Visit to Sale Water Park 20th April 2013 We at last got a nice sunny day and despite it being a Saturday we had a fancy to take a walk over to Sale Water Park. We crossed Brook Burn and walked past the Heronry where we could see three or four bids on the nest…
Birding Group to Visit to Burton Mere Wetlands 15th April 2013 After we finished up at Inner Marsh Farm we decided to drop in on Burton Mere Wetland. As it happens a tree had fallen across the main road to the reception so we parked up in the filed at the top of the lane…
Birding Group to Visit to Inner Marsh Farm 15th April 2013 We had a lovely spring-like day for our group visit to Inner Marsh Farm and with the weather being quite sunny and warm we had everything we needed for a food days birding. Our treat of the day cam early on with very good…
Birding Group to Visit to Moore Nature Reserve 9th April 2013 The first birding group morning out of the term was to Moore Nature Reserve was a little under-attended due to holidays and other commitments so there were only six of us. Still we hoped we might hear or see some summer migrants and perhaps…
Visit to WWT Martin Mere 6th April 2013 As we still had a bit of time available to us when we had finished at Mere Sands Wood we made the short drive to WWT Martin Mere. When we go to Martin Mere I reflect that we never see Curlew when we drive past Curlew Lane…
Visit to Mere Sands Woods 6th April 2013 We looked out the window and for once it was a beautiful dry and sunny day so we wasted very little time getting our gear ready and headed off to Mere Sands Wood which we have been meaning to go to – without the addition of snow…
Birding Group Schedule Spring 2013 The provisional schedule for Spring is as follows : Tue 09-Apr-13 Moore Nature Reserve Mon 15-Apr-13 Inner Marsh Farm ? Burton Mere Wetlands Tue 23-Apr-13 Pennington Flash Tue 30-Apr-13 Marshside / Mere Sands Woods Tue 07-May-13 Stayley Brushes Tue 14-May-13 Macclesfield Forest Tue 21-May-13 Neumann’s / Haydn’s Flash Tue 28-May-13…
Summary March 2013 Garden The first week of March was an unusually dry spell and sometimes quite warm. After that the weather got wetter and a bit colder. By the start of the second week it was snowing a bit and very cold but by the 17th it was drier and a bit warmer. Towards…
Summary of Birding in Norfolk, Cambridge, Rutland etc 22 – 28th March 2013 Our eight-day holiday, mixing visiting friends with as much birding as we could fit in en route, took us first to the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust site at Welney summarised here which was, disappointingly, as flooded as it had been last year….
Visit to Rutland Water Nature Reserve 28th March 2013 After we left Lakenheath Fen we drove up to the Midlands where we stayed at the Barnsdale Lodge Hotel, a very comfortable hotel that we had stayed at previously. It is a bit pricey normally but they do good offers for some dates and we took…
