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Summary June 2013
Summary June 2013 Garden June started surprisingly warm and sunny although it was still cold in the evenings. On the first of the month I saw a Buzzard circling overhead. A remarkable feature in the garden of late has been the regular visits from a pair of Mistle Thrushes who seem largely unconcerned about our presence in the garden when it is warm enough to…
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Woolston Eyes Open Day : 30th June 2013
Woolston Eyes Open Day : 30th June 2013 For quite some time I have been curious about the Woolston Eyes Reserve near Warrington so when I saw a reference to their “Open Day” (they only have one every four years !) I was keen to go over there and see what it was like. Being a “members only” site it was a rare chance to…
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Birding Group Visit to Brockholes Nature Reserve 25th June 2013
Birding Group Visit to Brockholes Nature Reserve 25th June 2013 Anne and I went to Brockholes on the 17th of May but just a month later the place was transformed with vegetation now abundant. and the meadows in full bloom and full of insect life. The islands in No 1 Pit were full of quite high vegetation and gravel was hardly to be seen !…
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Birding Group Visit to The Spinnies, Aberogwen 11th June 2013
Birding Group Visit to The Spinnies, Aberogwen 11th June 2013 After we left Conwy, we drove along the expressway to the Tal-y-bont turnoff and then drove to Aberogwen where the North Wales Nature Reserve of “The Spinnies” is located. We parked up at the small car park and immediately we could see birds in the distance plunging on o the water and rising quickly up…
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Birding Group Visit to RSPB Conwy 11th June 2013
Birding Group Visit to RSPB Conwy 11th June 2013 This week’s birding day was to Wales and we all met up at the cafe at the RSPB site at Conwy. There have been quite a few changes to the cafe and surrounding area since we were last there. There is now the ubiquitous playground for infants and a new educational centre seems to be being…
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Birding Group Visit to Goyt Valley 4th June 2013
Birding Group Visit to Goyt Valley 4th June 2013 The birding group visit to Goyt Valley was always going to be interesting because last year we decided that we had probably left it too late to go there. This year it was decided to go a couple of weeks earlier but, of course, this year spring is so late in coming that we might even…
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Summary May 2013
Summary May 2013 On the 8th May we saw four House Martins (the first for the year for us) starting to nest under the eaves of one of the new flat blocks opposite the Thai restaurant. We saw one nest but at least two other birds were also to-ing and fro-ing so I expected to see more nests later in the week but there was…
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