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…
Birding Group Day Out to Hilbre Island 16th February 2012 The weather forecast was a bit doubtful for our day out to Hilbre but the rain managed to stay off for the morning at least. It was around 10.30am before we set out from the pier across the sands to Little Eye, turning right there…
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…
Summary January 2012 Garden The new year started with very mild weather with some wet days and some quite windy days. The Tits seem to be finding lots of insects already and some days you can see a mist of hovering gnats over the lawn in the back garden. Goldfinch numbers on the feeders peaking…
Birding Group Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 31st January 2012 The last day of the month was due to be a visit to Martin Mere and Mere Sands Woods but, in the end, it was decided that there was so much to see at Martin Mere that we would stay there all day rather…
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 24th January 2012 Today the birding group was due to go to Redesmere but a poor weather forecast put a lot of people off given that there is no cover there, so instead we followed the usual standby plan which was to go to Pennington Flash where there are…
Birding Group Visit to Tatton Park 17th January 2012 Our morning trip to Tatton Park was made more pleasant by it being a cold, bright, crisp winter morning. We parked up as usual in the lay-by on Mobberley Road and walked down Mallard Close and over the railway bridge to the south entrance. We walked…
Due to issues concerning the correct dates for high tides, the original schedule for this session has changed to the following : New Birding Group Schedule Date Venue Jan 17th Tatton Park Jan 24th Redesmere Jan 31st Martin Mere and Meresands Wood day trip Feb 7th Neumann’s Flash Feb 16th Hilbre Island (weather permitting) Feb…
