Went this a.m. totally wrong time and wind but still saw some birds.
Dead on the beach, one baby porpoise and one adult Gannet.
Alive; lots of Common Tern, 4 Sandwich Tern, 24 Turnstone, 45 oystercatcher, 12 Curlew, 94 Redshank

ian,ok i give up what did you see then,simon ,normal birding resumed as of monday am

cheers geoff

You can take the lads out of Wigan, but....................

When I got there there was only one birding - the others were off filling their faces by all accounts!

Rob their was more than one manchester birder on sunday but you have probably never met them so you would not have known them

Geoff Hargreaves wrote:

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It wasn,t me but i was very close ,spent the day trying to see the tall ships but put off by the huge queus for the ice cream vans we opted for the real 'ferry across the mersey' no optics and two kids= gulls and pigeons,and the ' ferry' tune being drilled into my head.

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Geoff, what you doing! Get Birrrding!

It wasn,t me but i was very close ,spent the day trying to see the tall ships but put off by the huge queus for the ice cream vans we opted for the real 'ferry across the mersey' no optics and two kids= gulls and pigeons,and the ' ferry' tune being drilled into my head.

cheers geoff

You weren't the only one - I was there in the morning - and another County lister was there too - but I'll let him confess rather than outing him!

Was over to New Brighton Promenade this afternoon during high tide during very high winds. Cracking views of Storm Petrels dancing on the waves, lots of Common/Arctic Terns passing far out into the Irish Sea, with Arctic Skua chasing the odd one. Also passing in the winds were Fulmar, several Shag and a small groups of Dunlin still in summer plumage. Was out walking with Family, so didn't have much time to watch the waves, but definetely worth a trip in high winds if you find Petrels hard to come by.