Dee Estuary Birding

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Incorporated Websites:

• Dee Estuary Voluntary Wardens.
• Dee Estuary Conservation Group.
• Deeside Naturalists' Society.
• Birding North West.
• Friends of Hilbre.

More Information:

• Bird Counts.
• Photos of the birds and the Dee Estuary.
• Protection on the Estuary.
• What to Expect Month by Month.
• Birdwatching Walks.
• Bibliography.
• Bird Events 2009.

The Dee Estuary, on the North Wales / North-West England border, is one of the United Kingdom's premier birding locations for wetland and shorebirds. This Web site describes the best Dee Estuary birdwatching areas with detailed maps and latest bird news for dedicated twitchers and casual birdwatchers alike.

The July newsletter is now published  on this website.

Latest Sightings.... (more)

July 1:
16 Gannet and 90 Common Scoter (three flocks flying west) - Gronant, Little Terns still doing well.
1 Hobby, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail and 1 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm.

See Latest Bird Photos below.

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The July Newsletter includes:
Mersey Ferry Birdwatching Cruises.
June Bird News and Forthcoming Events.
Newsletters going back to March 1998 can be read, they are indexed both month by month and by subject matter.

Contact (richard at deeestuary dot co dot uk)

Photographers - please note there is a wildlife photographers code of practice (www.rpsnaturegroup.com), also read Guidelines. Please Maintain a safe working distance from all birds, particularly roosts, so as not to cause unnecessary disturbance.
Sanderling in summer plumage, New Brighton, May 23rd © Richard Steel.	Whitethroat by the Wirral Way at Thurstaston, May 25th © Mike Davenport.	Heron with eel at West Kirby Marine Lake, June 16th, © Charles Farnell.

This is a wholly independent web site and unless where specifically stated has been written and maintained by myself, Richard Smith. I do receive articles for the newsletter from time to time for which I am very grateful, and also various people kindly donate photographs and sketches. l rely to a large extent on people keeping me informed about the birds they have seen - this, more than anything, is what keeps the website going. Note that everything on this website is subject to © copyright although some material may be available for non-commercial use - but please ask first! Lastly, 'Dee Estuary Birding' is just the name of this web site - it is not the name of an organisation or society.
Copyright © 2007 Richard Smith | Template Design by Andreas Viklund | Header Photograph of Black-tailed Godwits © Steve Round.