Black-tailed godwits, Leighton Moss

Wednesday, 1 January 2025

2024: the backdrop to the birdwatching year

As promised in the round-up to last year's birdwatching, here's a sample of the landscapes and supporting cast that make even a quiet birdwatching day worthwhile.

I didn't get to All The Places but here's a few I did do.

Torside Reservoir

Martin Mere 

Manchester Ship Canal at Moore

Irlam Moss 

Marshside 

Grey squirrel, Pennington Flash

Snowdrops, Martin Mere 

Etherow Country Park 

Banks Marsh

Green Hill, Flixton

Scarborough Harbour

Stretford Meadows 

Stretford 

Irlam Community Woodland

Primroses, Longton Brickcroft

Giant's Seat Wood

Hodbarrow 

Chat Moss 

Orange tip, Stretford

Maidenhair ferns and ivy-leaved toadflax, Silverdale Station 

Dog violets, Stretford

Carrington Moss

Pennington Flash

Polystrichium (moss), Little Woolden Moss

Large red damselfly, Little Woolden Moss

Horse chestnut, Chorlton Ees

Dove Stone Reservoir

Dune pansies, Lytham

Silver Y, Martin Mere

Poppies, Hale

Twayblade, Stretford Meadows

Roe deer, Chat Moss

Bee orchid, Marshside

Common spotted orchid, Clifton Green

Little Orme

Chat Moss

Common darter, New Moss Wood

Stoat, Rishton Reservoir

Leighton Moss 

Formby Point 

Broughton Park

Chorlton Water Park 

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