female Hen harrier was about first thing but dropped down in to the marsh.
Quite a lot of Little egrets about this morning along with a few Curlew and Lapwings.
Little Egret at Parkside.
After a quick stop we headed to Burton mere, really like the visitor centre here friendly atmosphere and nice and warm too.
Plenty of birds around today, Shellduck, Coot, Moorhen, Stonechat, Tufted duck, Lapwings, Redshank, Curlew and a few Black-tailed Godwit's.
Black-tailed Godwit at RSPB Burton Mere.
Curlew at RSPB Burton Mere.
Walked down to the hides and quite a few garden birds about visiting the feeders, wind was picking up quite a bit also.
Blue Tit at RSPB Burton Mere.
Coal Tit at RSPB Burton Mere.
Great Tit at RSPB Burton Mere.
Just around the corner a Meadow Pipit was sitting on top of a screen hide, he didn't mind if we got close and flew down to the ground before flying in to the reeds.
Meadow Pipit at RSPB Burton Mere.
Meadow Pipit at RSPB Burton Mere.
A lone Kestrel was also flying over the reeds but never really came close for a proper photo.
Kestrel at RSPB Burton Mere.
With the wind picking up a Grey Squirrel was sitting in a tree out of the wind I'm sure his eyes were watering with the wind.
Grey Squirrel at RSPB Burton Mere.
A little Rat was also running in and out of his burrow fetching dry grass and any seeds that have fallen from the bird feeders.
Rat at Burton Mere.
Mark and I took a quick drive up to the Point of Ayr for a quick look, the wind was horrendous blowing sand straight in to our eyes and binoculars. A few Shellduck were near the car park, and a large amount of Oystercatchers were feeding at the tide level, we did notice a sign saying bird hide on the main road out of Talacre, unforutnatly it was padlocked.
There was a large amount of of Curlew and Redshank from what we could see over the wall, will have to research this hide a bit more?
Curlew and Redshank just off Talacre main road.
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