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When? Started: 1993 Who? Started with staff and friends from U H S, Chester. Organiser: Martyn Harris We walk every Wednesday and Saturdays, New Years day and May Day. How many walk? Walks take place as long as there are at least 2 wanting to walk on that day. More walk on a Wednesday than on a Saturday. Most ever: 29. Current group size walking: 2-7 in mid-week and 2-4 on Saturday. Where do we walk? Saturday: Anywhere in North and Mid-Wales, Peak District, Shropshire and the Long Mynd and as far North as the Trough of Bowland. Thursday: Anywhere within about 40 miles of Chester. Type of walk: Distance: 6 – 14 miles (but usually under 10 miles). Climb: up to 4000’ (but usually very much less!). People involved on walks in 2024:- Martyn Harris, Fran Murphy, Sue and Michel Pelissier, Mike Dodd, David Savage,, Ed Meads, Nigel and Elaine Taylor, Winston Feather.

Saturday, 17 January 2026

West Kirby Marine Lake and RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands NR 17th January 2026

Male Scaup.
Male Scaup.
Male Scaup.
Male Scaup.
Male Scaup.
Male Goldeneye.
Mergansers.
Male merganser.
Goosanders.
Male goosander.
Female Goosander.
Distance: 2.0 miles. Climb: 100'.
Temperature: 6.5 Celsius. Beaufort Wind Force; 1 No more than Light air.
The weather looked pretty good, so I decided to head to West Kirby Marine Lake in search of the Scaup that I didn't spot on my last two visits.  It was third time lucky for me, and I had some superb views of the Scaup, probably my best views ever!
In addition, I had good views of both Red breasted mergansers and Goosanders.
I decided not to go around the Marine Lake, and instead headed for RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands NR in the hope of seeing an Otter.
No luck this time, but the draw of the Otter was evident, with the NR much busier than usual!
Birds seen or heard today included: Common redshank, Herring gull, House sparrow, Red breasted merganser, Goosander, Scaup (my bird of the year so far), Goldeneye, Great cormorant, Teal, Tufted duck, Moorhen, Mallard, Greylag goose, Canada goose, Shelduck, Shoveler, Black tailed godwit, Common coot, Blue tit, Great tit, Long tailed tit, Woodpigeon, Eurasian curlew, European robin, Dunnock, Common chaffinch, Carrion crow and Common pheasant.

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