March 21, 2023 archive

High Tide at Parkgate and Burton Mere Wetlands 21 March 2023

A hight tide of 9.8 metres at 10:49am took us up to Parkgate where, amazingly, the car park at the Old Baths was viertually empty. This was probably because it was the first day of high tides which were:

21st March, 10.49hrs (GMT), 9.8m.
22nd March, 11.31hrs (GMT), 10.1m.
23rd March, 12.12hrs (GMT), 10.1m.
24th March, 12.50hrs (GMT), 9.9m.

Being the first day the tide wasn’t particularly high and it wasn’t one of our best high tides but there were signs that Spring was coming and the smaller birds on the marsh were very active.

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