Great Crested Grebe: After yesterdays dreadful weather I was keen to get out of the house and do a spot of birding.
So after a quick ramble around my local patch, Kingsdown Flash and with not much showing I decided to pay the toll and go across to the Wirral.
Red Breasted Merganser: Once I arrived I immediately spotted the mergs, one stunning male and 4 windswept females.
They came relatively close but it was the GCG that stole the show.
As I wandered across to the far side of the lake one GCG came right up to me and started fishing, it eventually caught one and chugged it down.
Brilliant behaviour to watch.
Red-throated Diver: The RTD on the other hand kept its distant and floated about pretty much in the middle of the lake.
Even when the wind surfers came out it still stayed out of reach.
Cormorant: The lake must be rich in food stuffs as this guy was also catching and eating fish and before I left I saw the mergs catching some kind shrimp.
Red Breasted Merganser: An after work trip to West Kirby and Red Rocks didn't throw up anything too rare.
From West Kirby I went across to Leasowe with the hope I could connect with the snow bunts, however knowing they haven't been spotted in a day or two I wasn't that surprised when there was still no sign. 
Red Breasted Merganser: A trip to see the
Hobbit - it was ok, not brilliant! And after reading the sightings on the Dee
Estuary website I took the opportunity to stop off and see the birds on West
Kirby Marina Lake.
There were 10 RBM on the lake with 4 drakes and the rest red headed females.
The tide was on its way back out but still full when I arrived and there were
loads of wader movement in front of the shadow of Hilbre Island with around 100
Dunlin flying around. 
