10am to midday. cool but bright. I walked the Mersyway between the weir and just past the Thelwall viaduct.
On the weir:- 6 goldeneye (3m, 3f) drakes displaying. 2 shellduck 1 mute swan 1 g.c. grebe 40 tufties 8 mallards b.h. gulls and common gulls.
on the river 4 mute swans 3 teal 20+ mallard 40+ tufties 22 canada's 1 buzzard in tree 1 grey heron 1 grey wagtail in wet paddock goldfinch, greeenfinch, chaffinch, robin, dunnock, blackbird and songthrush in the hedgerows.
