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<\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>Wildlife at Burton Mere<\/h2>\n
Between the woods and the water, lagoons, scrapes, reedbeds, marshes, pastures and copses all offer the potential for plentiful sightings during a restful visit. Accessible paths and boardwalks lead from the visitor centre straight to the action; several diversely located hides may reward\u00a0with black-tailed godwits, snipe, lapwings, redshanks, elusive ruffs and many other wading birds<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n October also sees the arrival of pink-footed geese<\/a> \u2013 over 20,000 fly in from far North Atlantic islands; their filigree skeins etch twilight skies as they return from foraging the Dee\u2019s waterside larders. Elegant whooper swans<\/a> migrate here from Iceland to escape the brutal winters there; their honking call is a defining sound of autumn\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n You may also like:<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> Little egrets, lining up like nodding donkeys to probe the shallows for elusive prey, appear ungainly in their tree-branch roosts, secure from predators. They\u2019ve become well-established\u00a0here over the past 20 years. More recently, great white\u00a0and cattle egrets have regularly visited.<\/p>\n A highlight of any visit must be the raptors, which enliven autumn here. Kestrels<\/a> scour pastureland, while majestic marsh harriers<\/a> flap languorously across the marsh. As do short-eared owls<\/a>. Both species hunt small mammals. Peregrines<\/a> and Occasional starling murmurations<\/a> \u2013 hypnotic, wavering patterns in the sky \u2013 may grace nearby Little Neston\u2019s reedbeds. Visit the cosy marsh-side Harp Inn<\/a> towards dusk and see what develops as daylight fades behind the hills of Wales, beyond the estuary\u2019s sinuous creeks and ephemeral waters.<\/p><\/body><\/html>\n By Neil Coates Published: Tuesday, 30 August 2022 at 12:00 am Tucked into the south-west corner of The Wirral peninsula, this liminal landscape beside \u2013 and in \u2013 the huge Dee Estuary thrums with seasonal activity, particularly in\u00a0autumn. The superb coastal RSPB reserve of Burton Mere Wetlands is one of the UK\u2019s best birdwatching areas, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":19247,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/08\/day-out-burton-mere-wetlands-cheshire-flintshire.jpg",2560,1765,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/08\/day-out-burton-mere-wetlands-cheshire-flintshire-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/08\/day-out-burton-mere-wetlands-cheshire-flintshire-300x207.jpg",300,207,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/08\/day-out-burton-mere-wetlands-cheshire-flintshire-768x530.jpg",768,530,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/08\/day-out-burton-mere-wetlands-cheshire-flintshire-1024x706.jpg",800,552,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/08\/day-out-burton-mere-wetlands-cheshire-flintshire-1536x1059.jpg",1536,1059,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2022\/08\/day-out-burton-mere-wetlands-cheshire-flintshire-2048x1412.jpg",2048,1412,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Neil Coates Published: Tuesday, 30 August 2022 at 12:00 am Tucked into the south-west corner of The Wirral peninsula, this liminal landscape beside \u2013 and in \u2013 the huge Dee Estuary thrums with seasonal activity, particularly in\u00a0autumn. The superb coastal RSPB reserve of Burton Mere Wetlands is one of the UK\u2019s best birdwatching areas,…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/19246"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\""Wading\"](\""https:\/\/images.immediate.co.uk\/production\/volatile\/sites\/22\/2019\/01\/GettyImages-900281844-acdfccb.jpg?quality=45&resize=556,556"\" "\\"\"Redshank\\"")
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