Join us on our fifth walk of christmas as part of our December series of walks, the 12 walks of christmas.

As the name suggests throughout December we will be leading a total of 12 walks for the countdown to christmas. These walks will take place along our coastline between Whitstable and Pegwell Bay and each walk will be in dedication of a member of the daring dozen that usually calls it home. Please note we can not guarantee we will see the bird that the walk is in honour off however we have made sure we have chosen locations where we have the best chance of seeing the chosen species.

For this walk we will be putting a spotlight on the Purple Sandpiper. One of our more illusive members of the daring dozen. Although we can not guarantee we will see them on this walk, we will have the best chance. This is due to us visiting Walpole Bay which is an area that is visited by a variety of waders, more specifically turnstones. We often see Purple sandpipers hanging around in large groups of turnstones. After a brief visit to Walpole we will walk back towards Palm Bay and towards foreness point. Here we are likely to see a relatively large group of turnstones that use the area to roost along with many other species such as rock pipits, pied wagtails and the resident kestrel.

We will be meeting at Sacketts gate which can be located by the Palm Bay Tennis courts (if you put either of these into google maps you should find it). Failing that look out for our van. There is plenty of free parking by the meeting point and along Palm Bay avenue.

Unfortunately there are no public toilets on this walk.

Description supplied by the event organiser.