Birding Group Visit to Macclesfield Forest 5 May 2026
We had a nice morning out at Macclesfield Forest and managed to get five year ticks including a great pair of Pied Flycatchers.
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2025 Annual Summary
Unfortunately 2025 was a fairly quiet year for us on the birding front; health issues and weather combined to reduce our outings. It wasn’t a particularly good year for high tides either, with then coming either too late in the day or too low to be of much value. So, for the year in total…
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Summary December 2024
Our quiet spell of birding continued into November with more bad weather being a disincentive. Also we were had a week in Sicily that limited our birding opportunities. Be that as it may, November did have one or two nice birding experiences.
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Summary November 2024
Our quiet spell of birding continued into November with more bad weather being a disincentive. Also we were had a week in Sicily that limited our birding opportunities. Be that as it may, November did have one or two nice birding experiences.
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Summary October 2024
Another quiet month for us but with two good days out and four year ticks to add to our tally
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Summary September 2024
A quiet month for us. Species for the year so far still at 137
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Summary August 2024
Total New Species for the Month – 3. Total Species for the year so far – 137
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High Tide at Hoylake and Parkgate 22 August 2024
There were two high tides on the Wirral this month – 22nd August (13.48hrs 9.7m) and 23 Aug (14.30hrs 9.7m). We opted to go on the first day despite there being some weather warnings. As it happened it stayed dry but there were strong winds. We started of fat Meols before dropping down to Hoylake where we sheltered from the wind by the lifeboat station
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Barn Owls in Chorlton 17th August 2024
We were told by some neighbours who had been out dog walking that two adult Barn Owls and two chicks had been seen in a field near Brookburn school. The weather has been dry some days and wet others so we took the chance on the next day it was dry and we were not disappointed.
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Burton Mere Wetlands and Parkgate 16 August 2024
It had been a while since we were last at Burton Mere Wetlands so we were glad to get back to some decent birding. Our reward wasn’t to see any new species but we did see some nice birds and a pair of birds we had only ever seen singly.