Birding Group Visit to WWT Martin Mere : 9th June 2015 Our birding group visit to Martin Mere perhaps disappointed some people because the sheer numbers that you see there in winter were not present. However, I think it is a bit much to complain when you see some over-summering Pink-footed Geese and Whooper Swans…
Corncrake at Carr Lane, Hale : 7th June 2015 I had been watching reports on Rare Bird Alert of a Corncrake singing in a field off Carr Lane near Hale, Merseyside. I had heard of this site before because the pools on the lane often have reports of good birds. When the reports were still…
Moore Nature Reserve : 5th June 2015 The weather forecast was good for a limited number of areas for the day and Moore Nature Reserve was one of them. My target birds were Yellowhammer and Grey Partridge. Unfortunately we saw neither but we had a nice long walk on a hot and humid morning where…
Red-necked Phalarope at Burton Mere Wetlands : 2nd June 2015 Our birding group day out today was supposed to be to either Neumann’s Flash or Brockholes. Since the weather forecast was poor we decided on a familiar fall-back – Burton Mere Wetlands. The weather forecast was a bit better here and although not entirely dry…
Summary : May 2015 New Species added to 2015 Year List in May= 16 Running Total for the 2015 UK So Far = 128 New UK Life List Birds In March = 1 (Wood Warbler) Our Garden The Starlings have been coming to the bird feeders with their new young many times a day and…
Birding Group Visit to Goyt Valley : 26th May 2015 Although I had been to the Goyt Valley the Thursday before, I was still keen to try again for the two species we would normally hope to see there that we did not get on Thursday; Tree Pipit and Redstart. Not only did we fill…
Goyt Valley and Cat and Fiddle : 21 May 2015 Tuesday outing for the birding group was scheduled for the Goyt Valley but was changed to Pennington because of poor weather. I was keen that this particular venue should not disappear off the schedule if the following Tuesday’s weather was also poor so we decided…
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 19th May 2015 We were scheduled to go to the Goyt Valley today but the weather forecast was so poor we decided to divert to Pennington Flash. There had been some rain overnight and the water level seemed a little high. The main attractions of the day were Common…
Birding Group Visit to Macclesfield Forest : 12th May 2015 I looked up last years trip to Macclesfield Forest and it wasn’t that brilliant. This was a bit similar though it wasn’t as windy as then. The weather was a mixture of dry spells and rainy spells. We started out at the car park where…
Mallorca Holiday April – May 2015 Summary Guide Books The two books I relied on were, firstly, Dave Gosney’s book ““Finding Birds in Mallorca” (which comes with a DVD of the sites in the book and some of the birds you can see at them and, secondly, “A Birding Tourist’s Guide to Majorca” by Maties…
