Monthly Archives: February 2016

Grosvenor Park Chester, 28th February 2016

Chester FC were playing Tranmere in the Conference Premier league, which counts as a ”derby” match, so the train to Chester was very full and the station was teeming with yellow-jacketed policemen and women, one armed with a video camera. … Continue reading

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Carr Mill Dam, 21st February 2016

As usual at this time of year, it was muddy and squelchy underfoot but there was always a way around the mini-quagmires.  There were a few Snowdrops out, some wind-blow Daffodils struggling to bloom and the leaves of Wild Garlic … Continue reading

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City Trees and Stanley Park, 14th February 2016

We started the day with a look at some trees in the city centre which Margaret had spotted but not yet identified. The first was in St John’s Gardens. All the trees on the perimeter are London Planes except the … Continue reading

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MNA Coach Trip Breakwater Country Park and Beddmanarch Bay 6th February 2016

A rather cold and sodden start to the 2016 MNA Coach programme. A small group of Starlings and a lone Oyk were on the grass as we parked beside Holyhead maritime museum. Turnstone on the shore and Red-breasted Merganser in … Continue reading

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Waterloo, 7th February 2016

Storm Imogen was gearing up, so it was a very gusty day. On Crosby Marine Lake the windsurfers and yachtsmen were shooting around at great speeds. The grass banks around the Boating Lake had small flocks of Black-headed Gulls, with … Continue reading

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Hesketh Park and the Atkinson, Southport, 31st January 2016

Near the Park entrance we noted a Blackbird and some Wood Pigeons, and Eric spotted a Treecreeper. We also heard a Nuthatch there when we were on the way out. On the lake were Mallards, Coots, Moorhens, three Tufted Duck, … Continue reading

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