First wheatear of the year, and hardcore avocet action
Just an hour at the marsh to clear my head today. I saw three Wheatear round the sandplant – some were reported yesterday on www.marshsidebirders.com so these were the first for me this year, but not for the site. Merlin perched up on Crossens outer late on as the light was going, and avocets hard at it in their attempt to take over North Meols. The light had gone by the time the Merlin fulfilled all our wishes, swooping down to tear the avocets to shreds. We can dream …
Northern Wheatear at Marshside
Black-tailed Godwits
From Sandgrounders Hide at Marshside today, this Black-tailed Godwit posed nicely ~
Mediterranean Gulls at Marshside
Not a great video, but it’s a record at least, of one of two Med Gulls around at Marshside today
Garganey at Marshside
GARGANEY, originally uploaded by simonglinn.
This was taken a couple of years or so ago, when a pair of drake Garganey – a relatively scarce UK duck – spent a few months at Marshside in the spring. Photo from Nels Hide, on an old Coolpix 995, through the ‘scope.
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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Blogroll
- 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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- Steve Tomlinson
- Tony Conway ~ Seaforth
- Wirral Birder
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