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Summary May 2013
Summary May 2013 On the 8th May we saw four House Martins (the first for the year for us) starting to nest under the eaves of one of the new flat blocks opposite the Thai restaurant. We saw one nest but at least two other birds were also to-ing and fro-ing so I expected to see more nests later in the week but there was…
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Visit To Burton Mere Wetland, Iner Marsh Farm and Parkgate 30th May 2013
Visit To Burton Mere Wetland, Iner Marsh Farm and Parkgate 30th May 2013 On the 30th May we spent the day out at Burton Mere Wetland, Inner Marsh Farm and Parkgate. We started out at the reception hide where we could see a decent number of Avocet. Unfortunately the young had been badly predated by Carrion Crows so there were fewer than might be expected.…
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Birding Group Visit To Neumann’s Flash and Haydn’s Pool 21st May 2013
Birding Group Visit To Neumann’s Flash and Haydn’s Pool 21st May 2013 The birding group visit to Neumann’s Flash and environs was notable for the fact that, apart from the three of us, there were only two others, Richard and David Hulse, in attendance whichwas a shame but it was an interesting dynamic being such as small group and we could not have picked a…
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Visit to Brockholes Nature Reserve 17th May 2013
Visit to Brockholes Nature Reserve 17th May 2013 The weather forecast looked like giving us one day this week where it probably wouldn’t rain so we decided to go out for the day and since Anne had not yet been to Brockholes nature reserve near Preston, we thought we should go there. The last time I was there was with the birding group and that…
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Birding Group Visit To Macclesfield Forest 14th May 2013
Birding Group Visit To Macclesfield Forest 14th May 2013 Despite the weather forecast being a bit iffy, we went out to Macclesfield Forest and the weather was kind to us remaining dry and sunny if a bit windy. We parked up at the bottom of the woods next to the reservoir and walked up into the woods. The first impression was of Song Thrushes singing…
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Birding Group Visit to Staley Brushes 7th May 2013
Birding Group Visit to Staley Brushes 7th May 2013 This was our first visit to Staley Brushes with the birding group; previously we have either been on holiday or it has been raining so the venue was changed at the last minute. We had no such problem today as it was a lovely sunny and warm day – perfect for a walk up on to…
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Summary April 2013
Summary April 2013 Garden Although April started out still cold, there were some signs in the first week of the possibility of Spring happening. It has at least been dry for a couple of weeks so the surrounding countryside is getting a chance to soak up the record rainfalls of March. Disturbingly there have been a few newspaper reports of migratory birds arriving in Britain…
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