Category Archives: Sunday Group

We walked down Shore Road, admiring the tall Hollyhocks in the gardens, to Sands Lake. At the jetty where people throw bread there were Jackdaws, Mallards in moult, but one mother with three smallish late ducklings. Plenty of Black-headed Gulls, … Continue reading →

Another fine and sunny day, and off to Kirkby, where we hear Knowsley Council have planted masses of wildflowers. Our first call was into the little Lime Tree Woods off Valley Road, where we noticed a Speckled Wood butterfly with … Continue reading →

It was another gloriously hot and sunny day, a day for interesting flower and insects in the dunes. The flowers started outside Hillside Station, where there is a wildflower bank. We crossed the open ground next to Royal Birkdale golf … Continue reading →

Yet another hot and sunny day, right from the start, but Childwall Woods were cool and shady. On the edges of the sunny glades plants were stretching to the light. A Horse Chestnut sapling no more than five feet tall … Continue reading →

Another warm day, but overcast and sultry. Rice Lane City Farm is in the old Walton Park cemetery, and the entrance is on Rawcliffe Road. They keep Saddleback pigs, red cattle, a herd of small brown woolly sheep, a couple … Continue reading →

                    It was a scorcher today, hot with bright sunshine. We set off southwards along the footpath called Carr Lane, with a Robin calling. It’s a narrow path, thickly grown with … Continue reading →

Pex Hill, at a measly 200 ft (61m) stands so high above the Lancashire plain that Liverpool Astronomical Society has an Observatory there! It was a mostly wet day but even in those conditions, the views towards Liverpool were impressive. … Continue reading →

It was very hot and sunny, and we were happy to be in woodland shade for nearly all of our walk today. Our first birds were Swifts in Claughton, spotted from the bus. When we got off we turned straight … Continue reading →

After our canal walk from Liverpool to Burscough Bridge in eight short sections last year, we plan something more ambitious. Over the next couple of years we will tackle the Trans Pennine Trail from Southport, perhaps as far as Widnes. … Continue reading →

Chester Cathedral was having an Open Day today (there is usually a fee for entry) so that was a good excuse for a trip to Chester. We walked down the hill from the station and onto the canal. Our attention … Continue reading →