Apr 08 2016
We had a bit of time on our hands after we had left Riverbank Road so we decided to see if we could catch any of the small number of Black-necked Grebes that had recently arrived at their traditional breeding site. We weren’t disppointed and we managed to see three of these lovely birds, albeit they seemed pretty hungry and spent 90% of the time (or more) under the water. We still managed to get satisfactory views, though, so we were happy.
Apr 08 2016
With a high tide of 10.2 metres due for 11.30am we were once more drawn to Riverbank Road, Heswall instead of Parkgate. Unfortunately I hadn’t checked with the Deeside Birding Web Site for their mentions of monthly highpoints. If I had I would have noticed that, now that we are on British Summer Time, you need to ass an hour to the tide wimes listed in “Laver’s Tide Times” As a result we were at Heswall an hour early – well, actually an hour plus an hour and a half before high tide ! This gave us the excuse to go to Heswall village for tea and toasted teacakes ! When we returned, the tide was looking in a better shape and soem other birders had also arrived.