Visit to RSPB Ham Wall 27th April 2013 Part of our holiday involved staying with friends in Montacute in South Somerset and, as we had been reading a lot recently about the RSPB reserve at Ham Wall and the adjoining Natural England reserve at Shapwick Heath, this seemed like an ideal opportunity to check these…
Birding Group Visit to Goyt Valley 12th June 2012 Our morning outing today was to the Goyt Valley which is located between Macclesfield and Buxton in the Peak District National Park. The valley is close to the Cheshire and Derbyshire county border. The River Goyt that flows through the valley rises high on Axe Edge…
Birding Group Visit to Old Moor RSPB 1st May 2012 Our morning out to Old Moor was really more of a day out as it took us two hours to get there. The highlight of the journey was getting a close – if fleeting – look at a male Hen Harrier as we were coming…
Birding Group Visit To Moore Nature Reserve 20th March 2012 We started off by parking up in the car park where we saw a list of the recent sightings which was promising including, as it did, all the Woodpeckers, Tawny Owl etc. We walked down the path from the car park that takes you into…
Birding Group Visit To Frodsham Marshes 13th March 2012 We started off by parking up and walking down to the River Weaver. We then walked along the “Weaver Bend”. As we did so there was a meadow full of Skylarks chattering away and a few taking to the air singing vigorously. We had several sightings…
Hawfinches at Sizergh Castle 2 March 2012 Our two-day birding trip had already given us a great day out at RSPB Leighton Moss where we saw lots of species with the bonus of three fantastic “life ticks” – a “redhead” Smew, a Snow Goose and a Glossy Ibis – but this second day was the…
Birding Group Visit to Poynton Park and Bramhall Woods 27th February 2012 The scheduled visit to Bramhall Park woods was slightly altered so we could go to Poynton Park to try to see the Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers that have been widely seen there. Unfortunately we didn’t see any. This was not the first time I…
Birding Group Visit to Sandbach Flashes 21st February 2012 This was only my second visit with the birding group to Sandbach Flashes and it was Anne’s first time there. As usual, we only went to one of these flashes, Elton Hall Flash. The weather was reasonable and we were hoping for as good a day…
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…
Day Out To Upper Derwent Valley : 28th July 2011 The Upper Derwent Valley is an area of the Peak District National Park and within it are various sites including Ladybower Reservoir, Derwent Reservoir and Howden Reservoir and their associated dams. From the visitor centre (on weekdays only) you can drive all the way up…
