first Saturday of the month (meeting in the car park at 8am from April to October; slightly later at 8.30 am from November to March).
Membership is very informal–– just turn up and enjoy the birding walk. It is a healthy way of getting fresh air and exercise, and de-stressing while learning about birds.
We welcome new members of any age from beginners to life-time bird watchers. Sorry, no dogs
Photo: Skylark (Alauda arvensis) © Garth Peacock 2015
Long-term Survey of Breeding Birds
In February 2012, Bryan Davies and Robin Cox of Cambridgeshire Bird Club proposed a long term breeding bird survey on Magog Down.
Full reports of the first six years of this survey can be found here:
Bird Reports 2015
2015 Report of a long term survey of breeding birds on Magog Down Stapleford
31st Dec 2015
Bryan Davies and Robin Cox, Cambridgeshire Bird Club Summary This is the fourth annual report of the long term breeding…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - December 2015
5th Dec 2015
There was no prose write-up of the December meeting of the Bird Club from the first Saturday of December 2015. However…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - November 2015
7th Nov 2015
The weather forecast for Saturday 7th November was persistent rain and gusty winds – not good for birding – but…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - October 2015
3rd Oct 2015
Saturday 3rd October was foggy at 8am as five members met in the car park where a magpie, robin and four blackbirds were…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - September 2015
5th Sep 2015
Saturday 5th September was cool, and it was raining and windy when we met in the car park at 8 am. Birds are not adverse…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - August 2015
1st Aug 2015
Five members met in the car park at 8.00am on Saturday 1st August and spent a pleasurable two hours walking the Downs in…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - July 2015
4th Jul 2015
The seven birders who met in the car park at 8 a.m. were treated to fine, sunny conditions with light winds. Standing quietly…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - June 2015
6th Jun 2015
Saturday 6 June was very sunny but with a strong cold wind as seven birdwatchers met in the car park of the Magog Down where…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - May 2015
2nd May 2015
Saturday 2nd May started out cool and cloudy as four birdwatchers met in the Magog Down car park but the sun was shining…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - April 2015
11th Apr 2015
On a cool, overcast Saturday 11 April four birdwatchers met in the car park on the Magog Down where they saw/heard three…read more
Summer Migrants
7th Apr 2015
Following on from our winter visitors we can now look forward to the arrival of our summer migrant birds. It is true some…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - March 2015
7th Mar 2015
Saturday 7 March dawned sunny/cloudy with a cool wind when six birdwatchers met at 8.30 am in the Magog Down car park where…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - February 2015
7th Feb 2015
The meeting took place on Saturday 7th February. The usual textual report has not been written up, however we have been sent…read more
Report of Stapleford Bird Club - January 2015
3rd Jan 2015
Our first meeting of the New Year was a dismal affair! Five birdwatchers met in the Magog Down car park at 8.30 am on a very…read more
2014 Report of a Long term survey of breeding birds on Magog Down, Stapleford
31st Dec 2014
Bryan Davies and Robin Cox, Cambridgeshire Bird Club Summary This is the third annual report of the long term breeding…read more
Birds on Magog Down
We publish the monthly reports of Stapleford Bird club here, plus other occasional bird-related articles; hot links in each report will take you to the RSPB information page for each bird spotted.
The gallery below shows a random six of the birds that have been seen on Magog Down.