December
30 |
1 Red-crested Pochard (female) - Greenfield
Valley.
1 Smew (drake) - Shotwick
boating lake.
2 Snow bunting, 10,000 Knot,
5,000 Oystercatcher and 14 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre Island.
2 Short-eared Owl and 30
Grey Plover - Leasowe Lighthouse.
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December
29 |
1 Smew (red-head) - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Smew (drake) - Shotwick
boating lake.
26 Brent Goose (pale-bellied)
- Hilbre Island.
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December
28 |
1 Kittiwake (1st winter) and 1
Stonechat - Leasowe 'Gunsight'.
250 Black-tailed Godwit,
many feeding a few feet from the beach - Caldy
Shore.
1 Red-crested Pochard (female) - Greenfield
Valley.
1 Smew (red-head) - Inner Marsh Farm.
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December
27 |
1,000 Black-tailed Godwit - Thurstaston
Shore.
2 Smew (pair) - Inner Marsh Farm.
5 Little Egret, 13 Bewick's Swan
and 5 Whooper Swan - Burton
Marsh.
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult)
- Leasowe Beach.
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December
26 |
70 Bewick's Swan - Shotton
on salt marsh.
1 Smew (red-head) and 2 Water
Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
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December
25 |
6 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
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December
24 |
3 Smew (2 drake) - Inner Marsh Farm.
6 Little Egret, 5 Bewick's Swan
and 5 Whooper Swan - Burton
Marsh.
75 Bewick's Swan - Shotton
on salt marsh.
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December
23 |
1 Green-winged Teal (drake)
and 2 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Smew (2 drake) - Shotwick
boating lake.
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December
22 |
10 Little Egret and 8
Bewick's Swan - Denhall
Quay.
Huge numbers of birds
between West Kirby and Heswall
this morning including 20,000 Oystercatcher.
24 Brent Goose (pale bellied)
and 1 Snow Bunting - Hilbre Island.
1 Snow Bunting and 4
Stonechat - Leasowe
sea wall.
3 Smew (2 drake) and 11
Pink-footed Goose - Inner Marsh Farm.
75 Bewick's Swan - Shotton
on salt marsh.
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December
21 |
5 Little Egret - Denhall
Quay.
3 Raven, 1 Water Rail and 10 Bewick's Swan - Inner Marsh Farm.
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December
20 |
16 Goldeneye, 12 Red-breasted Merganser,
41 Turnstone and 97 Redshank - West Kirby Marine.
900 Black-tailed Godwit - Heswall
Shore.
250 Black-tailed Godwit - Thurstaston
Shore.
75 Bewick's Swan - Shotton
on salt marsh.
5 Pink-footed Goose - Shotwick
fields.
1 Snow Bunting - Leasowe
near groynes.
24 Brent Goose (pale bellied)
- Hilbre Island.
2 Water Rail, 2 Brambling
and about 10 Siskin - Parkgate Old Baths.
2 Water Pipit - Neston
Old
Quay.
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December
19 |
1 Smew (drake), 2 Stonechat and
3 Water
Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
75 Bewick's Swan - Burton
Marsh, and 1 Lapland Bunting on nearby farmland.
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December
18 |
9,000 Dunlin, 3,000 Knot, 300 Redshank,
40 Sanderling, 120 Grey Plover, 58 Curlew and 160 Bar-tailed Godwit - West
Kirby High tide roost, counted by DEVW.
26 Brent Goose (as far as
could be seen in bad light, all pale bellied) - Little
Eye.
16 Goldeneye and 10 Red-breasted Merganser - West Kirby Marine.
1 Little Egret - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
2 Water Pipit and 2 Little
Egret - Neston
Old
Quay.
5 Little Egret and 5 Whooper
Swan - Denhall
Quay.
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December
17 |
2 Short-eared Owl - Leasowe
Lighthouse, and 2 Purple Sandpiper at the nearby Gunsight car park.
Little Egrets - Burton
Marsh and Parkgate, 7 Shoveler on
Decca Pools.
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December
16 |
54,000 Knot, 28,000 Dunlin,
2,000 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1,600 Grey Plover, 149 Sanderling, 300 Redshank
and 200 Ringed Plover - Hoylake shore.
1 Red-throated Diver, 20 Great-crested Grebe,
1 Peregrine
Falcon, 2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Merlin (female) and 1 male Stonechat - Leasowe
Lighthouse.
25 Brent Goose - Little
Eye.
1 Red-crested Pochard (female) - Greenfield
Valley.
1 Smew (drake) and 1 Water
Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
50 Bewick's Swan - Burton
Marsh.
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December
15 |
850 Black-tailed Godwit, 2
Spotted Redshank, 1 Scaup, 1 Jack snipe and 9 Water Rail plus usual
thousands of Oystercatcher, Shelduck etc - high tide at Heswall
Shore, note 2,000 Black-tailed Godwit between Heswall and Caldy over
past week or two.
2 Little Egret - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
250 Black-tailed Godwit,
1,000 Pintail, 1 Merlin and 1 Kingfisher - Point
of Ayr.
10 Great-crested Grebe, 1
Slavonian Grebe off shore and 1 pair of Stonechat inland - Leasowe
Castle.
10,000 Dunlin, 2,000 Knot,
550 Redshank, 30 Sanderling, 155 Grey Plover and 41 Ringed Plover - West
Kirby High tide roost, counted by DEVW.
50,000 Knot - Hilbre
Island.
1 Short-eared Owl - Leasowe
Lighthouse.
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December
14 |
2 Water Pipit - Neston
Old
Quay.
15 Goldeneye and 9
Red-breasted Merganser - West Kirby Marine.
2 Little Egret - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
19 Brent Geese, 4
Red-throated diver, 9 Great-crested Grebe and 5 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre Island.
20,000 Knot, 11,000 Dunlin,
2,500 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1,000 Grey Plover, 210 Sanderling and 390 Ringed
Plover - Hoylake Shore.
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December
13 |
27 Brent Goose and 2,500
Oystercatcher- Little Eye, a Peregrine
Falcon was seen feeding on top of Little Eye for about half an hour
surrounded by the Oystercatchers!
8,000 Knot - West
Kirby shore before high tide.
10 Great-crested Grebe, 3
Red-breasted Merganser and 20 Common Scoter out to
sea, and 3 Stonechat in paddock nearby - Leasowe
Lighthouse.
3 Little Egret, 2 Whooper
Swan (possibly more hidden in the reeds), 2 Peregrine Falcon, 2
Sparrowhawk and 1 Kingfisher - Gayton Sands
(Parkgate).
21 Goldeneye - West Kirby
Marine Lake.
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December
12 |
700 Black-tailed Godwit and
20,000 Knot off Thurstaston and Caldy
this morning.
1 Water Pipit - Neston
Old
Quay.
18 Little Egret coming into
roost, and 1 Short-eared Owl - Denhall
Quay.
1 Smew (drake) - Shotwick
Boating lake then later at Inner Marsh Farm,
1 Woodcock also at Inner Marsh Farm.
5 Red-breasted Merganser and
10 Goldeneye - West Kirby Marine.
2 Short-eared Owl - Point of
Ayr.
10 Great-crested Grebe on
sea, 16 Pink-footed Goose flying west, 2 Purple Sandpiper on sea wall and
2 Stonechat and 1 Chiffchaff inland - Leasowe
Old Gunsight (east of Lighthouse).
8,000 Knot, 358 Redshank, 40
Ringed Plover, 10 Grey Plover and 200 Dunlin - West
Kirby High tide roost, counted by DEVW, also
18 Scaup out to sea.
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December
11 |
About 900 Black-tailed Godwit
between Thurstaston and Caldy
this morning.
1 Water Pipit - Neston
Old
Quay.
7 Little Egret - Denhall
Quay.
1 Red-crested Pochard (female) - Greenfield
Valley.
1 Smew (drake) - Inner Marsh Farm.
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December
10 |
10 Red-breasted Merganser and
4 Goldeneye - West Kirby Marine.
1 Smew (drake), 2 Water Rail
and 4 Stonechat - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Short-eared Owl, 1
Peregrine Falcon, 1 Jack Snipe and 2 Stonechat (male and female) - Leasowe
Lighthouse, and 1 Mediterranean Gull seen flying from Moreton rubbish
tip towards shore.
1 Red-crested Pochard (female) - Greenfield
Valley.
20 Little Egret seen coming
into roost at Denhall
Quay, also Short-eared Owl and 5 Whooper Swan.
1 Short-eared Owl and 1
Merlin - Burton
Marsh.
1 Hen Harrier - Point of
Ayr.
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December
8 |
20 Brent Geese (pale
bellied) - Hilbre Island.
2 Little Egret - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
9 Little Egret - Denhall
Quay.
Peregrine Falcon seen
hunting through flock of 400 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy
Shore.
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December
7 |
21 Brent Geese (20 pale
bellied and 1 dark bellied) - Hilbre Island.
2 Little Egret and 1 Merlin - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
4 Little Egret - Denhall
Quay.
2 Water Pipit and 1 Little
Egret - Neston
Old
Quay.
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December
6 |
22 Brent Geese (21 pale
bellied and 1 dark bellied) - Hilbre Island.
4,900 Dunlin and 126 Grey
Plover - West Kirby Shore.
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December
5 |
28 Bewick's Swan and 5
Whooper Swan - Burton
Marsh.
1 Green-winged Teal (drake) - Inner
Marsh Farm.
9 Little Egret - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
2,000 Black-tailed Godwit,
800 Pintail and 30 Twite - Flint
Castle.
1 Red-crested Pochard (female) - Greenfield
Valley.
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December
4 |
25 Bewick's Swan - Burton
Marsh.
9 Little Egret - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
105 Redshank and 35
Turnstone roosting on West Kirby Marine
Lake Wall.
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult)
and 30 Twite - Flint
Castle.
1 Red-crested Pochard (female) - Greenfield
Valley.
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December
3 |
320 Grey Plover, 6,800 Dunlin
and 70 Sanderling - West
Kirby High tide roost, counted by DEVW.
13 Brent Geese
(pale-bellied) on rocks between Little Eye
and Hilbre as tide came in.
13 Brent Geese
(pale-bellied), 18 Scaup and 1 Merlin - Point
of Ayr, at high tide.
20 Brent Geese, 3 Red-throated Diver,
1 Peregrine Falcon and a Brambling which was ringed - Hilbre Island.
5 Bewick's Swan, 2 Ruff and
2 Common Buzzard - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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December
2 |
5+ Short-eared Owl and 1
Peregrine Falcon swooping through Knot flock - Point
of Ayr.
2 Short-eared Owl and 1
Little Owl - Leasowe
Lighthouse, and an Eider off shore (drake).
100 Bar-tailed Godwit
(sighting confirmed as bar-tailed, not black-tailed) and Sparrowhawk - off Flint.
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December
1 |
2,900 Oystercatcher - West
Kirby Shore.
12 Little Egret - Denhall
Quay.
2 Little Egret - Parkgate
Marsh.
310 Black-tailed Godwit and
estimate of 5,000 Oystercatcher off Caldy
steps, with another 450 Black-tailed Godwit and 2,500+ Oystercatcher on Thurstaston
shore.
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