Summary November 2011 November saw a range of weather from the very mild and sunny to the misty, cold and autumnal. The month started mild and then by the end of the first week there was a little rain and a considerable amount of mist, overcast skies and, of course, the evenings are dark with…
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…
Chorlton Water Park 20th November 2011 On the water at Chorlton Water Park we saw the usual Canada Geese, Black-headed Gulls, Mallards, Coots and Mute Swans but there were also about a dozen Tufted Ducks, an adult Great Crested Grebe with two juveniles and a pair of Pochard. We met a young boy who was…
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…
Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 25th October 2011 It being a Tuesday, it would normally be a birding group day but as it happened everyone else was busy – probably because it was half-term – so we were looking at just the three of us – Anne, Mike and myself – going to Wigan…
Birding Group Day Out to Leighton Moss RSPB 18th October 2011 Although the day started out pretty wet and looking a bit grim, by the time we got to Leighton Moss RSPB the day had picked up a little and although it remained very variable, the weather managed to keep dry whilst we were there….
Birding Group Day Out to Pennington Flash 11th October 2011 We were supposed to go to Wigan Flashes this day but the weather was so poor that it was decided that we should go to Pennington Flash again just because it has enough hides to provide pretty continuous cover if needed and needed it was…
Birding Group Day Out to Marbury Country Park 4th October 2011 We were hoping that today’s birding group visit to Marbury Country Park would be a chance to catch up with those birds who had seemed to be lying low of recent weeks but we walked through the woods at Marbury with hardly a sight…
Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 2nd October 2011 I had been looking for a new pair of binoculars and since I usually get my kit from the “In Focus” shop at Martin Mere WWT I asked them to let me know when they had a pair of Swarovski 8.5 x 42 ELs in stock…
