I should have known first thing this morning, when 3 Fieldfare, 2 Brambling and a Redwing were in the garden at Dempsey Towers - the summer migrants weren't going to be surging up from the south today....
Got down to Ainsdale beach for an hour or so after high tide.Still a bitter wind.
Knot and Sanderling on the tideline, and a few hundred Oystercatchers nearer Southport.
2 Red Legged Partridge on Taggs Island, with five or six singing Skylarks, Meadow Pipits calling and two Stonechats.
A few Ringed Plovers were back on the beach now, and although the gull roost was breaking up, there was still a few thousand strung along the beach.
Two Skylarks were feeding out on the sand, giving me a rare chance to try (and fail) to get some decent shots of them, inbetween the flurries of snow.
Zipped up to Hesketh Road afterwards for a quick look at Marshside One, but more snow/hail/rain was threatening down from the north.
Small gull roost there, clearly 30+ Avocets up at the top,and Curlew, Wigeon etc in Wheatear Corner.
But no Wheatears.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Graham Clarkson wrote...
Walks at Marshside:
29 March 2008. 10am - 12pm.
Which bird of prey was that? Join the RSPB on a gentle stroll to take a closer look at some of Marshside’s feathered inhabitants—hopefully including Kestrels, Peregrines and Sparrowhawks.
Saturday 19th April. 10am - 12pm.
Wader wonderland– Marshside RSPB Nature Reserve. Come along and find out how the RSPB manages the land at Marshside for wading birds. Lapwings, Redshanks, Oystercatchers and Avocets guaranteed.!
Both events are FREE.
Meet at the car park opposite the junction of Marshside Road and Marine Drive, Marshside, Southport. Please book in advance by telephoning 01253 796 292
Graham Clarkson
Warden
Marshside RSPB Nature Reserve
Posted by: Graham Clarkson | March 25, 2008 12:26 PM