Hilbre Bird Observatory

The westerly influence continued (perhaps we can dream of a yank!?!) but at least there was no rain. However, birds remained thin on the g...

Incessant rain first thing certainly put a dampner on things and the birding was very slow as well as being wet and rather colder than one w...

The wind battered the island overnight but had dropped to force 6 by the morning. Seawatching remained the order of the day and the species ...

Early morning update (live from the island): Overnight strong westerlies had dropped by first thing but a seawatch still produced 150 Gannet...

A very strong north westerly greeted observers staying over on the island this morning and this produced 95 Gannet, 20 Manxie and an Arctic ...

With the wind in the southerly quarter and slight drizzle early on, observers could be forgiven for being 'optimistic' for a change ...

The wind eased overnight and this morning found a south easterly and a clear sky at dawn, although soon clouding over making it feel quite c...

The left-overs from the gales yesterday were logged today but the seabirds were not as numerous even though the winds had only slightly ease...