Archived Latest Sightings:
May and June 2012.
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June 30
30 Gannet off
Leasowe Lighthouse early morning.
6 Crossbill over, 5 Greenshank, 2 Spotted Redsank, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Hobby -
Burton Mere Wetlands, 1 Cuckoo at Inner Marsh Farm.
No sign of Little Swift by 5pm.
2 Manx Shearwater, 2 Arctic Skua, 40 Gannet, 8 Common Scoter, c100 Sandwich Tern and c200 Common Tern off
Red Rocks at 7pm.
June 29
1 Little Swift seen from Morrisons car park at 8.30am -
New Brighton.
35 Gannet off
Meols at 11am.
1 Common Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Hobby over
Neston sewage works this afternoon.
178 Manx Shearwater, 530 Gannet, 35 Kittiwake, 13 Great Crested
Grebe, 1,000 Common Tern, 300 Sandwich Tern, 3 Little Tern, 6
Guillemot and 2 Razorbill - Hilbre.
June 28
1 Little Swift over Marine Promenade by Marine Lake at 8.30am, over Morrison's this afternoon -
New Brighton.
3 Stock Dove in field by
Stapledon Wood, Caldy.Note Hilbre records for June updated below, for full details see
www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.co.uk.
June 27
1 Little Swift flying between St James and St Peter & Paul Churches -
New Brighton.
1 Cuckoo -
Red Rocks.
1 Red Kite over
Heswall Bus Station at 1.30pm.
1 Spotted Redshank and 3 Greenshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
20 Gannet and 190 Common Tern feeding with lots of gulls -
Hoylake at high tide this evening.
June 26
1 Little Swift over St James' Church this morning -
New Brighton.
1 Red Kite over
Burton Mere Wetlands then flew north over Burton Marsh, this morning.
2 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Corn Bunting in fields by RAF Sealand.
June 25
1 Arctic Skua, 17 Gannet and 14 Great Crested Grebe -
Leasowe Lighthouse at high tide.
1 Little Swift over Wallasey Water Tower on Gorsehill Road late morning but no further sign this afternoon.
June 24
1
Little Swift around Fort Perch and over the River Mersey this morning,
also flying inland over town centre (Pickering Road and Atherton
Street) -
New Brighton.
6 Manx Shearwater and c40 Gannet (mostly very distant), 2 Peregrine on the sand bank -
Hoylake at high tide.
Report of singing male Golden Oriole at undisclosed site probably
near Burton Mere Wetlands, will report any further details ASAP.
June 23
1 Little Swift still present at
New Brighton, seen
on the River Mersey side
of the Floral Pavilion and over Tower Grounds Park and is spending most
of time over River Mersey still present 7pm, also 1 Roseate
Tern and 1 Pomarine Skua.
1 Spoonbill -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
76 Gannet flying west after high tide -
Hoylake.
2 Black-tern -
Wallasey Shore mid-afternoon.
1 Hobby chasing swifts -
Newton, West Kirby.
1
Pomarine Skua, 5 Arctic Skua, 425 Gannet, 76 Manx Shearwater, 2
Razorbill, 3 Arctic Tern, 115 Sandwich and 250 Common Tern at Hilbre.
June 22
1 Little Swift - New Brighton.
3 Pomarine Skua off Wallasey this evening.
81 Manx Shearwater ,45 Gannet, 130 Common Tern, 7 Sandwich Tern, 4 adult Kittiwake - Hilbre.
June 21
Feeding flock of 75 Gannet and 1 Arctic Skua off north end of
Hilbre, seen from Red Rocks, after high tide.
June 20
1 Arctic Skua, 46 Manx Shearwater, 164 Common Scoter (4
flocks), 45 Sandwich Tern, at least 200 Little Tern, 37 Gannet and c100
Swift overhead at
Gronant this morning, Scoters and Manxies flying west, Manxies totally unexpected in a light southerly breeze!
17 Gannet, 87 Common Tern, 11 Sandwich Tern and 52 Great Crested Grebe -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine and 2 Spotted Redshank (s/pl) -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Hobby and 3 Yellow Wagtail (1 juv) near Saughall.
2 Barn Owl and 2 Grey Partridge -
Thurstaston this evening.
June 18
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Hobby and 1 Mediterranean Gull -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
c300
Bar-tailed Godwit flew in off sea and flew west, 11 Gannet, 17 Common
Tern, 68 Great Crested Grebe and 1 Little Gull -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Short-eared Owl off
Burton Point this morning.
1 Arctic Skua - New Brighton.
June 17
1 Green Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Little Stint on island with Balck-headed Gulls, and 1 Great White Egret by Bevyl Road Flash,
Parkgate.
1 Storm Petrel - Hilbre.
June 16
2 Peregrine on sand bank, 5 arctic Tern and 5 Gannet off-shore -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
46 Common Scoter flying east to west fairly close in, 4 Manx Shearwater, 12 Gannet, 40 Common Tern and 5 Sandwich Tern -
Hoylake Shore after high tide this morning, 190 Manx Shearwater this evening.
1 Great White Egret by Bevyl Road Flash,
Parkgate.
1 Ruff (full s/pl), 1 Green Sandpiper and 1 Greenshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
June 15
18 Gannet and 185 Common Tern off
Hoylake at 8.30am.
1 Wheatear (fem) in car park, also 2 Gannet and 43 Common Tern -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Great White Egret by Bevyl Road Flash,
Parkgate.
June 14
1 possible male Golden Oriole seen briefly in gorse bush just past sheep dip - Burton Point.
1 Blue-headed Wagtail, 2 Manx Shearwaters, 350 Common Terns flying south west -
Hilbre.
1 Great White Egret by Bevyl Road Flash,
Parkgate.
1 Spotted Redshank (s/pl) and at least 31 Avocet chicks -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Red Kite over Neston Road, Thornton Hough, at 3pm.
1 Red kite over Wallasey Golf course, Leasowe, also at about 3pm!
June 13
500 Knot high over
West Kirby flying NNW.
13 Grey Heron fishing in gutter as tide went out -
Meols Shore.
4 Egyptian Goose -
Burton Mere Wetlands,
flew off and seen to circle over Bevyl Road Flash, Parkgate, at around
10am before flying past Heswall and Hilbre, also 1 Spotted Redshank at BMW.
1 Great White Egret by Bevyl Road Flash,
Parkgate.
June 12
2 Little Tern, 30+ Common Tern, 1 Arctic Tern and 5 Gannet -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Great White Egret by Bevyl Road Flash,
Parkgate.
1,000 Knot - Little Eye at 8.45pm.
300 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre.
June 11
1 Great White Egret by Bevyl Road Flash,
Parkgate.
130 Gannets (north end), 150 Common Tern, 40 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre.
June 10
1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Little Ringed Plover and 2 Grasshopper Warbler -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
280 Sandwich Terns, 120 Common Terns - Hilbre.
June 9
3 Manx Shearwater and 24 Gannet -
Leasowe Lighthouse as tide came in.
14 Kittiwake in one flock -
Leasowe Gunsite at high tide.
1 Great White Egret -
Parkgate.
June 8
1 Great White Egret -
Parkgate.
187 Black-tailed Godwit counted from
Inner Marsh Farm hide.
20 Gannets, 15 Manx Shearwaters - Hilbre.
June 7
1 Great White Egret -
Parkgate.
27 Gannet before high tide with most close in to the shore -
Red Rocks.
2 Spotted Flycatcher, 4 Common Tern and c40 Black-tailed Godwit -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
June 6
1 Hobby over
Red Rocks/Golf course.1 Great White Egret -
Parkgate.
June 5
4 Whimbrel -
Heswall Shore.
June 4
1 Great White Egret -
Parkgate.
1 Spotted Flycatcher -
Burton.
June 2
40+ Sandwich Tern, 80+ Common Tern and 300 Shelduck -
Connah's Quay Reserve.220 Dunlin and 30 Ringed Plover on the beach, 60 Common Tern fishing in Hoyle Lake -
Hoylake/Meols at high tide.
1 Spotted Flycatcher, good movement of Swifts -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
Avocet chicks now up to
36 at
Burton
Mere Wetlands, also 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Tree Creeper and 2 Little Ringed Plover.
2 Eider (drakes) and 1 Whimbrel -
Hilbre.1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Wheatear and 1 Firecrest -
Red Rocks.
June 1
1 Bar-tailed Godwit (summer plumage) -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
May 31
Avocet chicks now up to 33 at
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
May 30
1 Firecrest (fem) and 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Short-eared Owl on the
golf course -
Red Rocks
early morning.
1 Red Kite over
Little Neston
at 2pm.
May 29
1 Red Kite over
Mudhouse
Lane, Burton at 6.40am.
1 Spotted Flycatcher and 1 Short-eared Owl -
Red Rocks.
1 Grasshopper Warbler -
Heswall
Fields NT.
May 28
41 Kittiwake, 12 Gannet, 85 Common Tern, 25 Sandwich Tern and 300
Dunlin - highlights from
Hilbre,
for
more
details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
May 27
1 Great White Egret - Bevyl Road Flash, Parkgate.
2 Spotted Flycatcher and 1 Short-eared Owl - Leasowe Lighthouse.
6 Spotted Flycatcher and 1 Cuckoo - Red Rocks.
1 Osprey - -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
May 26
1 Red Kite over Caldy Hill.
2 Red Kite over
Flint
this morning.
32
adult and 24 young Avocet, 1 Curlew Sandpiper (non-breeding plumage), 7
Little Stint, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit (full s/pl) and 1 Spotted Flycatcher
-
Burton Mere Wetlands,
Spotted Flycatchers also at IMF and Denhall Lane.
4 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Short-eared Owl, 100+ Swift and 200+ Hirundines
at
Leasowe Lighthouse.
At least 3,200 Swift, 500 Swallow and 200 House Martin - Red Rocks.
2,100 Swift, 310 Swallow, 72 House Martin and 9 Sand Martin -
Hilbre.
1 Short-eared Owl seen over Little Eye then dropped down at Red Rocks.
May 25
1 Red Kite over Leasowe Lighthouse, also flew over Greasby at 1130am
west to east.
1 Short-eared Owl over Hilbre flew towards Wales.
1 Turtle dove, 3 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Cuckoo, 20+
Redpoll and 2 Short-eared Owl - Red Rocks.
May 24
20 Avocet chicks and 1 Marsh Harrier -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
1 Grasshopper Warbler - Neston Old Quay.
May 23
1 Wood Warbler -
Stapledon
Wood, Caldy.
1 Wood Warbler in trees by
Leasolwe
Gunsite, also 4 Wheatear and 1 Raven.
1 Cuckoo -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Grey Partridge and 2 Tree Sparrow in fields around Sealand.
102 Sandwich Tern, 1 Whimbrel, 760 Dunlin and 100 Ringed Plover -
Hilbre.
May 22
1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Tern and 1 Peregrine
-
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Cuckoo - Saughall.
17 Sandwich Tern, 50+ Common Tern, 7 Great-crested Grebe,
5 Gannet 2 Wheatear 2 (both Greenland) -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
May 21
1 Greenshank over -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
4 Tufted Duck (1 pair on Donkey Stand Flash and another pair on Bevyl
Road Flash) -
Parkgate Marsh.
May 20
2 Grasshopper Warbler along coastal path between
Flint and Bagillt, also 2
Whimbrel on Bagillt Marsh.
1 Roseate Tern on beach at 9.30am, 1 Short-eared Owl west of
Leasowe Lighthouse, also
87 Gannet, 220+ Sandwich Tern, 20 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 6 Common
Scoter and 5 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Spotted Flycatcher still by pond.
1 Red Kite over
Newton
(nr West Kirby)
at 4pm heading towards Thurstaston and 1 Dotterel heading towards West
Kirby this evening after circling garden and calling.
1 Garganey (drake) -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
c30 Redpoll (probably all Common Redpoll) -
Red Rocks this morning.
May 19
1 Little Stint off
Roman
Road, Meols still.
1 Short-eared Owl, 5 Wheatear and 1 Spotted Flycatcher (Meols end of
Park Lane) -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
2 Little Gull and 1 Marsh Harrier (fem), Avocets now have 7 chicks -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
c100 Swifts screaming low over
Caldy Woods this evening.
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling on fence post -
Hoylake Langfields this
morning.
May 18
1 Little Stint off
Roman
Road, Meols, at 940am.
1 Golden Oriole,
c20
Wheatear on embankment, 2 Spotted Flycatcher (1 near duck
pond and 1 along Park Lane), 1 Cuckoo,
29 Gannet, 17 Sandwich Tern and a good passage of Swifts (c200) -
Leasowe Lighthouse,
Golden Oriole seen in flight twice, last seen at 1130am in Willows
about 400 metres to west of bridge on Lingham Lane, not seen since but
thought to be still in area.
1 Cuckoo, 1 Short-eared Owl, 6 Greenland Wheatear and 1 Spotted
Flycatcher -
Red Rocks
early morning.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) -
Neston
Reed Bed.
1 Hobby, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Grey Plover (s/pl) and 1 male Ruff in near
s/pl -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
May 17
1 Peregrine sitting on East Hoyle Bank at 8am -
Meols.
11 Wheatear (incl 2 Greenland race), 8 Sandwich Tern and 5 Great
Crested Grebe -
Leasowe
Lighthouse, 1
Yellow Wagtail behind the lighthouse, Spotted Flycatcher near
the
duck pond and 1 Short-eared Owl hunting over fields this
evening.
6 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Ruff (almost full s/pl) -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Spotted Flycatcher, 12 Wheatear (Greenland), and 4 Whimbrel -
highlights from
Hilbre,
for
more
details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
May 16
2 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Garden Warbler, 32 Sandwich Tern, 47 Gannet
and 3 Whimbrel -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
1 Osprey over at 10am -
Red
Rocks.
1 Little Ringed Plover, 8 Wheatear and 2 Lesser Whitethroat -
Burton Marsh near model
aeroplane club.
May 15
1 Garganey (drake), 1 Whinchat (male) and 4 Yellow Wagtail -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
5 Wheatear -
Flint Castle.
4 Wheatear -
Connah's Quay
Reserve, 100 Swift flew north into wind.
Report of 1 Red Kite over Sainsbury's, Upton.
May 14
1 Garganey (male) associating with a Ringed Teal
(escape), also 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine, 1 Wheatear and 1 Yellow
Wagtail (male) -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
2 Redpoll -
Ditton Lane.
Moreton.
2 Whinchat and 4 Wheatear, also 20+ Swift brought down by the hail! -
Burton Point.
12 Wheatear, 1 Tree Pipit and 1 Garden Warbler -
Meols.
May 13
1 Stock Dove, 54 Redpoll, 10 Greenland Wheatear, 1
Whinchat, 1 Cuckoo and 1 Yellow Wagtail moving through early morning,
breeding warblers include 7 pair Reed warbler and 12 pair Sedge Warbler
-
Red Rocks.
3 Cuckoo (1 pair seen mating plus another male hear calling at
the same time), 1 Grey Partridge and 4 Wheatear -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Hobby -
Rifle Range Pools,
Burton Marsh.
1 Whinchat, 12 Sedge Warbler, 2 Stonechat, 5 Whitethroat, 1 Grasshopper
Warbler and 1 Wheatear -
Denhall
Lane, Burton Marsh.
1 Garganey, 1 Arctic Tern and 1 Hobby -
Burton Mere Wetlands,
c20 Avocet including some newly hatched chicks.
1 Grasshopper Warbler and 5 Whimbrel -
Heswall
Shore.
May 12
2 Wheatear -
Wallasey Golf
club.
2 Redpoll on garden feeder -
Black
horse Hill, West Kirby.
3 Eider (2 drakes) -
Hilbre.
1 Little Gull (adult) -
Donkey
Stand Flash, Parkgate.
1 Tree pipit over
Newton.
May 11
1 Garganey (drake), 1 Whimbrel and 15 Dunlin (s/pl) -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
22 Whimbrel -
Hilbre.
May 10
1 Garganey (drake) -
Donkey
Stand Flash, Parkgate, briefly then flew off.
1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Wheatear -
Gilroy
Nature Park.
1
prob fem Sub-alpine Warbler (in gorse patch west of Lighthouse),
also 1 Redstart (at the Leasowe Castle Hotel), 2 Yellow
Wagtail, 6 Wheatear, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 8 Eider at sea, 20
Sandwich Tern and 5 Whinchat -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Osprey flew from Leasowe Lighthouse to West Kirby then south down
estuary late morning.
May 9
1 Short-eared Owl -
Denhall
Quay.
4 White Wagtail and 3 Wheatear -
Shotwick
boating lake.
2+ Whimbrel -
Connah's Quay
Reserve.
1 Hobby -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
26 Gannet off
Hoylake Shore
at high tide.
1 Lesser Whitethroat -
Dawpool
Nature Reserve, Thurstaston, 3 Wheatear on nearby cliff.
1 Whinchat and 1 Yellow Wagtail -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Little Gull and 1 Yellow Wagtail -
Parkgate
Marsh.
1 Pied Flycatcher, 5 Redstart, 60+ Sedge Warbler, 1 Whinchat, 3 Garden
Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 3 Tree Pipit -
Red Rocks.
May 8
14 Whimbrel, report of 50 here a few days ago -
Heswall Shore, 80
Swallow and 30 House Martin flying over sewage works by Target Road.
1 Spotted Flycatcher -
West
Kirby, top end of Raeburn Ave.
17 Gannet off
Hoylake Shore
at high tide.
12 Whimbrel and 6 Wheatear -
Hilbre.
May 7
1 Cuckoo calling, 3 Whinchat, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Garden Warbler
and 14 Wheatear -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
1 Temminck's Stint (returned at 3.30pm), 1 Spoonbill and 1 Common
Sandpiper -
Donkey Stand
Flash, Parkgate.
2 Garganey (male) -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
1 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Wheatear, 3 Whimbrel, 100 Common Tern and
20 Sandwich Tern -
Connah's
Quay Reserve.
19 Wheatear, 3 Whinchat, 12 Blackcap, 12 Whitethroat, 2 Lesser
Whitethroat and 1 Spotted Flycatcher in fields/paths between
Thurstaston and Heswall.
1 Short-eared Owl and 5 Tree Pipit and 5 Yellow Wagtail over -
highlights from
Hilbre,
for
more
details see
http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/.
May 6
1 Temminck's Stint (still there this morning) -
Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate,
also 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Wheatear and 1 Spoonbill.
1 Yellow Wagtail, 15 Siskin over, 12 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 1 Cuckoo
(seen and heard) and 1 Whimbrel (on groyne) -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
2
Little Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Raven, 3 Common Tern, 1
Arctic Tern, 3 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear and 2 Grasshopper Warbler -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Hobby flew over A550 at Queensferry.
10+ Whimbrel -
Heswall Shore
after high tide, 1 Wheatear on the cliff.
18 Wheatear -
Heswall GC/
Gayton Marsh.
1 Redstart (fem) by
Leasowe
Castle.
May 5
1 Temminck's Stint (still there this afternoon) -
Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate,
also 1 Spoonbill and 1 Great White Egret.
1 Osprey and 6 Eider - Hilbre.
1 Cuckoo and 1 Whinchat -
Red
Rocks.
1 Common Sandpiper and 2 Wheatear -
West
Kirby shore, on marsh.
12 Whimbrel in filed by
Dungeon
Wood, Thurstaston.
1 Whinchat -
Denhall Lane,
Burton Marsh.
3 Garganey (incl 2 males) -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
May 4
1 Black-winged Pratincole -
Burton
Mere Wetlands,
present again but flew south mid-morning, also 1 Great White
Egret, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grasshopper Warbler and 2 Garganey (pair).
1 Temminck's Stint (still there at 7.45pm) -
Donkey Stand Flash, Parkgate,
also 1 Spoonbill, 2 Common Sandpiper and 6 White Wagtail.
30+ Sandwich Tern and 20+ Whimbrel -
Heswall
Shore at high tide.
1 Whimbrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Wheatear, 20 Common Tern and 20
Sandwich Tern -
Connah's
Quay Reserve.
1 Lesser Whitethroat by
Neston
Reedbed.
May 3
1 Black-winged Pratincole
-
Burton Mere Wetlands,
flew south at 7.40pm.
12 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat and 1 Little Ringed Plover -
Point of Ayr, beach and
Warren.
1 Redstart (fem), 1 Redpoll, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Lesser
Whitethroat, 2 Whimbrel (1
on groyne, 1 in horse paddock), 1 Whinchat, 15 Wheatear, 20 Common
Scoter, 10 Gannet and 20 Sandwich Tern -
Leasowe
Lighthouse, numbers back down to more 'normal' levels, most
chats had moved on by 10am.
7 Wheatear by Caldy steps -
Caldy
Shore.
May 2
200+ Wheatear (mainly
Greenland), 800 Willow Warbler (105 ringed), 3,000 Swallow and 6
Redstart - highlights from Hilbre,
for
more
details see http://www.hilbrebirdobs.blogspot.com/, "today saw almost certainly the
largest ever fall of migrants recorded at Hilbre since the Bird
Observatory was established in 1957".
5 Redstart,
10 Whinchat, 3 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10 White
Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 100+ Wheatear, 1 Common
Sandpiper on groyne -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
3 Wheatear in field below
Stapledon
Wood, Caldy.
26 Whimbrel roosting on seaweed covered rocks, 6 Wheatear on the cliff
and 2 Sandwich Tern over the sea -
Caldy
Shore.
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling Hoylake side of reserve along main path,
also 2 Common Sandpiper and 1 Tree Pipit -
Gilroy Nature Park.
1 Temminck's Stint in front of hide this morning but no sign currently,
also 1 Spoonbill, 1 Hen Harrier and 1 Peregrine -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
3
Grasshopper Warbler, 100+ Willow Warbler, 2 Black Tern and 5 Little
Tern, also many Sandwich Terns and about 10 Gannets way out -
Red Rocks.
72 Wheatear -
West Kirby
Marine Lake car park before high tide.
May 1
1 Redstart (fem) in garden - Salisbury Avenue,
West Kirby.
1 Great White Egret, 16 Avocet, 9 Ruff, 2 Little Gull and 1 Marsh
Harrier (juv) -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
24 Wheatear and 3 Whinchat - on sea defence and grassy cliff -
Caldy Shore, 3
Whimbrel on the shore.
6 Wheatear - Grange Cemetery,
West
Kirby.
c60 Wheatear (mostly Greenland), 4 White Wagtail, 10 Yellow Wagtail, 2
Whinchat, 20 Swift, 3 Tree Pipit, 2 Reed Warbler and 1 male Redstart
-
Leasowe Lighthouse,
also report of Blue-headed Wagtail early afternoon.
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latest sightings
from September 2000.