The first birding group outing of the year that we could make it to (we had been on holiday in Lanzarote) was to RSPB Conwy and North Wales. We decided, though, that we would rather stay overnight and come back the next day. This gave us a chance to see some other sites than we…
Our first overseas holiday since the Covid came in January of 2023. Our last holiday before Covid was also to Lanzarote and our birding on that holiday can be found here. This time, we did not have Carmen from Eco Insiders as a guide so any birding we did was on out own. This may…
January saw us catch some high tides at Hoylake, New Brighton and Denhall Quay. On the 4th of January our sightings included Marsh and Hen Harriers, Purple Sandpipers, Grey Plovers, Sanderling and, generally, a good range of birds. A visit to the Wirral towards the end of the month (20th January) gave us Short-eared Owl…
New Year Ticks” in December 2022: 0New “Life Ticks” in December 2022: 0Total Species for 2022 so far: 161
The birding group visit to Moore Nature Reserve didn’t sound particularly interesting to me but it turned out to be a very nice morning with a nice smattering of thrushes, Song and Mistle Thrush, and Redwing. We also saw Treecreeper and Nuthatch, Goldcrest and a nice group of about 8 Siskins.
New Year Ticks” in November 2022: 1New “Life Ticks” in November 2022: 0Total Species for 2022 so far: 161
This was only the second birding day out of the month. A combination of factors had led to us not doing much birding so it was good to get out again, especially to Martin Mere which had been closed for some months due to Bird Flu.
The first birding group trip of November was supposed to be to Sandbach FLashes but road closures meant that we could not get there and the usual alternative emerge – Pennington Flash. The water there was also very high and it wasn’t possible to walk the circuit as usual because of flooding on part of…
New “Year Ticks” in October 2022: 2New “Life Ticks” in October 2022: 0Total Species for 2022 so far: 160
The birding group day out on the 25th October took in a range of sites on the Wirral, starting off with Parkgate where there was a 9.5 metre high tide at 11:48am – not particularly high but it was a beautifully sunny, clear day with fantastic visibility all the way over to Wales.
