Hugh’s News

2025 was reportedly an excellent year for breeding birds at RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands. 236 pairs of breeding waders nested […]

Following on from the white butterfly in August’s article, there followed some debate on its i.d. I requested comments on […]

Walking in Park Fields in Parkgate this week, several skeins of Canada Geese flew over heading for the Dee. Now […]

This report focuses on our breeding birds. Hopefully the mainly settled weather we have been enjoying will result in a […]

There were more photos from the Lake Vyrnwy visit than could go in the trip report, so I am including […]

The Bittern we saw on our Burton Mere Wetlands trip in February was still present when Ellie visited a couple […]

Last Saturday felt like the first day of Spring, albeit the pleasant weather only lasted for one day before the […]

On a walk around Gayton, I came across a large, female Sparrowhawk on a driveway plucking a Woodpigeon! Before I […]

Firstly, I must apologise that it is so long since the last issue – time seems to fly past so […]

The seasons are changing slowly from Summer to Autumn – although it is sometimes difficult to tell when we get […]