High Tide at Hoylake : 23rd December 2015
A last visit to Hoylake for 2014 was for a high tide of 9.7m at 11.45am. Whilst the tide came in as expected and it came in quite far, for some reason the birds did not appear as expected. There were certainly plenty of Oystercatchers and Curlew and plenty of Gulls but there were only half a dozen Redshanks and the same number of Dunlin ! This was very disappointing and I’m not quite sure why this should be the case. Perhaps too much wind ?
Bird Sightings : Hoylake
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Common Shelduck | 50 |
| Great Cormorant | 60 |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | 1000 |
| Common Redshank | 6 |
| Eurasian Curlew | 60 |
| Dunlin | 8 |
| Black-headed Gull | 200 |
| Herring Gull | 200 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 20 |
| Carrion Crow | 10 |