The last day of the Spring/Summer Birding Group term saw us at Burton Mere Wetlands on a day that, despite the rather grim weather forecasts, turned out to be a nice sunny and warm morning with not too much of the recent humidity. Although we didn’t see anything very special there was at least one…
Our annual overnight stay was a trip to Anglesey where we hoped to get as many cliff breeding birds as possible at RSPB South Stack. The weather turned out to be fine and the traffic wasn’t too bad, so we were hopeful for a great couple of days of birding.
Our visit to Marshside this year fell on a lovely, mainly wind-free, sunny day. Although it was obviously low tide, there were still good numbers of birds on the various bodies of water around the reserve. At Marshside we did not see anything especially unusual but after we were done at Marshside, Anne and I…
We decided to have a couple of days away in North Wales just for a change of scenery. It obviously wasn’t going to be the best time of year for birding, but we thought we would give it a shot anyway. We hadn’t managed to get to South Stack on Anglesey yet this year, so…
The birding group visit to RSPB Marshside was blessed with some quite pleasant weather with sunshine and only a slight wind off the sea. Apart from the usual suspects we managed to get a few year ticks and some nice waders
With a high tide at 12:52 on the Wirral, it made sense that we stop off at Burton Mere Wetlands for an hour or so to see if we could catch the first Avocets f the year and see what else was around before heading off to Parkgate for the high tide.
The birding group had a fine, if cold, morning visit to RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands. There wasn’t too much going on but there were small groups of mixed finches around so we got a few Siskins and other small birds.
It had been a while since we were last at Burton Mere Wetlands so we were glad to get back to some decent birding. Our reward wasn’t to see any new species but we did see some nice birds and a pair of birds we had only ever seen singly.
The birding group went to Burton Mere Wetlands on 11 June. It was a cold morning but gradually warmed up. The highlight of the morning was the sight of 120 Bar-tailed Godwits on the main scrape – a very unusual event.
Day 2 of the Birding Group Overnighter to Yorkshire: Bempton Cliffs on 4 June 2024. All the cliff birds – Gannets, Kittiwakes, Fulmars, Puffins, Guillemots and Razorbills. Bempton never disappoints.
