Want to go Birding in Merseyside (1 Viewer)

[SellyoakBirder]

Hi I live in Birmingham and would like to go to the coastal areas of our country. Looking on Google maps the easy place that I can get using public transport is Liverpool / Merseyside area. I was wondering if anyone could tell me of a great place that I can go birding and see some great coastal birds.

I'm currently thinking about going to Marshside in Southport. Is their a good time of the year to be come to Merseyside to see lots of different species?

 

[chris butterworth]

It's always a good time to come to Merseyside ( but I might be a little biased! ). Marshide is a cracking place - get the train to Southport, walk down to the shore and turn right. There are usually a good selection of birds in the saltmarsh on the way to Marshide and the marshes north of the old sand winnowing site hold a good selection of raptors. Depending on the tide Hoylake ( Kings Gap ) / West Kirby ( Pinfold Lane ) can hold tens of thousands of waders in the high tide roosts during the winter while Leasowe ( get off the train at Moreton ) is good for migrants and stuff. All these can be reached by bus or Wirral Line Trains from Liverpool. The brilliant RSPB reserves at Parkgate / Burton Mere Wetlands / Innermarsh Farm are easily accessed from the number 24 bus from West Kirby. As you can guess there is a superb public transport infrastucture in the area that would make most areas available with little or no trouble. Here endeth my sexing up of Merseyside ( not that it needs it ).

Chris

BTW The Gunsite carpark in New Brighton ( Busses and trains to NB ) is probably the best place in Britain to see Leach's Storm-Petrel in the autumn ( if the weathers right )

C