Sep 30 2017
UK Species Year List to September: 189
Total UK Species in September: 69
New “Year Ticks” in September: 3
New “Life Ticks” in September: 0
Red-necked Phalarope at Frodsham Marsh on 14th September 2017
Curlew Sandpiper at Burton Mere Wetlands on 19th September 2017
Willow Tit at Pennington Flash on the 26th September 2017
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Sep 26 2017
The last birding group date of September was to Pennington Flash. It was a pleasant day but we didn’t see an awful lot. The highlights were a very nice – and relatively close – group of nine Common Scoter. This was possibly the closest view I have ever had of Common Scoter and the first at this site..
Sep 19 2017
The first birding group outing of the Autumn term was to the Wirrall for a – not very – high tide of 9.3 metres at 10:23am. Although it was very misty pretty much all the way, by the time we got to Hoylake it had turned out to be a beautiful, sunny and windless day ! The only let-down was that the tide did not come in very far. Still, we got some good sightings anyway.
Sep 14 2017
Bird Guides had been showing both a Red-necked and a Grey Phalarope on Frodsham Marsh so we drove out to see what we could. There had only been the one sighting of a Grey so either it was an error or it moved on quickly. There was more chance of the Red, however, as it had been reported a few times and, as we drove up there, another report came in of the bird on tank 3. We had to give it a go.
Sep 13 2017
Now that autumn is approaching, it is clear that the birds are returning to the garden, with daily visits from the Coal TIt and the Nuthatch – even the Robin is starting to try to use the suspended feeders. I would put food out on the bird table for the ground feeders but it has been raining torrentially recently so there’s not much point.
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Sep 10 2017
It was “Wader Weekend” on the Wirral this weekend and although there were various events on, we opted to go to Hoylake hoping for a good show of waders. It was a Sunday so – despite the new, large, display board on the prom that explains what is happeneing with wader migration and the importance of disturbances caused by horse riding and dog walking, there were plenty of people with dogs off the leash and running at the birds. There were also a couple of horse riders !!
We still managed to get some good views, though.