After a long break away from birding, taking in all of July and the first half of August, we at last managed a day out to the Wirral for a high tide. We got a good range of birds including two year ticks and even a life tick!
July 2018 : Summary Nothing to summarise !!!
Birding Group Schedule Sep 18th – 4th December 2018 18-Sep-18 Burton 25-Sep-18 Hoylake (high tide 12.03pm so perhaps preceded by a visit to Red Rocks or another to Burton). 02-Oct-18 Pennington Flash 09-Oct-18 Riverbank Road/Parkgate/Denhall Quay Autumn’s biggest Tuesday high tide @ approx 12.15pm at Parkgate 16-Oct-18 Moor 23-Oct-18 Old Moor 30-Oct-18 Sandbach Flashes 06-Nov-18…
June 2018 : Summary UK Species Year List to June: 157 Total UK Species in June: 97 New “Year Ticks” in June: 25 New “Life Ticks” in June: 1
Summary Our holiday in Scotland was amazing. We had some ups and downsin the weather and we failed to see some birds we would have liked to see (Manx Shearwaters, Skuas, Divers, Short-eared Owls) and others we would like to have seen more of (more Golden Eagles always!) but we did get some great views…
We departed Musselburgh withthe intention of visiting friends near Morpeth. It crossed my mind that I might be able to squeeze in a boat trip out to Coqurt Island which leaves from Amble harbour. The plan worked out that while Anne had lunch with the friends, I would take the hour-long boat trip out there…
After out family meal of the night before we had a full day to ourselves so, after a nice breakfast at the Brunton Hall, we headed down the coast to Aberlady Bay. I forgot to set off the route recorder so it missed off the bit between Musselbury and Aberlady but we parked in the…
As I looked out of the window of our hotel in Dunoon for the last time I got views of a pair of Black Guillemots and a small flock of Common EIders sailed past the ferry. It was a short ferry from Hunter’s Quay to Gourock and we were there in short time. From there…
We did a lot of driving about this day but did not see any special birds. I have recorded it here for the route which was supposed to be great for birds of prey!
On the day of our departure from Mull I thought I’d have one last look for an Iceland Gull that had been reported as loafing around the harbour. I had looked a couple of times before but a bit casually. We had left our fabulous cottage with enough time to spare to quickly park in…
