We managed to fit in a visit to Burton Mere Wetlands on the last day of the month and it managed to keep dry giving us a chance to get around most of the site. We were immediately rewarded with two Mediterranean Gulls on the main scrape which was a good year tick. The…
The first high tide of the year that we were able to get to was a 10 metre tide at 12.21pm. We drove up to Burton Mere Wetlands to stop off for a coffee and comfort break and had a quick look around first. As soon as we entered the reception hide we could see…
We made our first birding outing of the year to Marbury where there had been reports of Hawfinches again but, although we met people who had seen them (or thought they had), we didn’t manage to see the. Our last outing of 2017 was for the same purpose but was similarly disappointing.
The birding group day out this week was to Hilbre ISland but we weren’t in the mood for that so we decided that we would go up to the Wirral anyway but go to Burton Mere Wetlands, Denholm Old Quay and then on to Connah’s Quay. We had a pretty good day at Burton getting…
It was “Wader Weekend” on the Wirral this weekend and although there were various events on, we opted to go to Hoylake hoping for a good show of waders. It was a Sunday so – despite the new, large, display board on the prom that explains what is happeneing with wader migration and the importance…
On the last day of the month we decided to go up to the Wirral to look at some sites that we had not previously been to but first we dropped off at Burton Mere Wetlands to see if we could find the Pectoral Sandpiper that we had heard was showing fromthe reception hide. Unfortunately…
The first opportunity we had to get out and about birding after our Scotland holiday was a trip to Burton Mere Wetlands on a fine, warm day. Our visit got off to a great start when we were informed that one of the adult Cattle Egrets was standing on one of the islands of the…
Although the birding group term officially ended last Tuesday a few of us wanted to fit in an earlier trip that had been cancelled due to bad weather; this was to Gronant beach where the Little Tern Colony is. As it happened, it was probably wetter this day than on the day we cancelled despite…
We went up to the Wirral on the 28th for a high tide of 9.7 metres at 1:47pm. It wasn’t one of the “spectaculars” that are possible there but it was a nice day and there were small numbers of Dunlin, Sanderling and Ringed Plover around and a single, breeding plumage, Grey Plover. Our viewing…
A visit to Burton Mere Wetlands to try to see the Buff-breasted Sandpiper that had been reported there over the weekend turned out to be a “wild goose chase” as it had already flown off on the Sunday night. Be that as it may, it was a nice day and we did manage to see…
