Mallorca : 15th October 2015 : S’Albufera The weather on the 14th had been pretty poor so we actually cancelled our birding plan for that day. Today we had another plan and that also went awry. We had planned a boat trip around Cap Formentor but the posters we had been getting our information from…
Mallorca : 13th October 2015 : Alcudia and La Gola The last time we were at the Roman remains in Alcudia we were on a walking tour so we could not really stop to look at the birds but I made a mental note to return there to look for birds because it seemed to…
Mallorca : 12th October 2015 : Boquer Valley This day was a lovely day for a walk up the Bocquer Valley but it was also a public holiday so there were a huge number of people walking the valley including hordes of infants out on some group nature trek – very noisy indeed. This combined…
Mallorca : 11th October 2015 : Arrival and travelling to hotel; La Gola We set off horribly early on the 11th of October for a fortnight holiday in Mallorca where we again stayed at the Hoposa Uyal Hotel in Port de Pollenca. We had stayed there last Autumn and again this Spring. We were a…
Moore Nature Reserve : 6th October 2015 It was a very pleasant day for what will probably be one of the few birding group days we attend this month on account of our holidaying in Mallorca where we intend to do quite a lot of birding to make up for it. The morning started off…
Hoylake : 29th September 2015 The last birding group day out of the month and, in fact, our last birding day out of September, was to Hoylake for an 11 metre high tide at 12.30pm. The weather was so good, however, that there was a bit of a shortage of birds. It was a lovely…
Hilbre Island : 22nd September 2015 The second birding group day out of the new was to Hilbre Island where I had not been for quite some time; I think we must have been on holiday last year when the group went there. The whole thing is about a four mile round trip over the…
Burton Mere Wetlands : 15th September 2015 It seems that we just cannot keep away from Burton Mere Wetlands and, with the resumption of the birding groups visits opening with a visit to Burton Mere Wetlands, we were back there again for the second time this month. Our morning started with a fantastic – and…
Parkgate and Burton Mere Wetlands : 8th September 2015 We left Gilroy Nature Park and headed for the Boathouse at Parkgate for lunch. A great bonus here for us was the sighting of both Marsh Harrier and a ringtail Hen Harrier – while we were having lunch ! The latter was a “year tick” We…
Gilroy Nature Park : 8th September 2015 We wanted to take a look at somewhere different of the Wirral so we decided to check out Gilroy nature Reserve where we had read about the big Black-tailed Godwit roost. As it happens, probably the most exciting spot of the day was a sighting of three Great…
