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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Can I second this, I too look forward to his/her updates. Best regards C B -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
That is an absurd sight, what an absolute knob. -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Thanks a lot-i lived in Hale Village until this year - to confuse matters it has a Liverpool postcode although it is classed as Cheshire- just wanted to double check as i see Pickerings Pasture mentioned which is just over the other side of Hale Marsh-indeed the hide there gives excellent... -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Thanks for the updates CB i enjoy reading them daily, just out of interest,which Hale do you refer to? Altrincham way or Hale Village? (by Liverpool Airport) cheers -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Parkgate this afternoon (old baths) Marsh Harrier/2 Ringtails/3 Short Eared Owls/Kestrels/Peregrine/Male Sparrowhawk. Heard a Green Woodpecker yaffling away from the horse paddock as well. cheers -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Incidentally CB, thanks a lot for the directions for the Firecrests-they were spot on, only thing that was missing were the birds unfortunately!!! thanks anyway, had to make do with a cracking Green Woodpecker flying through the car park as soon as we got there!! cheers -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
CB, any chance of a pm for the firecrests?-never managed to see one before and would love to. I am also out and about on Wed-starting at Moore and then was going to head over to Inner Marsh Farm and Parkgate for dusk-but may head to Delamere for the afternoon instead. Great news that-... -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Great 2 hours at Old Baths this afternoon, saw absurd numbers of Kestrels including attempted mating twice?!!? Peregrine, Merlin, 3 Short Eared Owls and a ring tailed Hen Harrier, all just before the rain came in. cheers -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Try this website covers the whole of the Wirral & mersey estuary - http://easytide.ukho.gov.uk/EasyTide/EasyTide/SelectPort.aspx Don't forget to add 1 hour for BST. I made that mistake turning up at Red Rocks a lot earlier than I needed to. Peregrine should be fairly regular during the winter... -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Any ideas if they`re still about? that`s a fantastic count, i only live a ten minute walk away from Pickerings Pasture. Know a couple were seen this time last year there. Cost us £80 to see two of them off Mull in June last year (admittedly we saw a Minke Whale on the way back in but still...)... -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Had a few hours at Inner Marsh Farm this afternoon-Cuckoo in view for over 20 minutes being "mobbed" by a male Reed Bunting from the hide ,Sedge Warbler and Goldfinch on the walk down. Common Tern, Buzzard, Kestrel, Peregrine dive bombing the Godwits, female Marsh Harrier showing really well... -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Burton Marsh this afternoon saw at least ten SEO`s, 2 Peregrines perched less than 20 ft from each other out on the marsh, and a perched Merlin. Parkgate Marsh saw really close views of SEO and Barn Owl and saw 6 Harriers returning to the roost including the adult male having a go at the sub... -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Inner Marsh Farm today: Pintail, Snipe,Shoveller,Kestrel,Buzzard,Water Rail,Goldfinch,Long Tailed Tits. Burton Marsh : 2 Peregrine, Merlin, 4 Short eared Owl. Parkgate: 2 Short Eared Owl and 4 Hen Harriers including an adult and a sub adult male. cheers. -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
You weren`t at Moore by any chance were you? 2 Bitterns flying at 15 30 this afternoon - amazing views of them chasing each other cheers -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Fieldfares, Kestrel and Short Eared Owl (present for 2 weeks) on Hale Marsh this evenng. cheers -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
yeah the warden did the count himself on Sunday afternoon- he actually went out onto the marsh to do it. The RSPB are sure its a record- can`t recall hearing of anything like it myself. cheers -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Great Northern Diver still at West Kirby Marine Lake today, 2 Short Eared Owls/Peregrine/Stonechats at Parkgate and 4 Short Eared Owls/Ring Tailed Harrier and Peregrine at Burton Marsh. cheers. -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Ring Tail Hen Harrier at Inner Marsh Farm this afternoon, Snipe, Water Rail, Linnet etc. Burton Marsh saw a Peregrine, 3 Ravens and 4 Short Eared Owls and Parkgate saw another 3 Short Eared Owls another Peregrine, Reed Buntings,Linnets etc. cheers -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Peregrine and Sparrowhawk hunting the Starlings at their roost on Runcorn Bridge at dusk this evening. cheers -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
I`ll be over there on Wednesday so if anyone could confirm that the GN Diver was still hanging around tomorrow it would be greatly appreciated ta. -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
forecast doesn`t look good for friday but that can change. At least at Leighton Moss you can shelter in the hides. Stocks Reservoir isn`t too far away-there`s a new hide there and the surrounding woods is good for Green Woodpecker and Crossbills. It`s only a few miles past Dunsop Bridge which on... -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
2 Ringtails at Parkgate this afternoon and 2 Short Eared Owls at Burton Marsh. Shovellers and Shelducks on Decca Pools. cheers. -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Excellent afternoon for Raptors today, Parkgate had 2 Ringtails and Marsh Harrier as well as Kestrel and 2 Short Eared Owls- out hunting before 3pm. Burton Marsh had Merlin, Peregrine and 2 more SEO s. Inner Marsh farm manged to see another young Hen Harrier Buzzard and Sparrowhawk. There`s a... -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
Good stuff, i`m over to Burton Marsh this afternoon-i`ve been lucky enough to see most of those birds over the last couple of years in that area but i`ve never seen a Little Owl there. Did you see one or hear about them being present? cheers. -
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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast
there`s some great sites over on The Wirral-still seeing Marsh Harrier on Parkgate Marsh- Hobby has been knocking about on Burton Marsh (just outside of Neston) and Barn Owl is regular there. There`s an RSPB reserve (Inner Marsh Farm) that`s had Spotted Flycatcher and Grasshopper Warbler...