Although the weather reports for the Wirral were poor, we decided to risk the weather to have a go at finding the Great Northern Diver seen recently on West Kirby Marine Lake. We knew that on a Sunday it might be busy but we had forgotten that the tide was as far out as it could be and people were Sunday-walking their dogs around the perimeter path. On top of that, there were dozens of boats and wind surfers and all sorts of other water-borne vehicles going up and down the lake. It was a surprise that any bird wouldn’t just fly off, especially since some of the dogs were jumping into the water for a swim.
