Red Rock. West Kirby/Hoylake, Wirral

This is a stunning part of the Wirral, again close to where I live. Lucky the sun was out as it had been dull all morning.Red Rocks consist of two main habitats, south towards West Kirby and Red Rocks Marsh (28 acres, The marsh lies just above the high water mark, behind the Royal Liverpool Golf Course, north of West Kirby Parade) the sand dunes, and to the north Hilbre Point overlooking Bird Rock and East Hoyle sand bank. Red Rocks themselves are an important site for migrant birds, over 200 species having been recorded here. The main interest of the Red Rocks Marsh nature reserve is that it forms the only breeding colony of Natterjack toads on the Wirral Peninsula.