Marshside was a touch inhospitable today - frequent showers on a cold north westerly wind, and little light past about 1pm.
The Water Rail was noodling about to the north of Sandgrounders, with Snipe, Little Egrets etc on the marsh, and Pochard on the Sandplant pool.
Scrotes on a quad and scrambler bike meant it was pointless to check the peninsula and old compound.
Merlin about earlier, but the rain meant raptors were conspicuous by their absence, although it didn't stop GBBs going about their murderous business, patrolling overhead for unwary wildfowl.
Lapwings, Golden Plover and plenty of Teal on Marshside One, but I couldn't pick out the Green Winged today.
Good numbers of Pintail, the males even managing to look dapper in the rain.
A small gull roost only held BHGs (including two heading into full summer plumage) and Herrings.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Went down to Crosby marina today - the phalarope had gone. Shags were showing well even though I was told they were Cormorants by a couple of older gentlemen .
Cheers Paul - there have been up to four Shag on the lake in the last couple of days.
Hi John, fantastic blog keep it going, just wondering if any copies of your book are still available, many thanks
Denn.
Glad you like the blog Denn...yes, you can still get copies of "Wild Merseyside", either online or in most good bookshops around Merseyside.
I know they still have copies at the In Focus optical store at Martin Mere, if you want to combine a bit of birding with your book buying.
Otherwise try www.merseyshops.com - the link can be found in the "Categories" section of the blog, under the heading "Buying Wild Merseyside" - or just Google "Wild Merseyside", you can get it from Amazon etc too.
Cheers,
J
Bird of prey with jesses and a hood on today in Ince Blundell woods - strange looking it was bigger than a female Sparrowhawk, greyish above reddish below long tail feathers that were white on the underside also had a white rump like a ringtail harrier. Any ideas John ?
Just googled 'hybrid hawk falconry' and found pictures of Harris Hawks - that's the bird I saw today.
Hi John,
Shorelark reported today, still Southport on beach by 3rd red flag north of Weld Road.