Summary of October 2011 We went to Martin Mere on the 2nd where I bought a new pair of binoculars and gave them their first run out. The birding group got going properly this month so we went to Marbury Country Park on 4th and Pennington Flash on the 11th and Leighton Moss on the…
Birding Group Day Out to Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB 31st October 2011 This was the first time we had been to this particular part of the site. Previously the site had been called Inner Marsh Farm and had a small entrance “hut” and a small car park. You could walk through woodlands and then between…
Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 25th October 2011 It being a Tuesday, it would normally be a birding group day but as it happened everyone else was busy – probably because it was half-term – so we were looking at just the three of us – Anne, Mike and myself – going to Wigan…
Birding Group Day Out to Leighton Moss RSPB 18th October 2011 Although the day started out pretty wet and looking a bit grim, by the time we got to Leighton Moss RSPB the day had picked up a little and although it remained very variable, the weather managed to keep dry whilst we were there….
Birding Group Day Out to Pennington Flash 11th October 2011 We were supposed to go to Wigan Flashes this day but the weather was so poor that it was decided that we should go to Pennington Flash again just because it has enough hides to provide pretty continuous cover if needed and needed it was…
Birding Group Day Out to Marbury Country Park 4th October 2011 We were hoping that today’s birding group visit to Marbury Country Park would be a chance to catch up with those birds who had seemed to be lying low of recent weeks but we walked through the woods at Marbury with hardly a sight…
Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 2nd October 2011 I had been looking for a new pair of binoculars and since I usually get my kit from the “In Focus” shop at Martin Mere WWT I asked them to let me know when they had a pair of Swarovski 8.5 x 42 ELs in stock…
Summary of September 2011 The highlight of September was undoubtedly our holiday in Scotland which took in visits to RSPB Inversnaid, Lerrocks Farm in Doune, Stirlingshire, the SWT site at Loch of the Lowes, Forvie and the Ythan estuary, Montrose Basin and Caerlaverock WWT all in the space of around a week. We saw over…
Day Out To Pennington Flash 21st September 2011 We fancied a couple of hours out as the weather wasn’t too bad so we decided to go to Pennington Flash. Before we even got on the motorway in Chorlton we had great views of a Buzzard considering whether to land on a roadside tree. In the…
Scotland Visit Day 7 : WWT Caerlaverock : 14th September 2011 Although we were due to return to Manchester this day, we still managed to get a couple of hours in at Caerlaverock again before continuing our journey. We started off by doing the short circular of the Peter Scott trail and in the woods…
