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May and June 2011.

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June 29:

2 Green Sandpiper and 1 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm, 35 juvenile Little Egret counted yesterday.

June 28:
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling and 1 Hobby - Leasowe Lighthouse.

June 26:
1 Hobby in horse paddocks at 7.30am - Leasowe Lighthouse.

June 25:
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling - Leasowe Lighthouse, by nature trail.

June 24:
1 Great White Egret and 2 Peregrine - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Whimbrel, 128 Curlew and 120 Gannet - highlights from Hilbre, for more details see http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
4 Arctic Skua and 1 Puffin seen from Hoylake Lifeboat off North Wirral.

 June 22:
50 Swift feeding over Hoylake Langfields.
1 Spotted Redshank and 2 Avocet - Inner Marsh Farm.
At least 300 Little Tern, 16 Common Scoter and 4 Manx Shearwater - Gronant as tide came in.
1 Cuckoo heard, 1 Merlin and 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 14 Grey Heron on the shore - Leasowe Lighthouse.

June 21:
1 Barn Owl showing well off Parkgate end of Heswall Golf Course this morning.
3 Manx Shearwater and 54 Gannet off Hoylake at high tide.
1 Woodcock over roundabout by Cottage Loaf pub, Thurstaston, this evening.
2 Spoonbill briefly at Inner Marsh Farm.

June 20:
1 Peregrine on sand bank off Leasowe Lighthouse, 1 Lesser Whitethroat by Lingham Lane.
1 Red Kite, 3 Common Buzzard and 1 Hobby 'thermalling' over Deeside Industrial Estate this  morning.
2 Common Sandpiper and 1 Rock Pipit - Hilbre.

June 19:
15 Little Tern and, 2 Gannet - Point of Ayr.

June 18:
2 Spoonbill, 1 Spotted Redshank (sum/pl) and 22 Black-tailed Godwit - Parkgate Marsh.
5 Common Buzzard (2 ad + 3 juv) over Shotton.
1 Ruddy Shelduck - Oakenholt Marsh.

June 17:
12 Gannet off shore including about 8 quite close in, c30 Common Tern, and 3 Common Scoter, 72 Great Black-backed Gull (mostly imm) on beach with small flock of Herring Gulls  - Hoylake Shore at high tide.

June 16:
1 Arctic Skua, 22 Gannet and c30 Common Tern - Hoylake Shore at high tide.
1 summer plumaged Spotted Redshank, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull and 1 Hobby - Inner Marsh Farm.
6 Bar-tailed Godwit and 8 Gannet - Point of Ayr.
1 Cuckoo calling by Caldy Golf Course this afternoon.

June 15:
27 Gannet - Red Rocks at high tide.
720 Herring Gull, 40 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 16 Great Black-backed Gull - Hoylake Shore, no build up of small gulls as yet.
7 Great Crested Grebe - Meols Shore.
1 Little Ringed Plover and 1 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.

June 13:
67 Gannet, 38 Manx Shearwater and at least 150 Common Tern out to sea, about 20 Dunlin on the shore - Hoylake Shore at high tide.
6 Raven (family party) over, 1 Mediterranean Gull on the marsh and 153 Carrion Crow - Heswall Shore.

June 12:
1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler near Leasowe Lighthouse this morning.
1 Arctic Skua - Hilbre.

June 11:
1 Eider and 35 Kittiwake, also 3 Arctic Skua on the evening tide, highlights from Hilbre, for more details see http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.

June 10:
1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler near Leasowe Lighthouse this morning.

June 9:
1 Pectoral Sandpiper - Inner Marsh Farm, this morning.
1 Barn Owl hunting near Thurstaston Visitor Centre this evening.

June 8:
1 Barn Owl - Deeside industrial Estate.

June 7:
1 Pectoral Sandpiper present from 4.30pm, hide open until 8pm - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Hobby flew past this morning - Hilbre.

June 6:
1 Marsh Harrier but no sign of Pectoral Sandpiper up to 9.30am - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Hobby flew north - Deeside Industrial Estate.
1 Spotted Flycatcher - Denhall Lane, Burton.

June 5:
1 Blyth's Reed Warbler - Hilbre, this morning, trapped, ringed and released, see photos http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
1 Red Kite flying north over Heswall Golf Course at 10am.
1 Pectoral Sandpiper - Inner Marsh Farm, also 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Cuckoo and  2 Avocet.
1 Great White Egret flew east over Parkgate Marsh, this evening.

June 4:
2 Red Kite over Saughall, flying west to east.
1 Crossbill over the golf course at Arrowe Park.
4 Eider (imm males) - Hilbre.

June 3:
1 Cuckoo, 1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Avocet and 150 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Osprey flying NE over Grange Road, West Kirby this morning.
1 Greenshank - Hilbre, nice photos of a Hummingbird Hawk Moth on http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
c25 Whitethroat (including young being fed) along 200m stretch of road by Burton Marsh.
1 Yellow-legged Gull (3rd summer) - Leasowe Lighthouse.

June 2:
26 Gannet and 23 Great Crested Grebe off Dove Point, Meols.
6 Avocet, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Cuckoo and 1 Hobby - Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Raven over, 138 Carrion Crow on the shore before high tide - Heswall Shore.
1 Quail reported - field inland side of Wirral Way by Dungeon Bridge, Thurstaston.
200 Common Scoter, 50 Gannet, 20 Guillemot and 1 Arctic Skua -  highlights from Hilbre - for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.

June 1:
1 Spotted Flycatcher - Park Lane, Meols.
48 Gannet off shore at high tide, 1 Peregrine on the tide line - Hoylake Shore.
5 Avocet, 1 Hobby and 2 Cuckoo - Inner Marsh Farm.
100+ Little Tern over the sea at Gronant, 2 Grasshopper Warbler in the marsh.
1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Wheatear, 300 Gannet, 9 Manx Shearwater, 4 Kittiwake, 1 Fulmar, 4 Guillemot, 50 Common Scoter and 60 Common Tern - Hilbre.

May 31:
104 Black-tailed Godwit on flash, Parkgate Marsh.
1 Cuckoo and 1 Treecreeper - Royden Park.
1 Cuckoo - Inner Marsh Farm.

May 30:
1 Barn Owl hunting over Parkgate Marsh this afternoon giving great views.
200 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby, this afternoon.
1 Hobby over Moreton.

May 29:
1 Siskin on garden feeder - Heswall.
68 Manx Shearwater, 300 Gannet, 5 Arctic Skua, 2 Fulmar and 17 Guillemot, highlights from Hilbre - for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
51 Black-tailed Godwit on flash - Parkgate Marsh.
45 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.

May 28:
300+ Gannet, 200+ Common Tern, 1 Fulmar, 7 Whimbrel, 2 Manx Shearwater and 6 Guillemot up until noon, highlights from Hilbre - for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
1 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.

May 27:
1 Gannet landed in one of the horse paddocks and went to sleep!  - Leasowe Lighthouse, this morning.
95 Gannet, 20 Manx Shearwater and 1 Arctic Skua on the sea this morning, also 2 Eider (pair), the evening tide produced 7 Whimbrel, 650 Dunlin and 120 Ringed Plover on the tide edge and a further 35 Manx Shearwater - Hilbre.

May 26:
9 Common Whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler and 1 Kingfisher on the fishing lake on the Deeside Industrial Estate.
1 Spoonbill, flew off towards the estuary at lunchtime - Inner Marsh Farm.
At least 50 Gannet  - Hoylake Shore at 6pm, difficult to see in a NW gale with sand blowing everywhere!

May 25:
2 Spotted Flycatcher (Park Lane) and 1 Wheatear (horse paddocks) - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Curlew Sandpiper disturbed by a Peregrine, 4 Avocet, 1 Hobby and 450 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.

May 24:
1 Cuckoo - Leasowe Lighthouse.
3,800 Dunlin and 320 Ringed Plover at high tide, only a few Gannets and no Manx Shearwaters seen - Hoylake Shore.
200 Gannet (early morning), 6 Manx Shearwater, and 1 Great Skua - Hilbre.
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Barn Owl and 1 Short Eared Owl - Burton Marsh this evening.

May 23:
1 Cuckoo - Hilbre, early morning, 700 Gannet, 300 Manx Shearwater, 2 Arctic Skua and 2 Great Skua up to 4.30pm.
2 Avocet and 1 Hobby - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Great Skua, 100+ Gannet, 50+ Manx Shearwater, 12 Scoter, 6,800 Dunlin and 650 Ringed Plover - Hoylake Shore about 90 minutes after high tide.

May 22:
1 Cuckoo on fence by horse paddocks at 8.10am, flew towards Lingham Lane -  Leasowe Lighthouse.
35 Gannet and 1 Manx Shearwater - Hilbre this morning in strong winds.
At least 275 Gannet, 325 Manx Shearwater and 25 Fulmar, a possible Sooty Shearwater flying west in a near gale, 1 Curlew Sandpiper on the shore -Hoylake Shore.

May 21:
236 Black-tailed Godwit and 1 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Cuckoo heard - Arrowebrook, Greasby.
2 Lesser Whitethroat and 1 Garden Warbler by the car park, 11 Grey Heron by groyne - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Spotted Flycatcher - Deeside Industrial Estate.

May 20:
1 Broad-billed Sandpiper and 1 Curlew Sandpiper over High tide at King's Gap - Hoylake Shore
2 Ring-necked Parakeet, 3 Wheatear, 1 Garden Warbler and 3 Reed Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse.

May 19:
1 Broad-billed Sandpiper and 1 Osprey eating a fish on the shore, als0 2,000 Dunlin and 1,000 ringed Plover - Hoylake Shore.

May 18:
1 Cuckoo Caldy Woods.
1 Broad-billed Sandpiper this morning, not seen after 10:15am and 1 Little Stint - Hoylake Shore.
2 Hobby, 3 Wheatear and 4 Reed Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse.

May 17:
1 Broad-billed Sandpiper, showing well at King's gap Hoylake Shore.
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Raven and 1 Hobby flying West - Deeside Industrial Estate.

May 16:
1 Broad-billed Sandpiper, AM, though elusive - Meols, also 1 Curlew Sandpiper.
2 Redstart, 1 Tawny Owl and 2 Dipper - Wepre Park, Connah's Quay.

May 15:
1 Broad-billed Sandpiper, 1 Curlew Sandpiper and 15,000 Dunlin - Hoylake Shore.
2 Whimbrel - Hoylake Langfields
1 Garden Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail - Leasowe

May 14:
1 Arctic Skua and 3 Little Tern - Dove Point, Meols, at high tide.
3 Wheatear and 1 Whimbrel - Wallasey Golf Course, mid-morning.

May 13:
83 Gannet, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail and 1 Garden Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Peregrine on the tide line, 5,100 Dunlin and 220 Ringed Plover - Hoylake Shore just after high tide.

May 12:
4 Whimbrel and 1 Garden Warbler  - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Corn Bunting - Cuckoo Lane, Neston.

May 11:
1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Grasshopper Warbler and 2 Wheatear  - Leasowe Lighthouse, no sign of Red-rumped Swallow up to 9.30am, Spotted Flycatcher by bridge over River Birket.
1 Great White Egret - Inner Marsh Farm, flew towards Burton Marsh where it was later seen flying towards Point of Ayr.
c70 Kittiwake heading out of the River Mersey in one flock - New Brighton.

May 10:
1 Red-rumped Swallow, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whimbrel, 4 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat (fem), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail and 1 Garden Warbler  - Leasowe Lighthouse, Red-rumped Swallow over horse paddocks Meols side of Lighthouse this afternoon and present until dusk.

May 9:
120 House Martin feeding in the lee of trees - Target Road, Heswall.
26 Gannet, 52 Great Crested Grebe and c50 Common Tern - Meols Shore.
4 Wheatear, 2 Yellow Wagtail and 1 White Wagtail in horse paddocks, 1 Spotted Flycatcher by bridge over River Birket, Lingham Lane - Leasowe Lighthouse.

May 8:
8 Wheatear, 2 White Wagtail, 2 Lesser Whitethroat and 3 Grasshopper Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse.
14 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.

May 7:
1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Whinchat and 3 Wheatear - Hoylake Langfields early morning.
1 Wood Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 6 Yellow Wagtail and 5 Tree Pipit - Red Rocks early morning, most birds passing through quickly.
1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Whimbrel, 40+ Swift, 50 House Martin, several hundred Swallow, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Whinchat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Grasshopper Warbler and 12+ Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse, also c30 Common Tern and c30 Sandwich Tern.
3 Garganey (drakes) - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Tree Pipit, 1 singing male Whinchat and 1 Spotted Flycatcher - Leasowe Gunsite.
33 Whimbrel, 1 Redstart, 1 Whinchat, 2 Garden Warbler and at least 350 Swallow highlights from Hilbre - for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
3 Tree Pipit, 4 Yellow Wagtail and c300 Swallow on migration - Hoylake Shore.

May 6:
5 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Wheatear, 1 Whimbrel, 12 Gannet and 29 Great Crested Grebe -Leasowe Lighthouse.
150 Swallow and 50 House Martin in one hour, 1 male Greenland Wheatear, 1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Stock Dove and 25 Whitethroat - Red Rocks.
1 Whimbrel, 1 Garganey and 2 Bar-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
12 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
21 Whimbrel and 6 Yellow Wagtail, 2,000 Swallows through by 1030am, highlights from Hilbre - for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
At least 40 Swift hunting over Gilroy Nature Park late afternoon.

May 5:
58 (incl 51 in one flock) Yellow Wagtail on embankment between Leasowe Lighthouse and Meols this evening.
40+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 White Wagtail and 3 Grasshopper Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse, this morning, flock of 25 Yellow Wagtail still in horse paddocks west of lighthouse at 4.30pm.
1 Greenshank, good numbers of hirundines including 300 Swallows flying east, 14 Whimbrel and 12+ Yellow Wagtail highlights from Hilbre - for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.

May 4:
50+Common Tern - Hilbre.
1 Wood Sandpiper (seen first light but not since), 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat and 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail in nearby fields - Gilroy Nature Park.
32 Yellow Wagtail (incl one flock of 17), 1 White Wagtail, 26 Wheatear, 50 Swift, 6 Whinchat, 5 or 6 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 8 Whimbrel, 11 Gannet, 9 Sandwich Tern and 18 Common Tern - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) - Hoylake Langfields this evening.

May 3:
1 Wood Sandpiper (in flooded field - still present at 5pm) and 1 Garden Warbler - Gilroy Nature Park, 1 Serin over at 5pm.
1 Ring Ouzel in first paddock on right, Lingham Lane - Leasowe Lighthouse, 18 Great Crested Grebe, 21 Gannet, 17 Sandwich Tern, 7 Common Tern and 1 Arctic Skua at high tide.
1 Marsh Harrier, c75 Willow Warbler, 25 Common Tern, 800 Dunlin, 10 Sanderling and 3 Whimbrel highlights from Hilbre - for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
3 Avocet, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Marsh Harrier and 4 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.

May 2:
150 Willow Warbler - Hilbre, also 2 Redstart, 4 Whimbrel and 5 Little Tern.
1 Spotted Flycatcher - Gilroy Nature Park.
1 Osprey, 16 Whinchat, 5 Yellow Wagtail, 65 Wheatear, 2 Tree Pipit and 6 Whimbrel - Point of Ayr.
2 Whinchat (pair), 6 Wheatear, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Swift and large number of House Martin  - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 male Whinchat, 9 Reed Warbler 10 Sedge Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 25+ Willow Warbler, 3 Tree Pipit, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 5 Swift - Red Rocks early morning.
1 female Marsh Harrier, 25 Whimbrel and 6 Wheatear - Outer Burton Marsh (Clwyd).
22 Tufted Duck - Shotton Lagoons.

May 1:
Probable Bonaparte's Gull - Connah's Quay Reserve - members only.
1 Cuckoo - Saughall.
6 Whimbrel over, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Common Sandpiper and 2 Wheatear - Gilroy Nature Park and flooded field.
1 Whinchat (fem) - Hoylake Langfields.
2 Tree Pipit, 1 Whinchat (fem), 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail (over) and 4 Wheatear on saltmarsh - Red Rocks, 7 Sandwich Tern, 3 Common Tern, c4 Arctic Tern and 10 Common Scoter at high tide.
1 Swift and 5 Wheatear - Heswall Shore.
1 Whinchat, 6 Wheatear, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 White Wagtail, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Swift, 63 Gannet, 11 Sandwich Tern and 19 Bar-tailed Godwit - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Redstart - Hilbre.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 1 Garganey (male) and 2 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.

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