2nd Wirral Wader Festival
OCTOBER 1st & 2nd 2016
Venue to be announced
OCTOBER 1st & 2nd 2016
Venue to be announced
Highlights of first
Wirral Wader Festival
14th - 15th November 2015
Wader Quest stand with Wader Quest Collectables and other merchandising and your chance to sign up as a Friend of Wader Quest.
Birdwatching Magazine stand, with the November 'Wader Special'.
Alan Davies and Ruth Miller of Birdwatching Trips with The Biggest Twitch
- Who did a wader watch on Thurstaston beach.
- winning entries on both days (prizes to be announced) were displayed at the North-west Birdwatching Festival at Martin Mere.
- Saturday: Design and make a Wading Bird Scarf
- Sunday: Drop in and Create a Laser Cut Wading Bird Greetings Card
- Sunday: Drop in and Create a Laser Cut Wading Bird Greetings Card
Second-hand wildlife book sale
- Ken Mullins Books
- Garrick Books
- Ken Mullins Books
- Garrick Books
RSPB Optics and Cheshire Wildlife Trust merchandising for sale
Wader exhibit - from the Liverpool Museum and the British Natural History Museum, London.
- The Biggest Twitch - Alan Davies and Ruth Miller (Saturday)
- Wader Quest - Rick and Elis Simpson (Saturday)
- AMC Ecological - Allan Conlin's workshop on wader identification
- AMC Ecological - Allan Conlin's workshop on wader identification
- RSPB - Scott Reid on digiscoping (Sunday)
- Liverpool University - David Clare on wader food in the mud.(Sunday)
Bird watching at low tide - with the Biggest Twitch team.
Creatures in the mud - examining the creatures that live within the mud flats.
Raffle - a great variety of prizes were won; all proceeds went to wader conservation.
Films showing all day in the theatre (when talks are not taking place).
High tide bird watch
West Kirby / Cheshire Wildlife Trust Red Rocks Reserve
High tide bird watch
- There was a chance to join the Dee Estuary Voluntary Wardens and Cheshire Wildlife Trust as they protect wader flocks on the beach and have the opportunity to get a close look at the birds through telescopes.
There was a Live webcam from the wader roost on Little Eye Island in the Wirral Sailing School car park, Dee Lane.
There was a Live webcam from the wader roost on Little Eye Island in the Wirral Sailing School car park, Dee Lane.
There was a Wildlife walk at Red Rocks with Cheshire Wildlife Trust
At New Brighton - led by the RSPB, Wirral Rangers and Cheshire Wildlife Trust that included the pontoons on the Marine Lake
At Hoylake Promenade there was a High tide bird watch with the RSPB and Dee Estuary Voluntary Wardens. Several species of wader were seen here and visitors had a chance to brush up on their identification skills with a workshop by Allan Conlin a local wader expert.
RSPB Parkgate Dusk birdwatch - Old Baths Car Park
- With Hen Harriers showing both evenings.
- With Hen Harriers showing both evenings.
A flock of waders at Hoylake. Photo: Lynne Greenstreet |
Waders roosting at New Brighton Marina. Purple Sandpipers, Ruddy Turnstones and a single Sanderling. |
The Wirral Wader Festival is part of the
Wader Conservation November initiative
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