January | 12-13 | Saturday to Sunday | Resighting one or both morning tides. (no catching) |
January | 25-27 | Friday to Sunday | Assemble Friday evening. Cannon netting, mist netting and colour-ring resighting. |
February | 9-10 | Saturday to Sunday | Resighting one or both morning tides. (no catching) |
February | 22-24 | Friday to Sunday | Assemble Friday evening. Cannon netting, mist netting and colour-ring resighting. |
March | 9-10 | Saturday to Sunday | Resighting one or both morning tides. Mist netting possible Saturday evening. |
July | 5-7 | Friday to Sunday | Assemble Friday evening. AGM during the weekend. Equipment maintenance and possible cannon netting for summering waders |
July | 20-21 | Saturday to Sunday | Resighting one or both morning tides. (no catching) |
August | 1-7 | Thursday to Wednesday | Autumn Passage Assemble Thursday lunch time – volunteers also needed to recce on Thursday morning tide. First catching expected to be Thursday evening at Wainfleet. Various opportunities for cannon netting, mist netting and colour-ring resighting throughout week. Last catch mist netting Tuesday evening in Lincs or at Gedney. Departure Wednesday. |
August / September | 30-5 | Friday to Thursday | Autumn Passage Assemble Friday daytime – volunteers also needed to recce on Friday morning tide. First catching expected to be Saturday morning. Various opportunities for cannon netting, mist netting and colour-ring resighting throughout week. Last catch mist netting Wednesday evening (Gedney and/or Lincs). Departure Thursday. |
September | 14-15 | Saturday to Sunday | Resighting one or both morning tides. (no catching) |
September | 27-29 | Friday to Sunday | Assemble Friday evening. Cannon netting, mist netting and colour-ring resighting. |
October | 25-27 | Friday to Sunday | Assemble Friday evening. Morning mist netting and evening cannon netting, |
November | 16-17 | Saturday to Sunday | Resighting one or both morning tides. (no catching) |
November/ December |
29-1 | Friday to Sunday | Assemble Friday evening. Cannon netting, mist netting (Gedney) and colour ring resighting |
December | 14-15 | Saturday to Sunday | Resighting one or both morning tides. (no catching) |
December | 28-29 | Saturday to Sunday | Resighting one or both morning tides. (no catching) |
Costs
A charge is made to cover the cost of food and running expenses including equipment and rings. Current prices are £7 per tide attended including the longer visits in August and September. This is reduced to £5 per tide when attending fieldwork sessions when no catching is anticipated. Participants attending for a single tide and not taking advantage of the food / accommodation or other facilities provided by the group are charged £5). Car drivers are reimbursed by the group for fuel used whilst ferrying people and equipment about. Families are welcome to bring children and charges for children are by negotiation.