Holiday and Trip Reports

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27/10/2013 The River Clwyd

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Hoopoe: First stop the Clwyd where Mr Alex Jones found one of these great little birds on his local patch and as soon as I arrived and sh...

05/10/2013 Leighton Moss

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Bearded Tit: Over the last few days the Bearded Tits at Leighton have been showing incredibly well and in some superb numbers with 15...

04/10/2013 Audenshaw Reservoir

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Great Skua : I was told today that we make our own luck when it comes to birding, well I tend to agree and that's why I took a quick d...

01/10/2013 Leasowe Lighthouse

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Yellow-browed Warbler:  I placed my bets today on seeing a YBW on the Wirral over the Red Necked Grebe at Marton Mere. I struck luc...

29/09/2013 Horwich Moors

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Glossy Ibis:  There has been four glossies hanging around the moors of Horwich particularly around the Bob Smithy pub. So after a 6am st...

17/09/2013 Brockholes

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Black Tern: OK so I turned down a trip to Suffolk for the Lesser Grey Shrike and this goes against rule number one! Never say no to a twit...

16/09/2013 North Wirral Shore

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1st Winter Mediterranean Gull: Despite the wind the sand and the rain showers I had an excellent day out on the wonderful North Wirral sh...

10/09/2013 Billinge Hill

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Yellow Wagtail:  This was my first visit up the highest point in St Helens and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was Paul Brady who invited me f...

09/09/2013 Pennington Flash

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Lesser Scaup: With autumn the changing winds bring with it American migrants, like this diving duck that migrates across the pond. In Am...

31/08/2013 The Great Orme

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Dotterel: A cracking visit to North Wales relived some awesome  birds. First stop was  up the very Great Orme in search of a juvenile Dot...

27/08/2013 Spurn, East Riding of Yorkshire ‎

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Icterine Warbler: My first trip to Spurn and in the words of Scott Reid 'its the bollocks'. First stop was Beacon Lane where w...

21/08/2013 The River Dee, Connah's Quay, Dock Road

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Common Dolphin: What a totally awesome evening chasing after Dave the dolphin in the Dee. I first went to Saltney Ferry Road foot bridge...