Hilbre Bird Observatory

Still south easterly but a stonger breeze this morning and first signs were not good becuase only a couple of Willow Warblers were seen in t...

Talk this morning was of the Icterine Warbler in Cheshire yesterday and a Barred Warbler seen at Hoylake early today and although there were...

Wouldn't you know it ! The first day in weeks when there was no obs presence on the island, a Firecrest is reported at Hilbre on the ...

With very light winds varying between south, south east, north and north east it turned out to be another beautiful and warm day, which howe...

The wind had turned completely to the south this morning, but the much hoped for easterly did not really materialise ('there's alway...

What a difference a day makes! The wind had dropped overnight and despite still being a relatively stiff northerly (dropping and backing nor...

The strong north westerly wind continued at force 5 or 6 gusting force 7 occassionally (later) gale force 8. An early morning sea-watch prod...

A brisk north westerly brought very little to the island today apart from single Arctic Skua on the sea and a couple of Little Egrets in the...