Burton Mere Wetlands : 23 December 2014 To finish off our birding day on the Wirral, after stops at Hoylake for the high tide followed by a visit to New Brighton Marine Lake to see the Purple Sandpipers, we dropped in on Burton Mere Wetlands on the way back. We started off at the reception…
Burton Mere Wetlands : 16th December 2014 With the birding group dates for the term finished, we had a spare Tuesday so we headed out for Burton Mere Wetlands. It was a low tide around midday so a lot of the possible birds were probably nearer the coast but it still had one or two…
Birding Group Visit to RSPB Leighton Moss : 14th October 2014 The first birding group day our after our return from Mallorca was to RSPB Leighton Moss where we were hoping – as usual – that we might get views of Bearded Tits at the grit trays. On the plus side, October is the best…
Red-necked Phalarope : Inner Marsh Farm : 9th September 2014 Would you be tempted to drive for an hour in order to see a Cattle Egret, a Red-necked Phalarope, Pectoral and Curlew Sandpipers, Greenshank and Little Stint all on the one scrape ? Well we were tempted because all of these birds were reported to…
RSPB Leighton Moss : 8th – 9th August 2014 Some nice recent sitings at Leighton Moss tempted us up there but it’s quite a long drive and we wanted to have a full day there so we decided to take advantage of the high tide by staying overnight and having two shots as the RSPB…
Spotted Crakes at Burton Mere Wetlands : 30th July 2014 On the 30th of July we went to RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands in search of the Spotted Crakes that have been seen there recently. We asked at the reception hide whether they had been seen (It seems that there are two pairs with chick/s there)…
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…
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…
Scotland Trip Day 1 : Loch Garten : 26th May 2014 We left Loch of the Lowes and headed off for Grantown on Spey. As we drove up there we saw a Hooded Crow and lots of House Martins – seemingly at every house we came across, suddenly there were Martins. There were also plenty…
