With poor weather expected, the high tide of 10 metres at 12:35pm, on the Wirral, posed problems for most of the birding group and only two of us dared the predicted high winds. Ironically, we often say that a high tide is disappointing because there was not enough wind blowing the water towards land to make it a “spectacular” but, when such conditions are predicted, we often decide that we will not go birding because of those very same conditions. On the other hand the weather was very dramatic so perhaps those that did not go were right all along. It depends on your view.
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