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November and December 2024.

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Dec 31
18 Whooper Swan on marsh by Flint Bridge.

Dec 30
14 Red-throated Diver on the sea, 5,000 Oystercatcher around the isands, 8,000 Knot, 1,500 Dunlin and 265 Curlew on East Hoyle Bank - Hilbre.

Dec 29
2400 Pink-footed Geese roosted overnight, 3 Dabchick, 3550 Oystercatcher, 225 Golden Plover, 90 Grey Plover, 2000 Dunlin, 7000 Knot, 750 Black-tailed Godwit, 640 Curlew, 670 Redshank over high tide - Heswall Shore.
1 Water Pipit on marsh - Flint Castle.
20+ Redwing in field behind Old Baths - Parkgate.
23 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre.

Dec 28
150 Fieldfare - Hoylake Langfields.
c21 Goosander and 2 Red-breated Merganser - West Kirby Marine Lake.
3 Hen Harrier (2 male and ringtail), 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Great White Egret and 2,300 Lapwing (flushed by Marsh Harriers) - Parkgate.

Dec 27
Several Blackcaps on garden feeders reported today, an influx?

Dec 25
22 Twite on marsh - Flint Castle.
1 Long-tailed Duck on the sea - Gronant.
40 Pied Wagtail in sheep fields, also 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 2 Marsh Harrier (fems) - Burton Marsh.
4 Red-throated diver on a calm sea, c6,000 Hering Gull on West Hoyle Bank -  Hilbre.

Dec 24
2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail) - Parkgate.
1 water Pipit and at least 10 Twite on saltmarsh by Flint Castle.
5 Eider on the sea, also 318 Brent Geese,  3,000 Knot, 120 Turnstone and 3 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre.

Dec 22
18 Twite on saltmarsh by Flint Castle.

Dec 21
1 Bearded Tit in reedbed - Gronant.
1 water Pipit and c15 Twite on saltmarsh by Flint Castle.

Dec 19
c15 Twite on saltmarsh by Flint Castle.
13 Marsh Harrier - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Dec 18
4 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon at high tide - New Brighton Marine Lake.
11 Whooper Swan - Burton Mere Wetlands.
c15 Twite on saltmarsh west of Flint Castle.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) - Parkgate.

Dec 17
8,000 Knot roosting at first light, Peregrine(s) visited several times and down to 1,000 Knot by the time the tide arrived - Dove Point, Meols.
1 Bearded Tit showing in reedbed, 1 Hooded Crow feeding on tide-line with Carrion Crows - Gronant.
2 Water Pipit, 4 Rock Pipit, 2 Green Sandpiper. 1 Hen Harrier (grey male) and 40 Skylark - Neston Marsh.

Dec 15
1 Little Stint east of Lifeboat Station at high tide - Hoylake.
1 Glaucous Gull (possible Glaucous x Herring hybrid) - Gronant.

Dec 14
1 Little Stint east of Lifeboat Station at high tide - Hoylake.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 1 Peregrine - Parkgate.
2 Hen Harrier -  Burton Mere Wetlands.

Dec 13
1 Hen Harrier (grey male) sitting on fence post behind Decca Pools.
1 Goldeneye (drake), 1 Red-breasted Merganser and 8 Goosander - West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Common Sandpiper by River Dee near blue bridge - Queensferry.
20,000+ Knot south of Tanskey Rocks at low tide - West Kirby Shore.

Dec 12
1 Bearded Tit (male) showing well in reedbed - Gronant.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) being chased by 6 Marsh Harrier, also 1 Short-eared Owl and 1 Barn Owl, late afternoon - Burton Mere Wetlands.
5 Goosander - West Kirby Marine Lake.

Dec 11
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 7+ Marsh Harrier off Old Baths - Parkgate.

Dec 7
1 Little Gull in Mersey mouth - New Brighton.

Dec 6
1 Little Stint off Sandhey Slipway and 6,000 Knot roosting off Dove Point - Meols.
3 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Dec 3
2 Barn Owl (rare on the island!), 6 Eider, 23 Red-throated Diver, 4,000 Knot and 6,000 Dunlin (waders on East Hoyle Bank) - Hilbre.
1 Little Stint east of Lifeboat Station - Hoylake Shore.
2 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake.
1 Bittern went into roost at Old Baths, also 4 Great White Egret, 2 Hen Harrier (ringtails), 10 Marsh Harrier  and 1 Water Rail. - Parkgate.
200 Sanderling at high tide - New Brighton.

Dec 2
4 Twite - Gronant.

Dec 1
3 Snow Bunting east end of dunes - Gronant.
8,000 Knot on ebbing tide - Meols Shore.
6,000 Common Scoter - Hilbre.
2 Hen Harrier (grey male and ringtail), 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 4 Greenshank (Boathouse Flash) and 40 Common Snip over the marsh - Parkgate.
1 Short-eared Owl flew out from bushes and landed on marsh - Riverbank Road, Heswall.
1 Little Stint - Hoylake Shore.
1 Siberian Chiffchaff and 8+ Chiffchaff by Target Road sewage works - Heswall.

Nov 30
1 Short-eared Owl and 1 male Hen Harrier by Rifle Range - Burton Marsh.
1 Short-eared Owl - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Hen Harrier (ringtail and grey male) - Parkgate.

Nov 28
12,000 Common Scoter off shore, 6 Common Snipe on the 'marsh' - Hoylake Shore.
5 Great White Egret and 5 Marsh Harrier - Burton Marsh/Denhall Quay.
2150 Pink-footed Geese roosted overnight, 23 Brent Geese, 710 Shelduck, 530 Pintail, 2600 Oystercatcher, 1200 Lapwing, 228 Golden Plover, 7000 Knot, 3000 Dunlin, 720 Curlew, 590 Black-tailed Godwit, 235 Bar-tailed Godwit, 550 Redshank over high tide - Heswall Shore.
1 Hen Harrier (grey male) - Parkgate.

Nov 27
1 Jack Snipe - Neston Old Quay.
1 Short-eared Owl - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Hen Harrier (grey male and ringtail) over marsh off Golf Course - Heswall.

Nov 26
7,000 Common Scoter visible when flushed by a boat off East Hoyle Bank.
2 Purple Sandpiper on Marine Lake pontoon, 27 Ringed PPlover by Perch Rock - New Brighton.
1 Hen Harrier (grey male) - Parkgate.

Nov 24
9+ Ruff, 1 Peregrine (main scrape), 21 Whooper Swan (border pool) and 2 Spotted Redshank (bridge screen) - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Nov 23
2 Hen Harrier (grey male and ringtail) and 3 Great White Egret - Riverbank Road, Heswall.

Nov 22
1 Short-eared Owl - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Hen Harrier (grey male and ringtail) - Parkgate.

Nov 21
1 Little Stint on the shore - Hoylake.
2 Red Kite over and 1 Water Pipit - Burton Mere Wetlands.
3 Marsh Harrier over Visitor Centre flying north, 12,000 Knot on shore - Thurstaston.
2 Hen Harrier (ringtail and grey male) and 1 Short-eared Owl - Burton Marsh.

Nov 20
4 Little Grebe fishing together on the river - Shotton.
1 Water Pipit - Neston Marsh.
1 Hawfinch at Marsh Covert, flew off - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Nov 19
9,000 Knot, 2,500 Dunlin, 250 Grey Plover and 248 Curlew on the shore, 70 Linnet on marsh - West Kirby.
1 Kingfisher landed next to the channel and started fishing - Dove Point, Meols.
1,475 Sanderling and 1 Little Stint on the shore, 1 Great Northern Diver out to sea - Hoylake.

Nov 18
1 Little Stint - Hoylake Shore.
1 Short-eared Owl - Parkgate.
1 Short-eared Owl - Burton Point.
1 Barn Owl early morning, 18 Purple Sandpiper roosting on the cliffs and 40 Red-throated Diver on the sea - Hilbre.

Nov 17
1 Little Stint - Hoylake Shore.
1 Hen Harrier (grey male) - Parkgate.
c12 Twite on saltmarsh just north of Flint Castle.

Nov 16
10,000 Knot in two large feeding flocks after high tide - Meols Shore.
1 Hen Harrier (grey male), 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Short-eared Owl, 5+ Great White Egret and 1,000+ Lapwing - Parkgate.
c80 Pied Wagtail in fields next to Target Road - Heswall.
1,500 Pink-footed Geese in fields along Wirral Way between Thurstaston and Heswall.
1 Bittern, 1 Short-eared Owl and 10 Marsh Harrier this evening - Neston Reedbed.

Nov 15
7,000 Knot and 10,000 Dunlin - Hoylake Shore.
1 Common Sandpiper - Flint Quay.
1 Kingfisher at Bettisdfield Creek - Bagillt.
3 Water Rail heard calling and 1 Cetti's Warbler, 215 Cormorant on beach - Gronant.

Nov 14
4,000 Knot just off Dove Point - Meols.
4 Stonechat in sand dunes - West Kirby.

Nov 13
1 Hen Harrier (grey male) just north of Old Baths - Parkgate.
330 Brent Geese - Hilbre.

Nov 12
14 Goosander collectively fishing this morning on West Kirby Marine Lake.

Nov 10
1 Green-winged Teal - Burton Mere Wetlands.
7 Red-throated Diver, 8 Guillemot, 3 Razorbill, 5 Gannet, 60+ Great Crested Grebe and 1,000 Common Scoter off East Hoyle Bank.

Nov 9
2 Bittern flew into roost together - Neston Reedbed.
300+ mixed Fieldfare/Redwing busy eating berries - Deeside Industrial Park.
1 Barn Owl (seen regularly last few days), 4 Brambling, 40 Blackbird and 1 Woodcock - Hilbre.

Nov 8
1 Woodcock - Hilbre.
1 Barred Warbler, still in sea-front garden this morning - Hoylake.
1 Hawfinch over this morning - Lower Heswall.
10 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Caspian Gull and 2 Bearded Tit reported - Gronant.

Nov 7
1 Barred Warbler, again in sea-front garden this morning, also 1 Swallow over - Hoylake.
1 Green-winged Teal on Centenary Pool - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Great White Egret - Gronant.
1 Woodcock flew inland over Meols Common.

Nov 6
1 Barred Warbler, caught and ringed in sea-front garden this morning - Hoylake.
9 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Short-eared Owl over marsh - West Kirby Shore.
1 Woodcock - Hilbre.
1 Lapland Bunting (near car park) and 1 Curlew Sandpiper (from hide) - Point of Ayr.
3 Whooper Swan (2ad, 1 1st winter), 2240 Pink-footed Geese, 1250 Shelduck, 425 Pintail, 580 Teal, 151 Golden Plover, 230 Redwing and 85 Fieldfare flew south, this morning - Heswall Shore.
8 Great White Egret, 1,700 Lapwing and 150 Fieldfare between Denhall and Nets Cafe - Burton Marsh.

Nov 5
1 Little Stint off Sandhey slipway - Meols.
1 Snow Bunting over flew SE - Hilbre.
1 Snow Bunting - Gronant.
1 Merlin, 2 Stonechat (pair), 6 Great White Egret and 25 Fieldfare (over) - Denhall Quay.
15,000 Dunlin out from Cubbins Green on rising tide - West Kirby Shore.

Nov 4
1 Little Stint off Sandhey slipway - Meols.
Siberian Chiffchaff in Obs garden - Hilbre.

Nov 3
1 Little Stint off Sandhey slipway, also c800 Shelduck - Meols.
7,500 Knot, 20,000 Dunlin, 540 Grey Plover, 260 Curlew and 3,000 Oystercatcher over high tide - West Kirby.
2,000 Knot, 2,500 Dunlin, 320 Sanderling and 400 Redshank over high tide, 2 Red-throated Diver and 1,000+ Common Scoter out to sea  - Hoylake.
1 Green-winged Teal (male in eclipse) - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Nov 2
1 Snow Bunting on grassy area close to boatyard at Derby Pool - Wallasey Shore.
1 Hen Harrier flew west, 3,000 Knot roosting on the island, 4 Razorbill, 6 Red-throated Diver, 5 Eider and 1,500 Common Scoter - Hilbre.
1 Little Stint off Sandhey slipway - Meols.
300 Redwing over Newton.
1 Great Northern Diver, 5 Red-throated Diver, 4 Razorbill, 5 Gannet, 700 Common Scoter and 1 Golden Pover over high tide - Hoylake.
3 Brambling over during the morning and 110 Fieldfare over this afternoon - Lower Heswall.

Nov 1
1 Snow Bunting on beach to the west of Perch Rock at 0945 but no sign at 10.40 - New Brighton.