Rutland Water 5th May 2012 We started our ten day holiday to the south and east of England by stopping off at Rutland Water which we had been meaning to visit for some time. We stayed at Finch’s Inn in Upper Hambledon which is situated in the middle of the peninsula that runs into the…
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…
Garden The very pleasant weather changed a bit at the beginning of the month with snow in lots of parts of the country for a day or two. We didn’t get any in Manchester but the temperatures dropped quite a bit. The garden is very busy with all sorts of birds bathing every day and…
Birding Group Visit to Neumann’s Flash and Haydn’s Pool 17th April 2012 The weather for the first morning of the new “term” for the birding group did not seem that auspicious to start with as it was raining from early morning. However, by the time we got to Neumann’s Flash entrance lay-by it was starting…
Day Out to WWT Barnes 11th April 2012 While we were in London visiting relatives it seemed like a good chance to go out to Barnes to the Wetland Centre. I had only been once before and was keen to have a second look. It was a lovely, sunny day with just hints that it…
Birding Group Schedule April – June 2012
Birding Group Visit to Marbury Country Park 3rd April 2012 We had a bit of a dodgy start to our morning out with the birding group as we got no further than a couple of streets away before we realized that we had a completely flat tyre. This meant that we had to wait for…
Garden All the garden birds seem to feel that Spring is springing with the Dunnocks in particular spending a lot of time singing and gadding about. On the 9th, 13th, 14th and 15th we had a male and a female Bullfinch on the ground under the feeder which is a real rarity for us though…
Morning Visit To Patton Park 29th March 2012 The last few days have been like mid Summer with beautiful clear skies and warm temperatures so I went for a walk through Dog Wood and along Tatton Mere to the new Hide at the far end. As soon as I got out of the car I…
Visit to Moore Nature Reserve 27th March 2012 We had recently been to Moore Nature Reserve with the birding group and we had seen a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the woods near the Lapwing Lane end of Lapwing Lake (on the path that leads down to Canal Bed Hide. We wondered if we could get…
