Birding Group Day Out to Hilbre Island 16th February 2012 The weather forecast was a bit doubtful for our day out to Hilbre but the rain managed to stay off for the morning at least. It was around 10.30am before we set out from the pier across the sands to Little Eye, turning right there…
Birding Group Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 31st January 2012 The last day of the month was due to be a visit to Martin Mere and Mere Sands Woods but, in the end, it was decided that there was so much to see at Martin Mere that we would stay there all day rather…
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 24th January 2012 Today the birding group was due to go to Redesmere but a poor weather forecast put a lot of people off given that there is no cover there, so instead we followed the usual standby plan which was to go to Pennington Flash where there are…
Birding Group Visit to Tatton Park 17th January 2012 Our morning trip to Tatton Park was made more pleasant by it being a cold, bright, crisp winter morning. We parked up as usual in the lay-by on Mobberley Road and walked down Mallard Close and over the railway bridge to the south entrance. We walked…
Due to issues concerning the correct dates for high tides, the original schedule for this session has changed to the following : New Birding Group Schedule Date Venue Jan 17th Tatton Park Jan 24th Redesmere Jan 31st Martin Mere and Meresands Wood day trip Feb 7th Neumann’s Flash Feb 16th Hilbre Island (weather permitting) Feb…
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 10th January 2012 This was the first day of the new birding group term and it started with a regular of the group – Pennington Flash. Unusually for the time of year, the weather was really quite mild and even the usual wind tunnel effect in “Horrock’s hide” was…
Bird Group Meeting at Dunham Massey Park 6 Dec 2011 On 6th December we all met up at Dunham Massey but the weather was pretty poor so we only went for a short walk after lunch there. The lunch was the birding group’s end of term meeting to plan for the next term where a…
Birding Group Day Out to Sandbach Flashes 29th November 2011 I hadn’t been to Sandbach Flashes before so I looked it up in “Where to Watch Birds : North West England & the Isle of Man” by A. Conlin et al. This describes Sandbach Flashes as “a series of 15 or so shallow pools formed…
Birding Group Day Out to Neumann’s Flash & Haydyn’s Pool 22nd November 2011 The birding group were a little bit concerned that the visit to Neumann’s Flash and Haydyn’s Pool wouldn’t be very fruitful because of the lack of rain recently but, as it happened, the pools were quite full. In truth there wasn’t that…
Birding Group Day Out to Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 31st October 2011 This was the first time we had been to this particular part of the site. Previously the site had been called Inner Marsh Farm and had a small entrance “hut” and a small car park. You could walk through woodlands and then between…
