Category Archives: MNA reports

Earlier in the week a group of 1st year Marine Biology Students at Liverpool University had a practical in the lab looking at the morphology of marine organisms. The crew from the Uni’s Research Boat RV Marisa caught a number of … Continue reading →

Seven MNA members took the bus from Liverpool, but we were joined by many more MNA and RSPB members at the car park, making 25 of us altogether. It was a fine, sunny and mild day, so perhaps that was … Continue reading →

The two Dave’s, Jim Hughes, Chris Butterworth and I joined members of the North-west Fungus Group for the Ken Jordan Memorial Fungal Foray at Ainsdale led by Tony Carter. In the undergrowth beside the Natural England Warden’s office we found … Continue reading →

Report from Tony Carter: On Monday, 14th October 2013 I went to Clock Face Country Park at the invitation of a colleague who works with Mersey Forest and played a part in the establishment of the park. He was interested … Continue reading →

 The final MNA coach trip of 2013 took us through the Derbyshire spa town of Buxton before climbing in a series of sharp bends onto the flat moorland of Goyt’s Moss along the A537 passing the ‘Cat and Fiddle’ the … Continue reading →

Report from Tony Carter. On Saturday 28th September, I led a fungal foray for the public at Ainsdale Sand Dunes Nature Reserve on behalf of Natural England.  We found about forty species, mostly the more common varieties such as Amanita … Continue reading →

Report by Tony Carter: On Sunday 22nd September 2013, I joined a colleague who was leading a public foray for The National Trust at Formby Nature Reserve. I normally cover the area between the Pinfold and Fishermans Paths so I … Continue reading →

An alternative view from Tony Carter. The warden of the Reserve asked if I would lead a fungus foray for the public. As the MNA had fixed the 21st for a programmed visit and I had never been to the … Continue reading →

Seven members met at Sir Thomas Street for the 487 bus at 9.15. Due to the withdrawal of the number 24 from West Kirby, we had to go to Ness Gardens and walk from there. Three hardy walkers set off … Continue reading →

Seventeen MNA members joined the penultimate coach trip of the year to Fairburn Ings RSPB Reserve near Castleford in West Yorkshire. After a slight detour we arrived in time for lunch and sat on the picnic tables overlooking the feeders. … Continue reading →