Dee Estuary Birding

Home Page...

Site menu:

• Home
• Site Index
• Map of Estuary
• Latest Sightings
• Monthly News
• Site Guides
• Links
• Tide Times

Incorporated Websites:

• Dee Estuary Voluntary Wardens.
• Dee Estuary Conservation Group.
• Deeside Naturalists' Society.
• Birding North West.
• Friends of Hilbre.

More Information:

• 2012 Bird Events.
• Bird Counts.
• Photos of the birds and the Dee Estuary.
• Protection on the Estuary.
• What to Expect Month by Month.
• Birdwatching Walks.
• Bibliography.

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.

February Newsletter now published on this website featuring Geese on the Dee Estuary (Part 2 - Bean Geese and White-fronted Geese).

Latest Sightings.... (more)

February 3
12 Goldeneye - West Kirby Marine Lake.
600 Black-tailed Godwit, 5,000 Dunlin (feeding in a long line next to the beach) and 15,000 Knot - Thurstaston Shore.

February 2
16 Goldeneye - West Kirby Marine Lake.
340 Black-tailed Godiwt, 110 Bar-tailed Godwit and 5,000 Knot - Caldy Shore.
10 White-fronted Geese, 550 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Short-eared Owl and 1 Hen Harrier - Burton Marsh.

February 1
14 Goldeneye - West Kirby Marine Lake.
110 Bar-tailed Godwit and 10,000 Knot - Caldy Shore.
1 Hen Harrier and 1 Great White Egret - Parkgate Marsh.
2 Bewick's Swan - Burton Mere Wetlands.

January 31
1 Egyptian Goose in field near Well Lane, Ness.
1 Great White Egret (good views) and 19 White-fronted Geese - Burton Mere Wetlands.

The February Newsletter includes:
Geese on the Dee Estuary, Submission of 2011 Records,  Forthcoming Events.
Newsletters going back to March 1998 can be read, they are indexed both month by month and by subject matter.
Contact

Photographers - please note there is a wildlife photographers code of practice (www.rpsnaturegroup.com), also read Guidelines. Please Maintain a safe working distance from all birds, particularly roosts, so as not to cause unnecessary disturbance.
Purple Sandpiper at Hilbre, Jan 28th © William Haworth.	Short-eared Owl, Burton Marsh, Jan 28th © Simon Smith	Short-eared Owl at Parkgate on Jan 28th © Colin Bradshaw.

This is a wholly independent web site and unless where specifically stated has been written and maintained by myself, Richard Smith. I do receive articles for the newsletter from time to time for which I am very grateful, and also various people kindly donate photographs and sketches. l rely to a large extent on people keeping me informed about the birds they have seen - this, more than anything, is what keeps the website going. Note that everything on this website is subject to © copyright although some material may be available for non-commercial use - but please ask first! Lastly, 'Dee Estuary Birding' is just the name of this web site - it is not the name of an organisation or society.
Copyright © 2007 Richard Smith | Template Design by Andreas Viklund | Header Photograph of Black-tailed Godwits © Steve Round.