Author Archives: Barbara

We walked down Shore Road, admiring the tall Hollyhocks in the gardens, to Sands Lake. At the jetty where people throw bread there were Jackdaws, Mallards in moult, but one mother with three smallish late ducklings. Plenty of Black-headed Gulls, … Continue reading →

Another fine and sunny day, and off to Kirkby, where we hear Knowsley Council have planted masses of wildflowers. Our first call was into the little Lime Tree Woods off Valley Road, where we noticed a Speckled Wood butterfly with … Continue reading →

It was another gloriously hot and sunny day, a day for interesting flower and insects in the dunes. The flowers started outside Hillside Station, where there is a wildflower bank. We crossed the open ground next to Royal Birkdale golf … Continue reading →

Yet another hot and sunny day, right from the start, but Childwall Woods were cool and shady. On the edges of the sunny glades plants were stretching to the light. A Horse Chestnut sapling no more than five feet tall … Continue reading →

Another warm day, but overcast and sultry. Rice Lane City Farm is in the old Walton Park cemetery, and the entrance is on Rawcliffe Road. They keep Saddleback pigs, red cattle, a herd of small brown woolly sheep, a couple … Continue reading →

                    It was a scorcher today, hot with bright sunshine. We set off southwards along the footpath called Carr Lane, with a Robin calling. It’s a narrow path, thickly grown with … Continue reading →

Pex Hill, at a measly 200 ft (61m) stands so high above the Lancashire plain that Liverpool Astronomical Society has an Observatory there! It was a mostly wet day but even in those conditions, the views towards Liverpool were impressive. … Continue reading →