The first opportunity we had to get out and about birding after our Scotland holiday was a trip to Burton Mere Wetlands on a fine, warm day. Our visit got off to a great start when we were informed that one of the adult Cattle Egrets was standing on one of the islands of the…
After our visit to Gronant beach we decided to go to Connah’s Quay via Flint Castle. As it turned out, the tide was too high at Flint to be of interest though we did get a very nice flyby at head level of a Peregrine Falcon. Over at Connah’s Quay things were pretty quite but…
Although the birding group term officially ended last Tuesday a few of us wanted to fit in an earlier trip that had been cancelled due to bad weather; this was to Gronant beach where the Little Tern Colony is. As it happened, it was probably wetter this day than on the day we cancelled despite…
On the second day of our two-day birding group outing, we headed from South Cave up to RSPB Bempton Cliffs. The weather had improved a bit and although it was blowing a gale, it didn’t rain. As ever, it was impsossibly busy but it did what it does – gives you good views of Gannets,…
The first birding group outing of June was an overnight visit to Yorkshire taking in RSPB Blacktoft Sands and North Cave on the 6th and RSPB Benpton Cliffs on the 7th. We mostly stayed overnight in the Travelodge at South Cave but a couple of the group stayed in nearby Beverley. The first day was…
We went up to the Wirral on the 28th for a high tide of 9.7 metres at 1:47pm. It wasn’t one of the “spectaculars” that are possible there but it was a nice day and there were small numbers of Dunlin, Sanderling and Ringed Plover around and a single, breeding plumage, Grey Plover. Our viewing…
I had been looking forward to the birding group visit to the Goyt Valley for a while now. It is always good for at least some good year ticks and is sometimes exceptionally good. This time it was exceptionally good though we did not get all out target species.
A visit to Burton Mere Wetlands to try to see the Buff-breasted Sandpiper that had been reported there over the weekend turned out to be a “wild goose chase” as it had already flown off on the Sunday night. Be that as it may, it was a nice day and we did manage to see…
After our holiday in Suffolk and Norfolk, this was the first birding group we could make in May. In fact there were only half of us there because of various holidays. It was avtually rather disappointing. Two of our group caught sight of a Bearded Tit but none of the others did. In fact there…
