14th December 2022

 Weather:  NNE force 4

Some parts of the shore were frozen up during the night

 The island cliffs also were a sight to behold this morning.

The rarest birds today (in a Hilbre context) were a flock of 9 Shovelers that showed on the tide edge before flying off to the north.

 

 A Woodpigeon visited the island and a Raven flew over Middle and then the main island.

Just 4 Eider were seen in the flooding gutter today.

 A always the Brent were also about.

Waders counted included 13 Purple Sandpipers feeding on rocks at the south east corner at the flooding tide, 75 Grey Plover, 5,000 knot, 2,500 Dunlin, 80 Turnstone, 16 Sanderling and 8 Ringed Plover.

 The Kestrel and the recent Skylark were again present. A Fox was spotted briefly but in broad daylight on telegraph house east garden wall (too quick for a photo). A Common Snipe was flushed from Middle later in the day.

 

 Photos SRW