September 2017 Summary UK Species Year List to September: 189 Total UK Species in September: 69 New “Year Ticks” in September: 3 New “Life Ticks” in September: 0 New “Year Ticks” in September: Red-necked Phalarope at Frodsham Marsh on 14th September 2017 Curlew Sandpiper at Burton Mere Wetlands on 19th September 2017 Willow Tit at…
The last birding group date of September was to Pennington Flash. It was a pleasant day but we didn’t see an awful lot. The highlights were a very nice – and relatively close – group of nine Common Scoter. This was possibly the closest view I have ever had of Common Scoter and the first…
The first birding group outing of the Autumn term was to the Wirrall for a – not very – high tide of 9.3 metres at 10:23am. Although it was very misty pretty much all the way, by the time we got to Hoylake it had turned out to be a beautiful, sunny and windless day…
Bird Guides had been showing both a Red-necked and a Grey Phalarope on Frodsham Marsh so we drove out to see what we could. There had only been the one sighting of a Grey so either it was an error or it moved on quickly. There was more chance of the Red, however, as it…
Now that autumn is approaching, it is clear that the birds are returning to the garden, with daily visits from the Coal TIt and the Nuthatch – even the Robin is starting to try to use the suspended feeders. I would put food out on the bird table for the ground feeders but it has…
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…
August 2017 Summary UK Species Year List to August: 186 Total UK Species in August: 80 New “Year Ticks” in August: 4 New “Life Ticks” in August: 2 New “Year Ticks” in August: Black Guillemot on Isle of Rum on 1st August 2017 Manx Shearwater on Isle of Rum on 1st August 2017 Green Sandpiper…
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 BirdGuides reporting service had been listing a juvenile Purple Heron as being seen regularly from the Grisedale hide at RSPB Leighton Moss so we drove up there hoping it was still there. When we got to the hide photographers were obviously hogging the prime positions and not moving and this was exascerbated by…
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…
