February 20, 2018 archive

Pennington Flash 20th February 2018


We got finished with the birding group quite early this day so we decided to go for just an hour to Pennington so we only took in Horrocks Hide , Pengy’s and the Bunting Hide. It was half-term so the place was heaving and we didn’t stay long. But we did get some birds while we were there including a KIngfisher Continue reading

Wigan Flashes 20th February 2018


The birding group visit this week was to Wigan Flashes, somewhere where I haven’t been since April 2016

Again, it was a rare dry February day so we were glad to get out. It would be fair to say that we saw nothing particularly special but in the lovely sunlight there were really nice groups – and decent numbers – of both Pochard and Goldeneye.

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