I missed the birding group visit to Neumann’s Flash on the 12th March due to bad weather but I did manage to get to the one on the 19th to Flint. Unfortunately there wasn’t a lot there and we had to wait a couple of hours for the tide to recede and a few, common, waders to appear. We eventually decided to go on to Burton Mere Wetlands.
At Burton we walked as far as the bridge pool in one direction and the barn in the other. We didn’t see much special though it was nice to hear the birds singing and it was a pleasant day. The Avocet count was 51.
Bird Sightings Flint Castle 19th March 2019
| Pink-footed Goose | 50 |
| Canada Goose | 30 |
| Common Shelduck | 10 |
| Great Cormorant | 20 |
| Little Egret | 2 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | 6 |
| Common Redshank | 50 |
| Eurasian Curlew | 8 |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 20 |
| Dunlin | 60 |
| Black-headed Gull | 20 |
| Great Black-backed Gull | 6 |
Burton Mere Wetlands 19th March 2019
| Greylag Goose | 60 |
| Canada Goose | 40 |
| Mute Swan | 10 |
| Eurasian Wigeon | 30 |
| Northern Shoveler | 20 |
| Common Teal | 50 |
| Tufted Duck | 4 |
| Common Pheasant | 1 |
| Little Grebe | 1 |
| Grey Heron | 20 |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | 1 |
| Common Moorhen | 4 |
| Common Coot | 8 |
| Pied Avocet | 51 |
| Northern Lapwing | 20 |
| Common Redshank | 30 |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 20 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 |
| Great Tit | 2 |
| Eurasian Blue Tit | 4 |
| Eurasian Nuthatch | 1 |
| Cetti’s Warbler | 2 |
| European Robin | 1 |
| Song Thrush | 1 |
| Dunnock | 4 |
| Common Chaffinch | 4 |
| European Goldfinch | 4 |