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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: 2-7 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 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Saturday, 23 August 2025

A Stroll along the Greenway between Burton Pont and Denhall Quay 23rd August 2023

Looking towards Net's Café from my parking spot on Station Road.
Looking towards Wales from my parking spot on Station Road.
Looking towards Burton Point from my parking spot on Station Road.
Moel Famau from the Greenway leading to Burton Point.
A small plane in the sky above Burton Marsh.

It's not very often that you see sheep drinking out of a trough.
Flint Castle from the Greenway leading to Burton Point.
A Common pheasant on the look out!
A Beluga XL heading for Hawarden.
The Beluga XL disappearing into the clouds.
It's like Moel Famau, Bindweed is becoming an obligatory photo on each walks.
A Great white egret with Little egrets at Burton Point.
The Little owl at Burton Pont.
Looking towards the Clwydian Hills from the Greenway at Burton Point.
Canada geese flying off Burton Marsh.
Going to seed!
A skein of geese flying in formation.
A Meadow pipit on the rocks.
Geese flying over Burton Marsh.
A juvenile Stonechat on an old boat next to the Greenway near Station Road.
It looks like being a good year for Rowan berries.
Denhall Quay.
A favourite seat of mine.
A good place to sit and take in the view, and realise how blessed you are.
The information board near Denhall Quay, but this is the first time that I have come to realise that there were canals going under the River Dee to the coal seams and the coal mined brought back to Little Neston in starvationer boats.
Distance: 5.0 miles. Climb: Not a lot!
Temperature: 16-20 Celsius. Beaufort Wind Force: 0-1. Light air at most.
A very pleasant morning for a gentle stroll along the Greenway to Burton Point and then back to Station Road and onto Denhall Quay.
This is a well known walk for birdwatchers, and today was no exception, several with telescopes and state of the art cameras.  Cyclists were out in force, I half expected to see Mike road testing his new mega bike!  I did see David Jones, who was in the same year as me, when we were both at HGS.
I resisted the temptation of calling in at Net's Café, although it looked pretty busy each time I went past.
Birds seen or heard today included: Carrion crow, European robin, Rook, Barn swallow, Greylag goose, Canada goose, Cetti warbler, Goldfinch, Meadow pipit, Common whitethroat, Winter wren, Pied wagtail, Common pheasant, Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Little egret, Great white egret, Woodpigeon, Jackdaw and Little owl.
Not many compared with one birder that I spoke to, he had a list of 59 already and was going onto RSPB Burton Mere to spot a few more.

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