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 –…
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)…
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…
Woolston Eyes : 13th April 2014 After trying to get there for quite some time, we eventually got to Woolston Eyes where we hoped to see some Black-necked Grebes. AS we crossed the bridge there were lots of Wrens int he brambles under the bridge and on the water there were a few Tufted Ducks….
WWT Martin Mere : 9th March 2014 On a lovely Sunday morning we decided to drive up to WWT Martin Mere. I had been reading lately that there was a male Ruff there in nearly full breeding plumage and I really wanted to this quite rare event – rare especially in the north of England….
Rostherne Mere : 3rd March 2014 On a lovely sunny Monday morning we had the idea to go to Tatton Park and walk through the woods there looking for Woodpeckers – hopefully (very hopefully) all three species. Unfortunately we forgot that out of season Tatton Park is closed on Mondays. Because we were near Rostherne…
High Tide at Hoylake, New Brighton, Parkgate and Burton Mere : 2nd March 2014 On the 2nd of March decided to go to Hoylake and possibly New Brighton for the high tide, due that day for 11.42 at a great height – 10.1 metres. We got to Hoylake for around 10.45am and to our complete…
High Tide at Parkgate : 2nd February 2014 Whenever we can we try to get to Parkgate for a high tide. This was a Sunday, the highest tide of the period and also a nice day – a guarantee that the place would be heaving with people and indeed it was. Despite getting there two…
Parkgate High Tide : 4 Jan 2014 Our first outing of the year after the Christmas and New Year period was to Parkgate where there was due to be a high tide (10.1 metres) due at 1pm. We got there by 11.20am but all the parking spaces on the upper level of the old baths…
