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Connah’s Quay and Burton Mere Wetlands 25th February 2017
After a long spell out of action with flu, I was keen to get out and about again. We opted for the Dee estuary which never disappoints. Our main target for the day was Twite at Connah’s Quay. We are going to Hawaii for three weeks shortly and this could have been our last chace
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Chorlton Water Park and Kenworthy Woods : 3 February 2017
A break in the wet weather gave us a chance to get out to Chorlton Water Park and Kenworthy Woods. It has been a long time since we hace gone over there, preferring to go further afield for less common birds. It was well overdue for us to visit the water park so we drove
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Summary January 2017
Total UK Species in January : 85 New “Year Ticks” in January : 85 New “Life Ticks” in January : 0
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Pennington Flash : 31 January 2017
The fist birding group date we could make in January was to Pennington Flash on the last day of the month. It started off a little wet but soon dried up. It wasn’t even all that windy ! The main attractions were the possibility of seeing the Long-tailed Duck we had seen last year
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White Storks at Lagos : 17th January 2017
The sad loss of a very good friend took us to Portugal for her funeral. We were in Lagos between 15th – 19th January. The unhappiness of the occasion was soothed a little by the odd couple of hours birding that I managed to fit it. It was a bit of relief from the intense
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Red-crested Pochard and Smew at Newchurch Common 11th January 2017
An expected dry day before some very stormy weather was an opportunity to add to my 2017 year list with the reports of a drake Red-crested Pochard and a redhead Smew at Newchurch Common. As before, we parked at the end of Novscotia Lane and walked down the track rather grandiosely named Overdale Lane.
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