October 2016 archive

Oct 04 2016

Birding Group : Burton Mere Wetlands : 4th October 2016

Birding Group : Burton Mere Wetlands : 4th October 2016

The second birding group outing f the sutumn term was to Burton Mere Wetlands. The best birds were again the Black Swans and Little Stints, the latter both from the reception hide and Inner Marsh Farm. As with our previous visit a few days before there were lots of Snipe showing very well.

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Oct 03 2016

Birding Group Schedule for Autumn 2016

Birding Group Schedule for Autumn 2016

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Oct 01 2016

High Tide at Hoylake, Riverbank Road and Burton Mere Wetlands : 1st October 2016

High Tide at Hoylake, Riverbank Road and Burton Mere Wetlands : 1st October 2016

The weekend of the 1st and 2nd of October was “Wirral Wader Festival” with lots of events at Thurstaston, Hoylake and Red Rocks etc. With a “low” high tide, only 9.2 metres, at 12.30pm we thought that Hoylake was probably the best chance of a bit of a show. As it happened we did get a nice spread of birds despite the water not coming too far in.

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