Woolston Eyes Open Day : 30th June 2013 For quite some time I have been curious about the Woolston Eyes Reserve near Warrington so when I saw a reference to their “Open Day” (they only have one every four years !) I was keen to go over there and see what it was like. Being…
Birding Group Visit to Brockholes Nature Reserve 25th June 2013 Anne and I went to Brockholes on the 17th of May but just a month later the place was transformed with vegetation now abundant. and the meadows in full bloom and full of insect life. The islands in No 1 Pit were full of quite…
Birding Group Visit to The Spinnies, Aberogwen 11th June 2013 After we left Conwy, we drove along the expressway to the Tal-y-bont turnoff and then drove to Aberogwen where the North Wales Nature Reserve of “The Spinnies” is located. We parked up at the small car park and immediately we could see birds in the…
Birding Group Visit to RSPB Conwy 11th June 2013 This week’s birding day was to Wales and we all met up at the cafe at the RSPB site at Conwy. There have been quite a few changes to the cafe and surrounding area since we were last there. There is now the ubiquitous playground for…
Birding Group Visit to Goyt Valley 4th June 2013 The birding group visit to Goyt Valley was always going to be interesting because last year we decided that we had probably left it too late to go there. This year it was decided to go a couple of weeks earlier but, of course, this year…
Visit To Burton Mere Wetland, Iner Marsh Farm and Parkgate 30th May 2013 On the 30th May we spent the day out at Burton Mere Wetland, Inner Marsh Farm and Parkgate. We started out at the reception hide where we could see a decent number of Avocet. Unfortunately the young had been badly predated by…
Birding Group Visit To Neumann’s Flash and Haydn’s Pool 21st May 2013 The birding group visit to Neumann’s Flash and environs was notable for the fact that, apart from the three of us, there were only two others, Richard and David Hulse, in attendance whichwas a shame but it was an interesting dynamic being such…
Visit to Brockholes Nature Reserve 17th May 2013 The weather forecast looked like giving us one day this week where it probably wouldn’t rain so we decided to go out for the day and since Anne had not yet been to Brockholes nature reserve near Preston, we thought we should go there. The last time…
Birding Group Visit To Macclesfield Forest 14th May 2013 Despite the weather forecast being a bit iffy, we went out to Macclesfield Forest and the weather was kind to us remaining dry and sunny if a bit windy. We parked up at the bottom of the woods next to the reservoir and walked up into…
Birding Group Visit to Staley Brushes 7th May 2013 This was our first visit to Staley Brushes with the birding group; previously we have either been on holiday or it has been raining so the venue was changed at the last minute. We had no such problem today as it was a lovely sunny and…
