Morning Visit To Patton Park 29th March 2012 The last few days have been like mid Summer with beautiful clear skies and warm temperatures so I went for a walk through Dog Wood and along Tatton Mere to the new Hide at the far end. As soon as I got out of the car I…
Visit to Moore Nature Reserve 27th March 2012 We had recently been to Moore Nature Reserve with the birding group and we had seen a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in the woods near the Lapwing Lane end of Lapwing Lake (on the path that leads down to Canal Bed Hide. We wondered if we could get…
Birding Group Visit to RSPB Burton Mere, Inner Marsh Farm, Parkgate 26th March 2012 Our birding group morning out was not marked by any “lifers” or unusual birds (except for at Parkgate – see later) but it was a gloriously warm and sunny day hinting at the arrival of summer, never mind spring ! As…
Birding Group Visit To Moore Nature Reserve 20th March 2012 We started off by parking up in the car park where we saw a list of the recent sightings which was promising including, as it did, all the Woodpeckers, Tawny Owl etc. We walked down the path from the car park that takes you into…
Birding Group Visit To Frodsham Marshes 13th March 2012 We started off by parking up and walking down to the River Weaver. We then walked along the “Weaver Bend”. As we did so there was a meadow full of Skylarks chattering away and a few taking to the air singing vigorously. We had several sightings…
Visit to RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 10th March 2012 After our second morning at Parkgate we returned to Manchester via Burton Mere Wetlands reserve which is just down the road from Parkgate and partly overlooks the same bit of estuary. The newly built reception and hides is very good and the site is very mature…
Spring High Tide at Parkgate 9 & 10 March 2012 We went to Parkgate on the Wirral estuary for the spring high tide which we hoped would be one of the spectacular ones. The RSPB web site says of Parkgate “The marshes of Parkgate and the surrounding areas hold masses of small mammals and bird…
Birding Group Visit to Wigan Flashes 6th March 2012 Our visit to Wigan Flashes, which had been postponed previously, turned out to be something of a let-down due to the heavy mist over all the water. Although it was a gloriously sunny morning when we left Manchester by the time we got to the motorway…
Day Out to WWT Martin Mere 2nd March 2012 After our visit to Sizergh Castle we headed to Martin Mere hoping to add a good number of species to our two-day list. On our drive there we saw a Kestrel hovering overhead which was a nice addition to our list. At Martin Mere we didn’t…
Hawfinches at Sizergh Castle 2 March 2012 Our two-day birding trip had already given us a great day out at RSPB Leighton Moss where we saw lots of species with the bonus of three fantastic “life ticks” – a “redhead” Smew, a Snow Goose and a Glossy Ibis – but this second day was the…
