Jason & Rosy
Jason proved himself to be the god of Merseyside digiscoping today, with these brilliant images of the Roseate Tern at Seaforth. There are more on his flickr stream, of course.
A Mere Sunday
Jason, Bones & I spent Sunday at Martin Mere, where the American Wigeon was not seen ~ unlike Saturday and Monday! The pix are Jason’s as he got round to flickring them first. Bird of the day was this Green Sandpiper, digiscoped through the glass of the Raines Observatory.
This juvenile Tree Sparrow was one of a dozen or more at the Janet Kear Hide ~
The Oystercatcher and Whooper Swan were seen from the Ron Barker Hide ~
Can anyone tell me why, on the one day each week that the bus link from Burscough Bridge to Martin Mere doesn’t function, trains also do not stop at New Lane, which is just a short stroll from the Mere? More bonkersness. But a cab turned out to be just £3.60 – 01704 892000 for cabs in Burscough. And had we not gone back to Burscough we wouldn’t have bumped into Graham outside a pub by the station, so no real complaints …
Meanwhile, Neill took this Greenfinch portrait at Marshside yesterday ~
Elsewhere, the Paddyfield Warbler was seen again at Hilbre yesterday, and if you haven’t yet looked at the photos on the Hilbre blog, do so now, it’s a great bird!
Welcome …
This blog originally had a grand purpose for birding around Marshside and beyond. The map and info Pages section is still useful for that, but for rolling news of sightings and general discussion that purpose has perhaps been overtaken by the ease of use of other web developments, and I’d particularly recommend taking a look at the Ribble Estuary Nature Facebook Group.
These pages are now a repository for me to share photos and videos of my birding in and around Merseyside and occasionally further afield, and to provide me with an outlet for the occasional rant. You’ll find digiscoped photos and videos with a bit of reportage as the main posts; some useful birding info and resources are in the static Pages section.
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For other, more regular, blogs I recommend that everyone keeps a daily eye on John Dempsey’s Birdblog – probably the best online birding journal in the world (Theakston’s Best please, John …) as well as other local blogs of which there are links below. Of these, Colin Bushell’s Ribble to Amazon is currently the most regularly and enthusiatically updated and carries most useful information.
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- Another Place ~ Pete Kinsella
- Bill Aspin ~ Brockholes
- Brockholes Sightings Facebook
- Colin Bushell’s Blog
- Dave Bickerton’s Blog
- Dee Estuary Sightings
- Hilbre Island Blog
- Manchester Sightings
- Martin Mere Sightings
- Menzie Birding
- Mike Watson ~ E. Lancs
- Moore N.R. Sightings
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- South Liverpool Birder
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- Steve Tomlinson
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- Wirral Birder
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