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May and Jun 2013.

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Jun 30
1 Barn Owl unting in field next to White Gate Lane near Leasowe Lighthouse.

Jun 29
2 Raven over Heswall flying NE.
500+ Common Scoter a long way out - Red Rocks, also 5 Manx Shearwater quite close in.

Jun 28
3 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Jun 26
6 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Jun 25
1 Red Kite in fields between Ness Gardens and Station Road, Burton.
1 Marsh Harrier (ad fem) - Inner Marsh Farm hide.
1 Red Kite over Leahurst Vet College, Neston, at 10am.

Jun 24
4 Mediterranean Gull (3ad, 1 2nd sum) - Heswall Shore this morning.
1 Roseate Tern with many Common Terns, 1 Arctic Skua and 12 Gannet - New Brighton.
1 Great Skua and 3 Arctic Skua - Hoylake Shore, no Manx Shearwaters!
4 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm hide.
1 Red Kite in fields between Ness Gardens and Station Road, Burton.

Jun 23
5000+ Manx Shearwater, 50+ Gannet, 5 Fulmar, 1 Arctic Skua, 7 Kittiwake, 10 Common Scoter, 20 Guillemot, 15 Razorbill on seawatch today- Hilbre, I believe manxie count is easily the highest ever recorded for Wirral/Hilbre.
c3,000 Manx Shearwater, 1 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skua and 38 Fulmar - Hoylake Shore.
3 Arctic skua chasing terns, 1 Fulmar, 20+ Manx Shearwater and 100+ Common Tern - New Brighton up to high tide.
231 Manx Shearwater flying west in one hour, also 9 Common Scoter - Red Rocks at high tide.
2 Great Skua - Wallasey Shore at high tide.
3 Great Skua flew over Little Eye after high tide.

Jun 22
1 Barn Owl hunting by Leasowe Lighthouse this morning.
1 Storm Petrel and 974 Manx Shearwater - Hoylake Shore this morning.
3 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands

Jun 21
2 Red Kite over Dungeon Wood, Thurstaston, heading towards Heswall at 1030am.
1 Red Kite over Ness Gardens this afternoon, took prey from hay field.
1 Pectoral Sandpiper - Burton Mere Wetlands, this morning.
3 Mediterranean Gull (1st summer, 2nd summer and adult), 725 Black-headed Gull, 128 Curlew, 370 Oystercatcher and 16 Little Egret - Heswall Shore over high tide.
2 Spotted Redshank - Parkgate, this afternoon.

Jun 20
2 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Garganey, 1 Pectoral Sandpiper and 1 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands, this morning.
450 Black-tailed Godwit - Parkgate, this morning, mostly on Donkey Stand Flash.

Jun 19
145 Black-tailed Godwit - Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate.
1 Pectoral Sandpiper, 1 Mediterranean Gull and 1 Garganey - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Jun 18
1 Great White Egret off Seabank Road, Heswall.
290 Black-tailed Godwit - Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem) and 1 Little Ringed Plover - Burton Mere Wetlands, 5 Spotted Redshank from Inner Marsh Farm hide.
3 Yellowhammer - Thurstaston common.

Jun 16
3 Grasshopper Warbler seen and heard by Denhall Lane/Decca Pools, also 1 Short-eared Owl.
1 Greenshank - Thurstaston Shore.
1 Cuckoo by Leasowe Lighthouse at 6.30pm.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem) - Burton Point, also seen at Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Corn Bunting and 1 Yellow Wagtail - Sealand Driving Range area.

Jun 15
1 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm Hide.
1 Wheatear - Hilbre.

Jun 14
c150 Black-tailed Godwit - Donkey Stand/Bevyl Road Flashes, Parkgate.
2 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
85 Gannet - Red Rocks at high tide.
210 Gannet and 250 Manx Shearater - Hoylake Shore.

Jun 13
210 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Tufted Duck (pair) - Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate.
22 Manx Shearwater and c35 Gannet - Red Rocks at high tide.

Jun 12
16 Gannet - Red Rocks at high tide.
120 Black-tailed Godwit - Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate.
265 Carrion Crow on the shore - Thurstaston Shore.

Jun 11
1 Short-eared Owl seen several times over the past few days - Gronant.

Jun 10
92 Common Scoter (2 flocks), 33 Common Tern and 31 Sandwich Tern - - highlights from Hilbre, for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/. 

Jun 9
5 Stonechat (incl 3 fledglings) - Meols Common.
180 Black-tailed Godwit - Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate.

Jun 8
1 Garganey (drake) and 2 Little Ringed Plover - Burton Mere Wetlands.
280 Black-tailed Godwit - Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate.
1 Hobby over Meols duck pond (by Station).

Jun 7
1 Black Guillemot off Red Rocks at high tide.
350 Black-tailed Godwit - Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate.

Jun 6
1 Raven over West Kirby Marine Lake.
170 - Black-tailed Godwit - Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate.
1 Red KIte over A550 SW of Two Mills, heading towards Burton, this morning, probably the same one which was observed over Broughton this evening.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem) and 2 Little Ringed Plover - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Jun 5
1 Cuckoo (male) by Gorse Lane, Newton (West Kirby) this afternoon.
145 Black-tailed Godwit - Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate.
198 Black-tailed Godwit - Thurstaston Shore.

Jun 4
1 Black Guillemot - Hilbre.
1 Garganey - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Whinchat (fem) - Red Rocks.

Jun 3
2 Peregrine over Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby, 1 Spotted Flycatcher this evening.
2 Spotted Flycatcher by nature trail at Leasowe Lighthouse.

May 31
100+ Black-tailed Godwit - Bevyl Road Flash, Parkgate.
2 Lesser Whitethroat and 1 Cetti's Warbler (heard) by Neston Sewage Farm.
1 Garganey (drake) and 2 Little Ringed Plover - Inner Marsh Farm hide this evening, Garganey present only briefly and appeared to fly from and back to Burton Mere Wetlands.
500+ Common Tern, 125 Sandwich Tern and 3 Gannet - highlights from Hilbre, for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/. 

May 30
1 Lesser Whitethroat - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Red Kite over Little Neston being mobbed by a Grey Heron.

May 29
150 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Raven, 1 Marsh Harrier and 3 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh.
1,300 Dunlin, 500 Ringed Plover and 250 Sanderling - Hoylake Shore.

May 28
1 Curlew Sandpiper -
1 Yellow Wagtail - highlight from Hilbre, for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/. 

May 27
5 Wheatear, 4 on embankment and 1 in paddocks, 3 Spotted Flycatcher - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Lesser Whitethroat by Neston sewage Works.
1 Little Stint - Hoylake Shore.

May 26
1 Yellow Wagtail in horse paddock - Lingham Lane, Leasowe Lighthouse, 36 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Scoter, 2 Guillemot and 2 Arctic Skua out to sea.
1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Wheatear and 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 3 Whimbrel over - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
1 Spotted Flycatcher - Ness Gardens.
1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose - Hilbre.
1 Garganey - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Possible Glossy Ibis, distant and difficult to see in heat haze - Parkgate, off Old Baths, at noon.

May 25
2 Tree Pipit - Red Rocks, this morning.
1 Little Owl along Park Lane, 2 Wheatear in horse paddocks, 3+ Reed Warbler singing by duck pond and 1 Common Scoter close in on sea this morning - Leasowe Lighthouse, good, close and prolonged view of 5 Mealy Redpoll on fence in horse paddock nearest to west kissing gate just after noon.

May 24
56 Ringed Plover with 26 Dunlin - Heswall Shore.
1 Temminck's Stint and 1 Pectoral Sandpiper - Burton Mere Wetlands.

May 22
150 Gannet, 150 Common Tern, 60 Sandwich Tern, 8 Arctic Skua, 1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Red-throated Diver, 8 Guillemot, 13 Kittiwake, 1 Peregrine and 1 Wheatear - Hilbre.
3 Sanderling and 450 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm hide.
3 Arctic Skua (2 dark, 1 pale) and 100+ Kittiwake off Leasowe Castle this evening.

May 21
120 Grey Plover over Newton (West Kirby) heading north.
3 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear and 1 Stonechat along Park Lane, Moreton.
4 Wheatear, 2 Stonechat and at least 170 Little Tern - Gronant.
2 Arctic Skua off Derby Pool, Wallasey Shore at 9pm.

May 20
2 Spotted Flycatcher - Ashton Park, West Kirby.
1 Pied Flycatcher along Park Lane - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Common Sandpiper in drainage ditch in front of Heswall Golf Course - Parkgate Marsh, this afternoon.
1 Bee-eater heard at Red Rocks early morning calling as it flew over, seemed to be heading east.

May 19
Large movement of Swallows, House Martins and Swifts early morning, 10 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 1 Cuckoo calling, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Garden Warbler and 1 Pied Flycatcher (fem) along Lingham Lane - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Garganey (drake) - Burton Mere Wetlands.
200+ Bar-tailed Godwit (10% s/pl), 100 Knot (25% s/pl), 2 Whimbrel, 10 Grey Plover (s/pl), 50 Dunlin and 80+ Sanderling (s/pl) - Wallasey Shore.
1 Cuckoo - Saughall.
1 Whinchat (caught and ringed) and 2 Eider (drake) - Hilbre, 1 Curlew Sandpiper this evening.
4 Grasshopper Warbler (2 pair), 2 Cuckoo, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Garden Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtail and 3 Tree Pipit - Red Rocks early morning.

May 18
5 Wheatear in horse padocks, 10+ Gannet off shore this morning - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Wood Sandpiper - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Whinchat (pair) by Neston Sewage Works.
50+ Gannet off Hoylake Shore between 5.30 and 6pm.

May 17
3 Goosander flew past, 1 Whinchat caught and ringed - Hilbre.
2 Wheatear on Hoylake Shore by lifeboat station.
1 Spotted Flycatcher by model airplane flying area - White Sands, Burton Marsh.
1 Pied Flycatcher (fem), 5 Spotted Flycatcher, 10 Wheatear, 6 Whinchat and 2 Garden Warbler, also hundreds of Swifts, House Martins and Swallows passing through - Leasowe Lighthouse.

May 16
3,500 Dunlin and 550 Ringed Plover on the edge of the gutter early morning, also 7 Whimbrel and 1 drake Eider, 1 Osprey drifted across to the Point of Ayr at 1035am - highlights from Hilbre, for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/. 
1 Common Sandpiper and 45 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
1 Yellow Wagtail and many Reed Warblers - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Cuckoo - Hoylake Langfields by municipal golf course.
1 Cuckoo along China Farm Lane, West Kirby.

May 15
1 Arctic Skua just after high tide, 80+ Gannet, 50+ Kittiwake and good numbers of Sandwich and Common Terns - off Derby Pool, Wallasey Shore.

May 14
1 Eider (drake - flew west at 5pm), 1 Yellow Wagtail in horse paddock and 3 Whinchat in field by Park Lane - Leasowe Lighthouse, 250 Swift flying east at Park Lane this evening.
80+ Gannet, 100+ Common Tern  and 100+ Sandwich Tern - Hoylake Shore this evening.

May 13
6 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
1 Little Stint with c3,000 Dunlin and 200 Ringed Plover, 1 Peregrine on sand bank and 100+ Gannet off shore, bad heat haze and strong wind made accurate counting difficult - Hoylake Shore at high tide.
3 Arctic Skua (dark phase), 3 Great Skua (including one which flew north close to the west side of the island), 30-40 Manx Shearwater, 10 Arctic Tern, 2 Little Tern, large numbers of Common and Sandwich Terns, 300 Gannet, 200 Kittiwake - highlights from Hilbre, for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/. 

May 12
1 Hobby, 2 Wheatear and 1 Greenshank - Leasowe Lighthouse.
5,000 Dunlin, 500 Knot, 120 Grey Plover, 200 Ringed Plover, 90 Sanderling, 3 Little Stint and 1 Curlew Sandpiper -  Hoylake Shore at high tide.
6 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.

May 11
140 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
6,000 Dunlin, 200 Grey Plover all in summer plumage and 1,500 Knot on the shore, 2 Great Skua, 250+ Gannet and 750+ Manx Shearwater off shore - Hoylake Shore this morning.
3 Scaup this morning, 500 Gannet, 12 Kittiwake and 37 Manx Shearwater between 4 and 5pm - Hilbre.
1 Marsh Harrier - Parkgate Marsh.
11 Wheatear, 5 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Cuckoo - Leasowe Lighthouse this evening.

May 10
80 Gannet and 250 Manx Shearwater (many Manxies flew just beyond the surf line on East Hoyle Bank after high tide) off shore, 40 Sanderling, 180 Ringed Plover, 130 Grey Plover, 1,800 Knot, 5,000 Dunlin and 18 Sandwich Tern on the shore - Hoylake Shore.

May 9
1 Whinchat and 6 Wheatear in horse paddocks, 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling - Leasowe Lighthouse this morning.
60 Gannet and 100+ Common Tern and 60+ Sandwich Tern off shore, 1,000 Dunlin and 80 Ringed Plover on shore - Hoylake Shore.
150 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
1 Dotterel low over Parkgate calling at 4.15pm.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem) - Neston Reedbed.
25 pair Avocet, 500+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Turnstone and 1 Little Ringed Plover - Burton Mere Wetlands.

May 8
1 Marsh Harrier (fem), 1 Hen Harrier (male) and 1 Hobby - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1,000 Dunlin, 100 Ringed Plover and 40 Sandwich Tern on shore just after high tide, 6 Wheatear and 6 White Wagtail by Lifeboat Station, 15 Gannet, 100 Sandwich Tern and 50 Common Tern feeding off shore - Hoylake Shore.
100 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
120 Black-tailed Godwit - Donkeystand Flash, Parkgate.
570 Black tailed Godwit, 2 Bar tailed Godwit, 2 Knot, 5 Dunlin and 1 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm hide.
c500 Swallow flying in from north-west, 1 Tree Pipit, 2 White Wagtail and 3 Yellow Wagtail -  highlights from Hilbre, for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/. 

May 7
1 Peregrine over Parkgate.
5 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Cuckoo, 58 Redpoll and 15 Whimbrel - Red Rocks early morning.
1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 1 Cuckoo, 1 Eider (drake) and 22 Whimbrel -  highlights from Hilbre, for more details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/. 
7 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Hen Harrier (male) came in off the sea, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 12 Wheatear and possible Honey Buzzard which came in off the sea and flew over horse paddocks - Leasowe Lighthouse, this evening.

May 6
40+ Gannet close off shore, 40+ Wheatear, 1 Cuckoo, Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Whinchat in field east of lighthouse and 1 Fieldfare over heading north - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Great Skua, 12 Manx Shearwater, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Whinchat - Hilbre.
280 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
8 Buzzard circling over Saughall this morning plus a possible Honey Buzzard.
58 Redpoll (not sure of the species!), 8 Tree Pipit, 35 Greenland Wheatear, 2 Whimbrel, 5 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Whinchat - Red Rocks early morning.
17 Wheatear and 2 Lesser Whitethroat - Heswall/Thurstaston Fields.

May 5
1 Cuckoo - Caldy Hill.
150 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
1 Cuckoo showing well from Marsh covert Hide, 1 juv Ruff - Burton Mere Wetlands.
15+ Whitethroat in Leasowe Lighthouse/Dove Point area, 1 Whimbrel on groyne.
1 Great Skua and 1 Curlew Sandpiper - Hilbre.

May 4
1 Garganey (drake - showing well) and 1 Cuckoo on fence near reedbed - Burton Mere Wetlands.
8 White Wagtail - Hoylake Shore.
18 Wheatear in horse paddocks, 1 Cuckoo calling from behing Lighthouse, 1 Whimbrel on groyne, 3 Lesser Whitethroat and 1 Grasshopper Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse.

May 3
150 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby, at 8.30am.
14 Whimbrel and 1 Common Sandpiper - Hilbre.
37 Redpoll and 5 Grasshopper Warbler - Red Rocks early morning.
450 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Spotted Redshank and c20 pair of Avocet on nests - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Manx Shearwater, 3 Whimbrel, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 12 Wheatear, 4 Redpoll over and a male Yellow Wagtail - Leasowe Lighthouse.

May 2
1 Osprey past Hilbre at 1035am, fishing off East Hoyle Bank and still there this afternoon.
540 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby, late morning.
114 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection this afternoon.
2 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Whimbrel and 5 Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse.

May 1
3 Whinchat and 7 Wheatear in horse paddocks, and 2 Whimbrel, 37 Gannet and 68 Sandwich Tern - Leasowe Lighthouse.
480 Knot flew up river, 1 Wood Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 4 Grasshopper Warbler (2 pair), 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 Reed Watbler and 2 Tree Pipit over - Red Rocks early morning.
340 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection (just off column road near jnt with Grange Cross Lane) early morning.
220 Black-tailed Godwit - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby, this afternoon.
1 Greenshank calling off south end of parade - Parkgate Marsh, this morning.
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling by Neston Old Quay.
1 Wood Warbler briefly in Sandlea Gardens, West Kirby, this afternoon before moving north.
2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Spotted Redshank and c50 Swift overhead - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Short-eared Owl far side of Decca Pools, 2 Grasshopper Warbler along Denhall Lane, Burton Marsh.

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