Author Archives: Barbara

Taylor Park St Helens 12th June 2011

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

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Longton Brickcroft 11th June 2011

This was a joint MNA / RSPB trip, but although there were 12 MNA members (some with dual membership) there were no RSPB-only people. It was sunny some of the time, but a fresh breeze kept the temperature down. Four … Continue reading

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Roby 5th June 2011

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

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Freshfield 29th May 2011

We met at Central for the 10.08 train, arriving at Freshfield at 10.40. It was a dull, overcast day with a stiff breeze. It’s been windy for over a week now.  We walked around the Freshfield Dune Heath LWT reserve, … Continue reading

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Nercwys Forest 28th May 2011

Four members met at the Druid’s Inn for an evening meal – David, Alexander, Ann and me. We met two more at the Rainbow afterwards (father and son from Chester, new members, can’t recall your names, sorry.) Regrettably, despite a … Continue reading

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More pictures from Walney

Here are John Clegg’s Walney pictures. Herring gull at nest Lesser Black-backed gull at nest Ringed plover at nest John commented that this is a rare two-billed Eider, perhaps affected by radioactive emissions from the nearby Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant. … Continue reading

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Orrell Water Park 15th May 2011

More silly games with Merseytravel this morning. We needed to get the number 10 bus at 10.06 to  make a tight connection at St Helens Bus Station. As we waited, a man came and fitted a new timetable into the … Continue reading

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Thornton Hough 1st May 2011

We took the 487 bus from Sir Thomas Street at 10.30, arriving at the Seven Stars at 11.15. Our walk today took us by fields and footpaths to Brimstage and back. It was a bright sunny day, but not quite … Continue reading

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Lydiate “Tower and Steeple” walk 17th April 2011

We started the day with some fun with public transport. Since there were road works in Dale Street, the 300 bus, which usually stops in Sir Thomas Street, was meant to stop at Queen Square, but nobody had told the … Continue reading

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Rivacre Valley County Park 16th April 2011

13 people met for this joint MNA / RSPB walk, starting from Liverpool Central or Overpool Merseyrail stations.  Only one Liverpool RSPB member, but several of the MNA regulars have dual membership. Two or three others were MNA members on … Continue reading

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