Category: High Tide

Oct 01 2016

High Tide at Hoylake, Riverbank Road and Burton Mere Wetlands : 1st October 2016

High Tide at Hoylake, Riverbank Road and Burton Mere Wetlands : 1st October 2016

The weekend of the 1st and 2nd of October was “Wirral Wader Festival” with lots of events at Thurstaston, Hoylake and Red Rocks etc. With a “low” high tide, only 9.2 metres, at 12.30pm we thought that Hoylake was probably the best chance of a bit of a show. As it happened we did get a nice spread of birds despite the water not coming too far in.

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Mar 11 2016

High Tide at Riverbank Road and Burton Mere Wetlands : 11th March 2016

High Tide at Riverbank Road and Burton Mere Wetlands : 11th March 2016

Short-eared Owl, Riverside Road, Heswall

Short-eared Owl, Riverside Road, Heswall

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Feb 12 2016

High Tide on the Wirral : 12th February 2016

High Tide on the Wirral : 12th February 2016

A second chance for a high tide on the Wirral arose on Friday the 12th. We thought that we would give Riverbank Road a go first instead of Parkgate, which we would normally go to. The tide wasn’t particularly high at 9.9m at 1.45pm but we still fancied it and we took in several Wirral sites. Ee were not to be disappointed and even managed to get year ticks at Burton Mere Wetlands, Riverbank Road and Parkgate.

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