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July and August 2006.

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August 30 3,900 Shelduck off Burton Marsh counted from Flint.
500 Teal, 60 Pintail, 350 Black-tailed Godwit and good numbers of Canada Geese flying in -  Connah's Quay Reserve.
August 29 22 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash RSPB.
1 Arctic Skua and 1 Leach's Petrel - Wallasey Shore.
1 Mediterranean Gull  - West Kirby football club pitch.
100 Kittiwake and 1 Fulmar off Leasowe Gunsite at 2pm.
5 Kittiwake, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Arctic Tern and 80 s/pl Grey Plover - Hoylake Shore.
3 Leach's Petrel (1 at 1640hrs, 2 at 1730hrs), 1 Storm Petrel, 1 Black Tern (juv), 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Peregrine, 1 Fulmar and 1 Guillemot in Mersey mouth off New Brighton, poss 1 Sabine's Gull off Derby Pool.
2 Wheatear - Parkgate, by golf course.
August 28 20 Greenshank and 10 Little Egret - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash RSPB.
1 Kittiwake (imm), 1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) and 1 Arctic Skua off North Wirral coast this afternoon.
August 27 5 Arctic Tern, 3 Spotted Redshank, 30 Greenshank, 3,000 Redshank and 3,000 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Whinchat - Burton Marsh.
1 Great Skua flew west past Hoylake Shore, also 1 Black Tern.
August 26 1 Shag, 2 Great Crested Grebe and 1 Wood Sandpiper - Hilbre this morning, also 2 Bottle-nosed Dolphins.
38 Grey Plover (most s/pl), 50 Knot, 10 Bar-tailed Godwit (2 in full s/pl), 500 Dunlin, 450 Ringed Plover, 160 Sanderling, 1,500 Oystercatcher, 20 Sandwich Tern and 57 Great Black-backed Gull among 2,500 mixed gull flock on Hoylake Shore at high tide.
1 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
15+ Greenshank and 1,500 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
August 25 500 Dunlin, 300 Ringed Plover, 45 Sanderling, 3,000 Oystercatcher and 31 Great Black-backed Gull among 4,000 mixed gull flock on Hoylake Shore at high tide, 1 Peregrine earlier sitting on a pile of white feathers!
15 Greenshank and 1 Merlin chasing Goldfinches - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash RSPB.
1 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret, 1 Redstart and 7 Common Whitethroat - Hilbre Island this morning.
1 Mediterranean Gull, 2,300 Curlew, 5,400 Redshank, 16 Little Egret and 2 Peregrine - Heswall Shore at high tide.
2 Ruff, 3 Spotted Redshank, 2 Water Rail and 1 Hobby - Inner Marsh Farm RSPB.
August 24 17 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank and 17 Little Egret - Connah's Quay Reserve.
200+ Cormorant, 12 Little Tern, 6 Wheatear, 2 Gannet, 2 Guillemot, 50 Sandwich Tern, 40 Common Tern, 4 Great Crested Grebe and 50 turnstone - Hilbre over high tide.
3 Ruff, 3 Spotted Redshank, 1 Raven,  and 3 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm RSPB.
August 23 7 Little Egret, 1 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank and 2 Peregrine - Inner Marsh Farm RSPB.
2 Peregrine, 11 Black-tailed Godwit, 37 Curlew, c1,000 Swallow/House Martin, 5 Swift, 3 Grey Wagtail, 8 Chiffchaff, 7 Grey Partridge and 1 Stonechat (m) - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
3 Arctic Skua, 53 Turnstone, 21 Sanderling, 5 Sandwich Tern and 7 Common Tern - Wallasey Shore at high tide.
5 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1,000 curlew, 1,500 Oystercatcher, 92 Little Tern, 1 Arctic Tern and 4 Little Egret - Point of Ayr.
2 Mediterranean Gull (1 2nd W, 1 ad) - West Kirby Marine Lake.
August 22 2 Common Sandpiper, 8 Spotted Redshank, 10 Greenshank, 2,000 Black-tailed Godwit, 1,000 Redshank, 400 Teal, 1 Kingfisher and 13 Little Egret - Connah's Quay Reserve.
9 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash RSPB.
4 Wheatear, 2 Arctic Tern and 30+ Turnstone - Meols/Moreton Shore.
August 21 268 Cormorant, c50 Sandwich Tern, 10 Common Tern and 1,800 Oystercatcher - Red Rocks.
300 Ringed Plover and 500 Dunlin - Hoylake Shore.
2 Arctic Skua, 2 Common Scoter, 20 Grey Plover, 6 Little Tern and 4 Sandwich Tern - Meols Shore.
3 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank and 1 Peregrine - Inner Marsh Farm RSPB.
August 20 19 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash RSPB.
1 Marsh Harrier and 1 Green Sandpiper - Burton Marsh.
6 Whimbrel, 1 Kittiwake, 1 Mediterranean Gull and 1 Yellow-legged Gull off Leasowe Gunsite.
1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Wheatear and 1 Spotted Flycatcher by Leasowe Lighthouse.
20+ Little Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier (fem), 2 Ruff, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Hobby and 1 Spotted Flycatcher - Inner Marsh Farm RSPB.
August 19 9 Greenshank and 6 Swift - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash RSPB.
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 Hobby and 1 Raven  - Inner Marsh Farm RSPB.
August 18 1 Green Sandpiper, 6 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank and 2 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Green Sandpiper and 5 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash, hundreds of Swallows and House Martins.
250 Dunlin, 150 Ringed Plover and 5 Sanderling this morning, 82 s/pl Grey Plover this evening - Hoylake Shore.
August 17 2 Marsh Harrier over Hilbre Island this morning, one flew towards Wales and the other into the estuary.
45 Sandwich Tern (all juv), 15 Common Tern, 140 Swallow and 2 Stonechat by Leasowe Lighthouse.
12 Greenshank and hundreds of Swallows and House Martins, large numbers of Redshank and Black-tailed Godwit also - Connah's Quay Reserve.
57 Little Egret seen leaving roost - Burton Marsh, also over 100 Meadow Pipits moving through.
August 16 50+ Little Egret, 2 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, 7 Water Rail (3ad, 4 juv) and 600 Teal - Inner Marsh Farm, 100 House Martin flying round house near car park.
1 Marsh Harrier - Denhall Quay.
3 Little Egret in gutter next to Hilbre Island.
1 Mediterranean Gull, also 2,000 Black-headed Gull over West Kirby after flying ants.
August 15 2 Peregrine over, 1 Greenshank off south end of West Kirby Marine Lake.
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Whimbrel, 10 Little Egret and 1 Peregrine - Heswall Shore at high tide.
9 Bar-tailed Godwit, 117 Grey Plover (s/pl) and 1 Wheatear, lots of Dunlin etc. - Hoylake Shore.
4 Greenshank, 260 Redshank, 1,800 Curlew, 360 Ringed Plover, 925 Oystercatcher, 8 Sandwich Tern and 15 Common Tern - Point of Ayr.
1 Peregrine (juv) over Burton Marsh.
August 14 7 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, 3 Water Rail and 650 Teal - Inner Marsh Farm.
7 Greenshank, 7 Little Egret, 3 Ruddy Shelduck and 1 Hobby - Connah's Quay Reserve.
August 13 7 Greenshank and 1 Quail heard calling - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
12 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1,806 Curlew and 6,200 Redshank - Heswall Shore at high tide, 1 Short-eared Owl over Heswall Marsh pm.
2 Garganey (fem and juv), 2 Ruff and lots of Little Egrets (max roost count this month so far is 132 - a record count!!) - Inner Marsh Farm.
August 12 8 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, c2,000 Curlew and c4,000 Redshank - Heswall Shore before high tide, 1 Marsh Harrier over the marsh.
August 11 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 1,100 Dunlin, 300 Ringed Plover, 550 Oystercatcher, 50 Sandwich Tern, 42 Great Black-backed Gull, 260 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1,940 Herring Gull, 450 Black-headed Gull and 450 Common Gull - Hoylake Shore/Red Rocks over high tide.
2 Ruff, 2 Water Rail, 2 Greenshank, 106 Black-tailed Godwit and 1 Kingfisher - Inner Marsh Farm.
August 10 100+ Sandwich Tern, 50+ Common Tern, 19 Little Tern, 1 Arctic Tern, 3 Little Gull, c20 Manx Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel, 5 Fulmar, 80+ Gannet, 27 Guillemot, 3 Razorbill and c40 Common Scoter - Red Rocks over high tide.
1 Sooty Shearwater reported off Wallasey, also 2 Arctic Skua, 2 Manx Shearwater and 37 Turnstone.
2 Arctic Skua and 2 Storm Petrel - Point of Ayr.
August 9 42 Little Egret, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Ruff, 2 Water Rail, 3 Greenshank and 1 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Arctic Skua, 8 Kittiwake and c 150 Sandwich Tern - New Brighton.
1 Arctic Skua (juv), 1 Manx Shearwater, 2 Kittiwake and 2 Fulmar - Leasowe Gunsite.
August 8 16 Greenshank, 800 Redshank, 500 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank and 30 Little Egret - Connah's Quay Reserve.
3 Arctic Skua, 45 Sandwich Tern, 53 Common Tern, 1 Peregrine and 2 Wheatear - Red Rocks at high tide.
August 7 2 Storm Petrel, 1 Black Tern, 1 Little Gull, 2 Little Tern, 6 Sandwich Tern, 40-50 Common Tern, c30 Kittiwake (in colony on Liverpool Docks wall) and 1 Peregrine - North Wirral Coast/River Mersey, seen during Mersey Ferry/RSPB birdwatching cruise out into Liverpool Bay.
16 Little Egret, c5,000 Redshank and 2 Peregrine (juvs), good numbers of Curlew, Oystercatcher and Dunlin - Heswall Shore.
540 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Water Rail, 1 Peregrine and 2 Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm.

August Newsletter now published in this newsletter.
August 6 20+ Little Egret, 1 Water Rail, 3 Ruff and 2 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
August 5 1 Whimbrel and 1 Mediterranean Gull - New Brighton.
4 Water Rail, 2 Ruff and 4 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
August 4 1 Storm Petrel, 5 Whimbrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Kittiwake and 40+ Little Tern - Hilbre Island.
3 Mediterranean Gull next to New Brighton Marine Lake.
260 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff, 3 Water Rail (2 juv), 2 Hobby, 1 Wheatear and 1 Green Sandpiper - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Peregrine (ad) over Birkenhead Rd. Meols.
2 Storm Petrel off Hoylake Shore, also 1 ad male Peregrine harassing gulls and dunlin!
August 3 26 Storm Petrel - Hilbre Island.
45 Sanderling - Wallasey Shore.
7 Whimbrel and 750 Dunlin - Heswall Shore.
August 2 8 Storm Petrel in Mersey mouth off New Brighton mid-morning, 1 Mediterranean Gull in field behind fair ground.
9 Storm Petrel moving east late afternoon, also 3 Arctic Skua, 1 Manx Shearwater, 10 Common Tern and 30 Turnstone - New Brighton.
660 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Sanderling (juv), 2 Greenshank, 30 Little Egret and 3 Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm, also a possible 'Lesser' Canada Goose, significantly smaller than the others.
August 1 18 Manx Shearwater, c20 Gannet, c30 Common Tern, c20 Sandwich Tern and 5 Little Tern past Red Rocks over high tide.
2 Arctic Skua off Leasowe Gunsite.
2 Storm Petrel, 1 Pomarine Skua (ad) and 136 Manx Shearwater - Hilbre Island.
July 31 1 Manx Shearwater, c200 Gannet, c300 Common Tern, 50 Sandwich Tern, 10 Sanderling and 1 Peregrine - Red Rocks at high tide.
2 Little Ringed Plover (juv), 1 Ruff, 210 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Spotted Redshank and 1 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
July 30 1 Little Ringed Plover, 1 Ruff and 1 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Quail heard south of Neston in corn field.
July 29 2 Quail heard south of Neston early morning, west of rail line, listen from footpath by houses at right angle to main footpath over Burton Marsh, SJ297758.
July 28 2 Quail heard south of Neston early morning, west of rail line, listen from footpath by houses perpendicular to main footpath over Burton Marsh, SJ297758.
1 Marsh Harrier (ad fem), 1 Peregrine, 1 Whimbrel, 112 Carrion Crow, 1 Wheatear (juv), 5 Little Egret and 14 Grey Heron - Heswall Shore.
July 27 27 Little Egret, 2 Little Ringed Plover (1 juv), 4 Water Rail (3 juv), 2 Ruff, 58 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Marsh Harrier (ad male), 1 Spotted Redshank and 2 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
July 26 400+ Sandwich Tern, 130 Little Tern and 220 Common Tern - Hilbre Island before high tide.
1 Marsh Harrier (juv) - Heswall Shore, evidence of an early southern passage of warblers and swallows.
2 Mediterranean Gull (1st win), 50+ Little Tern, 800+ Sandwich Tern, 200+ Common Tern and 11 Arctic Tern - West Kirby Shore at high tide.
1 Wood Sandpiper - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Arctic Skua, 10 Common Scoter, 5+ Gannet plus hundreds of terns - Red Rocks.
500 Sandwich Tern and a very good number of fledged Little Terns (details will be in next newsletter) - Gronant.
200 Sandwich Tern and 260 Common Tern - Point of Ayr.
July 25 2 Greenshank, 2,600 Redshank, 11 Whimbrel, 16 Grey Heron and 3 Little Egret - Heswall Shore.
3 Mediterranean Gull with large flock of terns and gulls - West Kirby Shore at high tide.
1 Red Kite over north Leasowe shore circling towards Liverpool at 1520hrs.
7 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash.
July 24 4,000 Black-headed Gull, 700 Common Gull, 210 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1,130 Sandwich Tern, 560 Common Tern and 271 Little Tern (43 juv) on West Kirby Shore at high tide.
3 Arctic Skua - Red Rocks.
3 Marsh Harrier (juv) and 2 Peregrine - Heswall Shore.
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Little Ringed Plover (2 juv), 5 Water Rail (3 juv) and 42 Little Egret - Inner Marsh Farm.
July 23 At least 2 Quail -  Neston, heard in first field to the left of path going south from Harp Inn.
15 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret, 2 Peregrine, 1 Mediterranean Gull and 16 Whimbrel -  Heswall/Thurstaston Shore.
July 22 2 Quail-  south of Neston, heard from path by Burton Marsh.
2 Greenshank, 2 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Hobby - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
1 Peregrine over Royal Liverpool Golf course, Hoylake.
July 21 2 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Peregrine and 15+ Whimbrel, also c800 Redshank incl. 1 leucistic bird -  Heswall Shore.
July 19 6,000 Black-headed Gull, 145 Common Gull, 37 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 794 Sandwich Tern, 241 Common Tern, 20 Little Tern and 1,100 Oystercatcher on West Kirby Shore at high tide, early morning.
5 Greenshank and 22 Little Egret - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
July 18 3,000 Black-headed Gull, 900 Common Gull, 794 Sandwich Tern, 211 Common Tern, 43 Little Tern and 600 Oystercatcher on West Kirby Shore at high tide, early morning.
290 Sandwich Tern (109 juv) - Little Eye two hours after high tide.
2 Arctic Skua and 7 Whimbrel - Hilbre Island.
1 Mediterranean Gull - New Brighton.
2 Stonechat on the Royal Liverpool Golf Course, Hoylake.
July 17 3 Sanderling (ad s/pl) - Red Rocks.
1,500 Curlew, 800 Redshank, 4 Little Egret and 9 Grey Heron - Heswall Shore just before high tide.
1 Little Gull, 2 Ruff and 2 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
July 16 4 Common Sandpiper on West Kirby Marine Lake wall, early morning - 890 Sandwich Tern at high tide pm.
600 Swallow over Red Rocks Marsh in a stiff SE wind.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem) - Inner Marsh Farm.
July 15 1 Black-necked Grebe (ad) on tide north end of marsh, wader numbers building up nicely -  Heswall Shore.
5 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
July 14 1 Mediterranean Gull - Hoylake Shore.
July 13 7 Little Tern, 21 Gannet, 1 Fulmar, 9 Manx Shearwater, 1 Storm Petrel and 2 Mediterranean Gull - Red Rocks at high tide
300 Sandwich Tern, 50 Common Tern, 900 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull and 500 Oystercatcher - West Kirby at high tide.
450 Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Water Rail (juvs) and 1 Garganey (drake in eclipse) - Inner Marsh Farm.
July 12 13 Storm Petrel seen from boat 1km out from Leasowe 11am.
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) and 1 Whimbrel -  Heswall Shore.
250 Sandwich Tern, 80 Common Tern, 1 Kittiwake, 400 Oystercatcher and 1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) - West Kirby at high tide.
2 Common Buzzard over, 18 Gannet and 180 Sandwich Tern, 1 Stonechat in sand dunes - Gronant.
July 11 195 Gannet, 450 Sandwich Tern, 50 Common Tern, 5 Common Scoter and 3 Guillemot - Hilbre Island, high tide.
3 Mediterranean Gull (ad), c1,000 Black-headed Gull, 400 Curlew, 300 Oystercatcher, 400 Redshank and 2 Little Egret -  Heswall Shore at high tide. 
July 10 10 Grey Heron and 4 Little Egret -  Heswall Shore at high tide. 
245 Sandwich Tern (10% juv) and 2 Mediterranean Gull (ad) - West Kirby at high tide.
c100 Gannet, 2 Manx Shearwater, c600 Sandwich Tern (500 flying west and 100 roosting) and c120 Common Scoter - Red Rocks around high tide.
July 9 c1,000 black-headed Gull (1 leucistic), 4 Mediterranean Gull (ad), c400 Common Gull, 20 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Grey Heron and 3 Little Egret -  Heswall Shore at high tide. 
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) and 3 Gannet off Leasowe Lighthouse.
26 Black-tailed Godwit - Parkgate Boathouse Flash.
July 8 190 Sandwich Tern, 900 Black-headed Gull and 500 Oystercatcher, 30 Swift flying low over the sand - West Kirby at high tide.
13 Grey Heron, 4 Little Egret, 820 Curlew and 420 Redshank -  Heswall Shore at high tide. 
1 Arctic Skua - Red Rocks.
July 7 1 Arctic Skua, 50+ Kittiwake, 50 Common Scoter and 3 Gannet - Hilbre Island at high tide. 

July Newsletter now published on this website.
July 6 1 Peregrine, 107 Carrion Crow, 9 Grey Heron and 2 Little Egret - Heswall Shore.
1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler - Neston Old Quay.
1 Avocet -  Inner Marsh Farm.
July 4 4 Avocet (1 ad), 10 Little Egret and 1 Grasshopper Warbler - Burton Marsh, also hundreds Swift, Swallow and House Martin.
1 Grasshopper Warbler by Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Greenshank and c12 Redshank - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
41 Sandwich Tern - West Kirby Shore.
July 3 4 Avocet (1 ad) - Burton Marsh, Decca Pools.
1 Redpoll and 1 Siskin over Hoylake.
July 2 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 1 Water Rail and 4 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
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