Category Archives: Sunday Group

Otterspool Park is a pedestrian road that was once a carriageway to a proposed mansion on the banks of the Mersey. That mansion was never built and the land was taken over by the Council. In the 1950s and 60s … Continue reading →

Opposite St Chad’s church, on the south side of Kirkby Row, is an open grassy area through which flows the Kirby Brook, on its way to the river Alt. The usual urban birds were there, Carrion Crow, Blackbirds, Wood Pigeons, … Continue reading →

It was a Bank Holiday heatwave, with bright sun and a cloudless sky. Luckily for us, most paths in Birkenhead Park are under trees, cool and shady for strolling around. Near the Ashville Road gateway into the lower park a … Continue reading →

It was an unexpectedly bright and sunny day, with long views from Hoylake’s North Parade, over what used to be their beach, to Hilbre Island in the Dee estuary and the North Wales mountains in the distance. We started from … Continue reading →

The forecast said it would rain all day, but it was wrong. It was just humid and damp – what the Irish call a “fine, soft day”.  It was quiet, too. There weren’t many dog walkers, and just a few … Continue reading →

We were joined at St Michael’s by several MNA members, some with phone apps at the ready to identify plants and birdsong. Inspired by a recent talk at Calderstones on veteran and ancient trees, we went looking for a veteran … Continue reading →

Wallasey Central Park is a medium-sized and pretty park near Liscard. The wooded edge along Liscard Road had a Chiffchaff calling, a Blackbird and several Wood Pigeons. Small White butterflies were about, and there were clumps of Spanish Bluebells scattered … Continue reading →

Rice Lane City Farm is a 24-acre, volunteer-run site occupying land which was once Walton Parochial Cemetery, serving the poor from the Liverpool and Walton Workhouse hospitals. It is still consecrated ground, with graves still visible along the paths. South of … Continue reading →

It was Easter Sunday, but winter still had a sting in its tail. Storm Dave had roared through in the night, scattering the paths with broken twigs and small branches, but nothing worse. This morning the storm was blowing itself … Continue reading →

It was very busy at Parkgate, lots of day-trippers, bikers and cyclists. There was also a fair smattering of bird people with telescopes, attracted by the expected high tide just after 1pm, when the rising sea pushes the small rodents … Continue reading →