RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 20th January 2015 We finished up our birding group day on the Wirral with a visit to Burton Mere where we were in for a bit of a surprise as almost every body of water was frozen and there were very few birds there at all and what was there was…
New Brighton Marine Lake 20th January 2015 Our birding group day out on the Wirral had started at Hoylake for the high tide. After we had seen what we could see there we moved on to New Brighton. I had seen Purple Sandpipers there on the 23rd December and got some nice video which the…
High tide at Hoylake 20th January 2015 The high tide at Hoylake was not huge – 9.9metres and we were a bit concerned that with high tide due at 10.42am that we wouldn’t have a very satisfactory experience as most of us would get there only an hour before. There was a chance the weather…
Pennington Flash 13th January 2015 We missed the birding group visit to Wigan Flashes on the 6th so our first group session of the year was to Pennington Flashes. Although there were no outstanding sightings, Pennington is always reliable and a good was to get a good start to the annual species list. Goldeneye and…
Birding Group Day Out to WWT Martin Mere : 9th December 2014 It is a little hard to believe after seeing a Tawny Owl at Moore the previous week, but on the path down to the Ron Barker hide, just before you reach the Kingfisher Hide and just before a bench we encountered a small…
Tawny Owl at Moore Nature Reserve : 2nd December 2014 The first birding group morning of December brought a fantastic life tick – a Tawny Owl.
High Tide at Hoylake : 25th November 2014 The birding group visit for this week was to Hoylake for a high tide. The tide was due at 12.37 at 9.5 metres. We arrived there around 10.15am and were pleased to find that it was a lovely sunny morning with no wind which made a very…
Birding Group Visit to Sandbach Flashes : 18th November 2014 Our group visit to Sandbach Flashes was on a very nice autumnal morning with crisp clear low sunlight that made for glare-free viewing of the flashes. We started off with Pump House Flash; on hte fields at the back were considerable numbers of Wigeon and…
Birding Group Visit to Tatton Park : 4th November 2014 Our visit to Tatton Park was a very pleasant morning but it has to be said it was a bit quiet, especially in the woods, though we did see Greater Spotted Woodpecker and Nuthatch and Treecreeper. On the water there was a good spread of…
Birding Group Visit to RSPB Leighton Moss : 14th October 2014 The first birding group day our after our return from Mallorca was to RSPB Leighton Moss where we were hoping – as usual – that we might get views of Bearded Tits at the grit trays. On the plus side, October is the best…
