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Apr 30
3 Whimbrel (1 in fields, 2 by groyne), 1 Hobby, 5 Wheatear and 2 Whinchat - Leasowe Lighthouse.
4 Sedge Warbler and 2 Common Whitetroat - Burton Marsh.
Hundreds of Gannets plus 2 Manx Shearwater, 230 Sandwich Tern, 8 Arctic Tern, 45 Common Tern, 1 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Red-throated diver and 1 Kittiwake during windy conditions this evening - Hoylake.

Apr 29
36 Sandwich Tern, 20+ Whimbrel,  40+ Black Tailed Godwit, 2 Lsser Black-backed Gull and 8 Turnstone - Thurstaston Shore by causeway.
2 Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Wheatear on cycle track, 3 Common Whitethroat - Leasowe Gunsite.
2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit and 1 Cetti's Warbler - Burton Point.

Apr 28
3 Lesser Whitethroat and 1 Wheatear - Heswall Fields.
At least 100 House Martin and 25 Sand Martin feeding over Heswall Sewage Works (Target Road).
51 Whimbrel, 178 Curlew and 4 Swift - Heswall Shore.

Apr 27
2 Eider (drakes) and 7 Whimbrel viewed from West Kirby Shore/East Hoyle Bank looking towards Hilbre.
1 Grasshopper Warbler and 2 Lesser Whitethroat - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Apr 26
1 Swift over Ness.
1 Cetti's Warbler on Carr Lane, Moreton.
1 Ring Ouzel showing well on Kerr's Field, 1 Common Sandpiper (Lingmere Fishery), 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Fieldfare and 1 Yellow Wagtail - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Whinchat (male) and 1 Tree Pipit - Heswall Fields.
85 Sandwich Tern with many sitting on a closed lake wall - West Kirby Marine Lake.

Apr 25
2 Garganey (pair), chased off by coot at 9.15am - Gilroy Duck Pond, West Kirby.
1 Hooded Crow flew over West Kirby sand dunes from direction of Middle Eye.
1 Redstart, 1 Grasshopper Warbler (Park Lane), 1 Fieldfare, 3 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Whinchat - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Apr 24
1 Marsh Harrier flew in off East Hoyle Bank over Red Rocks, flew inland over RLGC.
1 Whinchat just east of coastguard - Meols.
1 Whinchat, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail and 1 Common Redstart - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Cuckoo heard - Caldy Woods.
4 Yellow Wagtail in sheep field - Burton Marsh.

Apr 23
2 Eider (pair off embankment), 7 Whinchat (3 in coastal paddocks and 4 inland of Park Lane), 11 Wheatear, 4 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Common Redstart, 4 Lesser Whitethroat and 1 Garden Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Common Redstart and 6 Tree Pipit over - Hoylake sea-front garden.
1 Yellow Wagtail in horse paddock, 1 Lesser Whitethroat singing just south of Sheldrakes Restaurant - Lower Heswall.
1 Whinchat, 3 Marsh Harrier, 1 Little Owl, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 2 House Martin and 3+ Grasshopper Warbler -Burton Marsh.
6 Little Tern, 70 Sandwich Tern, 6 Wheatear, 2 Sedge Warbler, 3 Yellow Wagtail and 95 Pied/White Wagtail - Gronant beach and dunes.
1 Cuckoo *first of spring five days later than last year* - Arrowe Park.
12 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
18 Stock Dove in newly sown field below Stapledon Wood, Caldy.

Apr 22
2 Lesser Whitethroat singing, 1 Tree Pipit over - Lower Heswall.
20 Willow Warbler, 8 Common Whitethroat, 3 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Grasshopper Warbler and 12 Swallow - Red Rocks.
7 Arctic Tern and 40 Sandwich Tern out to sea, 1 Redstart, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Wheatear,  2 Yellow Wagtail and 2 Whinchat this morning, 4 Whinchat late afternoon - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Common Sandpiper at Lingmere Fisheries - Lingham Lane, Moreton.
1 Common Redstart in garden - Meols.
1 Wheatear and 4 Fieldfare (in paddock off Boathouse Lane) - Parkgate.
3 Raven over Saughall.
1 Spotted Flycatcher - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.

Apr 21
250 Sandwich Tern between Gronant and Point of Ayr.
1 Swift *first of spring and two days earlier than last year*, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 22 Wheatear this morning with 20 reported late afternoon, 25 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Common Redstart, 2 Whinchat and 1 Lesser Whitethroat - Kerr's Field/ Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Raven over and 570 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
40+ Arctic Tern - Hoylake.
1 Pied Flycatcher (male) - Ashton Park (near lake), West Kirby.
2 Wheatear and 1 Raven - Burton Point.
80+ Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.

Apr 20
1 Whinchat and 3 Wheatear in paddock behind Meols Common.
1 Whinchat - Kerr's Field, Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Sandwich Tern past Meols Groyne.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem), 1 Wheatear and 2 Swallow - Parkgate.
1 Ring Ouzel and 1 Cetti's Warbler SW of Meols Station.

Apr 19
7 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat male, Swallows/Housematins good numbers, 4 Snipe, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warlber and 3 Common Whitethroat - Burton Marsh.
790 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
32 Wheatear (20 in Kerr's Field), 2 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Grasshopper Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Common Redstart - Heswall Shore.
6 Wheatear, 8 White Wagtail, 2 Cetti's Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Reed Warbler and 2 Swallow - Red Rocks.
2 Osprey (one flew over sea towards Formby at 09.50hrs, second flew NE over Manor Road Station at 10.15hrs) - Hoylake.
20 Whimbrel,  2 Swallow, 4 Sandwich Tern this morning - Thurstaston Shore.

Apr 18
1 Common Tern - New Brighton.
2 Whimbrel (1 in field with Curlews and 1 flew over groyne), 4 Sandwich Tern on shore, 2 Sedge Warbler and 13 Wheatear  - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Ring Ouzel in seafront garden - Hoylake.
9 Red-breasted Merganser, 10 Gannet feeding in distant main river channel,  400 Dunlin, 14 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank - Heswall Shore.
1 Grasshopper Warbler along Carr Lane, Moreton.
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 4+ Reed Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat and 3 Cetti's Warbler in marsh/sand dunes, 49 White Wagtail and 1 Yellow Wagtail on shore - Red Rocks.
60 Sandwich Tern - Leasowe Bay.

Apr 17
3 Whinchat, 30 Wheatear (20 in horse paddocks this afternoon), 2 Yellow Wagtail, 10 White Wagtail, 3 Sand Martin, 1 Common Redstart, 1 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Sedge Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse/Kerr's Field/Meols Common.
740 Black-tailed Godwit and 8 Knot - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
12 Whimbrel by the causeway - Thurstaston Shore.

Apr 16
4 Common Crane flew south over Denhall Quay at 1045hrs.
2 Ring Ouzel ( 1 in horse paddocks and 1 by golf course Lingham Lane) and 1 Common Redstart - Leasowe Lighthouse.
30+ Sandwich Tern on shore west of Harrison Drive - Wallasey Shore.
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear and 1 Barn Owl - Heswall Fields.
1 Wheatear briefly in garden - Lower Heswall.
1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Common Redstart and 6 Wheatear in paddocks next to Saughall Massie Road betwen Pump Lane roundabout and Saughall Massie.

Apr 15
700 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
1 Grasshopper Warbler - Neston Reedbed.
1 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Common Redstart, 1 Kingfisher, 2+ Reed Warbler and 1 Sedge Warbler this morning - 8 Wheatear, 2 Common Whitethroat and 2 Stonechat this afternoon - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Redstart on fields by Saughall Massie this afternoon.
10 White Wagtail - Meols Shore.

Apr 14
1 Whimbrel - Dove Point.
62 White Wagtail and 2 Yellow Wagtail - Hoylake Shore.
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling by path between kissing gates, 1 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler and 2 Common Whitethroat in Kerr's Field with another C. Whitethroat in the dunes - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Apr 13
610 Black-tailed Godwit with 1 Bar-tailed Godwit and 1 Knot - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
1 Red Kite circled over Park Lane paddocks eventually heading west over Meols and Hoylake Langfields then later this afternoon seen over Irby and Pensby - Leasowe Lighthouse.
75 Swallow and 75 House Martin over Heswall sewage works (next to Target Road).

Apr 12
2 Willow Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat and 3 Swallow - Gilroy NP/Hoylake Langfields.
1 Greenshank and 200 Redshank in gutter, 1 Reed Warbler in Target Road reedbed and 3 Common Whitethroat in fields - Heswall.
1 Grasshopper Warbler near Cottage Lane - Heswall Marsh.

Apr 11
2 House Martin over Lower Heswall.
2 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Common Whitethroat - Thurstaston.
1 Common Redstart along Park Lane this afternoon, 1 Reed Warbler along nature trail and 1 Common Whitethroat at Kerr's Field - Leasowe Lighthouse.
450 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
1 Whinchat (male), 6 Wheatear and 1 Common Whitethroat - Hoylake Langfields.
1 Osprey over Irby heading NE at 5pm.
2 Long-tailed Duck with Scoters off Hoylake.
2 Grasshopper Warbler along Denhall Lane, Burton Marsh.

Apr 10
1 Short-eared Owl came in off the sea then flew east along coast this morning, 1 Osprey this afternoon also flew east - Meols.
1 Yellow Wagtail, 19 Wheatear, 15+ Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Tree Pipit, 5 White Wagtail and 1 Ringed Plover - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Willow Warbler - Gilroy NP, West Kirby.
2 Wheatear, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Raven, 1 Spotted Redshank, 7 Great Egret and 1 Grasshopper Warbler (heard)  - from cycle path past Burton Point.

Apr 9
Thousands more Pink-footed Geese left the estuary at first light.
1 Marsh Harrier high over heading SW, 1 Common Redstart (male) in horse paddocks, 1 White Wagtail, 4 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit and 1 Common Whitethroat - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Tree Pipit, also four flocks of Pink-footed Geese totalling 740 moving north early morning - Hoylake Shore.
4 Wheatear - Hoylake Langfields.
10 singing Chiffchaff and 5 singing Blackcap along Wirral Way between Heswall and Parkgate.

Apr 8
Another exodus of Pink-footed Geese this morning at first light, well over 1,000 flying north in several flocks including birds moving at night under the full moon.
480 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler, 1 Cetti's Warbler and 2 Willow Warbler - early morning Red Rocks.
1 Common Whitethroat *first of spring and a week earlier than last year*, 1 Jack Snipe flushed by tide, 950 Redshank, 160 curlew, 167 Shelduck, 1 Raven and 1 Whimbrel - Heswall Fields/Shore.
12 Brent Geese by causeway - Dee Sailing Club, Thurstaston.

Apr 7
6,000 Pink-footed Geese on the marshes (Burton to Parkgate).
1 Osprey and 1 Eider - Hoylake Shore.
50 Brent Geese and 40 Black-tailed Godwit off salt marsh - West Kirby Shore.
1,730 Pink-footed Geese flew north out of estuary at first light, numerous flocks.

Apr 6
Scoter flocks again recorded flying east over Burton this evening.
1 Ring Ouzel in sea-front garden and 1 Osprey over heading north - Hoylake.
1 House Martin,  7 Swallow, 1 Sand Martin and 5 Wheatear before the heavy shower, 8 Swallow, 4 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin and 2 Wheatear after the shower, also 67 Great Crested Grebe and 60+ Common Scoter - Leasowe Lighthouse.
4 Sand Martin flying north very high - Lower Heswall.
1 Osprey flew west past Leasowe  then must have doubled back and was seen to fly over Crosby.

Apr 5
3,980 Pink-footed Geese in several flocks flew out of estuary at first light heading north/north-west.
1 Little Ringed Plover (flew NE), 244 Curlew, 70 Turnstone, 420 Sanderling (flew NNE), 2 Eider (drakes) in gutter, 1 Merlin and 1 Peregrine - West Kirby Shore/west end of East Hoyle Bank.
3 Wheatear in horse paddock behind Meols Common.
10+ Willow Warbler and 5+ Chiffchaff in seafront garden this morning - Hoylake.
1 House Martin *first of spring, five days later than last year*, 7 Wheatear, 2 Willow Warbler, 7 White Wagtail, 10+ Swallow and 1 Sand Martin - Leasowe Lighthouse.
20 Common Scoter flying east over Burton.
10 (TEN) Water Pipit (all s/pl) in a field at Heswall Fields NT, also 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Swallow, 4 Blackcap (singing) and 20+ Chiffchaff.

Apr 4
1 Wheatear on groyne, also 4 Swallow - Meols Common.
2 Sandwich Tern and Eider (drake) - Hoylake.
4 Wheatear, 3 Sand Martin and 1 Tree Sparrow - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Wheatear, 18 Stock dove and 2 Raven - Hoylake Langfields.
Several Reed Warblers along Burton Marsh this afternoon.
A few small flocks of Common Scoters heard flying east over Burton after dark.
1 Whimbrel over Grange Road, West Kirby.

Apr 3
3 Wheatear on Kerr's Field - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Apr 2
300 Common Scoter, 2 Pintail, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Eider and 6 Gannet off Hoylake.
1 Little Ringed Plover by Park Lane and flew towards brick pit, 1 White Wagtail and 6 Teal on Kerr's Field - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Apr 1
1 Eider (drake) flew west towards Hilbre - Hoylake.
135 Grey Plover high over going north - Hilbre.
1 Barn Owl over the cliff at Thurstaston Country Park.

Mar 31
1 Swallow over Meols.
252 Brent Geese (including 1 dark-bellied), 1 Scandinavian Rock Pipit and 1 Peregrine - Hilbre.
A flock of several thousand Knot flew very low over Irby at mid-day, probably flying from Thurstaston Shore to Seaforth which they currently us as a roost site.

Mar 30
2 Peregrine (m&f) again displaying over island, 80 Turnstone and 240 Brent Geese - Hilbre.

Mar 29
3 Peregrine (one pair displaying over island and one stooping on a Raven on Middle Eye), 1 Scandinavian Rock Pipit and 312 Brent Geese (one dark-bellied) - Hilbre.
10,000+ Knot off Caldy before high tide.
1 Osprey over Burton early afternoon, heading north.

Mar 28
2 Spoonbill (adults) on Boat House Flash, also 3 Great Egret and lots of Pink-footed Geese (all viewable from car) - Parkgate.
1 Greenshank, 2,000 Redshank and 450 Curlew - Heswall Shore.

Mar 27
1 Willow Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Peregrine (m&f together) and 1 Merlin - Hilbre.

Mar 26
Single Willow Warblers at Hoylake and Lower Heswall *first of spring, two days later than last year*.
2 Greenshank and 700 Redshank - Thurstaston Shore.
1 Greenshank (groyne), 2 White Wagtail, 15 Chiffchaff and 5 Goldcrest - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Merlin with kill, 1 Peregrine and 130 Turnstone - Hilbre.

Mar 25
2 adult Spoonbill (Boathouse Flash), 1 Great Egret and 2 Marsh Harrier (viewable from car on road) - Parkgate.
150 Meadow Pipit flew east but paused to feed and included 2 s/pl Water Pipit - Heswall Fields.
4 Shoveler and 1 Raven - Kerr's Field, Leasowe.
1 Little Gull (adult), 4 Wigeon and several Red-throated Diver - Hoylake.
1 Swallow, 1 Merlin, 222 Curlew and 1 dark-bellied Brent with the pale-bellied - Hilbre.

Mar 24
1 Long-tailed Duck on tide edge - Hoylake.
1 Swallow over Little Neston early morning.
1 White Wagtail and 3+ Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Mar 23
1 Swallow *first of spring and 2 days later than last year* and 6 Red-throated Diver - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Spoonbill - Parkgate.
A good migration day including 280+ Meadow Pipit, 11 Siskin, 3 White Wagtail, 1 Stonechat and 1 Wheatear, also 1 Scandinavian Rock Pipit - Hilbre.

Mar 22
1 Cetti's Warbler seen and heard alarming, also large arrival of Chiffchaff with at least 25 - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Spoonbill, 1 Short-eared Owl and 4 Marsh Harrier - Parkgate/Heswall Golf Course.
7 Wheatear along path between Denhall and Burton Point.

Mar 21
1 Red Kite over Shotwick this afternoon, earlier seen over Spital.
80+ Avocet, 1 Great Egret, 3 Cetti's Warbler (1 seen), 1 Raven and 6+ Chiffchaff - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Peregrine fighting over a kill, 90 Grey Plover and 348 Curlew - Hilbre.

Mar 20
Several reports of singing Blackcaps.
1 Greenshank near groyne - Meols Shore.
60+ Red-throated Diver on a calm sea at high tide - Hoylake.
1 Greenshank in channel - Thurstaston Shore.
1 Garganey, also 1 Cattle Egret in field near entrance - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Mar 19
1 Spoonbill, 1 Marsh Harrier and 1 Short-eared Owl - Boathouse/Old Baths, Parkgate.
1 Eider (drake) - Hilbre.
4+ Short-eared Owl over Heswall Golf Course.
2 Bearded Tit, 1 Woodcock, 1 Cattle Egret and 6 Mediterranean Gull - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Mar 18
1 Spoonbill (Donkeystand Flash), 2 Goosander (pair), 2+ Wheatear, 3 Great Egret and 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) - Parkgate.
1 White Wagtail and 8 Shoveler - Kerr's Field, Leasowe.
2 Wheatear - Leasowe Bay.
7 Wheatear from path between Denhall and Burton Point.
2 Bearded Tit - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Mar 17
4 Wheatear, 2 drake Eider and 1 Rock Pipit - Hilbre.
5+ Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Spoonbill - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Spoonbill - Donkeystand Flash, Parkgate.
Single Wheatears seen at Broken Bank, Burton Point sheep pens and bottom of Denhall Lane.

Mar 16
5 singing Chiffchaff between Heswall and Thurstaston along Wirral Way, this morning.
1 Sand Martin *first of spring and remarkably a month later than last year!*, 1 Wheatear *first of spring and over two weeks later than last year*, 2 White Wagtail, 7 Shoveler, 15 Chiffchaff, 80 Meadow Pipit and 1 Peregrine - Kerr's Field/Leasowe Lighthouse and shore.
1 Sand Martin, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Great Egret, 6 Chiffchaff, 8 Cetti's Warbler, 112 Avocet and 2 Marsh Harrier - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Cetti's Warbler - Burton Point.
1 drake Eider, 4,700 Knot, 1 Peregrine chasing the knot and 3 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre/Little Eye/Tansky Rocks.

Mar 15
6 Shoveler on flash - Kerr's Field, Leasowe.
4 Little Gull over - first of spring passage, 1 Eider (drake), 2 Raven and 2 Peregrine, first Goldcrest of spring ringed - Hilbre.

Mar 14
1 Greenshank by groyne - Meols.
4 Tree Sparrow south, and 1 Marsh Harrier - Riverbank Road, Heswall.
1 Great Egret, 2 Cattle Egret, 4 Bearded Tit and several Cetti's Warbler heard - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Chiffchaff (first of spring for Hilbre), 1 Eider (drake) and 1 Goosander (fem) - Hilbre.
2 Great Egret - Parkgate.
6 Avocet and 2 Great Egret from Harp Inn, Neston.


Mar 13
2 Short-eared Owl over Heswall Golf Course this morning, also 1 Marsh Harrier over marsh.
2 Great Egret and 1 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Mediterranean Gull (s/pl) - Kerr's Field, Leasowe.
28 Red-throated Diver - Red Rocks.
3 Short-eared Owl and 1 ringtail Hen Harrier - Parkgate.

Mar 12
1 Hen Harrier (male) - Burton Marsh.
1 Kingfisher along R Birket, Lingham Lane - Moreton.
1 Bittern flushed by today's tide and drifted south, also 2 Great Egret, 1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Merlin and a Raven feeding on a rodent - Parkgate.
4,000+ Redshank, 5 Spotted Redshank, 62 Avocet, 220 Black-tailed Godwit, 40 Golden Plover, 10,000+ Pink-footed Geese, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 21 Grey Heron, 8 Great Egret, 3 Marsh Harrier and 75 Shoveler  - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Mar 11
5 Crossbill came to drink in private garden - Burton.
6 Great Egret, 3 Peregrine, 2 Hen Harrier (ringtail and male), 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Short-eared Owl and 3+ Water Rail - Parkgate.
1 Cattle Egret, 1 Woodcock, 2 Mediterranean Gull and 2 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Mar 10
2 Gannet (first of the year), 15 Red-throated Diver, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 11 Razorbill, 1 Guillemot, 2 Kittiwake and 4 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre.
1 Hen Harrier (grey male) and 2 Great Egret - Parkgate.
1 Hen Harrier (grey male) and 1 Great Egret, at least 1,000 Pink-footed Geese flushed by tide - Heswall Marsh.
1 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Cetti's Warbler near railway line west of Meols Station.
10+ Great Egret and several Marsh Harrier - Neston Old Quay.

Mar 9
1 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Red-breasted Merganser and 26 Brent Geese - West Kirby Marine Lake this morning before high tide.
4 Raven, 2 Great Egret and 1 Marsh Harrier - Burton Marsh.

Mar 8
200 Fieldfare, 35 Redwing, 330 Starling and 140 Linnet on freshly ploughed fields by footpath between Hoylake and Gilroy - Hoylake Langfields.
1 Glaucous Gull (adult) and 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), view from BP petrol staion roundabout, Deeside Industrial Estate - Shotwick Fields.

Mar 7
2 Whooper Swan flying west past Leasowe Lighthouse this morning.
5,900 Knot roosting - Heswall Shore.
2 Whooper Swan flew into estuary, 2 Peregrine, 1 Eider, 1 Kittiwake, 7 Purple Sandpiper, 120 Grey Plover, 430 Curlew, 2 Pintail, 2 Red-breasted Merganser and 352 Brent Geese (1 dark-bellied) - Hilbre.
2 Water Pipit and 1 Cetti's Warbler near Neston Sewage Works.
4 Stonechat - Neston Marsh.
1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 4 Great Egret, 2 (male and ringtail) Hen Harrier and 3 Marsh Harrier - Parkgate.
2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Great Egret, 1 Peregrine and 1 Stonechat - Denhall Quay.

Mar 6
1 White Wagtail in Kerr's Field - Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Short-eared Owl hunting over Heswall Golf Course.
2 Cattle Egret, 3+ Mediterranean Gull and 20+ Avocet - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 drake Goosander, 1 drake Eider, 2 Stonechat, 1 Snipe, 1 Peregrine and 280 Curlew - Hilbre.
2 Stonechat, c30 Redwing and 2 Marsh Harrier from Old Baths, Parkgate.
1 Woodcock by Dee Sailing Club, Thurstaston.

March 5
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Great Egret and c3,000 Pink-footed Geese - Parkgate.

Mar 4
4 Water Rail calling (2 north end and 2 south end) - Red Rocks Marsh.
4 Red-breasted Merganser and 9 Brent Geese - West Kirby Marine Lake this morning.
2 Cattle Egret, 1 Woodcock and 1 Whooper Swan - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Water Pipit, 5 Chiffchaff and 50 Redwing by Neston Sewage Works.
2 Water Pipit, 40+ Reed Bunting, 1 Short-eared Owl and 1 Hen Harrier - Neston Old Quay.

Mar 3
1 (poss 2) Cattle Egret, 1 Great Egret and 1 Hen Harrier - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Mar 2
1 White Wagtail, 12+ Avocet, 2 Kingfisher, 1 ringtail Hen Harrier, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Cattle Egret and 1 Great Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.
349 Brent Geese (peak count this winter), 3 Purple Sandpiper, 90 Redshank and 120+ Turnstone on rising tide, also 4 Harbour Porpoise off north end surrounded by Cormorants and Herring Gulls - Hilbre.
15 Brent Geese - West Kirby Marine Lake this morning.
1 Short-eared Owl off Heswall Golf Course this morning.
1 Short-eared Owl and 1 male Hen Harrier - Denhall Quay.

Mar 1
1 White Wagtail - *first of spring* one day later than last year, along Lingham Lane - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Red Kite over Saughall, early morning.
5 Short-eared Owl off Heswall Golf Course this afternoon.
1 Yellow-legged Gull and 1 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.

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