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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 →

Tony Carter has sent a species list from our fungal foray at the weekend.  AINSDALE WOODS Chroogomphus rutilus                       Copper Spike  (See photo below) Lycoperdon pratense                          Meadow Puffball Suillus granulatus                                Weeping Bolete  (See photo below) Panellus stipticus                                Bitter Oysterling (See photo … 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 →

Eleven members and former members turned up at the south end of Sefton Park at 8pm. It was a perfect evening for bats – dry, warm and still. Three of us had bat detectors, so we set them to different … Continue reading →

Report from John Clegg Six members travelled out by bus from Liverpool and were joined at Haskayne by a further five.  On a sunny and warm day the walk started off with a Buzzard flying high, with a large number … Continue reading →

Chris Derri has sent me some of his pictures from the coach trip to Long Mynd on 21st July. Ringlet butterfly Raven Juvenile Redstart Willow Warbler Female Kestrel Green Splenwort Common Lizard

Just a note that I have added some extra pictures by Chris Derri. To Potteric Carr on 7th July I’ve added two Longhorn Beetles and a Picture-winged Fly. To Cemlyn Bay on 23rd June I’ve added an Arctic Tern and … 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 →