Author Archives: Barbara

Following reports of several Short-eared Owls seen hunting over Sefton Meadows in recent weeks, we thought we’d try our luck, but didn’t have any success. Perhaps we left too early for them, perhaps it was the noise of the microlight … Continue reading →

It was a brilliantly sunny day, but still cold at 6 degrees. The park lake had the usual Mallards, Coots, Moorhens, Mute Swans and Canada Geese, but also some Greylag Geese and a solitary Tufted Duck. Hundreds of Black-headed Gulls … Continue reading →

It was warmer today (but only about 4 degrees) and with thick cloud cover. The tide was coming in as we walked all around the causeway of West Kirby Marine Lake. A few of the Black-headed Gulls had nearly finished … Continue reading →

Snow had been promised for the whole country, but Merseyside escaped. Nonetheless it was a very much reduced group of only four that met on a cold and frosty morning at Queen Square. We were thinking of going to to … Continue reading →

Our first Sunday walk of 2012 was on a cold, still day with the temperature just above freezing. At the south end of Sefton Park lake the usual crowd of Mute Swans, Canada Geese, Mallards, pigeons and Black-headed Gulls were … Continue reading →

It was a seriously wet day, bucketing down almost the whole time we were out. We got to West Derby Village at about 10.30, met Margaret and Howard, then trudged up the long drive to Croxteth Hall. Near the small … Continue reading →

Our usual pre-Christmas trip to Chester was on a cold and windy day, with occasional squally showers, but at least it wasn’t snowy and icy like last year. We walked along the canal, seeing just Moorhens and Mallards, then spotted … Continue reading →

On a bright, sunny, but very windy day we took the train to Southport and the 44 bus to Elswick Road, near Marshside. It was a very high tide, and the sea was up over the marsh, blown in no … Continue reading →

We started at Hamilton Square and after checking the station tower for Peregrine Falcons (none there today) went up to the Cenotaph for the Remembrance Day service. First year for a while that we didn’t need our umbrellas ! We … Continue reading →