May 2023 Summary
New “Year Ticks” in May 2023: 18New “Life Ticks” in May 2023: 0Total Species for 2023 so far: 131
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Wigan Flashes 30th May 2023
The last birding group outing of May was to Wigan Flashes. We had hoped to see Willow Tit there (a local speciality) but, with the feeders all empty and it being post-breeding time, we were disappointed. However, it was a very sunny day and a nice walk with the added appeal of a couple of…
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Upper Goyt Valley and Danebower Quarry 23 May 2023
The upper Goyt valley is always one of my favourite birding group days out as there are very good chances of seeing Spotted and Pied Flycatchers, Redstarts and Tree Pipits. This visit was no different.
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Wirral Birding 16th May 2023
The birding group had appointed the 16th as a day for a visit to WWT Martin Mere but, as a lot of people couldn’t make it, we just went up to the Wirral to mooch around a couple of sites that I wanted to do that we don’t always do. We went to Leosowe Lighthouse,…
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Birding Group Burton Mere Wetlands 9th May 2023
The birding group had a day out to Burton Mere Wetlands on 9th May and it turned out to be a fine, warm day. On the scrape, right at the back, there were a few small birds causing much identification mayhem. More than one person thought they saw a Little Stint (including me) but the…
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Woolston Eyes 8th May 2023
Having learnt about the opening of the new bed 4 loop at Woolston Eyes on our recent visit there when we did not have time to do that as well as the main site, we decided to return a few days later to check it out.
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Woolston Eyes 2nd May 2023
The birding group were due to go to Macclesfield Forest on 2nd May but I chose not to go there because of the hilly nature of that particular walk. Instead, we decided to go to Woolston Eyes nature reserve and we had a very pleasant morning with a good number of species including the year-tick…
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April 2023 Summary
New “Year Ticks” in April 2023: 22New “Life Ticks” in April 2023: 0Total Species for 2023 so far: 114
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Birding Group visit to Pennington Flash 18 April 2023
The first birding group outing of the Spring Term was to Penningtion Flash on a lovely, sunny morning. In all we got half a dozen new year ticks and also had a chance to visit the new cafe and toilets that have recently opened there. What more could you wish for?
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Ham Wall and Shapwick Heath 6th April 2023
After a short visit to Bristol, to catch up with friends, we moved on to Montacute to see our friends who live there. The weather looked a bit uncertain on the day we had planned to go there but we gave it a shot and managed to both avoid any bad weather and get a…