Most of our March had been filled with our holiday in America but we managed to get back into the birding group Tuesdays for the last date of the term which was to Moore Nature Reserve. We ran in to the warden in the car park and she toild us theat three Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers…
Our American holiday this year took us to San Diego, Big Island, Maui and San Francisco. San Diego In San Diego we found a rather splendid site at Imperial Beach, San Diego Bay. We actually ran into a few birders who were looking for a (locally rare) Flamingo. They gave us some pointers and…
February 2018 Summary UK Species Year List to February: 92 Total UK Species in February: 82 New “Year Ticks” in February: 24 New “Life Ticks” in February: 0
We got finished with the birding group quite early this day so we decided to go for just an hour to Pennington so we only took in Horrocks Hide , Pengy’s and the Bunting Hide. It was half-term so the place was heaving and we didn’t stay long. But we did get some birds while…
The birding group visit this week was to Wigan Flashes, somewhere where I haven’t been since April 2016 Again, it was a rare dry February day so we were glad to get out. It would be fair to say that we saw nothing particularly special but in the lovely sunlight there were really nice groups…
Poor weather had kept us from birding in February but a drier day and a highish tide on the Wirral (9.13m at 11:33am) got us out again and it turned out to be a pretty good day with visits to Hoylake, West Kirby, Burton Mere Wetlands and Connah’s Quay.
The first high tide of the year that we were able to get to was a 10 metre tide at 12.21pm. We drove up to Burton Mere Wetlands to stop off for a coffee and comfort break and had a quick look around first. As soon as we entered the reception hide we could see…
January 2018 Summary UK Species Year List to January: 68 Total UK Species in January: 68 New “Year Ticks” in January: 68 New “Life Ticks” in January: 0
The last birding group day of the month was to the ever-relaible Pennington Flash. We got all dressed up for a freezing cold day but, in the end, it wasn’t too bad, thoguh lingering in the hides for too long led to very cold fingers. In any case, the best sightings of the day weren’t…
The second birding group outing of the year was to Marbury. I went despite having been there twice recently in failed attempts to find Hawfinches. This time, with a bit of waiting around, they eventually did show and, in fact, I got pretty good scoped views of three Hawfinches at the very top of a…
