New “Year Ticks” in October 2022: 2
New “Life Ticks” in October 2022: 0
Total Species for 2022 so far: 160
Oct 31 2022
October 2022 Summary
Oct 25 2022
Parkgate, Riverside Road, Neston Old Quay, and Burton Mere Wetlands 25th October 2022
The birding group day out on the 25th October took in a range of sites on the Wirral, starting off with Parkgate where there was a 9.5 metre high tide at 11:48am – not particularly high but it was a beautifully sunny, clear day with fantastic visibility all the way over to Wales.
Continue readingOct 11 2022
Hoylake and Burton Mere Wetlands 11th October 2022
We joined the birding group on our first group day since our Scotland trip and it was for a high tide on the Wirral – 9.5 m at 12:48pm. With such a late tide we were able to stop off at Moels first, where we saw a small flock of Common Scoters out at sea on a quiet, sunny day. There were also the usual Redshanks, Shelducks and Dunlin but we only stayed a little while before going on to Hoylake to meet the rest of the group.
Continue readingSep 30 2022
September 2022 Summary
New “Year Ticks” in September 2022: 0
New “Life Ticks” in September 2022: 4
Total Species for 2022 so far: 159
Sep 26 2022
Aberdeen and Musselburgh 19 -25 September 2022
A quick trip to Scotland to visit family provided us with a few, limited, opportunities for birding but, brief as they were, we got some good sightings and a few year ticks.
Continue readingSep 06 2022
Burton Mere Wetlands and Parkgate 6th September 2022
Despite predictions, we had fair weather for a trip up to Burton Mere Wetlands. Despite there being quite a lot of rain recently, water levels were fairly good and afforded us decent views of a few waders, especially Sandpipers.
Continue readingAug 31 2022
August 2022 Summary
New “Year Ticks” in August 2022: 0
New “Life Ticks” in August 2022: 4
Total Species for 2022 so far: 154
Aug 21 2022
Burton Mere Wetlands 21st August 2022
After quite a long period of inactivity on the birding front, due mainly to very wet weather (we stayed at home) followed by very hot weather (we sat in back garden trying to keep cool), we eventually had a day out – or at least a few hours out – at Burton Mere Wetlands on 21st August 2022. We didn’t expect too much of interest but, in the end, managed to get a good range of species including four year ticks.
Continue readingJul 31 2022
July 2022 Summary
New “Year Ticks” in June 2022: 0
New “Life Ticks” in June 2022: 0
Total Species for 2022 so far: 150
Jun 30 2022
June 2022 Summary
New “Year Ticks” in June 2022: 8
New “Life Ticks” in June 2022: 0
Total Species for 2022 so far: 150