RSPB Inner Marsh Farm is a wonderful place to enjoy nature. In the mid '80s, they bought farmland here and turned it into a thriving wetland filled with glorious wildlife.In spring, you can see loads of wildflowers with beautiful butterflies flitting around. Hundreds of wading birds gather on the wetlands on their way to northern Europe, while gulls build nests in their noisy colony and avocets feed daintily in the pools. In summer, marsh harriers and hobbies hunt overhead, or wait until dusk and you could see noctule and pipistrelle bats zipping around after insects.Our hide will give you superb views over the pools and wetlands. Autumn's great for seeing migrant birds passing through. Visit in winter and you've got a great chance of seeing shy water rails creep out of the reeds, or wild swans and geese coming in to roost.
RSPB INNER MARSH FARM - Showing geography layout of the pools
We arranged a one day birdwatching team session on the Wirrall, we left Stafford at 8.00am and arrived at RSPB Inner Marsh Farm at 9.15am.
The car park was filling with the Cheshire Birding Group arrival .The weather was kind warm and sunny all day.
We arranged a one day birdwatching team session on the Wirrall, we left Stafford at 8.00am and arrived at RSPB Inner Marsh Farm at 9.15am.
The car park was filling with the Cheshire Birding Group arrival .The weather was kind warm and sunny all day.The hide was jam packed of birders, with plenty of chit chat. Birds selection seen from the hide, shovelers, teal, ruff, blacktailed godwits, little egrets, mute swans, greenshank, green sandpippers, lapwings, flying across the back pools a Hobby perching high in the trees. Outside the hide we viewed, kestrel, marsh harrier, buzzard, whitethroat, blackcap, sedge warbler, goldfinch and Rob caught a long distance view of the American Yellowleg a big rarity. We moved onto Parkgate, with lunch at Heswell Gutter. We walked along the estuary till we arrived at the far rocks where we had a vantage viewpoint at the Gutter, with a small flock of redshank, dunlin, with distant views of shelduck, little egrets, curlew, godwits, oystercatchers.
Rob and myself upped our view point and walked further around the headland to the National Trust Fields of natural wild flowers. Steve joined us later with a spectacular views of marching curlew, oystercatchers what a strange site as the tide was moving in very fast. Met a party from Durham University had a quick chat about the college of Van Mildert.
Next stop Hoylake Seafront near the lifeboat station, with great views of flocks of godwits, herring gulls, lesser black backed gulls, oystercatchers, and then a red brested merganser flew through, sea watch was slow as the winds were slight. We met a fellow birder who told us of a wood sandpiper at a local reserve, so we hopped off and yes we scoped this one, with greenshank, godwits in great viewing delights as the sun was at its best for us, we finally arrived back in Stafford at just gone 7.00pm, it was great to go with birding friends who have the experience to learn from, a big thanks to Rob Swift and Steve Nolan - Wolves Supporter - Wolves 2 - Stoke 1, hard to live with for the day, no he was great to be with.
Next stop Hoylake Seafront near the lifeboat station, with great views of flocks of godwits, herring gulls, lesser black backed gulls, oystercatchers, and then a red brested merganser flew through, sea watch was slow as the winds were slight. We met a fellow birder who told us of a wood sandpiper at a local reserve, so we hopped off and yes we scoped this one, with greenshank, godwits in great viewing delights as the sun was at its best for us, we finally arrived back in Stafford at just gone 7.00pm, it was great to go with birding friends who have the experience to learn from, a big thanks to Rob Swift and Steve Nolan - Wolves Supporter - Wolves 2 - Stoke 1, hard to live with for the day, no he was great to be with.
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