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Birding Group Visit to WWT Martin Mere : 9th June 2015
Birding Group Visit to WWT Martin Mere : 9th June 2015 Our birding group visit to Martin Mere perhaps disappointed some people because the sheer numbers that you see there in winter were not present. However, I think it is a bit much to complain when you see some over-summering Pink-footed Geese and Whooper Swans
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Corncrake at Carr Lane, Hale : 7th June 2015
Corncrake at Carr Lane, Hale : 7th June 2015 I had been watching reports on Rare Bird Alert of a Corncrake singing in a field off Carr Lane near Hale, Merseyside. I had heard of this site before because the pools on the lane often have reports of good birds. When the reports were still
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Moore Nature Reserve : 5th June 2015
Moore Nature Reserve : 5th June 2015 The weather forecast was good for a limited number of areas for the day and Moore Nature Reserve was one of them. My target birds were Yellowhammer and Grey Partridge. Unfortunately we saw neither but we had a nice long walk on a hot and humid morning where
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Red-necked Phalarope at Burton Mere Wetlands : 2nd June 2015
Red-necked Phalarope at Burton Mere Wetlands : 2nd June 2015 Our birding group day out today was supposed to be to either Neumann’s Flash or Brockholes. Since the weather forecast was poor we decided on a familiar fall-back – Burton Mere Wetlands. The weather forecast was a bit better here and although not entirely dry
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Summary : May 2015
Summary : May 2015 New Species added to 2015 Year List in May= 16 Running Total for the 2015 UK So Far = 128 New UK Life List Birds In March = 1 (Wood Warbler) Our Garden The Starlings have been coming to the bird feeders with their new young many times a day and
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Birding Group Visit to Goyt Valley : 26th May 2015
Birding Group Visit to Goyt Valley : 26th May 2015 Although I had been to the Goyt Valley the Thursday before, I was still keen to try again for the two species we would normally hope to see there that we did not get on Thursday; Tree Pipit and Redstart. Not only did we fill
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Goyt Valley and Cat and Fiddle : 21 May 2015
Goyt Valley and Cat and Fiddle : 21 May 2015 Tuesday outing for the birding group was scheduled for the Goyt Valley but was changed to Pennington because of poor weather. I was keen that this particular venue should not disappear off the schedule if the following Tuesday’s weather was also poor so we decided

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