Taking advantage of the utterly vile weather for a walk on Irlam Moss.

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Irlam Moss

Lapwing It was a thoroughly dreich day. So much so that I watched the cup final and though I was happy with the result I wasn't impressed by...

An afternoon stroll on the Salford Mosses, including an old man making heavy weather of identifying a whinchat.

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Mosses

Blackbird, Irlam Moss The regular reader will not be remotely surprised to hear that I left the house on a sunny day and it was raining when...

A short potter round Irlam Moss before the weather gets nasty.

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Irlam Moss

Irlam Moss  The blackbird made another early start for the dawn chorus and provoked an answer from the one claiming the school grounds. The ...

Mosses

Blackbird, Irlam Moss It was a bright, sunny day, surprisingly mild after a bitingly cold night. I wondered what I was going to do with it a...

Mosses

Twelve Yards Road  It was a busy morning and by the time the errands were completed I was ready to sit down with a pot of tea and a book for...

Mosses

Chat Moss After Thursday evening's train meltdown I didn't want anything to do with trains yesterday. Which turned out to be just as well, I...

Mosses

Carrion crows Yesterday had been a long and busy day, a consolation being that it poured down so I wasn't day-dreaming about the walk(s) wha...

A gloomy afternoon's birdwatching has a few moments of excitement.

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Mosses

Irlam Moss It was yet another dull grey day. I caught up with my sleep and got the lunchtime train to Irlam for a wander over the mosses. I ...

Some days the mood and the weather are a lot off-putting. This was one of those getting some birdwatching done despite myself days.

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Damp Saturday

Irlam Moss The plan was a good plan and probably would have been a successful plan but for me and the weather. The rot probably set in when ...

Mosses

Female black-tailed skimmer, Little Woolden Moss  For some reason I was awake before the crack of dawn and stayed awake. I thought of all th...