Day Out To Etherow Country Park 17th February 2013 We started out by walking up the path between the two lakes where there were the usual Canada Geese and Mallards were present with a smattering of domestic geese. On the right there were lots of Black-headed Gulls on the sailing pond. Unusually this far down…
Visit to Wirral Country Park for RSPB Walk 2nd February 2013 I had seen references to Thurstaston and Wirral Country Park on birding web sites and it was said to be good for wintering birds. I looked up a web site for the country park and I discovered a warden led walk there at the…
Walk on Chorlton Ees and Chorlton Water Park 1st February 2013 I had read on a birders message board that someone had seen Fieldfare and Snipe on the rough ground next to the football pitch at Chorlton Ees so we set off for a morning walk over there. We walked the short route which took…
Visit to Budworth Mere 29th January 2013 After the birding group finished up at Neumann’s Flash, Mike and I thought we had enough time to go over to Budworth Mere to see whether that had thawed out since I had been there a few days before. It had almost completely thawed out so there was…
Quest for Great Northern Diver at Budworth Mere 25th January 2013 I had been reading about the appearance of a juvenile Great Northern Diver that was showing at Budworth Mere so we headed off there on a cold, cold morning. When we arrived there we went to the main hide where we could see that…
Visit to Moore Nature Reserve 6th January 2013 With a slight break in the weather we were determined to get out for a walk and, although the weather was not very promising when we set out, by the time we got to Moore it had picked up considerably and was warm enough for me not…
Waxwings in Hulme 29 November 2012 I had been following recent reports on the Manchester Birding Forum’s sightings page of a large number of Waxwings feeding from some Rowan trees around the Hulme Estate and, in particular, at Arnott Crescent.
Afternoon Visit to Rostherne Mere 10th October 2012 After our rather disappointing visit to Sandbach Flashes we decided, after a spot of lunch at the Bells of Peover, to drop in on the hide at Rostherne Mere. We had previously been there most recently during the Open Day when we joined the Cheshire and Wirral…
Morning Visit to Sandbach Flashes 10th October 2012 We missed the first birding group date of the month which was at Sandbach Flashes due to a dental appointment but we did go there the following day by way of keeping up with what the birding group is doing. We started off by parking on the…
Day Out to WWT Martin Mere 18th August 2012 A look at the weather forecast for Burscough suggested a fine day and with the weather being so changeable this month we thought we should drive out to Martin Mere WWT for the day. I was encouraged but recent reports on their web site that there…
