Trip reports
 | Sunday, 15 January 2012 Fifteen or so members gathered at ten o'clock at the recently-opened reserve on a lovely sunny day, which was nevertheless cold enough to make us appreciate the spacious comfort More... |
 | Saturday, 1 October 2011 Our first outdoor trip of the season was a visit to Hilbre Island on Saturday 1st October. We set off weaving our way around More... |
 | Sunday, 21 August 2011 Burton Mere Wetlands - members preview At 12.30pm a small group of members gathered in the car park at the newly established, but not yet open, Burton Wetlands Reserve. If you don't recognise More... |
 | Sunday, 12 June 2011 This was my first trip out with the Cheshire group, I had no commitments, there had been good weather the previous week and so More... |
 | Friday, 13 May 2011 Out of the original 15 people who signed up for the trip, only 11 made it to Snettisham reserve on Friday 13th May. Snettisham reserve consists of three water pits of various sizes and More... |
 | Friday, 11 March 2011 17 of us set off from our Caldy Valley meeting place with not too high expectations. However, More... |
 | Saturday, 8 January 2011 What a treat! A day out, with good birding, good company and amazingly good weather. The previous day had been cold with snow and rain More... |
 | Sunday, 7 November 2010 Marshside reserve, part of Ribble Estuary located at Southport, is a vast piece of land made up of saltmarsh (tidal) and coastal grassland (freshwater). Such habitats are getting increasingly rare on UK estuaries. More... |
 | Saturday, 11 September 2010 Greenfield Valley and Point of Ayr Twelve members met Peter Stevenson at the Greenfield Valley car park at Holywell, so we were 13! As Peter gave his introduction the rain started and we took to the shelter of the trees. But More... |
 | Saturday, 28 November 2009 Fourteen of us met at Caldy Valley, sharing cars to the Frodsham Marshes. Weather a bit glum but not actually raining, though the light for birdwatching was poor. Our first foray showed goldfinch and meadow pipit, and a buzzard, a kestrel, and was it a hen harrier? Perhaps not. But we did see a curlew amongst the lapwing. More... |
 | Sunday, 18 January 2009 The reserve at Moore lies on the south bank of the Mersey and is sandwiched between the river to the north and the Manchester Ship Canal to the south. More... |
| Saturday, 9 June 2007 Hobbies and dragonflies at Whixall Moss A glorious Saturday morning in June saw thirteen intrepid explorers receiving their final instructions before stepping out into the great unknown of Whixall Moss. Fully briefed on what to do if bitten by an adder, how to avoid being sucked into a peat bog, and not to fall victim to sunstroke, we ventured forth. More... |