The birding group outing this week was to Brockholes. We decided not to go there.; instead we went to Burton Mere Wetlands where, last week, we had gone before going up to Parkgate for the high tide. Unfortunately they were strimming all around the scrape that morning, so we had very little chance to see…
After a short visit to Bristol, to catch up with friends, we moved on to Montacute to see our friends who live there. The weather looked a bit uncertain on the day we had planned to go there but we gave it a shot and managed to both avoid any bad weather and get a…
We had a second go at a high tide a couple of days after our first visit when the tide was much better; 10.1 metres at 12:12pm. We started out at Riverbank Road on the Wirral. It was a bit wetter than on the Tuesday but the weather helped the tide come in a long…
A hight tide of 9.8 metres at 10:49am took us up to Parkgate where, amazingly, the car park at the Old Baths was viertually empty. This was probably because it was the first day of high tides which were: 21st March, 10.49hrs (GMT), 9.8m.22nd March, 11.31hrs (GMT), 10.1m.23rd March, 12.12hrs (GMT), 10.1m.24th March, 12.50hrs (GMT),…
The birding group had a morning out to Brockholes planned but because there was a high tide on the Wirral, we decided to there ourselves. We hadn’t had a high tide there this year because we had been on holiday in Lanzarote and, since the February high tides are usually good, we decided that that…
The first birding group outing of the year that we could make it to (we had been on holiday in Lanzarote) was to RSPB Conwy and North Wales. We decided, though, that we would rather stay overnight and come back the next day. This gave us a chance to see some other sites than we…
The birding group day out on the 25th October took in a range of sites on the Wirral, starting off with Parkgate where there was a 9.5 metre high tide at 11:48am – not particularly high but it was a beautifully sunny, clear day with fantastic visibility all the way over to Wales.
Despite predictions, we had fair weather for a trip up to Burton Mere Wetlands. Despite there being quite a lot of rain recently, water levels were fairly good and afforded us decent views of a few waders, especially Sandpipers.
After quite a long period of inactivity on the birding front, due mainly to very wet weather (we stayed at home) followed by very hot weather (we sat in back garden trying to keep cool), we eventually had a day out – or at least a few hours out – at Burton Mere Wetlands on…
The first birding group outing of the month was to Burton Mere Wetlands. It was a reasonable morning but with only a few notable birds. The first was an adult Mediterranean Gull with a juvenile, a year tick. The second was a single Pintail, both of these from the bridge screen and then, from Inner…
