Scotland Holiday Day 3 – 8th July 2012 : Corncrakes on Iona We arrived on Mull on Saturday 7th July and by the time we were settled into our self-catering cottage the rain was pouring down and things did not seem very auspicious at all. However by 9 am the next morning things were much…
Summary June 2012 Garden The good weather that was a feature of the end of May was promptly replaced by heavy rain for the start of and this lasted for most of the month. Our pair of Blackbirds had three fledglings that they were feeding in our garden and a little later that appeared to…
Birding Group Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 26th June 2012 This weeks birding day was at WWT Martin Mere. Unusually for us we started at the United Utilities hide first because there had been talk of a Barn Owl flying as late as 11am. Unfortunately we didn’t manage to see it but, as is…
Birding Group Visit to RSPB Burton Mere Wetland 18th June 2012 Our birding group day out this week was on a Monday rather than a Tuesday and this was to match up with the high tide which should push more birds onto the reserve. As it happens there has been so much rain recently that…
Birding Group Visit to Goyt Valley 12th June 2012 Our morning outing today was to the Goyt Valley which is located between Macclesfield and Buxton in the Peak District National Park. The valley is close to the Cheshire and Derbyshire county border. The River Goyt that flows through the valley rises high on Axe Edge…
Summary May 2012 Garden The start of May saw a little improvement in the weather as some of the heavy rain stopped. On 3rd May we saw a newly fledged Dunnock pecking around trying out various things to see if they were edible. By the end of our holiday mid-month we saw our first –…
Visit to Cemlyn Bay, Anglesey, Wales 30th May 2012 After our couple of days with the birding group we wanted to stay another day and go to Cemlyn Bay again and perhaps a few other places. It wasn’t to be quite that way in the end but we had a good start when we revisited…
Birding Group Visit to Wales 29th May 2012 : RSPB South Stack By the time we had finished with the Fish Dock and Soldiers Point in Holyhead and got back on the South Stack Road it was already about 11am and about ten minutes after that we rolled into the car park at South Stack…
Birding Group Visit to Wales 29th May 2012 : The Fish Dock and Soldiers Point, Holyhead The Fish Dock After the birding group had finished eating the night before, Anne and I thought we would try to see if we could find the Fish Dock at Holyhead Harbour which was just over the road a…
Birding Group Visit to Wales 28th May 2012 : Cemlyn Bay From Spinnies Abergowen we drove to Cemlyn Bay on Anglesey. On our way there we saw both Buzzard and Kestrel (and sometimes Buzzards hovering just like Kestrels – most unusual). We parked at the Bryn Aber end of the bay (which is sometimes cut…
