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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.

Monday, 19 April 2021

A Stroll in Search of Kerr's Field 19th April 2021

A Common whitethroat on Lingham Lane.
A male Stonechat on Lingham Lane.
Linghm Lane amd Leasowe Lighthouse.
Bluebells on the verge on Lingham Lane.
Looking towards New Brighton and Liverpool from near Leasowe Lighthouse.
A Yellow wagtail on Kerr's Field.
A new Coastguard Lookout Station that has appeared since I last visited this area in 2019.
Distance: 4.1 miles. Climb:72'.
Time: 2 hours 6 minutes. On the move wlking average: 2.6 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Temperature in mid teens Celsius and hardly any wind.
Group: Martyn.
This was a superb day to stroll around the Leasowe Lighthouse Area and The North Wirral Coastal Park.
The weather was so good tjhat people were having to wait until someone left in order to be able to park their car!
I was hoping to find the location of Kerr's Field known to birders, and thankfully I spoke to two who knew exactly where it was!
Birds seen or heard today included: Goldfinch, Common whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Stonechat, Common kestrel, House sparrow, Moorhen, Long tailed tit, Blue tit, Dunnock, Black billed magpie, Great black backed gull, Lesser black back gull, Common starling, Greenfinch, Herring gull, Canada goose, Little egret, Winter wren, European robin, Raven, Moorhen and the star bird of the day - three Yellow wagtails.
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