April 2023 Summary
New “Year Ticks” in April 2023: 22New “Life Ticks” in April 2023: 0Total Species for 2023 so far: 114
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Birding Group visit to Pennington Flash 18 April 2023
The first birding group outing of the Spring Term was to Penningtion Flash on a lovely, sunny morning. In all we got half a dozen new year ticks and also had a chance to visit the new cafe and toilets that have recently opened there. What more could you wish for?
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Ham Wall and Shapwick Heath 6th April 2023
After a short visit to Bristol, to catch up with friends, we moved on to Montacute to see our friends who live there. The weather looked a bit uncertain on the day we had planned to go there but we gave it a shot and managed to both avoid any bad weather and get a…
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Slimbridge WWT Reserve 2nd April 2023
On a trip to the south of England to visit friends, we managed to get a couple of days with some birding. We drove down on the 1st April but we got stuck on the motorway almost as soon as we started. With the car parked and the engine off for three hours, we didn’t…
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March 2023 Summary
New Year Ticks” in March 2023: 10New “Life Ticks” in March 2023: 0Total Species for 2023 so far: 92
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Marbury Country Park 28th March 2023
The last birding morning of the winter term took us to Marbury Park with a lunch at the Bergamot and Spinner where we also had our planning session for the following term. When we first arrived at the car park it was a little damp but then it soon got much wetter. We hovered around…
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High Tide at Riverbank Road and Burton Mere Wetlands 23 March 2023
We had a second go at a high tide a couple of days after our first visit when the tide was much better; 10.1 metres at 12:12pm. We started out at Riverbank Road on the Wirral. It was a bit wetter than on the Tuesday but the weather helped the tide come in a long…
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High Tide at Parkgate and Burton Mere Wetlands 21 March 2023
A hight tide of 9.8 metres at 10:49am took us up to Parkgate where, amazingly, the car park at the Old Baths was viertually empty. This was probably because it was the first day of high tides which were: 21st March, 10.49hrs (GMT), 9.8m.22nd March, 11.31hrs (GMT), 10.1m.23rd March, 12.12hrs (GMT), 10.1m.24th March, 12.50hrs (GMT),…
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Birding Group RSPB Marshside and WWT Martin Mere 7th March 2023
There were only five of the birding group available for the trip to RSPB Marshside. The day was uncharacteristically very sunny and the wind was less than usual so that made for a less arduous trip than is often the case here. We were surprised to see a lot of the inner marsh under water…
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February 2023 Summary
New Year Ticks” in February 2023: 82New “Life Ticks” in February 2023: 0Total Species for 2023 so far: 82