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Birding Group Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 31st January 2012
Birding Group Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 31st January 2012 The last day of the month was due to be a visit to Martin Mere and Mere Sands Woods but, in the end, it was decided that there was so much to see at Martin Mere that we would stay there all day rather than leave early to go to the nearby Mere Sands…
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Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 24th January 2012
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 24th January 2012 Today the birding group was due to go to Redesmere but a poor weather forecast put a lot of people off given that there is no cover there, so instead we followed the usual standby plan which was to go to Pennington Flash where there are at least a few hides to, well, hide in !…
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Birding Group Visit to Tatton Park 17th January 2012
Birding Group Visit to Tatton Park 17th January 2012 Our morning trip to Tatton Park was made more pleasant by it being a cold, bright, crisp winter morning. We parked up as usual in the lay-by on Mobberley Road and walked down Mallard Close and over the railway bridge to the south entrance. We walked through Dog Wood where we saw Goldcrests, a Nuthatch and…
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New Birding Group Schedule
Due to issues concerning the correct dates for high tides, the original schedule for this session has changed to the following : New Birding Group Schedule Date Venue Jan 17th Tatton Park Jan 24th Redesmere Jan 31st Martin Mere and Meresands Wood day trip Feb 7th Neumann’s Flash Feb 16th Hilbre Island (weather permitting) Feb 21st Sandbach Flashes Feb 28th Bramhall March 6th Wigan Flashes…
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Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 10th January 2012
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 10th January 2012 This was the first day of the new birding group term and it started with a regular of the group – Pennington Flash. Unusually for the time of year, the weather was really quite mild and even the usual wind tunnel effect in “Horrock’s hide” was ameliorated by the mild weather ; last year at this…
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Summary December 2011
Summary December 2011 Garden December saw the weather turn a little colder and much wetter after a very mild November. With the rain and cold came the birds and our garden has started to look more familiar. Each day there are at least a couple of dozen Goldfinches at a time on the feeders; two Greenfinches are reasonably common.
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Sale Water Park and Kenworthy Woods 22nd December 2011
Sale Water Park and Kenworthy Woods 22nd December 2011 On 22nd we went to Chorlton Water Park where we parked up and then went for a walk. It was a beautiful winter day with lots of sun and unusually mild considering it was nearly Christmas – not at all like last year ! We started out going counter-closkwise to keep the low sun out of…
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