Yesterday in #NewBrighton

Yesterday in #NewBrighton
Coffee at Tanskey’s. I note that the cat stickers have reached #WestKirby. Closest I’ll get to #caturday.
Suspiciously large numbers of union flags attached to street lights on outskirts (but not inside) Cheshire Oaks. Someone’s been busy. #Wirral
Upcoming, Heritage Open Days 2025. www.heritageopendays.org.uk/whats-on/…
Sunny day with only a gentle breeze so nice reflections on the mere at #Royden
Pleasant walk along the #KC3P at #Thurstaston. Large numbers of egrets in the estuary and in their tree roost. Tinkers Dell has acquired a memorial bench with a splendid view.
Godwits, loads of ‘em!
Railway 200 has been a somewhat subliminal event for me thus far but nice to see the House of Commons Library chipping in.
This morning’s observations: a wavy path carved by recent rainfall, a heron in stealth mode and a weirdly opalescent sea in the far distance. Dodged most of the precipitation again.
Quick peep at the Caldy Wildfowl Collection this morning, mostly greylag and barnacle geese. Then onto Royden for coffee in the courtyard cafe accompanied by a gentle drizzle.
Fast walk around #Royden interspersed with occasional attempts at chi-running.
I appreciate it’s choking the heather and probably drought-enhanced but the bracken is looking pretty at #Royden just now
If you “parked” your boat at #Heswall Shore and meant to come back to it sometime, the clock is well and truly ticking.
Gentle walk around #Royden again, fortuitously dodging a brief downpour while in Benty’s where the apple and fudge scones were sampled (rude not to).
Managed to dodge the rain at #PortSunlight. Pleasant stroll, coffee at Hulme Hall, Jim Moir’s Birds at the Lady Lever, quick visit to the garden centre and then home for lunch.
A little damp this morning after a passing shower but quickly dried out in the warm breeze.
Early morning wander around #Royden.
Cormorant a bit of a fixture lately #crapNaturePhotography
Only flag I saw this morning was Everton’s. Is there a game on?
View from Grange Hill #WestKirby looking towards #NewBrighton. Hadn’t noticed the tree planting previously. Orchard or part of council initiative?
Glimpse of the #Beluga heading up the #WirralWay this morning #crapAirplanePhotography
I have been to the podiatrist. I think this is some kind of milestone. All the other clients there were basically different versions of me.
Fascinating and in a more parochial sense reminiscent of the rise of Liverpool with the silting up of the Dee estuary blocking access to Chester. When Tides Built Cities: How Shifting Waters Shaped the Birth of Sumer www.anthropology.net/p/when-ti…
Small orchard by Gilroy Nature Reserve looking promising this year. #WestKirby #Wirral
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