Monthly Archives: February 2023

Royden Park, 26th February 2023

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Barbara

It was a good day for mystery trees, but our first corker was immediately identifiable, a yellow-flowering Mimosa seen from the bus, growing next to the Esso garage in Greasby. How did that get there? We took the bridleway west … Continue reading →

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Sefton Park, 23rd February 2023

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Barbara

This was an MNA midweek short walk, starting at the café at the south end of the lake at 11.00. There were 15 of us, including some newer members, although some had to leave early. It was a bright, brilliantly … Continue reading →

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Walton Park Cemetery and Rice Lane City Farm, 19th February 2023

Posted on February 20, 2023 by Barbara

It’s been nearly eight years since we were last here, not sure why.  The land that is now Walton Park Cemetery was once the Liverpool Parochial Cemetery, then became the burial place of the poor who died in Liverpool and … Continue reading →

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Flaybrick / Tam O’Shanter, 12th February 2023

Posted on February 13, 2023 by Barbara

There’s not a lot to see at Flaybrick at this time of year, although we visited the Tibetan Cherry and stroked its lovely ruby-red shining bark. Last February we spotted some newly-planted Holly trees, with oddly symmetrical leaves, and thought … Continue reading →

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New Brighton, 5th February 2023

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Barbara

We walked down from the station to the seafront, where the tide was nearly fully in. The shorebirds can’t access the sand and mudflats then, and they used to gather on the pontoons in the Marine Lake. However, since the … Continue reading →

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