Walk on Chorlton Ees and Chorlton Water Park 1st February 2013 I had read on a birders message board that someone had seen Fieldfare and Snipe on the rough ground next to the football pitch at Chorlton Ees so we set off for a morning walk over there. We walked the short route which took…
Visit to Budworth Mere 29th January 2013 After the birding group finished up at Neumann’s Flash, Mike and I thought we had enough time to go over to Budworth Mere to see whether that had thawed out since I had been there a few days before. It had almost completely thawed out so there was…
Birding Group Visit to Neumann’s Flash 29th January 2012 Our planned visit to Marshside and Mere Sands Woods, for a higher than normal tide, was called off due to expected poor weather. Instead we rescheduled to Neumann’s Flash where we were supposed to go to in February. In the end, the weather wasn’t too bad…
Quest for Great Northern Diver at Budworth Mere 25th January 2013 I had been reading about the appearance of a juvenile Great Northern Diver that was showing at Budworth Mere so we headed off there on a cold, cold morning. When we arrived there we went to the main hide where we could see that…
Birding Group Visit to Tatton Park 22nd January 2012 As it was in January of last year, it was a lovely bright but cold day. The difference this year was that there was lots of snow around and the meres were iced over for a significant part of their area. . We parked up as…
Birthday Day Out to WWT Martin Mere 17th January 2013 As a treat for my birthday, Anne, Mike and I drove up to WWT Martin Mere. This was partly so I could order my new Swarovski ATX scope so I spent half an hour sorting that out with Bernie from the In Focus shop before…
Birding Group Visit to Hoylake 15th January 2013 After the disappointing visit to Burton Mere Wetlands we decided to rescue the day by driving up to Parkgate and then on to Hoylake. The reason I suggested that we go up to Hoylake was that I had been looking at local sightings on the internet before…
Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetland 15th January 2013 Our scheduled visit to Burton Mere Wetlands was complicated by the fact that Inner Marsh Farm was closed for continuing work on the pathway to connect it to the main reserve. This happens every Tuesday but does not necessarily mean that there is too much…
Visit to Moore Nature Reserve 6th January 2013 With a slight break in the weather we were determined to get out for a walk and, although the weather was not very promising when we set out, by the time we got to Moore it had picked up considerably and was warm enough for me not…
Provision Birding Group Schedule for January – March 2013 The provisional schedule worked up at the end of term lunch at Dunham Massey was as follows : Jan 8: Pennington Jan 15: Burton Jan 22: Tatton Park Jan 29: Marshside/Mere Sands Wood – day trip Feb 5: Neumann’s Flash Feb 12: Point of Ayr (12.26…
