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When? Started: 1993 Who? Started with staff and friends from U H S, Chester. Organiser: Martyn Harris We walk every Wednesday and Saturdays, New Years day and May Day. How many walk? Walks take place as long as there are at least 2 wanting to walk on that day. More walk on a Wednesday than on a Saturday. Most ever: 29. Current group size walking: 2-10 in mid-week and 2-4 on Saturday. Where do we walk? Saturday: Anywhere in North and Mid-Wales, Peak District, Shropshire and the Long Mynd and as far North as the Trough of Bowland. Thursday: Anywhere within about 40 miles of Chester. Type of walk: Distance: 6 – 14 miles (but usually under 10 miles). Climb: up to 4000’ (but usually very much less!). People involved on walks in 2020:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage, Wendy Peers, Celia de Mengle, Wendy and Ian Peers, Roger Smith, Paul Collinson, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Celia de Mengle, Sue Pearson.

Wednesday 18 December 2019

Prestayn to Point of Ayr and Back 18th December 2019

It looks like we have the beach to ourselves today.
The boardwalk and new shelter near the Little tern observation point.
"I am sure they know which way to go!"
On the way to Pont of Ayr.
Point of Ayr Lighthouse ahead.
Twite behind the sand dunes behind the Point of Ayr Lighthouse.
Poniews doing conservation work in The Warren Nature Reserve.
On the new boardwalk leading from th Presthaven Caravan Park to the beach.
A family of Mute swans on Prestatyn Gutter.
Walk stats: Distance: 10.3 miles. Climb:  747' wind assisted GPS reading (Memory map reading 245').
Group: Martyn, Nigel, Fran and Ed.
This turned out to be good day for a walk, very much on the cool side as we headed from Barkby Beach towards Point of Ayr and initially the wind wasn't too strong, but as we arrived at the RSPB bird hide we were grateful for the shelter it provided.
As we headed along the beach from Barkby Beach only Oystercaterchers and gulls seemed to be around, but it wasn't long before we saw over a hundred Great cormorants on beach close to the water edge.
 Approaching the Point of Ayr Lighthouse it looked much whiter it had obviously been given a coat of paint since our last visit.g
 Views across the estuary were never very clear, but where were were was always OK.
 The highlight for me was seeing at least a dozen Twite as we headed inland from the lighthouse.
  Lunch at the RSPB hide at Point of Ayr was very much enjoyed as Nigel presented us with mince pies made by Elaine, much appreciated, along with a little mature fortified fruit cake, than no doubt contributed to our faster than average overall walking speed.
 Our greatest disappontment of the day was to find al three PC at Talacre indicating they we were out of order, Thankfully the Barkby Beach PC we still open.
 Birds seen or heard today included: Herring gull, Black headed gull, Great cormorant, Oystercatcher, Common redshank, Winter Wren, Common blackbird, Eurasian curlew, Rook, Jackdaw, Carrion crow, Mallard, Moorhen, Teal Mute swan, Woodpigeon, Little egret, House sparrow and Twite.
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