Studley Green Red Kites : 20th June 2015 We started our holiday in the south of England with a visit to friend’s wedding anniversary party in Maidenhead. As we drove down the M40 near to Maidenhead the usual Buzzards gave way to the local specialty – Red Kites. Not only are they the dominant large…
Birding Group Visit to Bempton Cliffs : 16th June 2015 We all left the Travelodge at South Cave at 8am and then stopped off at the Ferguson Fawsitt Arms a few miles down the road at Walkington where we had arranged that we could all stop off and partake of their cooked breakfast at £7.50…
Birding Group Visit to North Cave : 15th June 2015 We left Blacktoft Sands around 2pm and drove back up to the motorway and then across the other side of the River Ouse to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust reserve at North Cave. Here we were pleased to find that the site was full of wildlife…
Birding Group Visit to Blacktoft Sands : 15th June 2015 Our birding group outing this week was a two-day event taking in Blacktoft Sands, North Cave and Bempton Cliffs. On the first day we went to Blacktoft and North Cave. The drive was about two and a quarter hours so we arrived at Blacktoft Sands…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 19th May 2015 We were scheduled to go to the Goyt Valley today but the weather forecast was so poor we decided to divert to Pennington Flash. There had been some rain overnight and the water level seemed a little high. The main attractions of the day were Common…
