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Summary August 2012
Summary August 2012 Garden August started with some really sunny weather which was pleasant but it being August the birds are hiding away moulting. The numbers of Goldfinches have increased considerably with the addition of this years cohort. By the middle of the month some of them were starting to moult into their adult plumage with some reddish orange starting to appear on their heads.…
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Day Out to WWT Martin Mere 18th August 2012
Day Out to WWT Martin Mere 18th August 2012 A look at the weather forecast for Burscough suggested a fine day and with the weather being so changeable this month we thought we should drive out to Martin Mere WWT for the day. I was encouraged but recent reports on their web site that there had been a number of Kingfishers seen from the Ron…
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Visit to Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs : 5th August 2012
Visit to Flamborough Head and Bempton Cliffs : 5th August 2012 For our second day on the east coast we took a drive out to the lighthouse at Flamborough Head and had a walk around the bay there which was very interesting and we could hear a number of small birds among the grass and wild flowers and plants at the cliffs enge bur they…
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Visit to Bempton Cliffs : 4th August 2012
Visit to Bempton Cliffs : 5th August 2012 Anne and I decided to go away for our 6th anniversary and since it was on our minds to try to get over to RSPB Bempton Cliffs one of these days we decided that this would be a good opportunity. We drove over eastwards and as we drove the weather picked up quite a bit and by…
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Visit to Moore Nature Reserve : 3rd August 2012
Visit to Moore Nature Reserve : 3rd August 2012 The weather has been pretty poor so when it looked like we had a window of opportunity we jumped at it and went out to Moore Nature Reserve for a walk. Often we walk through Rigby’s Wood and on to Middle Moss Wood and Birchwood Pool but this time we walked to the left of the…
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Summary July 2012
Summary July 2012 Garden The awful weather continued into July as all records for rainfall in the UK were broken. Thankfully we were on holiday on Mull from the 7th – 17th where, contrary to the rest of the country, the weather was beautiful. Details of this holiday can be seen below but suffice it to say that it was a shame when we got…
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Scotland Holiday Day 11 : 16th July 2012 : Isle of May / Bass Rock
Scotland Holiday Day 11 : 16th July 2012 : Isle of May / Bass Rock On the Sunday we spent the day doing family visits and so on in Edinburgh and Musselburgh but we added an additional day onto our holiday so that I could have a chance to take a boat trip out to the Isle of May in the Firth of Forth as…
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