Talacre, The Warren and Big Pool Wood N.R.
A Carrion crow tries to hide in the tree.
Looking across The Warren towards the Point of Ayr Lighthouse.
A male Stonechat poses in The Warren.
Local residents taking part in consedrvation work.
Open water and the reedbed near the entrance to the Big Pool Wood Nature Reserve.
The usual view as you head east along the beach toward the Point of Ayr Lighthouse.
Hardly any wind, but it still overpowers the sound of the sea and speeding boat.
Time: 2 hours 22 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.6 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 2.0 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn.
Another good day for going for a walk, dry, hardly any wind, but on the cool side, but with sunny spells.
On a walk earlier in the week, I noticed a signpost to Big Pool Wood Nature Reserve, so visiting it was my objective for the day.
I set off from Talacre using the path through The Warren Nature Reserve to Presthaven Sands Caravan Park to pick up the path heading south and signposted to the reserve.
It was a steady stroll, as I took every advantage to do a bit of birdspotting as I went.
Big Pool Wood Nature Reserve was well worth a visit and seems well looked after by the Wildlife Trust. There was much evidence of maintenance work going on. Several small hides were dotted around the reserve, many overlooking feeding stations with well topped up feeders as well as overlooking the reeds and open water. Unusually many of the windows or openings in the hides were draped in camouflage netting to peer through.
On my visit today, I didn't see or hear many birds, but that won't stop me visiting this delightful reserve again in the future.
My return route took me along the beach, but again the sea edge was a long way off. However distant views were good, and Hilbre, the Wirral and Liverpool were easy to identify.
Walking along the beach did however give me my bird of the day as four Whooper swans flew over my head flying inland in a south easterly direction.
Birds seen or heard today included: House sparrow, European robin, Dunnock, Common blackbird, Song thrush, Woodpigeon, Carrion crow, Jackdaw, Blue tit, Great tit, Herring gull, Black headed gull, Collared dove, Eurasian curlew, Stonechat, Rook, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Mistle thrush, Pied wagtail, Common redshank, Whooper swan with Common buzzard and Common starling seen on my way home.
An enjoyable walk, easily extended to visit the Point of Ayr Bird Hide, but today, the call of a pint of Lees bitter at the Britannia Inn at Halkyn was too great!
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