Heswall Shore at High Tide : 11th September 2014 We had planned to do this walk from the car park at Banks Road, Heswall along the shore to Thurstston Country Park, at high tide. The high tide was due to be at 13.24hrs (BST) with a height of 9.9m. We were a bit early so…
Red-necked Phalarope : Inner Marsh Farm : 9th September 2014 Would you be tempted to drive for an hour in order to see a Cattle Egret, a Red-necked Phalarope, Pectoral and Curlew Sandpipers, Greenshank and Little Stint all on the one scrape ? Well we were tempted because all of these birds were reported to…
RSPB Leighton Moss : 8th – 9th August 2014 Some nice recent sitings at Leighton Moss tempted us up there but it’s quite a long drive and we wanted to have a full day there so we decided to take advantage of the high tide by staying overnight and having two shots as the RSPB…
Wooston Eyes : 19th August 2014 A day out to Woolston Eyes seemed overdue, so as it was a nice day we ventured out. As it happens it wasn’t a very special birding day but it was a lovely day and we enjoyed our walk around the site. Apparently there is still one Balck-necked Grebe…
High Tide at Hoylake : 12th August 2014 Another high tide of 9.8 metres at 1pm took us to Hoylake for the hard to resist spectacle of large numbers of waders. This time the tide came nearly all the way in to the promenade so that huge numbers of Dunlin – estimated at 2,800 –…
Wood Sandpipers at Martin Mere : 8th August 2014 Having been a bit preoccupied of late we were keen to take the opportunity of a nice day to follow reports of a pair of Wood Sandpipers seen from the Ron Barker Hide at Martin Mere WWT. We got there pretty quickly and after a cup…
Spotted Crakes at Burton Mere Wetlands : 30th July 2014 On the 30th of July we went to RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands in search of the Spotted Crakes that have been seen there recently. We asked at the reception hide whether they had been seen (It seems that there are two pairs with chick/s there)…
Birding Group Visit to Brockholes : 24th June 2014 We started off with a quick look at the Meadow Lake from the visitor centre. There were Swallows and Sand Martins flying overhead in good numbers and on the islands there were Oystercatchers, Canada Geese and Mute Swans. A small group of Cormorants collected at the…
Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham Marsh : 17th June 2014 As it happened we felt that after the birding group had finished at Moore we had time to pop down to Frodsham Marshes where a Red-necked Grebe had been loitering for more than a week. It was only about twenty minutes out of our way so…
Birding Group Visit to Moore Nature Reserve : 17th June 2014 We started out at the car park then walked uphill to the hide that overlooks Lapwing Lake. On the lake were a Little Grebe, Coots, Mute Swans and a small Mallard family. A Cormorant flew overhead. Reed and Sedge Warblers could also be heard….
