Leighton Moss RSPB : 26th April 2016 The last birding group day of the month (and our last until we are back from holiday in Norfork etc.) was to Leighton Moss. The day started badly with three different traffic jams that meant that our joutrney there took two hours. When we got there, it was…
Red Rocks, Neston Old Quay and Burton Mere Wetlands : 22nd April 2016 WIth a good day predicted and a 9 metre high tide due at Noon we decided on another visit to the Wirral. Expecting that a, none too impressive, 9 metre tide would’t do much anywhere except Hoylake we decided to go up…
Wigan Flashes : 19th April 2016 The last two times the birding group have been scheduled for Wigan Flashes, it has have to be called off due to bad weather. Nothing could have been further from the truth on this day and, with a beautiful blue sky above, the birds were out and Spring had…
Burton Mere Wetlands : 12th April 2016 Our first sighting on the day was four Mistle Thrushes in the car park making a lot of noise. We went on to the reception hide where there we were immediately met with a Hen Harrier showing well. A staff member who was out at the Marsh Covert…
Woolston Eyes : 8th April 2016 We had a bit of time on our hands after we had left Riverbank Road so we decided to see if we could catch any of the small number of Black-necked Grebes that had recently arrived at their traditional breeding site. We weren’t disppointed and we managed to see…
Riverbank Road High Tide : 8th April 2016 With a high tide of 10.2 metres due for 11.30am we were once more drawn to Riverbank Road, Heswall instead of Parkgate. Unfortunately I hadn’t checked with the Deeside Birding Web Site for their mentions of monthly highpoints. If I had I would have noticed that, now…
Moore Nature Reseve : 5th April 2016 The first birding group morning of the spring term saw a small turnout for a fairly quiet morning. We were all hoping that we would see a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker and we were not the only people with that idea in mind. Normally we could be fairly hopeful…
Summary March 2016 Species this month = 63 New Species added to 2016 Year List in March= 7 Hen Harrier, Stonechat both at Riveside Road on 11th March, Black-tailed Godwit and Peregrine Falcon at Marshside 15th March, Twite Connah’s Quay 25th March, Chiffchaff at Connah’s Quay on 29th March and Barnacle Goose at Burton Mere…
Connah’s Quay and Burton Mere Wetlands : 29th March 2016
Twite at Connah’s Quay : 25th March 2016
