Hilbre Island

This morning I had opportunity to get over to Hilbre Island before cricket at Wallasey in the afternoon. It was a decent enough mid-August visit with birding highlights being a couple of juvenile shags off the north end, four wheatears, whimbrel and a drake common scoter. As always though, it's so much more than just birds with great views and an all round tremendous experience, though as is typical in August there were too many people about for my liking. Bring on an autumn storm I say, then lets see where the crowds are!

I was concentrating so much on the bird on the little island that I hadn't noticed this one which was quite close by to where I was sitting!

Four wheatears today, a cracking male on Middle Eye and three together at the north end of the main island.

The north end of main island.

A few turnstones are around the island, some in summer plumage.