Mallorca : 12th October 2015 : Boquer Valley This day was a lovely day for a walk up the Bocquer Valley but it was also a public holiday so there were a huge number of people walking the valley including hordes of infants out on some group nature trek – very noisy indeed. This combined…
Mallorca : 11th October 2015 : Arrival and travelling to hotel; La Gola We set off horribly early on the 11th of October for a fortnight holiday in Mallorca where we again stayed at the Hoposa Uyal Hotel in Port de Pollenca. We had stayed there last Autumn and again this Spring. We were a…
Moore Nature Reserve : 6th October 2015 It was a very pleasant day for what will probably be one of the few birding group days we attend this month on account of our holidaying in Mallorca where we intend to do quite a lot of birding to make up for it. The morning started off…
Summary September 2015 New Species added to 2015 Year List in September = 6 Running Total for the 2015 UK So Far = 160 New UK Life List Birds In August = 0 Our Garden The Starlings seem to have suddenly become less obvious. The Wren is less obvious just as the Dunnock becomes more…
Hoylake : 29th September 2015 The last birding group day out of the month and, in fact, our last birding day out of September, was to Hoylake for an 11 metre high tide at 12.30pm. The weather was so good, however, that there was a bit of a shortage of birds. It was a lovely…
Hilbre Island : 22nd September 2015 The second birding group day out of the new was to Hilbre Island where I had not been for quite some time; I think we must have been on holiday last year when the group went there. The whole thing is about a four mile round trip over the…
Burton Mere Wetlands : 15th September 2015 It seems that we just cannot keep away from Burton Mere Wetlands and, with the resumption of the birding groups visits opening with a visit to Burton Mere Wetlands, we were back there again for the second time this month. Our morning started with a fantastic – and…
Parkgate and Burton Mere Wetlands : 8th September 2015 We left Gilroy Nature Park and headed for the Boathouse at Parkgate for lunch. A great bonus here for us was the sighting of both Marsh Harrier and a ringtail Hen Harrier – while we were having lunch ! The latter was a “year tick” We…
Gilroy Nature Park : 8th September 2015 We wanted to take a look at somewhere different of the Wirral so we decided to check out Gilroy nature Reserve where we had read about the big Black-tailed Godwit roost. As it happens, probably the most exciting spot of the day was a sighting of three Great…
Summary August 2015 New Species added to 2015 Year List in August = 3 Running Total for the 2015 UK So Far = 154 New UK Life List Birds In August = 1 Our Garden The Starlings seem to have suddenly become less obvious. A Wren is almost permanently stationed in the garden calling continuously…
