Author Archives: Sabena Blackbird

Four MNA members met at Lime St to catch the train to Newton-le-Willows and the 34 bus to Pennington Flash. We were running late and unlikely to meet those members arriving by car by 11am so Barbara phoned the leader … Continue reading →

I joined fourteen members of the Liverpool Botanical Society walk around Dibbinsdale NR. It was billed as a fungal foray but there seems to be a distinct lack of fungi at the moment only a few common species were found … Continue reading →

Some more photos from our Freshfield meeting on 8th September 2012 courtesy of Chris Derri Tree Bumblebee  Recently Fledged Swallows Mating Common Darters  Ruddy Darter male Garden Spider With Prey  Spitfire

Fly Agaric A great turnout with twenty MNA members including some new faces joining our Fungal Foray around Freshfield Dune Heath and the Formby Pinewoods. Member Tony Carter provided invaluable expertise with fungi identification during the day. The weather was … Continue reading →

Some more pics from our coach trip to Blacktoft Sands RSPB Reserve – courtesy Of Chris Derri Konik Pony Grey Heron Greenshank with fish Green Sandpipers Long-tailed Tit

Nineteen MNA members joined the Coach trip across the Pennines to Blacktoft Sands RSPB Reserve on the Humber Estuary nr Goole in East Yorkshire. The reserve has a large tidal reedbed and saline lagoons and this provided good views of … Continue reading →

Fifteen members joined the MNA Coach Trip to Long Mynd, Shropshire. We parked in the National Trust car park in Cardingmill Valley, Church Stretton where a yaffling Green Woodpecker greeted our arrival. House Martins and Swallows were buzzing overhead and … Continue reading →

Nine members joined the MNA walk around Wigan Flashes with the weather ranging from heavy downpours to glorious sunshine and strong breezes. Although a quiet time for birdlife we did see Great-crested Grebe, Grey Heron, Mute Swan pair with two … Continue reading →

Chris Butterworth, David Bryant and I made an early morning decision to head out to Llangollen. After alighting from the infamous X94 bus we took a taxi the short distance to World’s End. We walked up the lane towards the … Continue reading →

MNA Coach Trip to Potteric Carr, the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s flagship reserve, with a variety of habitats from open water and marsh to woodland. Although sunny when we arrived a huge thunder and lightning storm with a torrential downpour soon … Continue reading →