Bird and Farm Walk around Kilmester Farm by the Thames - 5.30pm-7.30pm Friday 20th June. In a 2006 RSPB survey, Kilmester Farm had the highest number of different bird species recorded ( 71 species) on any farm in the UK. 

While Government figures reveal a gloomy picture of a decline in the populations of farmland birds, there is one farm that is going against the trend by attracting more than 70 species to its land.

Adam and Lorna Symonds moved to Kilmester Farm, part of the Buscot and Coleshill Estate and owned by the National Trust, in 2006. Since their move, they have tried to maintain the rich wildlife. The farm was named top in a British Trust for Ornithology survey in 2006 from among
2,000 plots, with 71 species of bird observed.

Historically, the farm has been a mixed holding, which Adam and Lorna have recently finished converting to organic. The result is a traditional rotation of grass, clover ley and arable on most fields. They also have a beef suckler herd.

Adam is an expert in birds and has kindly agreed to take all those interested on a Bird and Farm walk starting 5.30pm on Friday evening 20th June - and lasting approximately two hours. SORRY - NO DOGS

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No charge - but there WILL be the opportunity to give a donation to the RSPB. Please be at Kilmester Farm promptly at 5.30pm. Sensible footwear. There will be Fairtrade coffee served after the walk.