Birding Group Visit to Frodsham Marsh : 26th November 2013
We were driving up the lane leading to the parking place at Frodsham and as we drove along a Kestrel flew parallel to the car for a while giving us really close views. As it peeled off and flew into the distance we started to see a mixed flock of Redwing and Fieldfare feeding on the berries on the bushes and trees that line the lane. As we parked up we could see a classic “Buzzard on a post” and we heard the unmistakable call of a Curlew. We looked up and there we saw the bird fly towards the river. We followed it down to the river along the low path at the edge of a marshy strip which was mercifully drier than usual. At the river there were a wide variety of birds to be seen. As well as Tufted Ducks there was a small flock of Goldeneye and at the end of the pier in the distance was a small number of Pochard and some Mallards. Nearer to the shore there were a few Little Grebes and on the shore a few Cormorants; a Grey Heron flew over