Monthly Archives: July 2011

Port Sunlight Summer Festival 24th July 2011

What a lovely hot and sunny day for the festival ! It was packed. There was even a party of Spanish cruise ship passengers whom we saw being ushered through Central Station in the morning, all clutching Port Sunlight leaflets. … Continue reading

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Great Orme, Llandudno 23/7/2011

A warm day with blue skies and a gentle NW breeze greeted a good turnout of 16 MNA members outside the Grand Hotel near the pier, most having travelled by train. The plan was circuit of the Orme by way … Continue reading

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Seacombe to New Brighton 17th July 2011

It wasn’t the best day to walk along the front – the gloomy weather forecast said heavy rain all day. Only the hardiest few of us turned up for the 10am ferry and we almost had it to ourselves. Surprisingly, … Continue reading

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Pickerings Pasture 16/7/2011

Early Saturday morning hardly looked promising, prolonged heavy rain and wind, as some of us assembled at the Liverpool ONE bus station for the 82A to Hale Bank but sheer optimism drives you on! During the journey patches of blue … Continue reading

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Calderstones Park 10th July 2011

We met at Great Charlotte Street and took the 76A towards Woolton, getting off at 10.45 at the junction of Menlove Avenue / Beech Lane and Cromptons Lane. It was warm, still and overcast. No special birds today, but we … Continue reading

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MNA Coach Trip Llafar Valley Photos

English Stonecrop Waterfall On the Afon Llafar   Lichen – Rhizocarpon species Female Wolf Spider Pardosa sp. carrying egg sac Common Green Grasshopper Omocestus viridulus Barbara On Wooden Stile Harry’s Sheep Skull Dor Beetle The Scenery 🙂

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Ness Gardens 3rd July 2011

I had a visit over to the University Of Liverpool’s Ness Botanical Gardens on the Wirral. As well as being packed with traditional and rare garden plants it also has a number of wildflowers. A wildflower meadow area had been created which … Continue reading

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Minera, Wales 30th June 2011

The two Dave’s and I took a trip over to Minera near Wrexham in Wales whose name derives from the Latin for “mine” or “ore” (the Welsh name Mwynglawdd translates roughly as “ore mine”) Hoverfly Eristalis sp. on umbellifer Noonday … Continue reading

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