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The Hilbre Islands Local Nature Reserve is contained within the Dee Estuary, off the Wirral Coast near West Kirby and Hoylake.

It is an internationally important site for wading birds, and a great site for spotting marine mammals. The flora on the main island also provide a good habitat for invertebrates. Plants include sea thrift, yellow birdsfoot trefoil, sea spurrey, buckshorn plantain, white sea campion, ragwort and centaury. Hilbre’s specialities are the sea spleenwort, growing on sheltered cliff faces, and a sub species of rock sea lavender found in only a few other places in Europe.

Please note we will be walking over to the main island from West Kirby (which takes up to an hour) and spending the day there. We will be cut off from the mainland by the tide for up to 6 hours, so this recording day will be slightly longer than usual and will run from 9am to 5pm. There are toilets and shelter on the island.