Starling Murmuration at Neumann’s Flash : 15th February 2016
Starling Murmuration at Neumann’s Flash : 15th February 2016
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Bittern at Marbury Country Park : 15th February 2016
Bittern at Marbury Country Park : 15th February 2016
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Redhead Smew at Newchurch Common : 15th February 2016
Redhead Smew at Newchurch Common : 15th February 2016 I had read about a red-headed Smew wintering on one of the fishing lakes at Newchurch Common and, as it had been there for quite a while, I reckoned we had a fair chance of seeing it. I had only seen a Smew twice before (each…
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High Tide on the Wirral : 12th February 2016
High Tide on the Wirral : 12th February 2016 A second chance for a high tide on the Wirral arose on Friday the 12th. We thought that we would give Riverbank Road a go first instead of Parkgate, which we would normally go to. The tide wasn’t particularly high at 9.9m at 1.45pm but we…
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Starling Murmuration at Neumann’s Flash : 10th February 2016
Starling Murmuration at Neumann’s Flash : 10th February 2016
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High Tide on the Wirral : 9th February 2016
High Tide on the Wirral : 9th February 2016 The birding group morning on the 9th February landed on a moderately high tide of 9.7m at 11.33 GMT (Liverpool) so it was decided to go to a number of Wirral sites. We started at Hoylake where, even 90 minutes before the official high tide, the…
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Chorlton Water Park : 7th February 2016
Chorlton Water Park : 7th February 2016 I wanted to go back to Chorlton Water Park to try to get some decent photos of the Scaup that has been there in recent days. I went round to the far end of the island but it was reluctant to come out from the safety of the…
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Chorlton Water Park : 5th February 2016
Chorlton Water Park : 5th February 2016 I had seen reports of a Greater Scaup on Chorlton Water Park and at the first chance of dry weather – at least for a couple of hours – I walked from the car park down to the edge of the water and it didn’t take long before…
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Neumann’s Flash : 2nd February 2016
Neumann’s Flash : 2nd February 2016 The first birding group morning was to Neumann’s Flash. The weather was good to us considering the recent heavy rain and we had a nice enough walk althouhg we did not see much special. The highlight of an otherwise unremarkable morning was watching two Great Spotter Woodpeckers obviously starting…
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Summary January 2016
Summary January 2016 Species this month = 83 New Species added to 2016 Year List in January= 83 Running Total for the 2016 UK So Far = 83 New UK Life List Birds In January= 0
