Visited the reserve today - 1 hour overlooking the marsh at the end of Marshlands Road and 2 hours on the car park by the Old Baths. Whilst it was fine weather wise, it was blowing a gale and I had to catch the tripod & scope more than once to stop them falling over.

Similar birds seen as in last post although only raptors were Hen Harrier, Kestrel and a Buzzard (although this was on the south side of Neston). Views of a male Hen Harrier, then two separate views of a ring tail were very good. Missed a merlin which was around today according to the Dee Estuary site.

An excellent first days trip to Parkgate today with a walk from the carpark along the side of the golf course and returning circular via wirral way we had sightings of, fieldfare a plenty greenfinch carrion crow chaffinch kestrel blue tit, great tits and long tailed tits robins house sparrows starlings Until we got back to the carpark at around 4:15pm and then had, shellduck 1 m hen harrier and 2 f hen harriers 1 peregrine 1 merlin 3 kestrels 5 short eared owls black tailed godwits curlews jack snipe little egret all over the marshes heron wigeon etc