Day Out to Martin Mere WWT 13th December 2011
The birding group usually occupies our Tuesdays but last week was the last group-day before Christmas so we were keen to get out for a day birding before the demands of Christmas got too pressing and before the bad weather set in. We fancied going up to Martin Mere WWT – a regular haunt of ours but the television weather forecasts were pretty ominous with snow and storms predicted. However, Monday had been quite nice in Manchester despite forecasts so we weren’t convinced. A quick look on the internet for a more detailed forecast indicated that it might be worth the risk so we decided to wait until morning and look out the window before deciding – the scientific approach. As it happened the morning was cold but sunny so we set off and we were glad that we did because we saw some awesome bird behavior as well as some fine birds and a life first for us.