Author Archives: Barbara

There was a late-blooming wild Rose in the hedgerow near Whiston Station, and five Mute Swans passed high overhead. Ivy was coming into bloom, already attracting Hoverflies, and one fence had a mass of flowering Russian Vine spilling over it. … Continue reading →

Gorse Hill Nature Reserve has an orchard, growing traditional old varieties of apple (and a few pears), and celebrates them in the autumn with an Apple Festival. The Sunday Group would have gone on 11th, but the MNA coach to … Continue reading →

Another lovely day, sunny and bright. The terminus of the 464 bus is next to an open field with a river view, which is part of Shorefields Nature Park. It overlooks the mud flats where the Great Eastern was broken … Continue reading →

It’s getting autumnal now, but it was a beautiful day with hardly a cloud in the sky. It’s turning out to be a wonderful season for fruit and seeds, and the Hawthorn is putting on huge displays of red berries. … Continue reading →

The first yellowing leaves were falling from the Lime trees in Crosby this morning, so autumn is in the air. As we climbed up St George’s Way to Bidston Hill the low shrubs and grass glistened with the flat, dewy … Continue reading →

We had a later start today because of a Heritage Open Day appointment at noon at Princes Road Synagogue. In Upper Parliament Street there was a large orange and black ladybird on a shrub-sized Italian Alder. It was as big … Continue reading →

Botanic Gardens is the oldest Liverpool park. It was originally a private walled botanic garden, opened in 1836, making it 30 or 40 years older than any of Liverpool’s other city parks.  It has recently been Grade II* listed by … Continue reading →

It was a still, dry and sunny day, but not so warm as it has been recently, so very pleasant for walking. We turned south from the station along Mossgiel Avenue and followed the path alongside the railway. On the … Continue reading →

It was a hot and sunny day, so a good one to walk another couple of miles of the Trail with its lush and shady greenery. There aren’t many birds about in August, so interest was mainly in the plants … Continue reading →