On the 17th we went to Burton Mere Wetlands with the birding group followed by a quick stop at Parkgate. It turned out to be a nice day in the end and we managed to get a couple of Little Stints pretty much straight away – a nice year tick for us – but we…
The first birding group morning of the Autumn term was to Pennington Flash where, although it was generally quite quiet, we still managed to get thirty-four species and it turned out to be quite a sunny morning after a little rain to start with.
Proposed Dates for Autumn Term 2019 The first birding group day out of July was also the last as it was “end of term”. It was quite a nice day and although cloudy it meant that the lighting was very suitable for birding. There wasn’t much around but we had a nice walk anyway and…
The next birding group outing was to North Wales starting at RSPB Conwy. We had thought just to do a quick tour of the nearest hides but, in the end, we did the full circuit. There were reasonably good numbers of birds but for the best was a very good sighting of a Lesser Whitethroat.
The fist birding group outing of the month was an overnight trip; this time to Blacktoft Sands, North Cave and Bempton Cliffs. This was our first chance of the year to get most of the cliff-nesting birds that we had not already got. An additional bonus was a couple of other passerine year ticks.
The last birding group day of May was to Burton Mere Wetlands on the 28th. Early rain eased off to give us an overcast but mild morning. The highlights were a pair of Spoonbills in Summer plumage, preening on the bridge pool, flying overhead and roosting in the trees. Another good sighting was a pair…
One of the birding group visits I look forward to most each year is our visit to the Goyt Valley looking for Redstart, Spotted and Pied Flycatchers and Tree Pipits. We usually also go to the nearby Dane Bower Quarry to look for Ring Ouzels and Wheatear. Were we going to be lucky this year?
The first birding group day out after our holiday in Norfolk was to WWT Martin Mere. We changed our usual routine and decided to do the reedbed walk for the first time (at least my first time) This involves heading out to the Harrier Hide first and then going through the door in the middle…
The birding group had a morning at Moore Nature Reserve followed by a lunchtime planning session for the next “term”. Although it was a relatively short morning we did manage to get some good birds with “year tick” Goldcrests and plenty of Treecreepers and Nuthatches. No Lesser SPotted Woodpeckers, though, just GSW and a heard…
We only had four of us for the birding group visit to RSPB Leighton Moss on 9th April 2019 but we had a most fantastic day with good weather and lots of birds including a number of year ticks and a life tick as well.
