Monthly Archives: February 2026

Allerton Cemetery was looking particularly gothic in the cold drizzle – tombstones, isolated buildings and Crows cawing forlornly. But there was a touch of colour next to one of the lodges, a Witch Hazel full of flowers. They are usually … Continue reading →

What a change in the weather! It was dry and quite mild, and the sun even came out!The birds were good today, too. Right by the slipway at the north end of the Marine Lake a dozen Pale-bellied Brent Geese … Continue reading →

Before we got to Sudley, we crossed the grassy central reservation between Templemore and Rathmore Avenues, which merge southwards into Brodie Avenue. A group of trees called the Liverpool Thorn Collection grow there, various rare relatives of the Hawthorn (Crataegus sp.) … Continue reading →