Today a brief family walk over to Hilbre Island on a glorious autumnal day.
Before the walk started though, I had enough time for a brief look at the
juvenile great northern diver that has been present on West Kirby marine lake
for about a week. I didn't have time to try to get closer, but on such a calm,
mirror like lake it was easy to find, and let's be honest, even if I'd stayed
all afternoon I probably wouldn't have got anything much better than this!
This was my 4th great northern diver on the marine lake.
The latest count of the pale-bellied brent goose flock on Hilbre is 442 birds,
and today they were in three groups, the largest on the sands to the west of
the island, about 100 on the Whaleback, and a further 100 on sand to the east.
Other birds today included a smattering of waders, including two purple
sandpipers, turnstones, a single sanderling and a few curlew. Also two female
eiders off the north end of the island.
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