It also provides a good post-breeding roost of, Autumn waders. The bird screen feeder was very quiet, as was the lake, but we did get some close up views of a Great Spotted Woodpecker feeding away. Each life is an encyclopaedia, a library, an inventory of objects, a series of styles, and everything can be constantly reshuffled and reordered in every conceivable way. However persistence in checking the Pools can produce results The major redevelopment of the 1980s saw the move to the new site near to the river at Oglet, and a transfer of ownership from Liverpool City Council to Peel Holdings, the company that now owns assets on both sides of the Mersey, from Liverpool to Manchester. Once a filthy industrial wasteland, the estuary is now designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest because the intertidal flats and saltmarshes provide feeding and roosting sites for large populations of waterbirds. 2 February 2022 . (December-February) is relatively quiet with only the resident woodland species Glad the pics and post can be of use. Next port of call was Hale village for a history lesson.John middleton lived in Hale from 1578-1623 and was an english giant who was 9 feet 3 inches tall according to legend.He was that tall he slept with his feet out his cottage window! made up of a mix of deciduous trees and hold most of the expected woodland The precise location can be pinpointed on the What 3 Words app as: "allowable.lizard.sweeping", L26 7YD Pickerings Pasture: Pleasant walk on banks of the Mersey - See 105 traveler reviews, 23 candid photos, and great deals for Widnes, UK, at Tripadvisor. Pickerings Pasture: See how it is - See 104 traveller reviews, 23 candid photos, and great deals for Widnes, UK, at Tripadvisor. The path followed the shoreline with meadows and woodland to the right. Can be awkward for bikes & wheel chair users. more. Walking on, the church tower at Hale was visible across the fields where a tractor was ploughing, pursued by a flock of seagulls. SC037654, Trip Report Hale Lighthouse and Pickerings Pasture November 20th 2022. Winter This blog is very good below not only did Macca used to visit there but also Sir John Betjemen wrote a poem about Hale Manor which is where Isabel Houghton widow of Hugh lived for many years in the 1600s. The river is very wide at this point, with the lights of Ellesmere Port visible on the far side across enormous shifting banks of mud and sand pecked over by gulls. Love this page and hope you dont mind weve used two of your photos of Yew Tree Farm and land to illustrate what will be lost on our page. The web page of the Mersey Estuary Conservation Group reports that dunlin, turnstone, teal, black-tailed godwit, redshank, pintail, and shelduck visit the estuary, while it is nationally important for wigeon, lapwing, curlew, golden and grey plover. shore, and will often include large gatherings of, Autumn numbers can be variable throughout, and passage wader numbers will tail off by drinking pools which can be productive. I cycle through Pickerings Pasture during a regular cycle ride. Sign the petition. As fish numbers increase, so to have sightings of Cetaceans (porpoises, dolphins and whales). scarce birds recorded over the last few years have included, Winter An unusual bird to see this far up the river. Schoolboy error! Puddington Cattle Egret-S till in field on Puddington Lane Leasowe Lighthouse Wheatear (male)-Ke Feb 25th Merlin,2 Peregrine,2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail) and 2 Great Egret- Old Baths, Parkgate . From this junction we followed the muddy Mersey Way along the shore towards Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Hale Park is Surfaced paths lead along the waterfront making it suitable for pushchairs and wheelchairs. Starting from Sherdley Park this ride takes us out past The Dream to Widnes where we pick up the River Mersey coastal paths and head to the picturesque village of Hale; a visit to The Childe of Hale (John Myddleton's) statue and resting place, the lighthouse and Pickerings' Pasture with magnificent views over the River Mersey. Marshes, although a telescope is a must! This part of the village was lined with thatched houses. With guelder rose, alder buckthorn, hawthorn, blackthorn, hazel and dog rose providing lookouts and hiding place for smaller birds. Bush looks on at right, as Pickering's wife Alice holds the Bible. The Friends of Pickerings Pasture and Hale Duck Decoy are a volunteer group who work with Halton Borough Council to support, protect, develop and promote these nature reserves. Hardly a blog Dave, more a twitchers script! (June-August) is generally quiet, with most breeding species keeping a low Just north of Hale is a place called Hough green and Haugh is used to describe what could very well be the local landscape. Resorting to Google maps I found an area that The area is made up of mainly arable land, but the river path has As the river continues to recover from industrial pollution, the range of fish species in the estuary has increased to over 50. Hale Road Woods. early October. 31/12/2016). CLICK ON LINK. Who are we, if not a combination of experiences, information, books we have read, things imagined? Always remember though, we will never leave anyone behind! . I returned to Liverpool in 2012 I hadlittle to no knowledge of where to Ive never seen that many rhododendrons since. Sometimes, however, rather than play with his friends, Paul preferred to be alone. Spring Please use email: garybroad50@gmail.com for general enquires Email for wildlife records & photographs only: pickerings123@gmail.com Male bullfinch. The name Dungeon derives from the Anglo-Saxon dunge or denge, meaning marshland, or land that adjoins a marsh (think of Dungeness in Kent), rather than having any association with castles or imprisonment. Every time I visit or pass through the wildlife catches your eye, and with information boards around the pasture you know what to look out for. Near Widnes, between Ditton and Hale Village. Winter (September-November) can be exciting and frustrating in equal measures. Good numbers of warblers and crests feed in the area, and can draw in. Birds possible/likely to be seen, mistle and song thrushes, chiffchaff, various tits, blackcaps, goldfinch, linnet, whitethroats, blackbird, starling, swift, swallow, house martins, redwing, fieldfare, reed bunting, siskin and brambling. the sun is behind you. It frightened the life out of me and my dad had to calm me down as I was spinning on my lead. These include: the port of Liverpool, Birkenhead docks, the Manchester Ship Canal, the Trafford Centre, MediaCity UK at Salford Quays, and a great deal more. Change). There are many Liverpudlians for whom this stretch of the river has provided a welcome opportunity to experience a quite wild and appealing area of countryside close to the city not least for those who were rehoused on Speke Housing Estate in the postwar period, among them Paul McCartney. To get this song out of his head he started to sing Blue Monday by New Order, it being Blue Monday today, apparently. ^ " ^ . At the end of the lane we turned left onto Hale Gate Road. Pickerings Pasture, Widnes: , , Pickerings Pasture, Widnes, Tripadvisor BIRDING AROUND HALE AND PICKERINGS PASTURE CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS POSTED DAILY,TWITCHES AND MORE! which overlooks a scrape and Hale Marsh. It is a peaceful place where people can enjoy quiet walks, picnics and wildlife watching. first visit to Carr Lane Pools resulted in. Scarcer species can often include. We walked all the way through to Spike Island under the Runcorn Bridge. Hale Lighthouse and Shore Pickerings Pasture (Local Nature Reserve) Spike Island / Widnes Warth The South Shore New Brighton New Ferry Eastham Country Park The Weaver Bend and Estuary Wigg Island (Local Nature Reserve) Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates. A small bridge crosses the moat. crops throughout the year, but there is also often set-aside on a rotational Pasture is a parkland area along the banks of the River Mersey. Mill Farm, with numbers of passage migrants relatively low compared to spring With a squint against the glare the North Wales hills could be seen with Moel Fammau clearly visible. An off lead dog raced through the set aside field which was annoying, but did flush a couple of Common Snipe, which we would never have seen without its help. After a couple of hours wandering around I started to walk back to the car.Whilst I was watching a tit flock moving around in the trees I noticed a Ferret coming towards me.Thankfully it was on a long lead and had its owners attached to it! Although waders are present during low Good luck with the campaign. August 23, 2022 Halton is an artificial coupling, created in 1974, of two English County Boroughs - Widnes and Runcorn. V- ^ ,v . That was interesting and very quiet ,we would recommend a visit, This is the version of our website addressed to speakers of English in United Kingdom. (June-August) can be quiet, but from early August return wader passage starts Register to join the conversation about this ride, Subscribe me to the mailing list for advance info & the best from the blog. I like to hike and backpack with my human dad. In the village itself, a bird friendly garden gave us good views of Goldcrest and Redwing, whilst walking down the path to the lighthouse, high tide ensured that some of the fields had good numbers of Curlew. go birding,other than the well-known sites which were all a reasonable Along the cliff top and down on the foreshore there are dense reed beds: I imagine that in the past villagers would have harvested the reeds for thatching (in fact, there are still a few thatched cottages in Hale village). On a clear day you could see beyond the Wirral all the way to Wales. interesting that Hale has attracted not only Paul McCartney but also Sir J Betjemen : the Manor House looks lovely but I bet its expensive to upkeep. My It ceased operation in 1958, since there was no longer any shipping on this side of the river. However depending on the crops in the field it can occasionally produce, Autumn Here so I don't forget. There is a hide overlooking the scrape, birds possible on the scrape common sandpiper, lapwing, teal, oystercatcher, gadwall, mallard, ringed plover, redshank, grey wagtail and kingfisher. HALTON BOROUGH COUNCIL WOOD. On the way back we called in at Hale park to try and relocate the over wintering Firecrest but no joy after a good hour searching. (December-February) is a productive time for searching the saltmarsh and A hike along one of the more scenic parts of the River Mersey would be a good starting point. Pickerings Pasture, Mersey View Road, Halebank, Widnes, WA8 8LP Mainly flat terrain with good paths throughout. year and provides a unique habitat. Pickerings Pasture: Chillaxing Place - See 104 traveler reviews, 23 candid photos, and great deals for Widnes, UK, at Tripadvisor. moving south. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. We passed through a small coppice and exited onto Dungeon Lane then turning left onto Oglet Lane. Hale Decoy is (September-November) is probably the best month for this section of the patch. Joe's adventures on the trail. surrounding fields. So, off to Pickerings Pasture at Halebank, near Widnes. I also remember cottages on Dungeon Lane in which flowers were sold in the summer. Further along a Great White Egret was busy feeding, and above it a small flock of Pink Footed Geese were winking as they flew. We were soon back at the car with me snoozing in my bed on the back seat. Although the scrape is largely fresh water, it occasionally suffers Unfortunately building work was interrupted by the Second World War and, though more homes were built in the postwar years, the gardens, stadium and pleasure beach never materialised. Pathways through - all very neat and tidy. We used to have dens in the middle of them because they get quite bare in the middle so you could squeeze in. Working in Nether Alderley I've started spending my dinner hour birding the local sand quarries which are only a stones throw from wh COVID-19: Please adhere to current government advice and do not travel to see a bird. The lane becomes a single-track rough road and this was my first opportunity to run off-lead. . Hale Marsh is largely These giant bubble suits give you, Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership. CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, NESTON SEWAGE WORKS AND LEASOWE LIGHTHOUSE, LAPWING HALL POOL AND ACRE NOOK SAND QUARRIES, CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 25TH FEBRUARY 2019, CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 6TH MARCH 2018, CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 4TH MARCH 2018, CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 19TH MARCH 2019. All control tower traffic, maintenance, security, farm traffic etc will be diverted along Baileys Lane, which is a residential lane, already decimated by Liverpool Airport. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. It's our local wildlife reserve and it has a lovely river mersey walk and loads of open space to enjoy for the whole family. As the road left the shore to continue inland we should have turned left to follow the shoreline again. The path follows the top of the low clay cliffs; between the path and the cliff edge is a strip of shrubs, reeds and saplings. Clamley Park Plantation. Pickerings Pasture 4 105 #4 of 22 things to do in Widnes National Parks Nature & Wildlife Areas Parks Open now 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Visit website Write a review What people are saying " Lovely walk " Jul. The route in part is concurrent with the Trans-Pennine Trail. bushes. from mid-September through to early November when there is a light south to This, in turn, became Town Lane as it entered Hale Village. Sadly, my dad wasnt paying attention and we carried on along the lane. Hale happy happy days down Oglet shore.remember what we thought were tank traps on the beach..also the demolition of some lovely big houses to make way for the Jet runway at the airport.. The chemical works in Weston Point and the oil refinery at Ellesmere Port dominated the banks of the estuary with Frodsham and Helsby Hills rearing up behind them. BIRDING AROUND HALE AND PICKERINGS PASTURE I met up with Malc curtin this morning and we headed to Pickerings pasture for high tide. Moore Flowers Home Weather 38. 9.18 ha (22.68 acres) Halton Borough Council Wood. (March-May)is by far the most productive season around Burnt Mill Farm. Flickr photos, groups, and tags related to the "themerseyway" Flickr tag. such as, Spring profile. The Mersey Way closely follows the north bank of the river, heading to Hale Point before veering inland through Hale village in order to avoid Decoy Marsh, then rejoining the river at Pickering's Pasture for the stretch up to Runcorn and Warrington. Did all the things he describes. (LogOut/ The airport are again threatening the closure of Dungeon Lane and demolishing of Oglet Farm and surrounding buildings. which has sections of disused warehouses and rough ground. Wader Where relevant,comply with recommended social dista WIRRAL West Kirby Marine Lake 7Scaup,5 Red-breasted Merganser and 14 Brent Geese. We barely made it back to the car park when the heavens opened and we called it a day. A feature of the marsh is the duck decoy one of a small number still in existence in the U.K. Access is restricted. I can honestly say not one of my favourite mammals but everyone to there own.As I carried on walking I noticed early signs of spring as Snowdrops were in full flower in the wooded areas by the river. The reserve has large areas of woodland and shrubbery. It is a peaceful place to enjoy picnics and watch the abundant wildlife. There isn't anywhere close to the trail starting point to park a car, surely a necessity in this day and age. Late passage waders, and early This ride is suitable for hybrid bikes (fitted with road and off-road tyres), mountain bikes and road bikes (with caution) and is mostly on hard surface roads and cycle paths and short sections of park paths some of which may have a loose stone finish. sections of reed and scrub. The walk officially starts from a point on the A57 at Swithen Hill Wood. Carr Lane, with a mixture of reedbed and scrub, which stretches as far as WIRRAL Parkgate 3 Short-eared Owl. - Italo Calvino, Six Memos for the Next Millennium. of the natural hedgerows and regularly put seed down during the winter periods. It was constructed in the early eighties, when a thick duvet of clay was draped over the pungent industrial detritus that had been accumulating on the site . There were muddy puddles lined with hedgerows where small birds were hiding from me. It looked as if spring had arrived while we had been away from the car as a number of clumps of snowdrops had appeared. Hi Gerry this is an excellent blog . Hale Icehouse Woods has a mixture of mature trees and has three small Enjoy reading them and don't forget to and comment. basis. Map Of Area Walking down the Mersey towards Runcorn bridge Just as we did this a fighter jet roared over our heads. When I eventually got to Ditton brook bridge I met up with some birders who had been on site for a few hours but hadn't seen the bird.I continued to look around but the area was vast and dense.There were plenty of common woodland birds around though and I counted 12 Bullfinches which have eluded me till last week at Moore. local topography. area views are often quite distant of birds, however it can be quite rewarding. Salem Harbor, the second deepest harbor in Massachusetts, reached . Carr lane pools held good numbers of Teal and 12 Black tailed godwits.A walk down to Hale lighthouse was unproductive with the neighbouring fields holding good numbers of Curlew. Maybe we will park in Hale Village soon and walk to Speke Hall. Nice area for a short walk, free parking, plenty of grassed areas to explore and see the lovely wild flowers and birds. The first part of the ride is mostly on main roads from the car park at the Environment Centre, Halewood Park, Okell Drive, Halewood (Halewood Triangle) and out to Hale Village, with its pretty thatched roof cottages, where we will take a look at the statue of the 'Big Fella' John Myddleton (also known as 'The Childe of Hale'), and his final resting place in the church graveyard on the way down to the now disused lighthouse on the banks of the Mersey. Fourteen of us met up in Hale village for a morning walk past the agricultural fields to the Mersey estuary around Hale Lighthouse, and it proved to be a very relaxing few hours. a large saltmarsh with a mix of small tidal pools, short grassy areas, and I couldn't bear the thought of having nowhere to go birding locallythat village) there are a two woods (Big Boars Wood and Little Boars Woods) which are . There is no access on to the marsh itself, which can be viewed from Withins Way from Hale Village and from the road between Hale and Halebank, and from the hide at Pickerings Pasture LNR Halebank. there is a disused football pitch and sections of scrub and longer grassy Pickerings Pasture: Chillaxing Place - See 104 traveler reviews, 23 candid photos, and great deals for Widnes, UK, at Tripadvisor. I make him write a blog about our adventures. Where relevant,comply with recommended social dista WIRRAL West Kirby Marine Lake 7Scaup,5 Red-breasted Merganser and 14 Brent Geese. I dreaded my human dad starting to sing Christmas carols. Sewage Works, which have 16 active filter beds (although viewing of the area is Hale Village & Lighthouse, Spike Island & Pickering's Pasture Sunday 10th April 2022 12:30pm Starting from - The Environment Centre, Halewood Park, Okell Drive, Halewood (near to Halewood Triangle). Thanks Lynne. * " S A> .,. Interesting walk following the Mersey. areas. set-aside depending on the time of year. There are salt marshes between the village and the river which can flood at particularly high tides or during storms. enclosed by Carr Lane, Town Lane and a narrow tributary of the Mersey, numbers of, Spring Transporter Bridge Train Arpley 42. Children like to play in grass areas but sadly far too much dog litter. Hi people. However the paddocks can still often produce small numbers of. , close scrutiny can reveal something rarer. tide, about two hours prior to high tide produces the best opportunity to see Winter (December-February) (September-November) can be an exciting time for visible migration, although WIRRAL Parkgate 3 Short-eared Owl. An open horse paddock to the north of Burnt Mill Farm is grazed throughout the Could see it from my bedroom window! Mainly flat terrain with good paths throughout. This ride is suitable for hybrid bikes (fitted with road and off-road tyres), mountain bikes and road bikes (with caution) and is mostly on hard surface roads and cycle paths. Pickerings Pasture LNR, Merseyside County, ENG, GB - eBird Hotspot Explore a complete list of bird species observations in this area. the Icehouse Woods. Speke airport was constructed between 1930 and 1933, but until 1986 was located on a smaller site near Speke Boulevard (where the old terminal building is now the Crowne Plaza Hotel). The Version table provides details related to the release that this issue/RFE will be addressed. On leaving the car park located off The Score, Sherdley Park, St Helens WA9 5XT (what3words app: fattest.demotion.automatic), the first part of the ride is mostly on main roads till we reach the gravel cycle paths of the Sutton Manor Woodland Park around The Dream and then head out towards Widnes on the St Helens Mineral Line where we join the St Helens Canal cycle path (which runs parallel to the River Mersey) near The Ferry Inn. We will pass under the newly built Mersey Gateway Bridge and take our break at Zenas Marina Caf at Spike Island with its fantastic views over the river to the Silver Jubilee Bridge and the nature reserve. CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS POSTED DAILY,TWITCHES AND MORE! Pickerings Pasture is a stretch of small nature reserve on the banks of the Mersey estuary with views of the turbid river and the Runcorn bridge glinting faraway in the sun, even at night.
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