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  Wednesday 15th of August 2018 and we left Holiday Inn Ellesmere Port and we will start the day at the Wallasey Embankment to see if we can cross off a few birds from the RSPB Liverpool field checklist that my new friend sent to me before coming here. Wallasey Embankment was built to protect part of the low-lying north coast of the Wirral from sea erosion and flooding. We will hopefully see some birds in the area during the low water. We parked the car at the Leasowe Lighthouse and we went out on the embankment and we spotted a few Ruddy Turnstones and Redshanks. It was low water so I guess most of the birds was on the mudflats looking for food.  Leasowe Lighthouse at Wallasey Embankment
 Leasowe Lighthouse at Wallasey Embankment
 Leasowe Lighthouse at Wallasey Embankment
 Walking along the Wallasey Embankment
We can see the cranes in the port of Liverpool
 We can see that it is low water
 We can see that it is low water
 Ruddy Turnstone / Roskarl
 Common Redshank / Rödbena
 Ruddy Turnstone / Roskarl
 Grey Heron
 Ruddy Turnstone / Roskarl
 Dunlin
 Walking back to the parking
We turn around and we start walk back to the car at the parking lot. We had seen, of course, gulls. Dunlins, Redshanks, Ruddy Turnstone and a Grey Heron flying by. We´re almost back at the parking lot when I get lucky with the sound recording. A Black-headed Gull and a Lesser Black-backed Gull, too far away for any good pictures. Hell, we had not been close to any birds today as they are out on the mud flats. Anyway, I get a recording and I can split it in to two and I have both the bird calls. Listen to the Lesser Black-backed Gull
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
Listen to the Black-headed Gull
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
 Back at the car and we continue walking passing North Wirral Coastal Park. A beautiful village with the typical British hedges that we have seen in numerous TV series from UK. And the hedges are full of birds, of course no pictures. We walk pass the village and we´re in some grassland after  having passed a fishing pond. People come to fish, fish guaranteed as they fill the pond with fish and they pay to fish.
We arrive to an old brick factory or something, well, the factory is gone only the land remaining and we walking in a dust road and it seems to be the place for people to come dump their old furniture.     We see a lot of birds, many different finches but I never managed to catch the European Goldfinch. A bird I have wanted to have on picture since New Zealand as it is a very beautiful bird. We meet two bird watchers coming back towards us, they had lost something on the binoculars and now they had to go back to look for it. We went back to the car and we left for Liverpool and lunch. We were soon stopping as we had spotted a group of European Goldfinches in the bushes along the  road just when we left the parking lot. I went out trying to sneak up on the birds eating thistles. I´m not the best one for sneaking through grass and bushes and I never got very close to the Golden finches. Even though they were reluctant to leave their thistles as they love the small thistle seeds.
 Female Golden Finch
 Goldfinch feeding on thistles
 Thistles
 Thistles
 Fluffy things helping the thistle to spread the seeds
 And here we can see the seeds that the birds love to eat
 On the way to have lunch
Darn, I never got any good pictures of the Goldfinch and now they were gone. We were hungry and we took off towards Liverpool. We´re south of River Mersey and there is a shopping centre, a suburb and I think it is named New Brighton so no need to cross under the river to get in to Liverpool. And I had to find an ATM. We found an Italian restaurant, Bella Italia. Italian food is a safe bet most of the time, but breakfast? I ordered a British breakfast, Skåne style of course and the food was excellent. Seriously, I really look forward to come back to Liverpool for birding next year just to come back to eat at Bella Italia again.  Earl Grey tea at Bella Italia
 Sturdy breakfast at Bella Italia
 Port of Liverpool on the other side of River Mersey
I felt like a million when we left Bella Italia. We were walking river side and there is something the call the marine lake or something like that. There is a platform with a sculpture, a big bottle built of many small bottles. There is usually a lot of waders on the platform during the high water as they wait for the low water so they can go eat on the mudflats again. We walk back to the car and we drive back towards Hoylake and the Red Rock to see if we have any luck with the waders. I also need a few Pepsi MAX so we will stop at a MiniMart on the way. We pass a Carrion Crow on one of the big fields. A beautiful bird and this was a juvenile with brownish/ blueish plumage. But the bird was between me and the sun so the pictures really leave a lot to wish for.   Carrion crow / Kråka
 Carrion crow / Kråka
 Carrion crow / Kråka
We drove through Hoylake and it is a beautiful town and when we have crossed the town we reach the Red Rock. We park the car and we get out on the beach. There is no birds and we´re soon back in the car. It is high water and we tried the waders in Hoylake but they were not there today. We found a few of them taking cover from the wind behind a few rocks.  Driving through Hoylake
 Red Rock and we can see the RNLI lifeboat station in Hoylake
 Bird watchers take cover from the wind
 Redshank and Ruddy Turnstone waiting for low water
 Ruddy Turnstone waiting for low water
 Redshank and Ruddy Turnstone waiting for low water
I spend the night in my room at Holiday Inn Ellesmere Port after yet another beautiful day looking for birds. Today it had been windy and chilly so the autumn is on the way. We will go to Wales tomorrow morning to look for birds at RSBP South Stack. Click HERE to find out if we see any birds in Wales.  
    
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