Roseate Terns at Coquet Island : 1st July 2014 On the first day of July we drove over to the Northumberland coast where we were staying for a few days at the Warkworth House Hotel in Warkworth, just north of Amble. We were taking a few days away but the main reason for choosing the…
Summary : June 2014 Garden The garden continued to be full of young birds with juvenile Robins and a juvenile Blackbird visiting the bird table. Lots of Blue Tit young and lesser numbers of Great Tit young are on the feeders and the window box. The Dunnocks are less obvious but are around. The Sparrows…
Birding Group Schedule Autumn 2014 23-Sep-14 Burton Mere Wetlands 30-Sep-14 Pennington Flash 07-Oct-14 Leosowe / Heswall (high tide approx 10.50am) 14-Oct-14 Leighton Moss 21-Oct-14 Neumann’s Flash / Marbury 28-Oct-14 Llanfairfechan / Conwy (high tide approx 13.00pm) 04-Nov-14 Tatton Park 11-Nov-14 Frodsham (low tide approx 08.45am) 18-Nov-14 Sandbach Flashes 25-Nov-14 Hoylake / Thurstaton C.P….
Birding Group Visit to Brockholes : 24th June 2014 We started off with a quick look at the Meadow Lake from the visitor centre. There were Swallows and Sand Martins flying overhead in good numbers and on the islands there were Oystercatchers, Canada Geese and Mute Swans. A small group of Cormorants collected at the…
Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham Marsh : 17th June 2014 As it happened we felt that after the birding group had finished at Moore we had time to pop down to Frodsham Marshes where a Red-necked Grebe had been loitering for more than a week. It was only about twenty minutes out of our way so…
Birding Group Visit to Moore Nature Reserve : 17th June 2014 We started out at the car park then walked uphill to the hide that overlooks Lapwing Lake. On the lake were a Little Grebe, Coots, Mute Swans and a small Mallard family. A Cormorant flew overhead. Reed and Sedge Warblers could also be heard….
Birding Group Visit to RSPB South Stack : 11th June 2014 We stayed overnight on the 10th at the Seacroft Hotel in Trearddur Bay. Some of the group stayed at the Travelodge in Holyhead but we all met up on the evening of the 10th for a meal. We had a nice evening and retired…
Birding Group Visit to RSPB Conwy, The Spinnies and Cemlyn Bay : 10th June 2014 On the 10th June the birding group set off on day 1 of the two day outing to Anglesey. We met up at RSPB Conwy and had a quick cup of tea before going round the site. It was a…
Summary : May 2014 Garden The garden continued to improve bird-wise but we can’t seem to shake off the Woodpigeons that seem to be in our gardens in numbers any time there is food around – and even where there isn’t. Blackbird are getting pushy as they clearly have young to feed. Dunnocks very visible…
Scotland Birding Trip Summary May 2014 Our birding trip to Scotland took in visits to Loch of the Lowes and Loch Garten as well as the fours days birding in and around Grantown-on-Spey and visits after that to the Ythan Estuary at Newburgh and RSPB Fowlsheugh. In total we saw 113 bird species and added…
