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A productive day's birdwatching on Merseyside.

Garganeys, gadwall, tufted ducks and shoveler, Ainsdale Sands Lake When I first started year-listing seriously the temptation was to go hari...

Taking advantage of a change in the weather to try and bump up the year list.

Waders, New Brighton Redshanks and turnstones with a dunlin (first left) and purple sandpipers (on the left-hand corner of the pontoon). The...

A Wirral wander in eternal twilight.

Goosander, West Kirby It was a dull, grey, mizzly sort of a day so I went to the seaside. A black redstart's been bobbing about Meols the p...

A damp squelch about on Leasowe Common.

Meadow pipit It was another day of eternal twilight with the promise of rain. I quelled ideas of yomping over hilltops or the wide open spac...

A walk along the North Wirral coast.

Redshank, Meols Most times I'm walking the North Wirral coast I'm looking for waders and seabirds but this time of year, and today, I'm pinn...

A walk along the Wirral coast before the weather turned.

Shelducks, Meols I thought I'd best make use of the nice weather while we had it and headed over to the Wirral for a seaside walk. A black s...

A stroll along the prom from Hoylake to Meols and a wander over Leasowe Common.

Shelducks, Meols The morning trains were behaving themselves today so I had the trip out to the Wirral I'd planned for yesterday. The aim be...