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Wirral on a Windy Day 6th April 2018
After a sunny day we were hopeful of a another one the following day when we decided to go up to the Wirral and visit some of the sites we rarely visit. Thes first stop was Leosowe Lighthouse but it was so windy and there tide was so far out that we soon abandoned that…
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Birding Group Schedule Spring 2018
Birding Group Schedule Spring 2018
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March 2018: Summary
March 2018: Summary UK Species Year List to March: 98 Total UK Species in March: 49 New “Year Ticks” in March: 6 New “Life Ticks” in March: 0
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Burton Mere Wetlands and Neston Old Quay 30 March 2018
We managed to fit in a visit to Burton Mere Wetlands on the last day of the month and it managed to keep dry giving us a chance to get around most of the site. We were immediately rewarded with two Mediterranean Gulls on the main scrape which was a good year tick. The…
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Moore Nature Reserve 30 March 2018
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…
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Holiday Birding March 2018
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…
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February 2018 Summary
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
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Pennington Flash 20th February 2018
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…
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Wigan Flashes 20th February 2018
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…