Late morning as the rain came in.............tide at low ebb.
12 Little Egret, one Grey Heron, one Cormorant, two Redshank, 23 Curlew under the bridge, seven Oystercatcher around on the river bars but highlight was 42 Black-tailed Godwit dropping into the south river channel in front of the Information screen.
A scan of the Mersey Banks as tide came in after lunch from the info board.
Shelduck including the Ruddy and 000s of Gulls on the opposite banks too far away for detailed ID. All the Gulls on the Wigg side were Black-headed (72).
Two oystercatcher, 800+ Lapwing, 13 Curlew, seven Redshank, 35 Dunlin (at least) and a Common Sandpiper were all present on the Wigg side of the banks.
Couple Cormorant flew over and Green and Goldfinches were in the trees by the ship Canal.
At least seventeen Little Egret in view along the South shore and one Grey Heron.
-- Edited by Andy Slee on Saturday 22nd of July 2023 04:48:04 PM
A really splendid visit to Runcorn this morning 06.45 - 09.15, the highlights were my first Chiffchaff of the summer, several pairs of Bullfinches around the reserve, a male Reed Bunting collecting nesting material, a pair of amorous Buzzards and finally after a number of attempts, brief but excellent views of a Cetti's Warbler. Heard him singing to start with then very obligingly he sat up in a small bush for me
My thanks to Anno Brandreth of Halton for pointing me in the right direction originally.
Had a couple of hours at Wigg Island today in seach of Cettis Warbler and despite hearing the calls I was unable to pin the rascals down. Still a pleasant afternoon with Merlin and Buzzard on the marsh and loads of gulls on the mud when the tide receded - some of them looked huge - a good place for the "gullers" perhaps
-- Edited by sid ashton on Monday 7th of March 2011 07:12:50 PM
and finally after a number of attempts, brief but excellent views of a Cetti's Warbler. Heard him singing to start with then very obligingly he sat up in a small bush for me 