Wigan Flashes 16th November 2021
The second birding trip of the month was to Wigan Flashes which was fairly quiet except for a year tick of Goldeneye.
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Sandbach Flashes 2nd November 2021
With the birding group active again, we were able to meet up a few times in November and return to more regular birding.The first outing of the month was to Sandbach Flashes which were almost completely under water – even the path down to the farm was under water all the way to the main…
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October 2021 Summary
UK Species Year List to October 2021 UK Species Year List to October 2021: 130Total UK Species in October 2021: 27New “Year Ticks” in October 2021: 4New “Life Ticks” in October 2021: 0
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Burton Mere Wetlands 12th October 2021
The birding group has been coming out of Covid hibernation and we have started our outings again. The only one we could join in with in October was this trip to Burton MEre Wetlands. It wasn’t a trip with huge numbers of species but we still managed to get fouryear ticks in the shape of…
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September 2021 Summary
UK Species Year List to September 2021: 126Total UK Species in September 2021: 8New “Year Ticks” in September 2021: 0New “Life Ticks” in September 2021: 0 No birding done this month due to domestic obligations, Covid and poor weather. Depressing
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August 2021 Summary
UK Species Year List to August 2021: 127Total UK Species in August 2021: 59New “Year Ticks” in August 2021: 7New “Life Ticks” in August 2021: 0 The relaxing of Covid lockdown meant that we were able to take a modest holiday for a week. We went to stay with friends Somerset and on the way…
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Slimbridge WWT 26th August 2021
After we had left Montacute, we stayed another night at Slimbridge, again staying at the Tudor Arms, and the following morning, before we set off north, we dropped in at SLimbridge WWT again. This time we decided not to bother with the Safari and headed straight for the South Lake. Unfortunately there wasn’t a great…
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Ham Wall RSPB and Shapwick Heath NNR 23rd August 2021
Whilst we were staying with friends in Somerset we managed to fit in a day out at the RSPB reserve and Ham Wall and the neighbouring NNW Shapwick Heath. The reserve is now much improved since the addition of a little shop and some toilets. It seemed to be a very popular place as the…
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Slimbridge WWT 20th August 2021
A visit to friends in Somerset gave us a chance to stop off at WWT Slimbridge where we hoped we would be able to see some Cranes. As it happened we dis manage to see a pair of Cranes but also got a number of other year ticks.
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July 2021 Summary
UK Species Year List to July 2021: 120Total UK Species in July 2021: 78New “Year Ticks” in July 2021: 17New “Life Ticks” in July 2021: 1