A break in the wet weather gave us a chance to get out to Chorlton Water Park and Kenworthy Woods. It has been a long time since we hace gone over there, preferring to go further afield for less common birds. It was well overdue for us to visit the water park so we drove…
Etherow Country Park : 31st October 2016 On the last day of October we took a drive out to Etherow Country Park where I hoped to add to my year list what is normally the easiest year tick of Mandarin Duck I am ever likely to find. As it happened they proved to be a…
Chorlton Water Park : 5th February 2016 I had seen reports of a Greater Scaup on Chorlton Water Park and at the first chance of dry weather – at least for a couple of hours – I walked from the car park down to the edge of the water and it didn’t take long before…
Some Bird Sightings : Azores 1st – 12th July 2013 Whilst we knew that the Azores is not a great place to for birding unless it is the migration season, we did manage to see a couple of birds apart from the ubiquitous Chaffinch, Blackbird and Spanish Sparrow. On our return from a boat trip…
Walk around Lyme Regis 28th April 2013 We had something of a day off birding to go for a walk with the friends with whom we were staying. We all decided to take a walk around Lyme Regis and whilst this was not a birding walk we still did come across a Willow Warbler and,…
Visit to Sale Water Park 20th April 2013 We at last got a nice sunny day and despite it being a Saturday we had a fancy to take a walk over to Sale Water Park. We crossed Brook Burn and walked past the Heronry where we could see three or four bids on the nest…
Poynton Park 19th February 2012 We wanted to visit Poynton Park because on of our birding group had been there recently and had seen Lesser-spotted Woodpeckers there. The web site describes the site thus : “The park is situated just a few minutes walk from the centre of Poynton village covering 21 hectares including the…
Sale Water Park 14th February 2012 We went for our first walk after coming back from holiday. Neither of us had been feeling particularly bright after both of us getting a dose of the flu. It was a bright day however and we thought it might be good to blow the cobwebs out so we…
Sale Water Park and Kenworthy Woods 22nd December 2011 On 22nd we went to Chorlton Water Park where we parked up and then went for a walk. It was a beautiful winter day with lots of sun and unusually mild considering it was nearly Christmas – not at all like last year ! We started…
Sale Water Park 12th December 2011 In a break in the patch of wet weather we have had recently I went for a walk in Chorlton – along the burn, down to the Mersey, over the bridge and through Sale Water Park and returning to Chorlton Green via Jackson’s Bridge. Normally this would be a…
