A few photos from a recent visit to a cold and misty Leighton Moss….. a rare opportunity to try the camera out at ISO 6400 🙂 – but it was really, really cold. Plus a Starling or two . Read More …
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Fletcher Moss
A few highlights from a recent visit to Fletcher Moss Gardens and Stenner Wood. Plenty of fungi growing on the piles of dead wood left around the wood following the felling of last year’s storm damaged trees. The route through the woodland was slightly precarious. Read More …
Chorlton Water Park
A few highlights from a couple of hours spent on the local patch. Seems like a long time ago when up to 400 Pochard descended on Chorlton Water Park during the winter months. Unfortunately in recent years the numbers have fallen dramatically to circa 50. Read More …
Death and Glory
Scarlet Elf Cups amongst the moss covered debris on the woodland floor in Didsbury. 70mph winds, saturated ground and a few old favourites come crashing down. Thankfully the park authorities leave the shattered limbs in place helping to ensure there’s a plentiful supply of Read More …
A Wet & Muddy Christmas
Well I suppose at this time of year we ought to be grateful so thank God it’s not been cold because if it was we could be under 8ft of snow. It’s rained every day now for the past 3 weeks whilst the binoculars are Read More …
1st day of Spring
Whilst officially Spring doesn’t begin until mid March over the past couple of weeks its finally started to slowly arrive. In fact after spending a day walking around in the sunshine close to Morecambe Bay we’ve decided that this year Spring arrived on the 19th Read More …
Stumpy and Friends
After the recent downpours the weather gods finally smiled upon us and we decided to really push our luck and head up north to Leighton Moss. Leighton Moss is a deservedly popular RSPB reserve located in one of the most wildlife rich areas of the Read More …