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Spring sees [[redshank]], [[oystercatcher]], [[skylark]], [[water rail]], [[reed bunting]] and [[linnet]] establishing nesting territories on the marsh whilst the pools may hold passage waders such as [[avocet]], [[spotted redshank]], [[greenshank]]. [[Garganey]] have also been found here over the past few years. | Spring sees [[redshank]], [[oystercatcher]], [[skylark]], [[water rail]], [[reed bunting]] and [[linnet]] establishing nesting territories on the marsh whilst the pools may hold passage waders such as [[avocet]], [[spotted redshank]], [[greenshank]]. [[Garganey]] have also been found here over the past few years. | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:39, 2 June 2011
The Decca Pools complex are just a short walk from Inner Marsh Farm, Burton Marsh and Neston Reedbed. Access is good as the Marsh Road runs directly to it from Denhall Lane, Nr Burton, Cheshire. The pools are named after the former Wireless Telegraphy masts that were once there.
There are a series of fenced in pools which are only innundated by the highest tides so are only slightly saline. This is a good are to look for the estuaries commoner waders such as redshank, black-tailed godwit and also wildfowl such as wigeon, eurasian teal and shelduck in the winter. Other wildfowl include Bewick's swan, whooper swan and increasing numbers of pink-footed geese, although each of these species are usually feeding a bit further out on the marsh.
Winter can see as many as six species of raptor including hen harrier, marsh harrier, peregrine and merlin. It is also a good place to look for short-eared owl in the winter.
The surrounding fields can be good place to look for farmland birds species in the winter with large mixed flocks of linnet, chaffinch, skylark and reed bunting not uncommon.
Spring sees redshank, oystercatcher, skylark, water rail, reed bunting and linnet establishing nesting territories on the marsh whilst the pools may hold passage waders such as avocet, spotted redshank, greenshank. Garganey have also been found here over the past few years.
A good elevated viewing point is located at SJ 29441 75298
