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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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