Monthly Archives: March 2015

Liverpool City Centre, 29th March 2015

It was raining when I set out this morning, but I stopped on the way to the bus to admire this newly-blooming Magnolia in one of the gardens on Liverpool Road. We planned to go to Walton Hall Park, but … Continue reading

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Thornton Hough, 22nd March 2015

It was a bright and sunny morning and stayed that way all day.  Along the Wirral bus route there was white and pink cherry blossom, Forsythia was just coming out and garden Magnolias had fat buds. Is it Spring? Rooks … Continue reading

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Dibbinsdale, 15th March 2015

Today was cloudy and overcast, and still quite chilly, but the sun was promised later.  A singing Robin welcomed us to Dibbinsdale, and as we descended the steps we also saw a Great Tit, a Blackbird and a Magpie. Far … Continue reading

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MNA Coach Trip Marton Mere & Fairhaven Marine Lake

The first MNA coach trip of 2015 saw us returning to Marton Mere SSSI on the outskirts of Blackpool.  We disembarked and wandered past some allotments which had good stands of rhubarb and some dried up globe artichokes. Plenty of … Continue reading

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Old Roan to Rice Lane, 8th March 2015

It was a wet morning for our seventh section of the Trans-Pennine Trail, although the forecast was that it would clear up about lunchtime. This is a very peculiar bit of the trail, awkwardly connecting a small bit of traffic-free … Continue reading

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Waterloo, 1st March 2015

This morning I walked to Waterloo from my home in Crosby, through Victoria Park. The long hedge (about 100m) at the south-east corner is full of chirping House Sparrows, so it must be a large colony, with many dozens of … Continue reading

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