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Martin Mere Closure

Martin Mere will not open at 9.30am today due to high wind speeds. We will update this post throughout the day if the situation changes. 

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A lovely day out on the reserve. The distant southport airshow didn't appear to flush anything new onto the reserve although about 230 Pink-footed Geese did drop in around midday.

Waders included 600+ Lapwing, 50+ Ruff, 1+ Green Sandpiper and some Common Snipe.

A reasonable raptor day with 2 Marsh Harrier, Peregrine, 10+ Common Buzzard, 3+ Kestrel and 2 Sparrowhawk.

Three Kingfisher showed on and off throughout the day from the Ron Barker Hide. Four Grey Wagtail in front of the in focus shop again.