Through a glass darkly

A Mere Sunday

Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus Martin Mere 07/06/09, originally uploaded by jason stannage.

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!

June 10, 2009 - Posted by Simon Glinn | Lancashire | Burscough Bridge, Cygnus cygnus, Green Sandpiper, Haematopus ostralegus, Martin Mere, Oystercatcher, Passer montanus, Tree Sparrow, Tringa ochropus, Whooper Swan