Friday 5 July 2013

Five Miles Of Mersey Mud - 14 April 2013

WeBS Log 4/13

Conditions:
Rain carried in strong north-westerly wind
Temperature: 14Âșc
Visibility: Fair

High Tide:
Level: 8.7m (Chart Datum)
Time:  14:18 BST

The photo is included as reminder of some of the tranquil, sunny days that I enjoyed during the winter WeBS counts. Lately, count days seem to attract the worst of the weather and today was particularly bad at Oglet Shore, where I had no other option but to walk 1.5 miles east to west and directly into the driving rain.

My numbers were well down with Dunlin certainly having moved on by now, and Curlew probably flocked up on the Hale farmland as they prepared to leave. On a positive note, I still had 239 Redshank and the 45 Oystercatcher was a good number.




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