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Pectoral Sandpiper at Burton Mere Wetlands 31st August 2017
On the last day of the month we decided to go up to the Wirral to look at some sites that we had not previously been to but first we dropped off at Burton Mere Wetlands to see if we could find the Pectoral Sandpiper that we had heard was showing fromthe reception hide. Unfortunately
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RSPB Leighton Moss Purple Heron 24th August 2017
The BirdGuides reporting service had been listing a juvenile Purple Heron as being seen regularly from the Grisedale hide at RSPB Leighton Moss so we drove up there hoping it was still there. When we got to the hide photographers were obviously hogging the prime positions and not moving and this was exascerbated by
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Burton Mere Wetlands and Connah’s Quay : 16th August 2017
The first opportunity we had to get out and about birding after our Scotland holiday was a trip to Burton Mere Wetlands on a fine, warm day. Our visit got off to a great start when we were informed that one of the adult Cattle Egrets was standing on one of the islands of the
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Birding Holiday in Scotland 22nd July – 2nd August 2017
Our Scotland break this year took in visits to all the various branches of my family and covered the Lothians, Fife, Aberdeenshire, the highlands and the islands. Over the period we got ninety species including two”life ticks” and ten other “year ticks” Our trip is described in full below.
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July 2017 Summary
July 2017 Summary UK Species Year List to July: 180 Total UK Species in July: 100 New “Year Ticks” in July: 11 New “Life Ticks” in July: 1
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Flint Castle and Connah’s Quay 9th July 2017
After our visit to Gronant beach we decided to go to Connah’s Quay via Flint Castle. As it turned out, the tide was too high at Flint to be of interest though we did get a very nice flyby at head level of a Peregrine Falcon. Over at Connah’s Quay things were pretty quite but
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Gronant Beach Little Tern Colony 9th July 2017
Although the birding group term officially ended last Tuesday a few of us wanted to fit in an earlier trip that had been cancelled due to bad weather; this was to Gronant beach where the Little Tern Colony is. As it happened, it was probably wetter this day than on the day we cancelled despite
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