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More Merseyside Meanderings...

17/5/2015

 
 
Mark and I headed west this morning.  I promised him a grey partridge at Plex Moss near Southport, only to discover that the whole area has had a make-over since my last visit: lovely, neat, managed fields and even a newly tarmacked road running between them.  No Greys, but plenty of red-legged partridges peppered the flat, manicured landscape...   
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Red=legged Partridge, 17/05/15, Plex Moss, Merseyside.
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Corn Bunting, 17/05/15, Plex Moss, Merseyside. This made up for the lack of grey partridges.
On to Marshside where the hides provided welcome shelter from the howling wind...  
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Swift, 17/05/15, Marshside. Lots flying low this morning, presumably to avoid too much wind.
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Garganey, 17/05/15, Marshside. This time at close quarters, from a viewing platform opposite the golf course.
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Gadwall, 17/05/15, Marshside, Southport. At Nell's Hide.
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Shovelers, 17/05/15, Marshside, Southport. Seen from the main "Sandgrounders" hide.
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Black-headed Gulls, 17/05/15, Marshside, Southport. Good attempt, but the female's having none of it. Must be out of his depth. (Geddit? Out of his depth?!) Oh, never mind.
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Avocet, 17/05/15, Marshside, Southport. A much more receptive pose.
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Ruff, 17/05/15, Marshside, Southport. This male was sporting its breeding plumage.
An afternoon trip to Martin Mere with the kids almost produced a Temmink's Stint but the bird was too illusive and distant to scoop.  In any case, the kids had other ideas...      
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Daniel, Holly and Mark on a boat safari.
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Holly, taking the mick out of birders.
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Martin Mere again? Nope: our back garden. Just look at the size! The ducklings have grown too!

Marshside Mooch

10/5/2015

 
Gary Gallagher is a film set engineer and a jolly good pal.  He enjoys art, wildlife, fishing, real ale, women and just about everything else worth enjoying.  Before heading back to the big smoke, Gary afforded a couple of hours with Mark and myself around the Southport side of the Ribble Estuary, a stomping ground that has changed a lot since Gary last stomped it: the 1980s...! 
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Garganey, 10/05/15, Marshside, Southport. Don't see these guys very often. Two males here today.
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Sedge Warbler, 10/05/15, Marshside, Southport. Easily seen and heard from the bushes along the main road,
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Curlew Sandpipers, 10/05/15 Marshside, Southport. Not common, so great to see this threesome zipping around..
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Goldfinch, 10/05/15, Marshide, Southport. Common as hell but WOW what a bird! Lots here.
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Med Gulls, 10/05/15, Marshside, Southport. Resplendent in full breading plumage, far more impressive than their surrounding cousins.
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Avocets, 10/05/15, Marshside, Southport. The emblem for the RSPB and I can fully see why.

Big Fat Ducks

10/5/2015

 
Our back garden Mallard ducklings are now about half the size of mummy duck.   The lawn's a mud-bath though as they've been digging it up for worms.
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