Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetlands 5th November 2013 The first Birding group visit of the month was to Burton Mere Wetlands on a very windy – but largely dry – day. It as due to be a high tide so we thought we would either linger at Burton Mere Wetlands or go on…
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash : 29th October 2013 Our birding group morning this week was supposed to be at Wigan Flashes but, as so often happens with Wigan, the poor weather meant that the visit was transferred to Pennington Flash. There were periods of heavy rain and periods of some sunshine so we…
Neumann’s Flash and Haydn’s Pool : 15th October 2013 Although we had just got back from holiday in Scotland, I was still keen to go to the birding group visit to Neumann’s Flash and Haydn’s Pool. Unfortunately, I seem to have lost my notebook so have to recall the birds from memory. We took the…
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 24th September 2013 This was the first day of the new birding group term and it was to the oft-visited Pennington Flash. There had been recent sightings of a Lesser Scap, sometimes on the water visible from the car park but, more usually, off Ramsdale Ruck and visible from…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Birding Group Visit To Neumann’s Flash and Haydn’s Pool 21st May 2013 The birding group visit to Neumann’s Flash and environs was notable for the fact that, apart from the three of us, there were only two others, Richard and David Hulse, in attendance whichwas a shame but it was an interesting dynamic being such…
Birding Group Visit To Macclesfield Forest 14th May 2013 Despite the weather forecast being a bit iffy, we went out to Macclesfield Forest and the weather was kind to us remaining dry and sunny if a bit windy. We parked up at the bottom of the woods next to the reservoir and walked up into…
