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Visit to RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands 10th March 2012
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 already. They have not as yet built the walkways that…
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Spring High Tide at Parkgate 9 & 10 March 2012
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 life. Will this year’s tides flood the entire marsh and…
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Birding Group Visit to Wigan Flashes 6th March 2012
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 the mist started to appear and that was pretty much…
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Day Out to WWT Martin Mere 2nd March 2012
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 go to all the hides but we visited what we…
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Hawfinches at Sizergh Castle 2 March 2012
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 main purpose of our trip and that was to see…
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Day Out to Leighton Moss RSPB 1st March 2012
Day Out to Leighton Moss RSPB 1st March 2012 We decided to have a couple of days birding so we started off with a visit to Leighton Moss RSPB. We had seen on their web site that there were a number of rarities in the area including a “redhead” Smew, a Glossy Ibis and a Snow Goose so while we were looking forward to a…
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Summary February 2012
Summary February 2012 We were on holiday in Lanzarote for the week between 2nd and 9th of February. We weren’t really doing any serious bird watching but we kept our eyes open and we did see a few species including Pallid Swift, Kestrel, Kentish Plover, Common Sandpiper, Yellow-legged Gull, Collared Dove, Swallow, Spanish Sparrow and Berthelot’s Pipit. It would be well worthwhile returning here in…
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