Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 16th October 2012 It seems that every time that the birding group schedules Wigan Flashes the weather conspires to be so bad that it is changed to Pennington Flash at the last minute, primarily because at least there is shelter there. This time was no exception. The weather wasn’t…
Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetland and Inner Marsh Farm 17th September 2012 The Second date of the new birding term for our group was to Burton Mere Wetlands. In the main hide we could see a large number of Greylag and Canada Geese. There were high numbers of Lapwing around thirty Black-tailed Godwits….
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 11th September 2012 This was the first day of the new term for the birding group and there was quite a good attendance. The weather was very changeable and when we first arrived it started to rain and stayed that way on and off for the rest of the…
Birding Group Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 26th June 2012 This weeks birding day was at WWT Martin Mere. Unusually for us we started at the United Utilities hide first because there had been talk of a Barn Owl flying as late as 11am. Unfortunately we didn’t manage to see it but, as is…
Birding Group Visit to RSPB Burton Mere Wetland 18th June 2012 Our birding group day out this week was on a Monday rather than a Tuesday and this was to match up with the high tide which should push more birds onto the reserve. As it happens there has been so much rain recently that…
Birding Group Visit to Goyt Valley 12th June 2012 Our morning outing today was to the Goyt Valley which is located between Macclesfield and Buxton in the Peak District National Park. The valley is close to the Cheshire and Derbyshire county border. The River Goyt that flows through the valley rises high on Axe Edge…
Visit to Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, Wales 30th May 2012 After our couple of days with the birding group we wanted to stay another day and go to Cemlyn Bay again and perhaps a few other places. It wasn’t to be quite that way in the end but we had a good start when we revisited…
Birding Group Visit to Wales 29th May 2012 : The Fish Dock and Soldiers Point, Holyhead The Fish Dock After the birding group had finished eating the night before, Anne and I thought we would try to see if we could find the Fish Dock at Holyhead Harbour which was just over the road a…
Birding Group Visit to Wales 28th May 2012 : Spinnies Aberogwen We parked at the car park for The Spinnies Aberogwen Nature Reserve and we walked along the shingle beach (look out for the tide) where we saw a single Curlew and a few Sand Martins. At the hide that overlooks the bay (Traeth Lafan)…
Birding Group Visit to Wales 28th May 2012 : RSPB Conwy The last birding group day out was a two-day affair involving visits to RSPB Conwy, the North Wales Wildlife Trust reserve, Spinnies Aberogwen near Tal-y-bont, Cemlyn Bay and RSPB South Stack on Anglesey. The three cars had differing starting points so we all met…
