September 2014 archive

Sep 30 2014

Summary : September 2014

Summary : September 2014

Birding Days Out

Our birding month was late in starting but then got off to a cracking start with sightings of two UK life listers in Cattle Egret and Red-necked Phalarope.. Added to this were Curlew and Pectoral Sandpipers, Greenshank and Little Stints. All these from RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands

The visit to Burton Mere Wetlands was a last minute replacement for another plan we had but we took this up a couple of days later on the 11th when we took a walk along Heswall Shore at high tide. We sat at one of the benches that overlook the marsh and sea and watched huge flocks of Redshanks, Curlew and Shelduck shifting with the tide.

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Sep 24 2014

Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetlands : 23rd September 2014

Birding Group Visit to Burton Mere Wetlands : 23rd September 2014

The birding group started up towards the end of September and as luck would have it the first date was to Burton Mere Wetlands. We had been there a couple of times recently and we knew that others in the birding group had as well because we met them there. Anyway, we were happy to go again just to see if any of the rarities were left there.

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Sep 11 2014

Heswall Shore at High Tide : 11th September 2014

Heswall Shore at High Tide : 11th September 2014

We had planned to do this walk from the car park at Banks Road, Heswall along the shore to Thurstston Country Park, at high tide. The high tide was due to be at 13.24hrs (BST) with a height of 9.9m. We were a bit early so we thought we would drop in to Burton Mere Wetlands first. We actually ran into a couple of our birding group members but also got to speaking with some locals who informed us that if we wanted to catch the tide before it was too late we would have to get there three hours earlier than high tide not two, so we raced off down there straight away.
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Sep 09 2014

Red-necked Phalarope : Inner Marsh Farm : 9th September 2014

Red-necked Phalarope : Inner Marsh Farm : 9th September 2014

Would you be tempted to drive for an hour in order to see a Cattle Egret, a Red-necked Phalarope, Pectoral and Curlew Sandpipers, Greenshank and Little Stint all on the one scrape ? Well we were tempted because all of these birds were reported to be at RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands and, apart from the Cattle Egret, all had been seen from the hide at Inner Marsh Farm.

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