Birthday Day Out to WWT Martin Mere 17th January 2013 As a treat for my birthday, Anne, Mike and I drove up to WWT Martin Mere. This was partly so I could order my new Swarovski ATX scope so I spent half an hour sorting that out with Bernie from the In Focus shop before…
Birding Group Visit to Hoylake 15th January 2013 After the disappointing visit to Burton Mere Wetlands we decided to rescue the day by driving up to Parkgate and then on to Hoylake. The reason I suggested that we go up to Hoylake was that I had been looking at local sightings on the internet before…
Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetland 15th January 2013 Our scheduled visit to Burton Mere Wetlands was complicated by the fact that Inner Marsh Farm was closed for continuing work on the pathway to connect it to the main reserve. This happens every Tuesday but does not necessarily mean that there is too much…
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 8th January 2013 The first day of the new birding group term was to Pennington Flash and we had a very good turn out with most of the group present. We were a bit early so we had a look around the car park where there were saw Dunnock,…
Visit to Moore Nature Reserve 6th January 2013 With a slight break in the weather we were determined to get out for a walk and, although the weather was not very promising when we set out, by the time we got to Moore it had picked up considerably and was warm enough for me not…
Summary December 2012 Garden The start of December saw a change in the weather from the extremely wet weather of November to dry, sunny and freezing. This brought about a transformation in the garden with the sudden appearance of two Mistle Thrushes, two Blackbirds and a small flock of Starlings as well as a Robin,…
Provision Birding Group Schedule for January – March 2013 The provisional schedule worked up at the end of term lunch at Dunham Massey was as follows : Jan 8: Pennington Jan 15: Burton Jan 22: Tatton Park Jan 29: Marshside/Mere Sands Wood – day trip Feb 5: Neumann’s Flash Feb 12: Point of Ayr (12.26…
Birding Group Visit To Dunham Massey 11 December 2012 The last day of the birding group “term” was to Dunham Massey where we had a long walk and then everyone stopped over for lunch and a planning session for the next term. It was a very cold but beautifully bright morning with clear blue skies…
Birding Group Visit To WWT Martin Mere 4th December 2012 The scheduled visit to Point of Ayr was cancelled because it was felt that thehigh tide was quite late in the day (noon) and that we would do better to go there when high tide was earlier. After much to-ing and fro-ing and it was…
Summary November 2012 Garden This surely must have been the quietest November in our garden for years. For the whole first part of November there were very few birds around except the usual Goldfinches and a few Tits. Towards the middle of the month a Blackbird started visiting the garden and a Robin comes occasionally…
