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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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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Tatton Park : 26th January 2016
Tatton Park : 26th January 2016 The birding group morning this week was to Tatton Park which turned out to be a total waste of time and quite exhausting. Due to the threated (but not materialising) high winds the authorities had decided to close Dog Wood which was a shame beacause my only reason for…
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WWT Martin Mere 24th January 2016
WWT Martin Mere 24th January 2016 I wanted to add to my 2016 list by going to Martin Mere where I was guaranteed to get Whooper Swan, Pink-footed Geese and Marsh Harrier. An additional advantage was that we managed to get a, very obscured, view of one of the roosting Tawny Owls and a bonus…
