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Lakenheath Fen 2nd May 2016
Lakenheath Fen 2nd May 2016 We drove from Wicken Fen to Lakenheath Fen as part of our Peterborough to Halesworth journey. The afternoon had started to look a bit gloomy but we felt we had a fair chance of getting to the first hide and back before the rain fell. It was a bit of a rushed walk out there but we did manage to…
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Wicken Fen 2nd May 2016
Wicken Fen 2nd May 2016 Having recently finished rereading a book based on a long – term study of Cuckoos at Wicken Fen, Cuckoos : Cheating By Nature by Nick Davies, I was interested to see this – the oldest – National Trust site. Unfortunately it was a bank holiday and the reserve was heaving with people and their children and dogs. On the plus…
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Summary : April 2016
Summary April 2016 Species this month = 88 New Species added to 2016 Year List in April = 15 Sand Martins and House Martins at Moore on the 5th, Brent Goose, Common Eider and Wheatear at Riverbank Road on the 8th and Black-necked Grebe at Woolston Eyes also on the 8th. Our first Swallow at Ellesmere on the 10th April, Cetti’s Warbler and Water Pipit…
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Leighton Moss RSPB : 26th April 2016
Leighton Moss RSPB : 26th April 2016 The last birding group day of the month (and our last until we are back from holiday in Norfork etc.) was to Leighton Moss. The day started badly with three different traffic jams that meant that our joutrney there took two hours. When we got there, it was surprisingly quiet at all the hides and there were only…
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Red Rocks, Neston Old Quay and Burton Mere Wetlands : 22nd April 2016
Red Rocks, Neston Old Quay and Burton Mere Wetlands : 22nd April 2016 WIth a good day predicted and a 9 metre high tide due at Noon we decided on another visit to the Wirral. Expecting that a, none too impressive, 9 metre tide would’t do much anywhere except Hoylake we decided to go up there. As it happened the tide was mainly a long…
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Wigan Flashes : 19th April 2016
Wigan Flashes : 19th April 2016 The last two times the birding group have been scheduled for Wigan Flashes, it has have to be called off due to bad weather. Nothing could have been further from the truth on this day and, with a beautiful blue sky above, the birds were out and Spring had definitely sprung with plenty of Warblers about and singing loudly.
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