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Sparrowhawk and other wildlife in our garden – May 2021
A glance out the back window of our house revealed a Sparrowhawk that had picked off one of our House Sparrows. There have also been some other unusual sightings including a Grey Wagtail that has been with us since February, Pheasant, Fox and Hedgehogs
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Goyt Valley, Cat and Fiddle, Danebower Quarry 6th May 2021
With a break in the recent (but much needed) rain, we headed out to the Goyt valley. We are planning to go here later in the month but with a lot of the hides still closed at reserves this seemed like a good option for a bit of exercise. When we go with the birding
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Hoylake, Leosowe and Parkgate 27th April 2021
We went up to Hoylake for a high tide of 9.9 metres at Noon but, even though we were there a good hour before, the tide was all the way in when we got there. There was still some sand but lots of dog walkers and no birds at all except the odd Cormorant or
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Burton Mere Wetlands and Neston Old Quay 22nd April 2021
Our first birding day out for six whole months was on the 22nd April when we went to Burton Mere Wetlands and then on to the Old Quay at Neston. BMW was still very limited with no hides open and even the mound they had made for observing the scrape had been closed off because
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January – March 2021 – Garden Birding Only
Covid continued with a vengeance into 2021 and from January to March the only birding we did was back garden birding which features the usual suspects. The only notable events were the appearance of a pair of Grey Wagtails that showed up on the 6th and became very attached to the meal worms I am
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2020 Annual Summary
Total number of species seen in 2020 : 108 !!Total Life Ticks in 2020 – NONE!! 2020 – The first year of Covid. Fortunately for us, we managed to get our annual winter holiday in Lanzarote. The sightings are summarised here. This was a blessing because it was not too long before the Covid pandemic
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Tatton Park 15th October 2020
We went to Tatton Park, principally to look over the gardens but I managed to get a little bird-watching in, both round the gardens and then, after a short walk, down at the meres. It wasn’t a great birding day but, such is the current Covid 19 situation, I still managed to get a couple
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