Weather: East F2-3. Cold!
A visit to carry out
some maintenance work to the heli trap was planned to coincide with the
forecast good weather. Unfortunately no work got done as the Obs members hosted
an impromptu visit by a group who were visiting the island from Liverpool
University. The group were shown some of the wading birds regularly seen around
Hilbre before visiting the Obs for a talk about our activities. We were later
visited by ranger Matt Thomas who’d come across with two visitors who were welcomed
with a warming brew and a chance to get out of the biting wind.
Bird wise it was
quiet with only three Purple Sandpipers being found at the north end. Several
Grey Plover were feeding on the beach below the Obs along with a group of Knot
and the usual Turnstones, Redshank, Oystercatchers and Curlew. The sea produced
a small number of Common Scoter and a single male Red-breasted Merganser.
Passerines were
represented by the long staying Song Thrush in the SK paddock and the usual
Wrens, Robins and Dunnocks. A Rock Pipit was at the south end and a small
group of Meadow Pipits toured the island.
As
the tide flooded some of the Brent Geese appeared below the Obs including the
dark-bellied bird and colour ringed bird D/H (below,PSW). 
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