Birding Group Visit to Marbury Country Park 10 December 2024
The last day of the birding group term was a visit to Marbury Country Park followed by a lunch at the Spinner and Begamot where we planned the first term of next year.
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Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetlands 3 December 2024
The birding group had a fine, if cold, morning visit to RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands. There wasn’t too much going on but there were small groups of mixed finches around so we got a few Siskins and other small birds.
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Birding Group Visit to WWT Martin Mere 26 November 2024
On the 26th of November the birding group had a day out to WWT Martin Mere. It turned out to be a sunny day with only one, very brief, spattering of rain. We managed to get 39 species of birds at 2 year-tick winter thrushes.
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Birding Group Visit to RSPB Leighton Moss 8 Oct 2024
The Birding Group had a visit to RSPB Leighton Moss on 9 Oct 2024. We were hoping to see Bearded Tits as it is about the right time of year to start catching them on the grit trays. We could see Bearded Tits on the grit trays from the live tv monitor in the café, but would we get there in time to see them in the flesh?
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Birding Group Visit to Marbury Park 25 June 2024
The last birding group morning out of the “term” was to Marbury. It was a very hot day and, although we didn’t see much special, we did get a single yer tick – a Kingfisher. The woods were full of the singing of Song Thrushes, Blackbirds, Blackcaps and Wrens.
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Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetlands 11 June 2024
The birding group went to Burton Mere Wetlands on 11 June. It was a cold morning but gradually warmed up. The highlight of the morning was the sight of 120 Bar-tailed Godwits on the main scrape – a very unusual event.
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Birding Group Visit to RSPB Bempton Cliffs 4 Jun 2024
Day 2 of the Birding Group Overnighter to Yorkshire: Bempton Cliffs on 4 June 2024. All the cliff birds – Gannets, Kittiwakes, Fulmars, Puffins, Guillemots and Razorbills. Bempton never disappoints.
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Birding Group Visit to Blacktoft Sands and North Cave 3 June 2024
Day 1 of the Birding Group Overnighter to Yorkshire : RSPB Blacktoft Sands and North Cave Nature Reserve.
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Birding Group Visit to Upper Goyt Valley and Danebower Quarry 21 May 2024
I always look forward to our visits to the Upper Goyt Valley and Danebower Quarry as we often get some special birds. This time we didn’t get any of the Flycatchers or Redstarts that we often get but we still managed to get six year-ticks.
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RSPB Leighton Moss 14 May 2024
The birding group had arranged to go to RSPB Leighton Moss on 14 May but a bad weather report put everyone off. We had already booked a room at Ye Old Fighting Cocks in Silverdale (don’t say here again) and it was too late to cancel, so we decided to go ahead on our own while the birding group went to Burton Mere Wetlands.