Hilbre Bird Observatory

 Weather: ESE force 5  rain early, wind increasing WSW 7 during the morning.   The early tide came with the rain and the forecast of gales l...

 Weather: ESE force 3,  mist around the estuary   It was very cold in the wind, with frost covering the sand at the south end.   Four Common...

Weather: SE force 4  A trip across in the dark at freezing point found the island unsurprisingly quiet, the best sighting of the brief early...

Weather: ESE force 2/3  SE 4 by noon  A bitterly cold and quiet morning was brightened by the presence of 18 Purple Sandpipers which seem to...

 Weather: No discernable breeze, sunny but cold  The Snow Bunting was still at Little Eye, on the frosty tide wrack.    The Snow Bunting wa...

 Weather: NE force 4 A Snow Bunting was found at Little Eye, feeding on the tide wrack in the early sunshine. it was present for most of the...