Summary December 2012 Garden The start of December saw a change in the weather from the extremely wet weather of November to dry, sunny and freezing. This brought about a transformation in the garden with the sudden appearance of two Mistle Thrushes, two Blackbirds and a small flock of Starlings as well as a Robin,…
Provision Birding Group Schedule for January – March 2013 The provisional schedule worked up at the end of term lunch at Dunham Massey was as follows : Jan 8: Pennington Jan 15: Burton Jan 22: Tatton Park Jan 29: Marshside/Mere Sands Wood – day trip Feb 5: Neumann’s Flash Feb 12: Point of Ayr (12.26…
Birding Group Visit To Dunham Massey 11 December 2012 The last day of the birding group “term” was to Dunham Massey where we had a long walk and then everyone stopped over for lunch and a planning session for the next term. It was a very cold but beautifully bright morning with clear blue skies…
Birding Group Visit To WWT Martin Mere 4th December 2012 The scheduled visit to Point of Ayr was cancelled because it was felt that thehigh tide was quite late in the day (noon) and that we would do better to go there when high tide was earlier. After much to-ing and fro-ing and it was…
Summary November 2012 Garden This surely must have been the quietest November in our garden for years. For the whole first part of November there were very few birds around except the usual Goldfinches and a few Tits. Towards the middle of the month a Blackbird started visiting the garden and a Robin comes occasionally…
Waxwings in Hulme 29 November 2012 I had been following recent reports on the Manchester Birding Forum’s sightings page of a large number of Waxwings feeding from some Rowan trees around the Hulme Estate and, in particular, at Arnott Crescent.
Birding Group Visit To Marbury Country Park 27th November 2012 Our morning trip to Marbury Country Park was a bit damp though the rain faded away as the morning went on. We started at the hide nearest the car park where the bird table was laden with Blue, Great and Coal Tits. There were a…
Day Out to WWT Martin Mere 25th November 2012] It was the North-west Bird Fair over the weekend so we managed to get up there on the second day. There were lots of interesting stands and displays and I attended a half-hour seminar on digiscoping with Swarovski scopes but we still managed to find plenty…
Day Out To RSPB Conwy 21 November 2012 We had stayed over from the previous day staying at the Deganwy Spa hotel which was pricey but nicely located on the estuary. The RSPB site at Conwy had opened up again so we headed off there first thing in the morning. We took a walk down…
Birding Group Visit To Conwy and Llanfairfechan 20th November 2012 Our visit this week was supposed to be to RSPB Conwy but at the last moment we noticed on their web site that they were closed on the 19th and 20th for repair work to their car park. This was a bit boring for Anne…
