Notices For The Deeside Naturalists' Society

Information

This page is designed to provide members with information about the Reserve that falls outside of the other web pages as well as items of general interest around the Dee Estuary and the local area.

The standing regulations covering the reserve can be found on the Reserve Regulations page.

The Reserve notices will appear first and non-reserve information will be after that.

Reserve Information

Problems with emailing to btinternet accounts

Please note:
We are continuing to experience issues sending emails from the Societies email accounts to btinternet email addresses. For some reason, and on a random basis, they are being blocked from being received.

We can, however, still receive emails from btinternet addresses. Other email providers seem to be working as normal.

Therefore, until this is fixed could anyone trying to contact us through btinternet accounts also include a phone number if a reply is required.



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Field Trip Reports 2024





RSPB LEIGHTON MOSS 11th May



It started with a spoonbill from the Morecambe hide, onto the main reserve for osprey, marsh harriers, bittern followed with bearded tit.
Excellent day, many thanks to those that came along.

RSPB Lake Vyrnwy 27th Apr



A good day was had by all, highlights were red kite, willow tit, common sandpiper, pied flycatchers and closing with a dipper.
Thanks to those who joined me for an enjoyable day's birding.



Martin Mere Wildfowl Trust Sat 20th Jan



A great day started with flamingo and cape teal, oh sorry wrong side they are in the collection.
The Mere was just as good 20 cattle egrets, a couple of bramblings, red breasted goose and at the end of the day a barn owl quartering the marsh.






Field Trip Reports 2023


Field Trip to Dee Marshes Sat 9th Dec



The bad weather that was forecast for this morning didn't materialize, we had a slight breeze and blue skies.
On the marsh, highlights were marsh harriers, red breasted merganser, hundreds of pink foot geese and wigeon. Good views of kingfisher seen at BMW.
Over 50 species for the day.

Field Trip to South Stack and Cemlyn Bay Thursday 6th July



Despite the stiff breeze we had a good day. Red billed choughs and puffins at South Stack and common, arctic and sandwich terns at Cemlyn Bay together with a black guillemot.
A big thanks to those members who came along.

Field Trip to Ynys Hir and Cors Dyfi Saturday 13th May



A really good day was enjoyed by nine members. Nearly fifty species of birds and six of butterflies, including redstart, pied flycatcher, ospreys and butterflies brimstone, speckled wood and green veined white. Great site, great birds great company.


Field Trip to Minera and Clywedog



A good days birding which produced some nice birds including cuckoo, red grouse, northern wheatears and more than a few grey wagtails.
Many thanks to those that came out for the day and it was good to see some new faces.

minera

Field Trip 21st February to Parkgate



A good days birding at Parkgate old baths for the big tide, and Burton Mere Wetlands with 63 species recorded.The highlight was a flyover by a Red Kite.

Many thanks to all the members turning up for the day and to Phil for doing the recording.

Field Trip 24th January
Seaforth


We had good day with good views of golden eyes on the marine lake at Crosby together with curlew, redshanks, oyster catchers and dunlin on the shoreline.

In the reserve there were more golden eye, with grey wagtail, red breasted merganser, snipe, sparrowhawk, turnstone, blacktailed and bartailed godwits.

Thanks to those who came out, especially those who hadn't been to Seaforth before.




Field Trip Reports 2022

Nov Sat 12th
MALLTRAETH AND CORS DDYGA

An excellent day eight members out, our first bird of prey was a peregrine sat on the marsh. On the inlet rafts of shelduck, pintail and wigeon, in the shallow water black tailed godwits. Moving on to Cors Ddyga a flock of snipe, I mentioned the peregrine our first bird of prey, this was followed by kestrel, sparrowhawk mobbed by a crow, four marsh harriers, a red kite and a buzzard.

Thanks to those that turned out.

Aug 22 Field Trip to
Frodsham/Weaver Bend


Osprey Delight

Not only was it delightful to see an osprey as we headed towards Marsh Farm but double delight watching it on the Weaver Bend, as we had our lunch. After circling over the river twice, and one failed attempt, we saw the osprey swoop down to the river and exit with a fish in it's talons, right in front of us. Double delight.

Other sightings include 2,500 black tail godwits, barnacle geese, yellow wagtail and hundreds of goldfinches.

Many thanks to the members who joined me for an unforgettable experience.

May 22 Field Trip to
Whixall Moss

What a tremendous day, the weather was just right for the early hobbies, circa at least ten, peregrine, curlew, dark bellied Brent, wheatear, mandarin duck, warblers; blackcap, garden, sedge, willow, chiffchaffs, whitethroats and butterflies, yellow brimstone, speckled wood, green hairstreak plus numerous unidentified dragonflies.
Tremendous.

It is disappointing that only five members enjoyed such a tremendous day.

April 22 Field Trip to
Worlds End

A really good morning on the tops, we saw twenty plus black grouse and at least eight red grouse. Another plus was a wheatear just before we descended Esclusham Mountain.
Many thanks to those members who turned up for the early start.

February 22 Field Trip to
River Clwyd

We enjoyed a good days birding on 4th of Feb, scoters and wigeon on the sea, goosanders and red breasted mergansers on the lakes. We found our two target birds scaup and white fronted geese, the latter being the fiftieth and the last of the day.
My thanks to all those members who turned out.

January 22 Field Trip to
Beddmanarch Bay and Inland Sea

We had a great day on Anglesey, good sightings of great northern and red throated divers, Slavonian grebes, black guillemots in winter and near breeding plumage, shags and a med gull.

A final stop at Cors Ddyga produced a flypast of tens of thousands starlings heading towards their roost.

Many thanks to all those members that turned out for the first meeting of the year.



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Non Reserve Information

Hawarden Photographic Society

With the demise of the Photography Group for those interested in photography they may like to consider joining the Hawarden Photographic Society.

It is a small, friendly group that welcomes anyone with an interest in photography and covers a wide range of genres and abilities.

Currently, due to the Corona Virus pandemic the normal club nights have been replaced by Zoom meetings. These include guest speakers, training sessions and competitions.

We also, taking into consideration the current corona virus restrictions, run field trips to local areas of interest. You can visit us by Zoom on any club night to see what we do prior to joining.

For further information and contact details please visit the HPS website at: www.hawardenphotographicsociety.com or by clicking on the image below

Save Oglet Shore

For those wanting to know more about the Save Oglet Shore campaign clicking on the link below will take you to an information page which outlines the issues and where you can add your name to the on-line petition should you wish to.


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Welsh Curlews Need Your Help

Welsh Curlews numbers are dropping throughout Wales. The images below link to the posters (in Welsh and English).
Cymraeg
English


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