Monthly Archives: October 2012

Fossils, rocks and pubs part II, 28th October 2012

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Barbara

It was a dispiritingly damp and drizzly day, but we all made it to William Brown Street, despite the clock change. This was our second “fossil” walk following the guidance in the booklet published in 2001 by the The Liverpool … Continue reading →

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Croxteth Hall Park 21st October 2012

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Barbara

It was very damp and misty at the Muirhead Avenue / Oak Lane entrance to Croxteth Park. 50+ Jackdaws were calling over the woods and there were Black-headed Gulls and Common Gulls feeding on the dewy grass. All the other … Continue reading →

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Carr Mill Dam 20th October 2012

Posted on October 29, 2012 by Barbara

(Report by John Clegg) 12 members attended the walk around this large lake and woodland. The first birds seen were three Jays, the first of many. Several Great Crested Grebes were on the lake. At Otter Swift Farm the hedges … Continue reading →

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Hoylake, 14th October 2012

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Barbara

It was a beautiful sunny day, with golden leaves falling and a Wood Pigeon and a Blackbird working through the red berries on my own Cotoneaster as I started out.  A lovely day for the Liverpool Marathon. We met at … Continue reading →

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Gilroy Pool and Langfields 13th October 2012.

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Barbara

(Report by John Clegg). Twelve members came out. The morning was bright but it turned very wet in the afternoon and the fields were very soggy and covered with standing water. Birds seen: Collared Dove, Magpie, Carrion Crow, Kestrel, Dunnock, … Continue reading →

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Wirral Bus and Tram Show, 7th October 2012

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Barbara

(Report and pictures by John Clegg)  Owing to flooding on Sefton Meadows we had to change our plans. We took the 11am ferry to Woodside to the Wirral Bus and Tram show. At Woodside we boarded a Liverpool Corporation tram … Continue reading →

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MNA Meeting Bootle Cricket Club 6th October 2012

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Sabena Blackbird

Steve with Rocky the Eagle Owl Steve and Marg Dewsnap from Rockcliffe Raptors, Flintshire, North Wales brought in a selection of European Raptors and Owls from their private collection. These included a Barn Owl Tyto alba called Ko’ko, Tawny Owl … Continue reading →

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Hale Woods 6th October 2012

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Sabena Blackbird

From Tony Carter On Saturday, 6th October, the sun shone. So I went for a walk around the woods at Hale: Hale Hall Wood and The Icehouse Plantation. The primary reason was to check on a fungus, Rhodotus palmatus (Wrinkled … Continue reading →

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Lyme Park NT Reserve 29th September 2012

Posted on October 2, 2012 by Sabena Blackbird

Mike Barrow kindly drove Chris Derri, DaveH and I to the National Trust Reserve at Lyme Park. We parked at the railway station at Disley and wandered along the Gritstone Trail across farmland and through a small copse containing a few … Continue reading →

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