Category Archives: MNA reports

African Bush Elephant Loxodonta africana I’ve recently returned from a two week jaunt around Ghana in West Africa. There were many cultural highlights such as Bolgatanga – Lobi Villages and the distinctive local architecture and painted houses in the Wa region, Kumasi … Continue reading →

(Report from John Clegg)  A dull morning and a very bad weather forecast may have caused the very poor turnout for this meeting, with only two members attending. However, the rain stayed off and we were rewarded with a number … Continue reading →

Five MNA members met at James Street, we were joined by three more at Chester station, and when we arrived at the Delamere Visitors’ Centre car park, eight members of the Liverpool Botanical Society (LBS) were waiting for us. They … Continue reading →

From Tony Carter On Sunday 14th I led a small group on a fungi foray at Carr Mill. Not the best time for fungi but we chose this site because the ditches running alongside the paths are usually flooded during … Continue reading →

Taking advantage of the continuing heatwave Richard Surman, the two Daves and I headed over to Anglesey to visit the stunning location of Llanddwyn Island (Ynys Llanddwyn) at the far end of the beach at Newborough Warren. We drove down … Continue reading →

(Report from John Clegg).  On the hottest day of the year so far, nine menbers joined the tailback of traffic that took 30 minutes to cross the Runcorn Bridge. Whitegate Way is an old railway line, opened on 1st June … Continue reading →

Small-spotted Catshark (a.k.a. Lesser Spotted Dogfish) Scyliorhinus canicula Atlantic Mackerel Scomber scombrus Fantastic day Shark-tagging with the Liverpool Bay Marine Life Trust – unfortunately we didn’t catch any of the Shark species we were hoping to tag (Tope, Common or … Continue reading →

As in previous years today’s MNA coach trip to Lathkill Dale was again blessed with hot and sunny weather. Lathkill Dale is one of the country’s finest limestone valleys and is one of five such valleys in the WhitePeak area … Continue reading →

Escaping from work for the day Richard Surman kindly drove Dave Bryant and I to the Llyn Peninsula in Gwynedd, North Wales. Our first stop was the small fishing village of Trefor. The tide was out leaving the fishing boats … Continue reading →

Today the MNA coach trip visited another new venue Hutton Roof which has some of the best areas of limestone pavement in Britain We initially planned to visit this Cumbria Wildlife Trust Reserve last summer but a coach breakdown made … Continue reading →