September 2019 : Summary
September 2019 : Summary UK Species Year List to September : 181Total UK Species in September : 89New “Year Ticks” in September : 4New “Life Ticks” in September : 0
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Birding Group Martin Mere and Marshside 24th September 2019
The last birding group day of the month was left open for a decision nearer the time. The weather was predicted to be quite bad so a lot of people were put off but five of us took the risk and the risk was well rewarded with a good year tick and some great early…
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Birding Group : Burton Mere Wetlands and Parkgate 17th September 2019
On the 17th we went to Burton Mere Wetlands with the birding group followed by a quick stop at Parkgate. It turned out to be a nice day in the end and we managed to get a couple of Little Stints pretty much straight away – a nice year tick for us – but we…
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Birding Group : Pennington Flash 10th September 2019
The first birding group morning of the Autumn term was to Pennington Flash where, although it was generally quite quiet, we still managed to get thirty-four species and it turned out to be quite a sunny morning after a little rain to start with.
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Hoylake, Parkgate and Burton High Tide 1st September 2019
There haven’t been many high high-tides on the Wirral recently so with a poor weather forecast for home and a better one for the Wirral we headed up there. It was a Sunday and we had forgotten that it was the “Wader Festival” as well so there were plenty of people at tall the sites….
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August 2019 Summary
August 2019 : Summary UK Species Year List to August: 177 Total UK Species in August: 53 New “Year Ticks” in August: 1 New “Life Ticks” in August: 1
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Leighton Moss and Martin Mere 29th August 2019
I had read that a Little Stint and a Green Sandpiper were both to be seen from the Eric Morecambe hide at RSPB Leighton Moss and, since the weather forecast was good, we decided to go up there and give it a shot. As it happened, we were wrong on both counts as the weather…
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Heswall Fields 1st August 2019
On the Deeside Birding Web Site there are daily reports of bird sightings and counts. One of the places that I had often wordered about was Heswall Fields. Some time ago, we did a ranger-led walk from Thurstaston Country Park along the beach to a good viewpoint at Heswall Fields. Then we returned back along…