The Dee Estuary, on the North Wales / North-West England border, is one of the United Kingdom's premier birding locations for wetland and shorebirds. This Web site describes the best Dee Estuary birdwatching areas with detailed maps and latest bird news for dedicated twitchers and casual birdwatchers alike.
The March Newsletter is now published on this
website.
Click here for 'Wingspan', Bird Events
2010.
Latest Sightings.... (more)
March 11:
14 Black-tailed Godwit, 22 Teal and 11
Pied Wagtail around the flooded field
next to
Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
20 Skylark on
West
Kirby Shore/Marsh with 3 Water Rail
in nearby Red rocks Marsh.
2 Avocet, 1 Bittern flew over border
pool -
Inner Marsh
Farm.
2 Mediterranean Gull -
New
Brighton Marine Lake.
March 10:
1 Wheatear - First of Spring! - four
days earlier than last year -
Leasowe
Gunsite at 1030am.
1 Avocet and 2 Ruddy Shelduck -
Inner Marsh
Farm.
1 Snow Bunting on breakwater east of
Dove Point,
Meols.
1 Garganey (drake) -
Burton
Marsh.
March 9:
16 Gannet (first of the year), also 3
Eider (drakes) and 1 Velvet Scoter
(distant!) - highlights from Hilbre, for more
details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/ .
See Latest Bird Photos below.
Please send any bird news by
The March Newsletter includes:
Highlights - March '09 to Feb '10,
Wirral birding and Forthcoming Events.
Newsletters going back to March 1998 can be read, they are
indexed both month by month and by subject matter.
Contact
(richard
at deeestuary dot co dot uk)
