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Summary : November 2014
Summary : November 2014 Birding Group Days Out The first birding group day out of November was to Tatton Park on the 4th. It was a lovely autumn day and still quite warm. It was a bit quiet in Dog Wood but we did see GS Woodpecker, Treecreeper and Nuthatch. On the water there was a fair spread of birds with small numbers of Pochard…
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High Tide at Hoylake and Burton Mere Wetland: 25th November 2014
High Tide at Hoylake : 25th November 2014 The birding group visit for this week was to Hoylake for a high tide. The tide was due at 12.37 at 9.5 metres. We arrived there around 10.15am and were pleased to find that it was a lovely sunny morning with no wind which made a very pleasant change from usual but, of course, a bit of…
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Birding Group Visit to Sandbach Flashes : 18th November 2014
Birding Group Visit to Sandbach Flashes : 18th November 2014 Our group visit to Sandbach Flashes was on a very nice autumnal morning with crisp clear low sunlight that made for glare-free viewing of the flashes. We started off with Pump House Flash; on hte fields at the back were considerable numbers of Wigeon and Canada Geese. On the water the gulls were mainly Herring…
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Birding Group Visit to Frodsham Marsh : 11th November 2014
Birding Group Visit to Frodsham Marsh : 11th November 2014 Our visit to Frodsham Marsh could not have got off to a better start. As we collected at the parking spot and were starting to head off down the path to the River Weaver, I stopped to try to locate the source of some bird calls in the trees near to the road. As we…
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Birding Group Visit to Tatton Park : 4th November 2014
Birding Group Visit to Tatton Park : 4th November 2014 Our visit to Tatton Park was a very pleasant morning but it has to be said it was a bit quiet, especially in the woods, though we did see Greater Spotted Woodpecker and Nuthatch and Treecreeper. On the water there was a good spread of species including Pochard and Wigeon in small numbers and the…
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Summary : October 2014
Summary : October2014 Birding On Holiday Our birding month was dominated by our holiday in Mallorca where we had some great life ticks, including Black Vulture, Booted Eagle and Eleonora’s Falcons. On the wetland front we had great views of an Osprey and life ticks of Purple Swamphen and Red-knobbed Coot. In general we visited some great sites and will most likely return one spring.
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Birding Group Visit to Marbury Park : 28th October 2014
Birding Group Visit to Marbury Park : 28th October 2014 The birding group day out this week was supposed to be to RSPB Conwy and Llanfairfechan but a combination of a poor weather forecast, school mid-term and some flu meant that we were reduced to a group of five and we decided to just have a morning at Marbury Park. It wasn’t a particularly outstanding…
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