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Hawfinches at Sizergh Castle 2 March 2012
Hawfinches at Sizergh Castle 2 March 2012 Our two-day birding trip had already given us a great day out at RSPB Leighton Moss where we saw lots of species with the bonus of three fantastic “life ticks” – a “redhead” Smew, a Snow Goose and a Glossy Ibis – but this second day was the
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Day Out to Leighton Moss RSPB 1st March 2012
Day Out to Leighton Moss RSPB 1st March 2012 We decided to have a couple of days birding so we started off with a visit to Leighton Moss RSPB. We had seen on their web site that there were a number of rarities in the area including a “redhead” Smew, a Glossy Ibis and a
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Summary February 2012
Summary February 2012 We were on holiday in Lanzarote for the week between 2nd and 9th of February. We weren’t really doing any serious bird watching but we kept our eyes open and we did see a few species including Pallid Swift, Kestrel, Kentish Plover, Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, Collared Dove, Swallow, Spanish Sparrow and
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Birding Group Visit to Poynton Park and Bramhall Woods 27th February 2012
Birding Group Visit to Poynton Park and Bramhall Woods 27th February 2012 The scheduled visit to Bramhall Park woods was slightly altered so we could go to Poynton Park to try to see the Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers that have been widely seen there. Unfortunately we didn’t see any. This was not the first time I
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Birding Group Visit to Sandbach Flashes 21st February 2012
Birding Group Visit to Sandbach Flashes 21st February 2012 This was only my second visit with the birding group to Sandbach Flashes and it was Anne’s first time there. As usual, we only went to one of these flashes, Elton Hall Flash. The weather was reasonable and we were hoping for as good a day
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Poynton Park 19th February 2012
Poynton Park 19th February 2012 We wanted to visit Poynton Park because on of our birding group had been there recently and had seen Lesser-spotted Woodpeckers there. The web site describes the site thus : “The park is situated just a few minutes walk from the centre of Poynton village covering 21 hectares including the
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Birding Group Day Out to Hilbre Island 16th February 2012
Birding Group Day Out to Hilbre Island 16th February 2012 The weather forecast was a bit doubtful for our day out to Hilbre but the rain managed to stay off for the morning at least. It was around 10.30am before we set out from the pier across the sands to Little Eye, turning right there
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