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  1. deeestuary

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    We now have more details about the talks at Thurstaston Visitor Centre: Talks Saturday - Wader Quest (Rick and Elis Simpson) - Community Wader Conservation. 2 - 2.30pm. - Matt Thomas - Shooting Waders. 2.45 - 3.15pm. - Alan and Ruth Davies - The Biggest Twitch. 3.30pm - 4pm. Sunday - Alan...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Wirral Wader Festival November 14th and 15th Read all about the Wirral Wader Festival - Click Here There are events at Thustaston Visitor Centre, Thurstaston Shore, West Kirby, Red Rocks, Hoylake, New Brighton and Parkgate.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Heswall and Thurstaston are certainly good for Whimbrel, although numbers fluctuate a lot. The 80+ were seen off Thurstaston on a neap high tide. With tide heights now increasing rapidly over the next week or so your best bet is either to go to Heswall (Banks Road car park) and walk towards...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Carr Lane Pools There have been some good birds at Carr Lane Pools recently which have attracted a lot of birders, unfortunately, by standing on the road side they are putting their lives at risk from fast moving traffic. So see the notice below: BIRDWATCHERS - CARR LANE POOLS DUE TO THE...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    She's just quoting from the article on their website! She mentions the citation for the SSSI both above and her later email. What I don't understand is that the citation seems to be written in stone (in Red Rocks's case in 1979?) and they never seem to review them. They don't seem to understand...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Yes, I threatened to stand in front of the digger if they didn't stop. Of, course that will be only temporary so I am talking to trustees and offcials of CWT and Wirral Wildlife hoping to get some consultation on this.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Scene on the beach NOW
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    They will have to bring heavy machinery in to remove the tree stumps - may be tomorrow? Should they be doing all this at the start of the breeding season??!! To contact CWT see http://www.cheshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/contact-us
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    I gather they are going to turn the area where the trees were into sand dunes and plant marram grass right up to the fence. Seem an awful lot of work just for a very small portion of the dunes. I was looking at it today and thinking that at least what remains will be good for ground nesting...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Red Rocks See http://www.cheshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/news/2014/01/29/new-home-natterjacks-wirral and http://www.cheshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/sites/default/files/february_e-news.pdf Having contacted various people I get the impression that neither CWT or NE have recognised the local importance...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Was down at Red Rocks a couple of times last week - at the point not the reserve, but did see a CWT van there on each occaison so it was obviously they who have been cutting the trees down - although they may have been doing this at the request of RLGC.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    and/or Llandullas birds moving east. They do get that sort of numbers there.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Just for the record - Burton Outer Marsh is in Flintshire.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Sounds like a good pelagic! Was this the 20th?
  15. deeestuary

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Check the dates CB!
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    1 of these seen over Ness Gardens in the afternoon.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Agree, but in the case of Peregrines it's usually not landowners but either Pigeon Fanciers who just hate Peregrines, or somebody who wants them for Falconry - usually abroad.
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    I don't remember saying that but if your graph shows the big increase in numbers didn't start until 2005 I have no problem with that. As I didn't start counting until late 2006 I can't comment on how many birds were out there prior to then. An elevated view certainly helps, though!
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Have a look at http://www.deeestuary.co.uk/news1210.htm. Although there have been several higher counts since that was written the main conclusion still stands - that the birds are probably not local breeders but come from Northern Ireland and/or Scandinavia where large numbers breed. Speaking...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Sorry - I should have made it clear that 2010/11 was just an example, other winters over the past 10 years show a very similar pattern with Morecambe Bay usually peaking in September and the Ribble, Dee and Alt peaking in different months between Nov and Feb. Nationally also there is usually a...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Yes, interesting graph. WeBS Report 2010/11 shows a UK max reached in September with numbers in July and August also high - which is what you would expect if the birds are mainly UK breeders. Of the top five sites max is in September in Loughs Neagh and Beg (1,192) and Morecambe Bay (1,047), and...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    I've already pointed out that "probably the bulk of the birds we see on the Dee Estuary are breeding in the UK - probably NW England and Midlands" i.e. not just Cheshire. But there has been a huge rise in breeding birds in Cheshire - from zero to around 220 pairs in just eight years so it is...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Not seen any data for last year, but in 2011 the only breeding pairs other than that at Rostherne were 11 pairs at Trentabank Resevoir. If, say, there were a total of 225 pairs breeding in Cheshire in 2012 and IF they all go to the Dee Estuary/Alt Estuary post breeding then that would account...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Obviously not but seems likely that many of those inland breeders do make their way to the coast. The BTO Migration Atlas suggests that most birds don't move very far from their breeding areas so probably the bulk of the birds we see are breeding in the UK - probably NW England and Midlands. I...
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    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    The first recorded breeding of Cormorants in Cheshire was in 2004. So none 30 or 40 years ago! This species is increasing dramatically in Cheshire/Merseyside both inland and on the sea as well documented in the C&W Bird Reports. Also see comments about Cormorants on the Dee Estuary in my...
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