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February 28:
24,000 Knot, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven, 1 Greenshank and 48 Pintail - Heswall/Thurstaston Shore.
2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Upton Meadow (seen from path behind Sainsbury's heading toward Arrowe Park).

February 27:
183 Brent Geese (pale-bellied) - highlights from Hilbre, for more details see http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
6 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
20 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon on New Brighton Marine Lake.
1 possible Hooded Crow came in off the marsh - Burton Marsh.

February 26:
2 Peregrine and 2 Hen Harrier (ringtail and sub-ad  male) - Inner Marsh Farm.
19 Bewick's Swans, 40 Whooper Swans, 150 Chaffinches amongst which were 8 Brambling and a ringtail male Hen Harrier - Burton Outer Marsh (Clwyd).
4 Brambling, 14 Gadwall, 12 Tufted Duck and 3 Goldeneye - Shotton Lagoons.

February 25:
1 Greenshank and 3 Stonechat - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Greenshank, 41 Black-tailed Godwit, 11 Lesser Redpoll and 3 Siskin - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.

February 24:
1 Greenshank, 48 Scaup and 120 Great Crested Grebe - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Short-eared Owl and 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) - Denhall Quay.
1 Short-eared Owl and 1 Peregrine, 2 Redpoll near Wirral Way - Parkgate, 6 Buzzard circling over Moorside Lane.

February 23:
21 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon, no sign of Little Stint at high tide - New Brighton Marine Lake, 1 Mediterranean Gull on the 'dips'.
2 Whimbrel in field end of pasture road, heard calling as they came in with a flock of Curlew, 50 Scaup and 125 Great Crested Grebe - Leasowe Lighthouse.

February 22:
1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Merlin, 2+ Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 2 Brambling, good numbers of Fieldfares and Redwings - Heswall Golf Course (Cottage Lane, Gayton)/Parkgate.
1 Little Stint and 11 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake, also 2 Mediterranean Gull (ads) on the 'dips' (grass by prom).
50+ Scaup, 14 Siskin and 17 Fieldfare - Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Stonechat in car park by Dove Point, Meols.
1 Hen Harrier (ring-tailed), 1 Peregrine, 1 Merlin and 500+ Pink-footed Geese - Riverbank Road, Heswall, over high tide.
30 Redwing in field by Dungeon Wood, Heswall.
1 Peregrine, 2 Hen Harrier (ringtail and ad male) and 2 Short-eared Owl - Decca Pools, Burton Marsh.
60 Whooper Swan, 40 Bewick's Swan, 40 Twite, 4 Rock Pipit, 2 Hen Harrier (fem and 1st win male), 1 Greenshank, 230 Black-tailed Godwit and 200 Pink-footed Geese - Burton Outer Marsh (Clwyd).

February 21:
6 Short-eared Owl, 2 Hen Harrier (ringtail) seen to chase each other, 1 Peregrine and 1 Merlin - Heswall Golf Course (Cottage Lane, Gayton), 2 Brambling from the Old Baths.
1 probable American Herring Gull on sea but distant - Hoylake Shore.
c350 Pink-footed Geese, 1 Ruff, 12 Fieldfare, 130 Pintail and 200+ Teal - Inner Marsh Farm.

February 20:
10 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon, 1 Little Stint reported (also there on 19th), on New Brighton Marine Lake.
1 Woodcock next to Wirral Way - Windle Hill, Ness.
43 Brent Geese, 7 Short-eared Owl, 2 Peregrine, 3 Merlin, 3 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 150 Skylark, 53 Rock Pipit, 1 Brambling and over 1,000 Pink-footed Geese - Parkgate/Heswall Golf Course.
49 Scaup and 102 Great Crested Grebe - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Peregrine, 2 Merlin, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 5 Short-eared Owl, 43 Brent Geese, c350 Pink-footed Geese, 5 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Little Grebe and 6 Rock Pipit - Riverbank Road, Heswall, over high tide, also 20 Twite off Marine Drive.
2 Yellow-legged Gull, 5 Mediterranean Gull, 6,000 Black-headed Gull, 6,000 Herring Gull, 1,000 Common Gull, 500 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 76 Great Black-backed Gull, 800 Shelduck, 50 Common Scoter, 5 Scaup and 3 Red-throated Diver - Hoylake Shore around high tide.
30 Twite, 40 Linnet and 1 Brambling - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Peregrine, 1 Merlin and 3 Hen Harrier (2 ringtail and 1 ad male), also a distant probable Marsh Harrier - Decca Pools, Burton Marsh.

February 19:
1 American Herring Gull, 6 Yellow-legged Gull (4 ads, 2 1st W) and 2 Mediterranean Gull in a flock of c14,000 large gulls - Hoylake Shore around high tide.
9 Short-eared Owl (2 flew north, 7 flying off Cottage Lane), 2 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 2 Water Rail, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 4 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Rock Pipit, 1 Brambling and at least 640 Pink-footed Geese - Riverbank Road, Heswall, over high tide.
10 Short-eared Owl off Gayton (north end of Heswall GC).
1 Greenshank - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Merlin, 2 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel eating prey on roof of house, 12 Short-eared Owl, 3 Hen Harrier (1 sub-ad male, 2 ring tail), 2 Water Rail (1 being eaten by a Crow!), 1 Stonechat (female), at least 2,000 Pink-footed Geese, 500 Pintail, 200+ Skylark, 100 Goldfinch and 13 Stock Dove, two foxes showed well on marsh and a hare had  to leap over the rising tide and swim the gutter - Parkgate, Old Baths, tide just reached the wall an hour later than high tide at Liverpool.
1 Velvet Scoter and 13 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre.
57 Bewick's Swan, 60 Whooper Swan, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail imm male) and 8 Twite - outer Burton Marsh (Clwyd).
1 Little Stint reported with the waders on pontoon on New Brighton Marine Lake.

February 18:
19 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake.
1 Peregrine, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 1 Eider (male), 4 Red-breasted Merganser and 500 Pink-footed Geese - Riverbank Road, Heswall.
2 Yellow-legged Gull (ad), 1 Mediterranean Gull (2nd winter) and 41 Brent Geese - Hoylake Shore.
155 Brent Geese and 21 Purple Sandpiper - highlights from Hilbre, for more details see http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.

February 17:
2 Rock Pipit - Denhall Quay, 1 Merlin and 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) over the marsh.
14 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake, 5 Mediterranean Gull between Fort Perch and Harrison Drive.
18 Scaup and 253 Great Crested Grebe - Leasowe Lighthouse, 25 Fieldfare in horse paddock.
2 Peregrine, 2 Stonechat and c650 Pink-footed Geese - Riverbank Road, Heswall.
4 Stonechat (2 pair) - West Kirby Marsh.

February 16:
2 Red-throated Diver, 2 Gannet, 42 Scaup, 224 Great Crested Grebe and 75 Common Scoter - Dove Point, Meols.
44 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Bar-tailed Godwit, 42 Golden Plover, 560 Curlew, 7500 Knot, 3000 Dunlin, 1000 Redshank, 220 Pintail, 35 Wigeon, 1 Peregrine, 1 Merlin, 1 Hen Harrier (ad male), 1 Raven - Heswall Shore over high tide.
2 Raven flying towards Meols - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
6 Bullfinch around the car park at Thurstaston Visitor Centre.
1 Yellow-legged Gull - West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) hunting over Neston Marsh.
27 Gadwall, 11 Tufted Duck. 20 Teal, 2 Pochard and 15 Goldeneye - Shotton Lagoons.
48 Bewick's Swan  and c. 60 Whooper Swan on the outer Dee Marshes (in Clwyd), also an escaped Cape Shelduck male.
21 Red-throated Diver - Hilbre.

February 15:
47 Great Crested Grebe and 28 Common Scoter - Leasowe Lighthouse.
9 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake.
2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail) and 1 Merlin off Neston Old Quay.

February 14:
Several dozen Siskin feeding in alder trees - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
5,000 Knot and 300 Bar-tailed Godwit - Thurstaston Shore, north of the causeway.
1 Hen Harrier (male) - Neston Reedbed.

February 13:
2 Greenshank - Leasowe Lighthouse (on groyne), 46 Teal on the River Birket.
2 Mediterranean Gull (ads, one almost in full s/pl) - New Brighton, on the 'dips'.

February 12:
2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail) and 1 Merlin overhead - Neston Old Quay.

February 11:
Possible immature Little Bittern in horse paddock west of Leasowe Lighthouse this afternoon, showing well for several minutes but now probably in the nearby reed bed.
1,200 Bar-tailed Godwit which flew in from up the estuary, alighted then flew off North-east, also 8000 Knot and 20 Purple Sandpiper - highlights from Hilbre, for more details see http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.

February 10:
3 Ruff, 1 Merlin and Hen Harrier (male) - Inner Marsh Farm.
61 Scaup and 389 Great Crested Grebe off Leasowe Lighthouse.
13 Purple Sandpiper among a much smaller wader roost on pontoon on New Brighton Marine Lake, high tide.
Estimated total of at least 14,000 gulls along north Wirral at high tide plus another 5,000 across the Mersey at Crosby.

February 9:
38 Scaup, and 8 Little Gull - Leasowe Lighthouse.
17 Purple Sandpiper, 1,850 Redshank and 265 Turnstone on pontoon on New Brighton Marine Lake, high tide.
2 Mediterranean Gull (ad and 2nd year) among a 12,000+ mixed gull flock off Meols at high tide.
1 Green-winged Teal and 1 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
2-3 Rock Pipit - Red Rocks Marsh.

February 8:
28 Scaup, 2 Red-throated Diver, 7 Common Scoter, 3 Gannet and 56 Great Crested Grebe off Leasowe Lighthouse.
12 Goldeneye and 1 Peregrine, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (ad) in another large gull roost of well over 9,000 -  Hoylake Shore.
8 Bewick's Swan and 52 Whooper Swan - Shotwick Fields.
1 Water Pipit - Neston Old Quay.
2 Hen Harrier (ad male and ringtail) - Parkgate Old Baths.
1 Greenshank and at least 12 Purple Sandpiper roosting with the waders on pontoon on New Brighton Marine Lake.
1 Green-winged Teal right in front of hide (unfortunately reserve was closed!) - Inner Marsh Farm.

February 7:
6 Spotted Redshank,  150+ Pink-footed Geese and 40 Bewick's Swan - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Fulmar, 100+ Common Scoter (flock of 20 flew very close to prom) and 200+ Kittiwake - Meols Shore.
2 Short-eared Owl - Parkgate Marsh.

February 6:
3 (possibly 4) Yellow-legged Gull (2 ad and 1 x 1st year) - Hoylake Shore.
At least 16 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake.
1 Glaucous Gull (1st winter) - Hilbre, flew between the islands then up the west side.
167 Brent Geese (pale-bellied) - West Kirby Marsh at high tide.

February 5:
19 Scaup off Leasowe Lighthouse, 11 Mistle Thrush and 4 Song Thrush in the same horse paddock.
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) on sand off Leasowe Gunsite.

February 4:
1,800 Herring Gull, 220 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 16 Great Black-backed Gull, 2,400 Black-headed Gull, 2,200 Common Gull and 3,000 Dunlin - Hoylake Shore, an hour before high tide.
19 Purple Sandpiper (probably more), 232 Turnstone, 110 Dunlin and 1,600 Redshank on pontoon at high tide - New Brighton Marine Lake.
2 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
120 Brent Geese and 3,000 Oystercatcher - West Kirby shore at high tide.
4 Hen Harrier (ad male, sub-ad male, female, juv), 2 Merlin and 2 Stonechat - Parkgate Marsh.

February 3:
390 Pintail - Thurstaston Shore.
11,000 Dunlin - Heswall Shore.
1 Yellow-legged Gull among a 6-7,000 mixed gull flock at high tide, 2 Peregrine displaying overhead - Hoylake Shore.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 1 Peregrine and 5 Raven - Neston Old Quay, 1 Water Pipit, 2 Grey Wagtail and 1 Chiffchaff at the sewage works.
3 Hen Harrier (1 ad male, 2 ringtail) came into the roost at Parkgate, 15-20 Redwing in field behind car park.
6 Whooper swan, 4 Bewick's Swan, c. 800 Pink-footed Goose, 2 displaying Peregrine and 8 Twite on Burton Outer Marsh (Clwyd).
55 Gadwall, 6 Goldeneye, 4 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck and 11 Brambling on the feeders - Shotton Lagoons.
1 Hen Harrier (male) - Inner Marsh Farm.

February 2:
103 Pink-footed Geese, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 1 Raven and 1 Water Rail - Neston Reedbed.
30 Pied Wagtail in paddock next to Target Road, Heswall.
25 Red-throated Diver - Point of Ayr, also 3 Porpoises.

February 1:
350 Bar-tailed Godwit just north of the Dee Sailing Club causeway - Thurstaston Shore.
90 Golden Plover, 45 Grey Plover, 400 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Raven, 1 Peregrine, 1 Merlin, 40 Linnet - Heswall Shore, as tide came in.

January 31:
96 Scaup, 697 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Goldeneye, 65 Common Scoter and 6 Wigeon off Leasowe Lighthouse at high tide.
2,110 Black-tailed Godwit and 18,000 Knot - Thurstaston Shore as tide went out.
70 Golden Plover, 275 Lapwing, 1200 Redshank (inc 1 leucistic), 7 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Peregrine - Heswall Shore.
1 Green-winged Teal - Inner Marsh Farm.

January 30:
5 Raven, 2 Merlin, 61 Pink-footed Geese and 1,500 mixed finch flock - Neston Reed Bed, 1 Cetti's Warbler heard south end of reed bed this afternoon.
8 Waxwing between Caldy and Dawpool Nature Reserve along Wirral Way this morning.
2 Short-eared Owl flying high over estuary off Cubbins Green, West Kirby.
4 Bullfinch (2 pr) and 1 Goldcrest - Thurstaston Country Park.
1 Buzzard, I Merlin, 1 male Hen Harrier, 2 ringtail Hen Harrier - Parkgate Old Baths this evening. 

January 29:
1 Brambling - Ness Gardens.
1 Brambling -  Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
2 Cetti's Warbler (one seen and heard, another just heard) - Neston Reed Bed (in scrub area just south of the reed bed and close to the path).
3 Hen Harrier came into roost at Parkgate, also 1 Merlin and several Brambling seen earlier.
250 Pink-footed Geese off Ness, two flocks of c100 flew over Heswall.
1 drake Scaup off the north end, also c200 Brent Geese and  5 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre.

January 28:
440 Pink-footed Geese over heading north, 9,600 Knot, 4,600 Dunlin, 302 Pintail, 363 Black-tailed Godwit and 1 Raven over, 174 Carrion Crow in ploughed Field next to cliffs - Thurstaston Shore at low tide.
1 Barn Owl at junction of China Farm Lane and Saughall Massie Road - West Kirby, this evening.

January 27:
c100 Whooper Swan with a smaller number of Bewick's. 1 Barn Owl at 7pm - Shotwick Fields.

January 26:
750 Pink-footed Geese high over West Kirby at 1045hrs, heading north.
7,000 Dunlin and 10,000 Knot - Thurstaston Shore.
1 Green-winged Teal, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Bullfinch and 2 Brambling - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Greenshank - Hoylake Shore east of Lifeboat Station.
3 Brambling and 8 Siskin, 1 Mediterranean Gull in flooded field - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.

January 25:
177 Brent Geese (pale-bellied) and 110 Bar-tailed Godwit on tide line at West Kirby at high tide, 2 Stonechat in the marsh.

January 24:
202 Brent Geese (pale-bellied) just off the marsh at West Kirby at high tide.
2 Mediterranean Gull (ad), 1 Yellow-legged Gull, 1 Kittiwake and conservative estimates of 7,500 Herring Gull, 350 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 18 Great Black-backed Gull, 5,000 Black-headed Gull and 1,000 Common Gull - Hoylake Shore.
12 Siskin and 2 Yellowhammer - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
1 Woodcock, 2 Twite, 1 Raven, 1 Peregrine and 1 Merlin, 164 Carrion Crow in ploughed field - Heswall Shore.
1 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.

January 23:
212 Brent Geese (pale-bellied) just off the marsh at West Kirby at high tide - record high count, counted by four very experienced WeBS counters, also 7,000 Oystercatcher.
2 Velvet Scoter, 38 Common Scoter, 83 Scaup, 223 Great Crested Grebe and 17 Fieldfare (in paddocks) - Leasowe Lighthouse, 1 Greenshank with wader roost by Leasowe Castle.
2 Mediterranean Gull (ad) - Hoylake Shore.
25+ Siskin in Arrowe Brook area of Greasby.
380 Black-tailed Godwit, 45 Golden Plover, 2 Common Snipe, 2 Jack Snipe, 100+ Brent Geese, 5 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Raven, 1 Peregrine, 1 Water Rail, 3 Twite (with 40 Linnet) - Heswall Shore.
109 Black-tailed Godwit - flooded field next to Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby, 2 Chiffchaff in Gilroy area.
43 Golden Plover and 9 Water Rail - Hoylake Langfields.
11 Purple Sandpiper - New Brighton Marine Lake, on pontoon.
1,250 Pink footed Geese, 630 Pintail, 1 Raven, 1 Rock Pipit and 84 Skylark - Neston Marsh over high tide.
1 Short-eared Owl over Wallasey Golf Course, 1 Mediterranean Gull (2nd year) at nearby Harrison Drive.

January 22:
2 Yellow-legged Gull and 6,000 other gulls, mainly Herring - Hoylake Shore.
630 Pintail and 1 Water Rail - Heswall Shore.
3 Peregrine, 1 Merlin, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 9 Brent Geese and c300 Pink-footed Geese - Heswall, Riverbank Road, over high tide.
2 Brambling coming to feeder at Thurstaston Visitor Centre.
3 Hen Harrier, 3 Peregrine and 1 Merlin - Parkgate Marsh.

January 21:
180 Brent Geese (pale-bellied) - Hilbre.
5,000 Herring Gull on East Hoyle Bank, counted from Hilbre.
3 Peregrine, 1 Merlin, c120 Brent Geese and c600 Pink-footed Geese - Heswall, Riverbank Road, over high tide.
425 Black-tailed Godwit, 78 Golden Plover, 1 Jack Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 1 Rock Pipit - Heswall Shore.
15 Bullfinch along the Wirral Way between Cubbins Green and Heswall.

January 20:
A massive 1,195 Great Crested Grebes were counted from a 'roof-top hide' at Hoylake between Hilbre and the Mersey in ideal counting conditions!!! Smashes previous record of 604 from Oct 25th 2010, must be one of the top three largest flocks in the country.  
92 Scaup off Dove Point - Meols Shore.
3,000 Dunlin roosting on rocks, 10 Red-breasted Merganser on the lake - West Kirby Marine Lake.
380 Black-tailed Godwit, 450 Curlew, 1500 Redshank, 3000 Dunlin, 580 Lapwing, 75 Golden Plover, 1 Jack Snipe, 6 Snipe, 2 Water Rail, 2 Sparrowhawk, 1 Peregrine - Heswall Shore, as tide came in - don't forget the Mud'n'Marsh High Tide Birdwatch here tomorrow, click here for details.
2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail) and 1 Merlin - Parkgate Marsh.

January 19:
4,060 Herring Gull and 190 Lesser Black-backed Gull, plenty of Great Crested Grebes out to sea but too rough to count - Meols Shore at high tide, 59 Kittiwake off Dove Point.
2 Brambling - Thurstaston Visitor Centre.
225 Black-tailed Godwits, 14 Golden Plover, 1,500 Redshank, 2,000 Dunlin, 2 Peregrine, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Raven - Heswall Shore, 2 possible Twite in Linnet flock.
2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail) and 570 Pink-footed Geese - Parkgate Marsh.
30 Red-throated Diver - Hoylake Shore.

January 18:
2 Marsh Harrier and 3 Hen Harrier (1 male, 2 ringtail) - Parkgate Marsh.
5 Purple Sandpiper and 1 Mediterranean Gull - New Brighton.

January 17:
3 Brambling and 2 Bullfinch - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
70-80 Scaup (off East Hoyle Bank), 147 Brent Geese, 11 Purple Sandpiper and 195 Great Crested Grebe - Hilbre.
1 Red Kite near Mostyn Docks, flew out towards Hilbre at mid-day but not seen there.
9 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake, disturbed by a sparrowhawk.
1 Velvet Scoter - Hoylake Shore.

January 16:
1 Woodcock in back garden at Irby bordering Arrowe Park.
3 Hen Harrier (1 male, 2 ringtail), 1 Water Rail and 1 Stonechat (fem) - Parkgate Marsh.
70 Bewick's Swan, 81 Whooper Swan and 78 Mute Swan - Shotwick Fields.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) flew past Denhall Quay late afternoon.
27 Redpoll in Birch Tree along the Wirral Way, Neston.

January 15:
450 Pink-footed Geese, 1 Water Rail and 4 Hen Harrier (1 ad male, 1 sub-ad male, 2 ringtail) - Parkgate Marsh late afternoon.
4 Brambling and 2 Waxwing - Bridge Street/Burton Road, Neston.

January 14:
1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Hen Harrier (two ringtails & one male) and 1 Peregrine - Parkgate Marsh, this morning, 2 Marsh Harrier (fem and juv), 3 Hen Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 2 Merlin and 250+ Pink-footed Geese this afternoon.
1,100 Pink-footed Geese on the marsh, 1 Peregrine, 1 Merlin and 1 Marsh Harrier - Heswall Marsh.
2 Waxwing - Moorside Lane, Neston.

January 13:
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 1 Marsh Harrier (f) and 700 Pink-footed Geese - Parkgate Marsh.
93 Golden Plover, 1 Marsh Harrier (f), 233 Black-tailed Godwit and 1 Peregrine - Heswall Shore.
1 Peregrine hunting Feral Pigeons in West Kirby, shoppers oblivious!

January 12:
2 Brambling with large finch flock - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
50+ Scaup and 27 Great Crested Grebe off Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Marsh Harrier - Inner Marsh Farm.
104 Golden Plover, 325 Lapwing, 3,500 Dunlin, 700 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Raven, 1 Peregrine, 1 Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail - Heswall Shore.
2 Waxwing in front garden - Moorside Lane, Neston.

January 10:
174 Bewick's and Whooper Swans (total count), c40 Mute Swans, 1,500 Wood Pigeon, 500 Lapwing and 30 Pink-footed Geese - Shotwick Fields.
21 Purple Sandpiper, 195 Turnstone and 160 Redshank on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake, at high tide.
1 Green-winged Teal and 1 Marsh Harrier - Inner Marsh Farm.
400 Pink-footed Geese, 89 Golden Plover, 280 Lapwing, 3000 Dunlin, 2,200 Black-tailed Godwit (11 colour ringed) - Heswall Shore.

January 9:
1 Green-winged Teal, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Goldeneye, 1 Short-eared Owl and 40 Golden Plover - Inner Marsh Farm, several hundred Pink-footed Geese observed flying from the estuary in the morning and to the estuary in the afternoon, in direction of Shotwick Fields.
1 Water Pipit, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 1 Marsh Harrier - Neston Old Quay.
17 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake, at high tide.
1 Hen Harrier (male) - Burton Marsh.

January 8:
2 Shorelark on shore off West Kirby beach, towards Little Eye, at first light, 1 Avocet present at high tide but was killed by crows.
1 Red-necked Grebe and 1 Great Northern Diver off north end of Hilbre.
1 Green-winged Teal, 2 Brambling, 45 Siskin and 1 Marsh Harrier - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Greenshank on groyne - Meols Shore.
1,685 Pink-footed Geese - Shotwick Fields.

January 7:
1 Green-winged Teal - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Avocet, 1 Stonechat (m) and 139 Brent Geese - West Kirby Shore, Avocet present from high water until at least dusk, last seen on marsh edge opposite Natterjack Toad enclosure (wooden fence).
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 3 Brambling - Parkgate (Heswall  GC).
5 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake.
1 Velvet Scoter - Red Rocks.

January 6:
2 Shorelark flew south from Middle Hilbre this morning.
c2,000 Black-tailed Godwit and 800 Pintail - Thurstaston Shore as tide came in, also 120 Carrion Crow.
125 Brent Geese off the marsh at West Kirby, another 25 off Little Eye.
Possible Lapland Bunting with the Skylarks on marsh at West Kirby over high tide.
50 Scaup - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Velvet Scoter flew past north end and 1 Great Northern Diver past - Hilbre, also 14 Red-throated Diver and 14 Purple Sandpiper.
2 Hen Harrier (m & f), 1 Marsh Harrier and 2 Peregrine - Parkgate.
1 Green-winged Teal - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Short-eared Owl and 2 Peregrine - Heswall, Riverbank Road.

January 5:
12 Brambling, 4 Blackcap (2pr) and 1 Bullfinch (male) in a Heswall garden, coming to feeders.
409 Shelduck, 9,000 Dunlin, 150 Sanderling and 800 Knot - Hoylake Shore at high tide, also 1 Black-throated Diver.
70-80 Scaup, 1 Red-throated Diver and 2 Goldeneye - Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Hen Harrier (1 ad male, 2 ring tail), 1 Peregrine, 1 Buzzard, 400+ Pink-footed Geese and 9 Red-breasted Merganser - Parkgate at high tide.
152 Brent Geese - West Kirby Shore at high tide.
2 Hen Harrier (incl ad male), 30 Dunlin and 2 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm.

January 4:
19 Brambling in garden, Croome Drive, West Kirby.
50 Scaup off Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 1 Merlin and 220 Pink-footed Geese - Parkgate.

January 3:
1 Red-necked Grebe - Shotwick Boating Lake, probable earlier at Inner Marsh Farm.
131 Bewick's Swan, 69 Whooper Swan, 67 Mute Swan and c1100 Pink-footed Geese - Shotwick Fields.
10,000 Knot, 5,000 Dunlin, 320 Bar-tailed Godwit, 16 Purple Sandpiper (roosting north end), 50 Goldeneye, 40+ Scaup and 25 Red-breasted Merganser -  highlights from Hilbre, for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
3 Hen Harrier (2 ring-tails in the morning, 1 grey male pm) - Parkgate.
14 Redwing - Neston.

January 2:
4 Hen Harrier (3 ringtail, 1 grey male), 2 Merlin, 2 Sparrowhawk; 1 Peregrine, 1 Marsh Harrier, 8 Brambling, 250 Pink Footed Geese and 1 Woodcock - Parkgate.
2 Brambling, 30 Siskin, 1 Merlin and 4 Pochard - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Marsh Harrier (imm) - Burton Marsh.
100+ Bewick's Swan and c30 Whooper Swan - Shotwick Fields.
2 Hen Harrier (1 ring tail & 1 grey male), 1 Merlin, 3 Raven and 1 Sparrowhawk - Denhall Quay.

January 1:
47 Golden Plover, 275 Lapwing, 90 Pink-footed Geese - Heswall Shore.
3 Brambling in garden - Blackhorse hill, West Kirby.
53 species recorded at Inner Marsh Farm including 150 Wigeon, 1 Water Rail and 1 Dunlin.
1 Kingfisher, 1 Woodcock, 1 Waxwing and 2 Merlin - Point of Ayr.
300-500 Pink-footed Geese, still 250+ Swans but no details about species breakdown - Shotwick Fields.

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