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Aug 30 |
230 Sanderling, 1,500
Oystercatcher, 250 Knot, 18 Grey Plover (s/pl), 1,300 Dunlin, 150
Ringed Plover, 2 Little Tern, 81 Great Black-backed Gull, 500 Lesser
Black-backed Gull, 3,500 Herring Gull, 1,000 Black-headed Gull and 500
Common Gull - Hoylake Shore at high
tide, 1 Arctic Skua offshore.
1 Pomarine Skua just off sea wall between
Meols and Leasowe Lighthouse at 3.30pm. |
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Aug 29 |
1 Pomarine Skua (ad) on
shingle spit at Point of Ayr at lunch
time, then flew west over sand dunes.
1 Hobby hunting near Gilroy Nature
Park, West Kirby.
1 Raven, 1 Peregrine, 1 Greenshank, 1 Whimbrel and 24 Little Egret -
Heswall Shore at high tide, 3 Grey
Wagtail, 3 White Wagtail and 4 Wheatear on boulders next to the beach.
1 Spotted Redshank, 10 Greenshank and 1 Peregrine -
Connah's Quay Reserve.
c4,000 Oystercatcher, 200 Ringed Plover, 150 Knot and 300 Dunlin -
West Kirby Shore. |
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Aug 28 |
1 Marsh Harrier (ad fem)
put up c3,000 Black-tailed Godwit - Flint end of
Oakenholt Marsh RSPB.
25 Greenshank on Boathouse Flash,
Parkgate Marsh RSPB.
1 Pomarine Skua on Hoylake Shore at
high tide.
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Grey Wagtail and 1 Wheatear
- Red Rocks this morning.
1 Green Sandpiper and 3 Yellow Wagtail - field opposite Gilroy Nature
Park, West Kirby.
2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 3 Common Buzzard and 1 Raven -
Burton Marsh. |
|
Aug 27 |
2 Mediterranean Gull (ad)
and 1 Grasshopper Warbler - Hilbre.
18 Teal in field by Gilroy Nature
Park, West Kirby.
1 Pomarine Skua (pale), 1 Arctic Skua, 15 Gannet, 3 Kittiwake and 3
Common Scoter - Meols Shore at
10.30am.
25 White Wagtail and 4 Wheatear in horse paddocks by
Leasowe Lighthouse. |
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Aug 26 |
1 Hobby (juv), 1 Merlin, 2 Greenshank
and 1 Green Sandpiper -
Decca Pools, Burton
Marsh.
1 Marsh Harrier (imm) flew from Middle
Hilbre to Red Rocks, then flew north.
7 Little Gull and 2 Arctic Skua - Red
Rocks, Skuas between Red Rocks and Hilbre.
22 Greenshank, 56 Little Egret, 1,000 Black-tailed Godwit and 200 Knot
- Connah's Quay Reserve.
2 Arctic Tern (ad and juv)
- Moreton Shore, fem Wheatear in
Leasowe Lighthouse car park.
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Aug 25 |
1 Marsh Harrier -
Burton Marsh at 2pm.
c500 Turnstone, 150+ Sandwich Tern, 8 Little Tern, 1 Wheatear and 1
Grasshopper Warbler - Hilbre.
1 Great White Egret reported from
Inner
Marsh Farm, this evening. |
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Aug 24 |
7,600 Shelduck -
Thurstaston Shore, c100 Goldfinch feeding on thistles in the
fields. |
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Aug 23 |
5 juv Stonechat in sand
dunes - West Kirby Shore.
2 Marsh Harrier, 3 Green Sandpiper, 3 Ruff and 2 Greenshank - Inner
Marsh Farm. |
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Aug 22 |
c8,000 Shelduck, c4,000 Oystercatcher and 18 Little Egret -
Heswall Shore, also 1 Common Scoter disturbed from boulders at
bottom of cliff.
2 Marsh Harrier and 1 Water Rail (juv) - Inner
Marsh Farm. |
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Aug 21 |
1
Marsh Harrier, 3 Wheatear and 1 Little Egret -
Hilbre Island this morning.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem) -
Heswall Shore.
2 Greenshank off south
end of West Kirby Marine Lake.
4 Mediterranean Gull (ad), 1 Yellow Wagtail, 5 Wheatear (juv), 2
Little Egret and 1 Peregrine - Meols Shore,
this evening. |
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Aug 20 |
1
Hobby over
stables -
Meols,
Park Lane.
60 Common Scoter in two flocks off
New Brighton, seen from Mersey Ferry
trip, also 1 Shag and 1 Mediterranean Gull.
1 Marsh Harrier (imm) which flew over
Heswall Fields NT then put up 18 Little Egret in the channel, also
1 Whimbrel.
49 Gannet, 25 Manx Shearwater, 10 Arctic Skua (8 dark phase and 2
Light), 5 Great Crested Grebes, 1 Shag, with 1 Wheatear and 2 Whimbrel
on the island, also 40 Little Terns and 200+ Sandwich Terns -
Hilbre Island at high tide.
1 Hobby - Burton Marsh. |
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Aug 19 |
1 Pomarine Skua off
Meols Shore, until 1515hrs when it flew out to sea.
1 Storm Petrel, 35 Gannet, 15 Manx Shearwater and 6 Little Tern -
Hoylake Shore.
4 Storm Petrel, 3
Arctic Skua, 9 Kittiwake, 60 Little Tern and 61 Manx Shearwater -
Hilbre.
1 Roseate Tern and
1 Marsh Harrier (imm) - Inner
Marsh Farm, Roseate Tern present briefly.
1 Little Gull feeding in the mouth of the Mersey at dusk -
New Brighton. |
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Aug 18 |
1 Marsh Harrier seen from
Harp Inn,
Neston, also 2 Greenshank.
1 Raven - Thurstaston.
1 Pomarine Skua showing well close inshore off Roman Road,
Meols, at 1340hrs, then off Hoylake Old Baths until at least
1550hrs.
1 Storm Petrel, 11 Arctic Skua, c40 Manx Shearwater, c70 Gannet, 70
Knot and 70 Grey Plover (mostly s/pl) -
Hoylake Shore through the day, and
the Pomarine Skua.
2 Arctic Skua, c10 Little Tern, c10 Manx Shearwater and c20 Gannet - Red Rocks
at high tide.
1 Yellow-legged Gull and 1 Mediterranean Gull on beach below
Leasowe Castle this morning.
1 Marsh Harrier (ad fem), 1 probable but distant Pomarine Skua, 5
Arctic Skua, 4,000+ Oystercatcher, 1000+ Curlew, 4 Greenshank and 2
Common Sandpiper - Point of Ayr.
2 Spoonbill and 1 Barn Owl - Burton Marsh. |
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Aug 17 |
At least 430 Manx Shearwater counted in 1 hour off
Red Rocks
over high tide, also 3 Arctic Skua and c20 Gannet.
680 Manx Shearwater, 5 Arctic Skua, 50+ Gannet and 600+ mixed terns
off
Hoylake Shore over high tide, counts from an elevated position in
just three 15 minute periods over the high tide period, therefore 'Manxie'
total likely to have been well over 1,000, also Pomarine Skua on
beach, see below.
1 Pomarine Skua (sub-ad pale phase with spoons partly grown) sat on
Meols Shore (Roman Road) between 1.20 and 1.50pm then later on
Hoylake Shore between 4pm and 4.30pm.
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine and 57 Little Egret -
Heswall Shore.
1 Marsh Harrier (juv) went into 'Hen Harrier roost' area late
afternoon -
Parkgate. |
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Aug 16 |
1 Pomarine Skua (ad pale phase) off Meols Shore
just before high tide then flew out to sea.
A record 42 Storm Petrel, also 10 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua, 288 Manx
Shearwater and 34 Little Tern - Hilbre
Island over high tide.
2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Whimbrel and 1 Kingfisher -
Connah's Quay Reserve. |
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Aug 15 |
96
Manx Shearwater, 3 Arctic Skua and 34 Gannet offshore, 15 Wheatear, 850
Dunlin, 750 ringed Plover, 140 Sanderling, 2,500 Oystercatcher, 50
Knot, 20 Grey Plover (4 s/pl), 8 Little Tern, 50 Common Tern and 120
Sandwich Tern on the beach -
Hoylake Shore after high tide, also
1 Pomarine Skua (ad pale phase), at one time mobbed by an Arctic Skua.
c100 Manx Shearwater, 30 Gannet and 1 Arctic Skua - Red Rocks
before high tide, 12 Wheatear on the rocks.
200 Common Tern and 300 Sandwich Tern -
West Kirby Shore.
450+ Common Tern, 250+ Little Tern and 120+ Sandwich Tern roosting at
high tide - Point of Ayr, also 3
Wheatear.
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 4 Ruff,
1 Spotted Redshank and 1 Greenshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
400 Manx Shearwater with 70-90 loafing around with Gannets off the
north end - Hilbre Island over high
tide. |
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Aug 14 |
c40 Gannet, 1 Arctic Skua, 8
Manx Shearwater and 12 Common Scoter - Red Rocks at
high tide, 1 Whimbrel on the shore and 1 Wheatear on the rocks.
1 Marsh Harrier (ad fem) - Neston Reed
Bed.
1 Spotted Redshank and 3 Greenshank - Inner
Marsh Farm. |
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Aug 13 |
8 Greenshank and 1 Spotted
Redshank - Boathouse Flash, Parkgate.
1 Marsh Harrier (Fem) off Riverbank Rd, 3 Curlew Sandpiper off
Sheldrakes -
Heswall Shore.
1 Arctic Skua and c10 Gannet - Red Rocks at
high tide.
1 Marsh Harrier (juv), 4 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, 210
Black-tailed Godwit and 1 Raven - Inner
Marsh Farm.
2 Spoonbill (distant), 1 Marsh Harrier (juv), 1 Greenshank and 22
Snipe - Burton Marsh.
1 Pomarine Skua -
Hoylake Shore. |
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Aug 12 |
204 Little Egret *highest
ever number on the Dee Estuary* coming in to roost at Inner
Marsh Farm, also 2 Spotted Redshank, 6 Ruff, 1 Greenshank, 2
Spoonbill and 1 Marsh Harrier (ad fem).
1 Marsh Harrier, 1
Peregrine, 2 Greenshank and 8 Whimbrel -
Heswall Shore.
5 Little Stint, 50 Sanderling, 100 Ringed Plover, 1,400 Oystercatcher,
500 Dunlin and 1,200 Sandwich Tern -
West Kirby Shore after high tide.
2 Curlew Sandpiper - Red Rocks after
high tide.
50 Little Tern, 100 Sandwich Tern, 140 Dunlin and 140 ringed Plover -
Gronant at high tide.
1 Kingfisher, 3 Spotted Redshank and at least 7 Greenshank -
Connah's Quay Reserve.
7 Whimbrel, 2 Arctic Skua, 3 Gannet and 10 Manx Shearwater
- Hilbre. |
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Aug 11 |
1 Curlew Sandpiper (ad) and
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) - Dove
Point, Meols.
2 Hobby hawking insects at Ness.
1 Whimbrel and 2 Common Sandpiper - Point of
Ayr, 1 Marsh Tit in hedge by the gas plant.
3 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 10 Whimbrel, 26 Little Egret and 3
Peregrine -
Heswall Shore.
1 Marsh Harrier - Burton Marsh.
2 Marsh Harrier (juv and fem) - Parkgate Marsh. |
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Aug 10 |
1 Marsh Harrier (juv), 1
Peregrine, 10 Whimbrel, 19 Little
Egret plus several thousand Oystercatcher, Redshank and Curlew -
Heswall Shore.
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Arctic Tern, c70 Sandwich Tern, c30 Common Tern,
7 Common Scoter and 1 Whinchat - Dove
Point, Meols.
1 Hobby over Greasby just after noon.
2 Whimbrel, 3
Arctic Skua and 2 Gannet - Hilbre
early mornin, also 1 Marsh Harrier past. |
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Aug 9 |
1 Marsh Harrier (juv), 2,500
Oystercatcher, 2,300 Redshank, 1,700 Curlew, 10 Whimbrel, 22 Little
Egret and 35 Grey Plover (many in summer plumage) -
Heswall Shore.
93 Sandwich Tern, 50+ Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern and 200+ Swallow -
Leasowe Lighthouse/Embankment. |
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Aug 8 |
2 Whimbrel, 4 Wheatear, 1
Arctic Skua, 55 Ringed Plover and 180 Sandwich Tern (on sandbank) - Hilbre
just after high tide, also c100 Sandwich Tern and c100 Common Tern
offshore.
1 Marsh Harrier (juv),
2,300 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Ruff, 1 Spotted
Flycatcher and 3 Lesser Whitethroat - Inner
Marsh Farm this morning, 2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Whimbrel, 1
Greenshank, 1 Peregrine and c150 Little Egret this evening.
1 Arctic Skua, 7 Kittiwake, 1,400 Oystercatcher, 23 Ringed Plover, 55
Sandwich Tern and 72 Common Tern - Dove
Point, Meols.
5 Arctic Skua - Gronant. |
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Aug 7 |
2 Spoonbill -
Burton
Marsh.
12 Teal and 4 Shoveler, plus loads of feral geese -
Hoylake Langfields.
10+ Goldcrest and 6 Chiffchaff along Stanley Road,
Hoylake.
3 Reed Warbler in marsh, 1 Wheatear (imm) on shore -
Red Rocks.
August Newsletter Now Published.
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Aug 6 |
1 Hobby over River Dee by A550
bridge, Queensferry.
2 Spoonbill, 1 Marsh Harrier (juv), 1 Curlew Sandpiper (juv), 4 Ruff,
12 Knot
and 2,000 Black-tailed Godwit -
Inner
Marsh Farm. |
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Aug 5 |
4 Arctic Skua (2 dark, 2
light) and 2 Whimbrel - Hilbre early
morning.
3 Whimbrel and 2 Greenshank - Heswall Shore
at low tide.
2 Spoonbill, 1 Garganey, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Little Ringed Plover (juv)
and 1,000 Black-tailed Godwit -
Inner
Marsh Farm.
13 Greenshank and 1 Kingfisher - Connah's Quay Reserve, |
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Aug 4 |
4 Arctic Skua (3 dark, 1
light) and 12 Gannet - Red Rocks at
1pm.
1 Curlew Sandpiper (juv), 6 Whimbrel, 4+ Greenshank and 19 Little
Egret - Heswall Shore this afternoon
on rising tide. |
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Aug 3 |
2 Mediterranean Gull (ad), 2
Peregrine and 2 Grey Plover (s/pl) -
Hoylake.
1 Peregrine, 5,000 Oystercatcher, 520 Sandwich Tern and 80 Common Tern on
West Kirby Shore before high tide.
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad), 60+ Common Tern, 11 Sandwich Tern, 8 Common
Scoter, 2 Gannet - Wallasey Shore.
3 Arctic Skua, 9 Manx Shearwater and 3 Little Tern - Red Rocks at high
tide.
2 Spoonbill, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1,300 Black-tailed Godwit, 35 Knot, 2
Ruff and 1 Water Rail -
Inner
Marsh Farm. |
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Aug 2 |
2 Whimbrel, 2 Greenshank,
1,100 Redshank, 45 Dunlin and 16 Little Egret -
Heswall Shore at low tide.
710 Sandwich Tern and 170 Common Tern on
West Kirby Shore before high tide,
at least another 150 Sandwich Tern and 80 Common Tern off shore.
2 Arctic Skua - Red Rocks at high
tide.
2 Spoonbill, c110 Little Egret, 500+ Black-tailed Godwit (c2,000
earlier), 35 Snipe and 2
Ruff -
Inner
Marsh Farm
this evening. |
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Aug 1 |
1,200 Sandwich Tern, 300 Common Tern, 2
Arctic Tern, 600 Common Gull, 200 Black-headed Gull and 10,000
Oystercatcher - West Kirby Shore
over high tide.
1 Storm Petrel, 2 Arctic Skua, 7 Arctic Tern and 4 Little Tern -
Red Rocks.
2 Redstart (juv m&F) - Burton Point,
1 Hobby and 1 Marsh Harrier (ad) out on the marsh.
2 Spoonbill, 3 Spotted
Redshank and 2 Ruff -
Inner
Marsh Farm.
Birdwatching Events for
August to December now published
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July 31 |
420 Sandwich Tern, 200 Little Tern on
the beach, 1 Peregrine and 1 Kingfisher -
Gronant.
9 Greenshank - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Great Skua, 7 Arctic Skua,
11 Whimbrel, 1 Black Guillemot, 2 Roseate Tern, 5 Arctic Tern, 385
Sandwich Tern, 280 Common Tern, 120 Little Tern, 11 Kittiwake, 1
Yellow-legged Gull and 62 Gannet - Hilbre
over high tide. |
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July 30 |
2 Spoonbill, 1,850 Black-tailed Godwit, 50 Knot, 3 Ruff, 1 Raven
and 5 Spotted Redshank -
Inner
Marsh Farm, Spoonbills flew off towards Burton Marsh at 10am.
1 Redstart (juv) - Burton Point. |
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July 29 |
11 Gannet, 146 Sandwich
Tern, 2 Arctic Tern, 80+ Common Tern, 1 Arctic Skua and 1,100
Oystercatcher off Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) - New Brighton,
late morning.
2 Arctic Skua and 4 Little Gull (ad) -
Leasowe Gunsite.
3 Arctic Skua - Hilbre.
2 Spoonbill, 400+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper and 5 Spotted Redshank -
Inner
Marsh Farm. |
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July 28 |
1 Manx Shearwater, 30+ Gannet,
c60 Sandwich Tern and c100 Common Tern - Red Rocks at high tide.
1 Storm Petrel -
Hilbre this morning.
60+ Gannet and 20 Kittiwake
in a feeding flock, 1 Black Tern, 120 Sandwich Tern, 50 Common Tern, 1
Arctic Tern and 3 Arctic Skua - Hoylake
Shore before high tide.
1 Hobby chasing swallows - Denhall Lane,
Burton.
9 Greenshank - Boathouse Flash, Parkgate.
2 Spoonbill, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 1000+ Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Spotted Redshank,
20+ Knot and 20+ Dunlin -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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July 27 |
6 Manx Shearwater, 60+ Gannet,
c100 Sandwich Tern, c150 Common Tern, 2 Little Tern and 8 Common
Scoter - Red Rocks at high tide.
6 Whimbrel, 6 Arctic Skua (including two dark phase birds), 1 Manx
Shearwater, 2 Little Terns, 1 Common Scoter (male which landed on the
north end) and at least 15 Gannets -
Hilbre early morning, 1 Black Guillemot (juv) at lunchtime.
2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Spotted Redshank and 30 Knot -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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July 26 |
2,500 - 3,000 Redshank, 1
Greenshank, 2+ Whimbrel, c1,200 Curlew, 200 Dunlin and 7 Little Egret
- Heswall Shore.
5+ Gannet, 20 Sandwich Tern, 10 Common Tern, 1 Arctic Skua and 1 Manx
Shearwater - Hoylake Shore this
evening.
2 Spoonbill and 1,000+ Black-tailed Godwit -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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July 25 |
3 Arctic Skua, 36 Manx
Shearwater, 83 Common Scoter, 20+ Gannet, 300+ Little Tern, 240 Sandwich
Tern, 100 Linnet and 1 Peregrine - Gronant, Manxies came past on an ebbing tide in a strengthening SW to
W wind flying the 'wrong' way - west to east.
c700 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2
Spotted Redshank and 2 Water Rail (juv) - Inner Marsh Farm. |
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July 24 |
1 Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skua,
1 Roseate Tern, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Egret and 8 Turnstone by
Wallasey lifeguard station at high
tide.
3 Wheatear - Caldy Shore. |
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July 23 |
5 Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff and
1 Common Sandpiper - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Cuckoo and 1 Kingfisher - Burton Point,
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling by Decca Pools.
2 Arctic Skua off
Red Rocks on the evening high tide.
13 Grey Heron, 1 Little Egret, 500 Redshank and 500 Oystercatcher on
sand bank at high tide - Dove Point, Meols. |
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July 22 |
4 Little Tern and 1
Grasshopper Warbler (reeling) by Leasowe
Lighthouse.
1 Hobby, 5 Spotted Redshank and 2 Raven - Inner Marsh Farm.
2 juv Redstart - Burton Point. |
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July 21 |
2 Spoonbill -
Burton Marsh, a long way out. |
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July 20 |
1 Common Sandpiper and 5 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua and 3 Whimbrel -
Point of Ayr. |
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July 19 |
1 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua,
8 Whimbrel, 75 Sanderling, 11 Great Crested Grebe, 1,000+ Sandwich
Tern, 300+ Common Tern, 18 Little Tern and 3 Gannet -
Hilbre Island before high tide,
kindly provided by
Hilbre Bird
Observatory.
1 Hobby - Denhall Lane,
Burton. |
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July 18 |
3 Arctic Skua, 1 Peregrine,
1 Fulmar, 7 Gannet, 23 Common Scoter, 330 Sandwich Tern and c350
Little Tern (includes influx of non-breeding birds) -
Gronant this morning.
1 Common Sandpiper and 26 Little Egret -
Heswall Shore.
1 Common Sandpiper in horse paddock near
Leasowe Lighthouse lunchtime, 30 Mistle Thrush, 1 Pied Flycatcher
(fem) and 1 Spotted Flycatcher this evening.
1 Arctic Skua -
Red Rocks.
c100 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Dunlin, 6 Spotted Redshank and 1 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling tonight near the
Harp Inn, Neston. |
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July 17 |
2 Spoonbill -
Burton Marsh, out beyond Decca Pools.
300 Sandwich Tern, 40 Common Tern and 1,500 Oystercatcher -
West Kirby Shore.
1 Arctic Skua -
Red Rocks.
7 Kittiwake (6 ad, 1 1st sum) and 70 Sandwich Tern -
Hoylake Shore at high tide.
1 Mediterranean Gull -
Heswall Shore. |
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July 16 |
2 Spoonbill -
Burton Marsh, distant.
6 Spotted Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper and 4 Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Peregrine, 3 Whimbrel, 1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) and 17 Little Egret
-
Heswall Shore.
c300 Sandwich Tern, 1,200 Oystercatcher and 2,000 Black-headed Gull -
West Kirby Shore.
2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Common Scoter and 2 Arctic Skua -
Red Rocks over high tide.
c2,000 Black-headed Gull over
Stapleton Wood, Caldy, after ants this afternoon.
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) - Hoylake
Shore. |
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July 15 |
1 Peregrine, 2 Common
Sandpiper, 3,900 Shelduck, 2,300 Curlew and 3,200 Redshank -
Heswall Shore.
7 Gannet, 2 Arctic Skua, 8 Common Scoter and c60 Common Tern -
Red Rocks over high tide, 2 Arctic
Tern pm.
212 Sandwich Tern, 11 Common Tern and 2 Mediterranean Gull (ad) -
West Kirby Shore.
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) - Hoylake
Shore. |
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July 14 |
3 Arctic Skua, 95 Manx Shearwater
and
26 Gannet -
Red Rocks over high tide.
5 Arctic Skua,
145 Manx Shearwater, 7 Fulmar, 35 Common Scoter, 26 Kittiwake and c100
Gannet between 10 and 12 this morning, also 6 Sanderling and 1
Peregrine on the beach - Hoylake Shore.
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad) by cafe near
Leasowe Lighthouse. |
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July 13 |
220 Sandwich Tern (30% juv),
20 Common Tern and c2,500 Black-headed gull roosting on
West Kirby Shore at high tide.
1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Snipe, 2 Dunlin and 4
Common Tern at a very wet Inner Marsh Farm. |
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July 12 |
1 Common Rosefinch (male) in
Caldy briefly at 1215pm, no
further details.
1 Arctic Skua, 2 Manx Shearwater,
2 Gannet and c30 Sandwich Tern -
Red Rocks, this morning in poor
visibilty.
15 Gannet, 33 Common Tern, 74 Sandwich Tern and 3 Arctic Skua, 1
Greenshank over and 1 Little Egret in the horse paddocks -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Spoonbill -
Burton Marsh, distant.
11 Little Egret, 2 Greenshank, c800 Redshank, c1,500 Curlew, c590
Oystercatcher and c2,500 Shelduck -
Heswall Shore at high tide. |
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July 11 |
5 Arctic Skua past this
morning, also 2 Manx Shearwater and 2 Little Tern -
Red Rocks.
6 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green-winged Teal, 4 Ruff and 520 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
9 Arctic Skua, 38 Manx Shearwater, 350 Sandwich Tern, 80 Common Tern,
1 Shag, 210 Common Scoter and 27 Turnstone -
Hilbre.
4 Common Scoter, 1 Fulmar, 1 Arctic Skua and 5 Kittiwake -
Leasowe Gunsite. |
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July 10 |
300+ Manx Shearwater, c50
Gannet and c50 Kittiwake streaming past this evening, also 35
Sanderling on the beach - Hoylake Shore.
12 Manx Shearwater, 9
Gannet, c30 Common Tern and c30 Sandwich Tern two hours before high
tide this evening, also 1 Peregrine flew past and sat on the sand
looking miserable in the wind -
Red Rocks.
3 Arctic Skua and 4 Kittiwake - Leasowe
Gunsite over high tide.
10 Arctic Skua, 2 Shag and 460 Sandwich Tern -
Hilbre. |
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July 9 |
1 Green-winged Teal, 3 Sand
Martin and 6 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Osprey - Hilbre. |
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July 8 |
7 Manx Shearwater, 12
Sandwich Tern, 26 Common Tern, 5 Little Tern and 2 Arctic Skua -
Red Rocks,
early morning.
343 Curlew - West Kirby Shore.
2 Spoonbill -
Burton Marsh, seen distantly from Harp Inn.
1 juv. Cuckoo newly fledged at Burton
Point.
1 Green-winged Teal, 1 Garganey and 5 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Redstart (juv) at bottom of Denhall Lane,
Burton. |
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July 7 |
1 Green-winged Teal and 2
Mediterranean Gull - Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Spoonbill -
Burton Marsh.
14 Storm Petrel flying west along North Wirral
shore, total for afternoon.
c7 Storm Petrel, 2 Mediterranean Gull and 10+ Kittiwake off Fort
Perch, New Brighton.
5 Storm Petrel, 8 Arctic Skua and 50 Gannet -
Hilbre Island.
July
Newsletter now published on this website.
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July 6 |
1 Storm Petrel, 2 Arctic
Skua and 5 Kittiwake between 7.30 and 8.30am off
Fort Perch, New Brighton, 1 Storm
Petrel between 2pm and 5pm, also 1 Arctic Skua.
3 Arctic Skua, 42 Manx Shearwater, 16 Gannet and 1 Guillemot -
Red Rocks over high tide.
2 Fulmar, 30 Manx Shearwater, 3 Arctic Skua, 5 Gannet, 10 Common
Scoter, 100+ Sandwich Tern and 100+ Common Tern -
Point of Ayr, birds flying west between
noon and 4pm.
1 Green-winged Teal, 4 Avocet, 4 Spotted Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper,
345 Black-tailed Godwit
and 2 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Spoonbill -
Burton Marsh.
2 Storm Petrel - Wallasey Shore off
coast guard station. |
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July 5 |
1 Green-winged Teal
and 1 Greenshank (s/pl) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Spoonbill -
Burton Marsh, on flash beyond Decca Pools.
2 Peregrine (m&f), 14 Little Egret, 1 Whimbrel and 1 Barn Owl -
Heswall Shore. |
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July 4 |
515 Sandwich Tern, 5 Manx
Shearwater, 18 Gannet and 160 Common Scoter -
Gronant.
2 Spoonbill -
Burton Marsh, on the outer marsh and distant.
1 Green-winged Teal, 1
Garganey, 6
Spotted Redshank, 41 Little Egret, 2 Mediterranean Gull and 2 Avocet
-
Inner Marsh Farm.
25 Manx Shearwater, 16 Gannet and 1 Arctic Skua -
Red Rocks,
counted in 10 minute period at high tide.
3 Storm Petrel, 230 Manx Shearwater, 11 Arctic Skua, 150 Gannet, 45
Kittiwake, 3 Razorbill, 32 Guillemot, 31 Common Scoter, 1 Whimbrel, 22
Turnstone, 4 Common Sandpiper and 1 Wheatear -
Hilbre Island. |
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July 3 |
150 Sandwich Tern and 50
Gannet before high tide - Meols Shore.
1 Peregrine, 10 Little Egret, 130 Redshank and 600 Black-headed Gull -
Heswall Shore.
2 Spoonbill -
Burton Marsh, on the outer marsh and elusive. |
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July 2 |
38 Manx Shearwater, 4 Arctic Skua,
8 Common Scoter and 46 Gannet
off Red Rocks at high tide, Skuas
harassing large flock of gulls and terns.
6 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Spoonbill -
Decca Pools, Burton Marsh.
300+ Sandwich Tern and 2 arctic Skua -
Gronant.
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July 1 |
4 Arctic Skua and 18 Gannet
off Red Rocks at high tide, Skuas
harassing large flock of gulls and terns.
7 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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