The next schedule for the birding mornings has been drawn up and is as follows : 3 May Moore West 10 May Coombes Valley, Tittesworth Reservoir (near Leek) full day 17 May Macclesfield Forest 24 May Pennington Flash 31 May Staley Brushes (a bit over half a day) 7 June tbd 14 June Blacktoft Sands…
The weather was fantastically warm and sunny so was a real pleasure. We parked at the main entrance rather than the one at the Anderton Boat Lift which we use for a visit to Neumann’s Flash. This is a pay and display. We then walked to the hide at the edge of Budworth Mere and…
Another good day our with the birding group. The weather wasn’t too good but we managed to keep dry for a while. We started off at the RSPB office and spotted a range of Finches on the feeders there. One of the group saw a Great Spotted Woodpecker but we didn’t. We walked down to…
The weather forecast wasn’t too good for the day and it started off dull and a bit ominous with few birds to be seen or heard in the woods. However as the morning wore on the weather picked up and so did the birding. By the far edge of the Tatton Mere we could see…
We haven’t been able to go to many of the “WEA Birding Group” mornings out recently due to a combination of visiting relatives, being on holiday and having to go to London – all pleasant events but preventing us from going on the birding mornings. So it was nice to be able to attend again…
This week the birding group’s visit was to Hilbre Island on the Wirral. There were around 12 of us and we were fortunate to pick a really fine day for it – even if it was a little cold. We saw a very large flock of Oystercatchers which amounted to at least 200 birds (but…
A fine morning for a birding walk at Neumann’s Flash which is a part of the Northwich Woodland Area. There was a clear blue sky and it was mild for February. Birds spotted included a Buzzard flying low across our path and later two roosting in a tree near the biggest lake. Also there two…
This weeks visit of the birding group was to Moore Nature Reserve. According to their web site “Moore Nature Reserve is a 200-acre site in Warrington, north Cheshire. The reserve consists of five large lakes surrounded by extensive woodland, meadows and wetlands, made accessible by a network of paths and bird hides. Its many habitats…
According to Wikipedia “Pennington Flash Country Park is a 200 hectares (494 acres) country park located between Lowton and Pennington, Leigh in Greater Manchester, England. The flash is a 70 hectares (173 acres) lake created at the turn of the 20th century by coal mining subsidence and flooding, mainly from Bickershaw Colliery. Now an extensive…
The provisional programme for the WEA birding mornings is :- Jan 11th Pennington Flash Jan 18th Moore Jan 25th Full day. Final itinerary to be chosen nearer time, but Marshside/Hesketh Bank/Martin Mere/Meresands Woods area Feb 1st Redesmere Feb 8th Neumann’s Flash Feb 14th MONDAY . Full day Hilbre Island. No facilities ie take sandwiches. Feb…
