Superb bonus Snow Bunting as I struggled back over the dunes at Ainsdale in a hooley-driven squall this afternoon.
I’d been out checking our shipwrecks – the Star of Hope and the Atlantic are now showing well again shipwreck fans, it was like meeting old friends again for the first time in years – this constitutes MAJOR piratin’ score as both have been hidden under the sands for quite some time.
I’ll be leading a shipwreck walk tomorrow – see www.facebook.com/seftoncoast shortly for details.
I was walking back from the wrecks when I noticed the bunting watching me from a dune ridge directly in front of Ainsdale Discovery Centre.
As I trudged off the beach it flitted down onto the sands, presumably to check out the prodigious tideline…hope it hangs about.
Still 3 adult Bewick’s Swans with the Whoopers on fields inland of Hesketh Out Marsh West this afternoon. Best viewed from seawall.
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Martin Mere – 14/12/17
3 x Marsh Harrier
2 x Buzzard
1 x Kestrel
21 x Tree Sparrow
Hundreds of Teal, Wigeon, Mallard and Shelduck
Around 300 Whooper Swans
Ruff, Black Tailed Godwit, Lapwing on site
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I had a Little Egret in my garden next to Randle Brook in Rainford this morning
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