Visit to WWT Martin Mere : 10th September 2013 Recent reports of the sighting of a Little Stint took us up to WWT Martin Mere to see if we could locate the bird. Unfortunately we didn’t see it but we did have a couple of nice sightings staring at the Ron Barker hide where we…
Curlew Sandpipers at RSPB Leighton Moss : 5th September 2013
Stilt Sandpiper : Sandbach Flashes : 4th September 2013 I had been looking at the Bird News Anywhere web site for any interesting birds near to us and had spotted the appearance of a Stint Sandpiper on Ashton Flash at Sandbach Flashes and since it had been spotted for a couple of days in a…
Birding Group Autumn Schedule 2013 – 2014 24 Sep Pennington Flash 1 Oct Moore Nature Reserve 8 Oct Brockholes 15 Oct Neumann’s & Haydn’s Flashes 22 Oct Leighton Moss : Day trip 29 Oct Wigan Flashes (visit far side of canal ?) 5 Nov Burton Mere Wetlands (high tide approx 11.45am) 12…
Summary August 2013 Garden The weather was a bit mixed for the first couple of weeks of August with some good dry days, some uncertain days and some plain wet ones. The combination of sun and rain has done wonders for the garden and it is easy to see why some birders turn to insects…
Visit to Hoylake for High Tide : 23rd August 2013 We left Burton Mere Wetlands with enough time to get up to Hoylake. As we arrived there were already a few birders on the prom and the birds were already quite a way in – indeed, much closer than they had been earlier in the…
Visit to Burton Mere Wetlands : 23rd August 2013 I discovered that there was to be a fairly high tide on the Wirral and fancied a trip to the prom at Hoylake to see what birds were to be found there as the tide came in. The tide was due to come in around noon…
Visit to Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire : 20th August 2013
Visit to Filey Dams : 8th August 2013 On the morning of the 8th we had got up early and had a walk along Flamborough Cliffs before retuning to the Bempton Cliffs but since we were in the area there was one last place we wanted to visit and that was the one recommended to…
Visit to RSPB Bempton Cliffs : 8th August 2013 On the morning of the 8th we got up early and had a walk along Flamborough Cliffs before retuning to the RSPB site at Bempton Cliffs where I meant to take my 500mm lens and leave my scope behind. It was far too hot to carry…
