Author Archives: Barbara

We were planning to go to the new Garden Festival Park, but the company doing it up has gone bankrupt, so it may be October or November before it opens. Plans B and C had no wildlife in them, unfortunately. … Continue reading →

It was a warm, overcast day with a south westerly wind, very humid, but when the sun came out briefly it was very hot.  The wildflower meadow mentioned in the MNA report from 16th July was still in full bloom, … Continue reading →

What a lovely hot and sunny day for the festival ! It was packed. There was even a party of Spanish cruise ship passengers whom we saw being ushered through Central Station in the morning, all clutching Port Sunlight leaflets. … Continue reading →

It wasn’t the best day to walk along the front – the gloomy weather forecast said heavy rain all day. Only the hardiest few of us turned up for the 10am ferry and we almost had it to ourselves. Surprisingly, … Continue reading →

We met at Great Charlotte Street and took the 76A towards Woolton, getting off at 10.45 at the junction of Menlove Avenue / Beech Lane and Cromptons Lane. It was warm, still and overcast. No special birds today, but we … Continue reading →

It was a beautiful day for the crossing, warm and mostly sunny, breezy out by the islands but quite humid inland. We caught the 9.50 train from Central and were at the Dee Lane slipway by 10.45. The sands were … Continue reading →

Two days before the official start of summer, and some of the trees think it’s autumn already! We’d got the 130 bus from Queen Square to Northern Perimeter Road and on the way we saw some Rowan trees with orangey … Continue reading →

After the very dry weather of the last few weeks, today we were washed out early by heavy rain. It had been only cool and drizzly when we left Queen Square on the 10A bus at 10 past 10, but … Continue reading →

A day of flowers today, both in the fields south of the M62 and in the National Wildflower Centre. We got the 161 bus at 10.20 from Queen Square to Roby Village and walked south along the footpath called Carr … Continue reading →