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Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham Marsh : 17th June 2014
Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham Marsh : 17th June 2014 As it happened we felt that after the birding group had finished at Moore we had time to pop down to Frodsham Marshes where a Red-necked Grebe had been loitering for more than a week. It was only about twenty minutes out of our way so we decided to give it a shot. There had also…
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Birding Group Visit to Moore Nature Reserve : 17th June 2014
Birding Group Visit to Moore Nature Reserve : 17th June 2014 We started out at the car park then walked uphill to the hide that overlooks Lapwing Lake. On the lake were a Little Grebe, Coots, Mute Swans and a small Mallard family. A Cormorant flew overhead. Reed and Sedge Warblers could also be heard. Outside the hide, in the brambles and bushes, Chiffchaff could…
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Birding Group Visit to RSPB South Stack : 11th June 2014
Birding Group Visit to RSPB South Stack : 11th June 2014 We stayed overnight on the 10th at the Seacroft Hotel in Trearddur Bay. Some of the group stayed at the Travelodge in Holyhead but we all met up on the evening of the 10th for a meal. We had a nice evening and retired exhausted ready for another birding day in North Wales. We…
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Birding Group Visit to RSPB Conwy, The Spinnies and Cemlyn Bay : 10th June 2014
Birding Group Visit to RSPB Conwy, The Spinnies and Cemlyn Bay : 10th June 2014 On the 10th June the birding group set off on day 1 of the two day outing to Anglesey. We met up at RSPB Conwy and had a quick cup of tea before going round the site. It was a little after high tide when we set out. In truth…
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Summary : May 2014
Summary : May 2014 Garden The garden continued to improve bird-wise but we can’t seem to shake off the Woodpigeons that seem to be in our gardens in numbers any time there is food around – and even where there isn’t. Blackbird are getting pushy as they clearly have young to feed. Dunnocks very visible and even on the bird table which is unusual, I…
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Scotland Birding Trip Summary May 2014
Scotland Birding Trip Summary May 2014 Our birding trip to Scotland took in visits to Loch of the Lowes and Loch Garten as well as the fours days birding in and around Grantown-on-Spey and visits after that to the Ythan Estuary at Newburgh and RSPB Fowlsheugh. In total we saw 113 bird species and added six new life ticks to our UK list. These were…
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Scotland Trip Day 7 : RSPB Fowlsheugh : 2nd June 2014
Scotland Trip Day 7 : RSPB Fowlsheugh : 2nd June 2014 Day 6 of our Scottish holiday was spent with the family and, apart from a visit to a formal garden where a pair of Oystercatchers had nested right in the middle of one of the ornamental sections, we did not do any real birding. We stayed the Saturday after we arrived from Newburgh and…
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