Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetlands 5th November 2013

Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetlands 5th November 2013

The first Birding group visit of the month was to Burton Mere Wetlands on a very windy – but largely dry – day. It as due to be a high tide so we thought we would either linger at Burton Mere Wetlands or go on to Parkgate and/or Hoylake after a bit. We started off at the main reception hide where there were quite a few birds around. There were the usual numbers of Canada Geese and a single Greylag amongst them. Black-headed Gulls were also aplenty with a single Common Gull roosting among them but the dominant bird was the Teal, now arrived in good numbers.There was also a smattering of Wigeon and a pair of Black-tailed Godwits were eventually joined by a small flock of about fourteen others who wheeled around and around above the water before eventually deciding to descend. There were some Shovelers and a single Little Egret. We stayed for a bit but nothing new flew in, although we were told a Peregrine had done a fly-by a little while before we arrived.

We decided to head off to the Reed bed Hide and we were pleased to see that the water levels were very much higher than on our last visit where it was totally dried out except over by the inner Marsh Farm end. Be that as it may the only sign of life was over there where there were very large numbers of Teal.
Looking back towards the reception hide, however, we did get very close views of half a dozen Snipe.

Walking back toward the reception hide there were the usual Tits and Finches around the feeders but, after another quick look at the reception hide, we decided there was likely to be a better spectacle at Parkgate so we decided to head off there.

Bird Sightings : Burton Mere Wetland : Reception Hide

Bird Sightings : Burton Mere Wetland : Reed Bed Hide

Bird Sightings : Burton Mere Wetland : Environs