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Archived Latest Sightings -
August and September 2001.

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September 30

1 Yellow-browed Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 19 Swallow, 2 pair Stonechat and 4 Willow Warbler - Red Rocks.
1 Hen Harrier flew over West Kirby.
1 Peregrine Falcon, 75 Turnstone, 48 Meadow Pipits, 36 Linnets and 2 Rock Pipits - Hilbre Island.
1 Little Egret, 1 Hen Harrier (female), 1 Merlin and 30 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh.

September 29

1 Great White Egret off Flint Castle.
1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Little Stint, 9 Curlew Sandpiper, 12 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 1,750 Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Bar-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
230 Cormorant, 4,000 Oystercatcher, 85 Turnstone and 1 Great Skua - Hilbre Island.

September 28

1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 6 Little Stint, 7 Curlew Sandpiper, 6 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 2,200 Black-tailed Godwit and 17 Bar-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
4,000 Shelduck counted from Thurstaston cliffs just over the channel, another 4,000 estimated to be way out in the middle of the estuary. 

September 27

18 Little Stint and 6 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Little Egret and 2 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.

September 26

23 Little Stint and 1 Garganey - Inner Marsh Farm.
9 Little Stint - Burton Marsh. 
4 Little Egret - Parkgate Marsh.

September 25

1 Yellow-browed Warbler - in Hoylake sea-front garden.
5 Pink-footed Geese - flying over West Kirby Shore.
1 Shag (juv.) - West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Hobby (adult) - Inner Marsh Farm.

September 24

2 Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Little Stint, 5 Ruff and 1 Peregrine Falcon - Burton Marsh. 
1 Shag (juv.) - West Kirby Marine Lake.

September 23

1 Great White Egret - Burton Marsh. 
17 Bar-tailed Godwit, 150 Cormorant and 1 Peregrine Falcon- Hilbre Island.

September 22

2 Little Stint and 3 Peregrine Falcon - Hoylake Shore.
1 Great White Egret - Neston, off Harp Inn.
The Great White Egret seen later off Burton, plus 1 Little Egret, 20 Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpipers and 1 Ruff.
1 Short-eared Owl and 1,500 Oystercatcher - West Kirby Shore.
4,000 Oystercatcher, 298 Cormorant, Great Skua, 1 Treecreeper and 1 Peregrine Falcon - Hilbre Island.

September 21

1 Shag (juv.) - West Kirby Marine Lake, most of time north end of lake on pontoon.
1 Great White Egret - Flint.
Little Egret - Point of Ayr.
Little Egret - Oakenholt Marsh.
2 Little Egret - Baggilt.
7 Curlew Sandpipers, 5 Spotted Redshank and 1,100 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Curlew Sandpiper - Hoylake Shore.
3,000 Black-headed Gull, 250 Curlew and 1 Great Skua - Hilbre Island.

September 20

3 Wheatear and 3 Great-crested Grebe - West Kirby Shore.
1 Great White Egret and 1 Peregrine Falcon - Neston Marsh off Harp Inn.
1 Hobby - Burton Marsh
4 Little Stint - Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Red-throated Diver, 21 Great-crested Grebe, 4,000 Oystercatcher, 1 Arctic Skua and 75 Sanderling- Hilbre Island.
6 Little Egret, 4 Curlew Sandpiper and 1 Little Stint - Point of Ayr.

September 19

2 Short-eared Owl. 1 Little Egret, 1 Jack Snipe, 2 Merlin and 3 Peregrine Falcon - Parkgate Marsh.
1 Great White Egret seen in the distance off Burton, Station Road, and 2 Little Egret. 
4 Little Stint and 3 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
10 Spotted Redshank, 2,500 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Ruff, 2 Little Egret and 2 Curlew Sandpiper - Oakenholt Marsh.
3 Sandwich Tern, 70 Sanderling and 11 Shoveler - West Kirby Shore.
1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Great-crested Grebe, 2 Peregrine Falcon and 5 Little Egret - Point of Ayr.
1 Great Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua and 1 Arctic Skua - Hilbre Island.

September 18

4 Sparrowhawk, 1 Spotted Redshank, 40 Greenshank, 1 Merlin and 3 Peregrine Falcon - Parkgate Marsh.
1 Great White Egret seen in the distance off Burton, Denhall Lane. also 1 Hobby. 
3 Spotted Redshank and Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.

September 17

1 Great White Egret seen in the distance off Burton, Denhall Lane. 
Curlew Sandpiper, and 19 Pink-footed Geese flying over - Inner Marsh Farm.

September 16

Leach's Petrels passing North Wirral shore at about one every two minutes before high tide.
135 Leach's Petrel counted over 7 hours off Hoylake, also 14 Manx shearwater and 1 Sabine's Gull (juv.).
120 Leach's Petrel 'by 1050am', also  2 Sabine's Gull at Leasowe
Leach's Petrel - Greenfield Dock.
9 Leach's Petrel and 1 Great White Egret - Flint.
4 Great Skua, 3 Arctic Skua, 2 Razorbill and 100+ Leach's Petrel - Hilbre Island.
140 Leach's Petrel - Point of Ayr.
5,000 Oystercatcher, 655 Dunlin, 131 Sanderling, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Arctic Skua and 1 Long-tailed Skua - West Kirby Shore.

September 15

100+ Leach's Petrel, 7 Great Skua and 1 Pomarine Skua - Hoylake Shore. 
53 Leach's Petrel, 7 Manx Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Sabine's Gull and 1 Grey Phalarope - Leasowe
6 Leach's Petrel, 1 Long-tailed Skua and 1 Great Skua - Point of Ayr.
1 Little Egret, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Ruff and 1 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
60 Leach's Petrel, 9 Gannet, 30 Kittiwake, 23 Fulmar and 1 Roseate Tern - Hilbre Island.

September 14

1 Little Egret, 2 Spotted Redshank, 1 Curlew Sandpiper and 8 Greenshank - Connah's Quay Reserve. 
1 Little Egret and 1 Little Stint - Inner Marsh Farm.
69 Common Scoter, 8 Great-crested Grebe and 1 Eider (male) - Hilbre Island.

September 13

3 Little Egret, 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult) and 250 Black-tailed Godwit - Flint. 
2 Little Egret and 39 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
*305* Leach's Petrel, 2 Long-tailed Skua, 4 Great Skua and 7 Arctic Skua - Point of Ayr.

September 12

1 Water Rail, 6 Raven, 2 Common Buzzard and 2 Little Stint -  Inner Marsh Farm
3 Little Egret and 30 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
1 Hobby and 1 Barn Owl - Burton.

September 11

2 Leach's Petrel and 12 Goosander - Hoylake Shore. 
1 Great White Egret, 4 Little Egret, 800 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Yellow-legged Gull and 1000 Pintail - Flint

September 10

1 Goosander (red head) -  Inner Marsh Farm.
28 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.

September 9

18 Leach's Petrel, 4 Great Skua, 2 Arctic Skua, 1 Wood Sandpiper and 1 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre Island.
9 Leach's Petrel - Hoylake Shore. 

September 8

1 Curlew Sandpiper -  Inner Marsh Farm.
12 Leach's Petrel, 6 Fulmar, 1 Manx Shearwater and 1 Great Skua - Leasowe.
1 Sabine's Gull, 148 Fulmar, 228 Common Scoter, 75 Common Tern and 116 Leach's Petrel - Hilbre Island.
1 Great White Egret - Flint.
4 Leach's Petrel, 3 Manx shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua and 1 Great Skua - Hoylake Shore. 

September 7

15 Greenshank, 2 Little Stint (juvenile) and 1 Water Rail -  Inner Marsh Farm.
20 Leach's Petrel, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (adult), 20 Manx Shearwater, 1 Pomarine Skua and 1 Sabine's Gull - Leasowe.
300 Pintail Duck - Connah's Quay Reserve. 
1 Great White Egret, 1 Little Egret and 7 Spoted Redshank - Flint.
6 Little Egret, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 34 Leach's Petrel, 188 Manx Shearwater, 3 Black Tern, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 1 Long tailed Skua (juvenile)  and 16 Arctic Skua - Point of Ayr.

September 6

1 Garganey, 1,200 Teal and Ruff -  Inner Marsh Farm.
36 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
1 Great White Egret - off Bagillt.
3 Little Egret, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Curlew Sandpiper and 2 Arctic Skua - Point of Ayr.

September 5

6 Curlew Sandpiper (juvenile) -  Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Leach's Petrel - Hoylake Shore.
50 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
1 Long-tailed Skua (juv.), 1 Great Skua, 1 Manx Shearwater, 2 Arctic Skua, 1 Red-throated diver, 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 5 Little Egret and Curlew Sandpiper - Point of Ayr.

September 4

3 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Curlew Sandpiper and 5 Gannet - Hoylake Shore.
1 Little Egret and 104 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
5 Little Egret, 1 Sparrowhawk and 2 Greenshank - Point of Ayr.
3 Wheatear - Red Rocks.
2 Leach's Petrel, 3 Arctic Skua and 1 pale-bellied Brent Goose - Hilbre Island.

September 3

1 Green Sandpiper and 1 Redstart - Red Rocks.
2 Little Egret, and 5 Black Tern flying past - West Kirby Shore.
2 Little Egret, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Little Stint, 1 Ruff and 8 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
19 Leach's Petrel, 1 Sabine's Gull, 10 Fulmar, 15 Kittiwake, 40 Gannets, 6 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua, 1 Curlew Sandpiper (juv.), 1 Little Stint, 5,000 Dunlin and 1,000 Ringed Plover - Hoylake Shore.
10+ Leach's Petrel, 2 Skuas (prob. Arctic), 3 Common Scoter, 1 Black Tern, 6 Little Egret, 2 Whimbrel and Mediterranean Gull (adult) - Point of Ayr.
4 Leach's Petrel - Leasowe.

September 2

1 Black Tern - Hoylake Shore.
4 Gannet, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine Falcon and 12 Common Tern - Hilbre Island
3 Little Stint (juvenile) and 1 Water Rail (juvenile) - Inner Marsh Farm.
30 Sanderling, and 2 Little Egret flying past - West Kirby Shore.
76 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.

September 1

60 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
5 Little Egret,  20 Greenshank, 7 Spotted Redshank, 250 Black-tailed Godwit and 1 Common Sandpiper - Connah's Quay Reserve.
3 Little Stint (juvenile), 1 Garganey, 1 Ruff and 3 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Curlew Sandpiper (juvenile) - Hoylake Shore.
1 Whimbrel, 300 Cormorant and 1 Peregrine Falcon - Hilbre Island

August 31

80 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret, 5 Sanderling, 8 Greenshank, 3 Spotted Redshank,  1 Whimbrel, c150 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Raven - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Hobby, 3 Curlew Sandpiper (juvenile), 2 Little Stint (juvenile), 1 Greenshank and 99 Pintail - Inner Marsh Farm.
4 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Wheatear, 2 White Wagtail and 2 Greenshank - Point of Ayr.
12 Gannet, 405 Cormorant, 200 Turnstone, 1 Arctic Skua and 8 Wheatear - Hilbre Island.

August 30

1 Garden Warbler ringed on Hilbre Island, also 20 Common Tern and 15 Sandwich Tern.
1 Hobby - Shotton Fields.

August 29

43 Greenshank and 1 Little Egret - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
1 Great White Egret and 1 Little Egret- Flint Castle.
2 Little Egret and 1 Greenshank - Point of Ayr.

August 28

1 Great White Egret and 1 Yellow-legged Gull- Flint Castle.
33 Greenshank and 1 Little Egret - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
2 Peregrine Falcon - Heswall Shore.
1 Purple Sandpiper (first of the Autumn) and 20 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre Island.

August 27

5 Little Egret, 5 Greenshank, 150 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Sparrowhawk - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Great White Egret - Oakenholt Marsh.
1 Marsh Harrier and 3 Little Egret - Parkgate Marsh.
1 Great Skua - Point of Ayr, 3 Lesser Whitethroat in Talacre Warren.
Hen Harrier - Neston Marsh.

August 26

1 Whimbrel and 1,000 Grey Plover (20% in summer plumage) - Hoylake/ Leasowe shore.
280 Cormorant, 1 Greenshank and 4 Wheatear - Hilbre Island, 375 Curlew by Little Eye.
1 Little Egret and 250 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Marsh Harrier - Oakenholt Marsh.
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Wheatear (female), 1 Little Ringed Plover and 1 Green Sandpiper - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Great White Egret - Burton Marsh.

August 25

1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 1 Marsh Harrier - Burton Marsh.
350+ Cormorant, 800 Dunlin, 18 Common Tern, 20 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 Redstart, 4 Wheatear, 2 Spotted Flycatcher and 1 Tree Pipit - Hilbre Island.
1 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper and 300 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
15 Greenshank - Heswall Shore.

August 24

1 Whimbrel, 150 Black-tailed Godwit, 12 Knot, 1 Peregrine Falcon and 10 Stock Doves - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper and 1 Common Sandpiper - Inner Marsh Farm.
4 Little Egret, 2 Greenshank, 1 Spotted Redshank and 1 Whimbrel - Point of Ayr.

August 23

1 Sparrowhawk, 20 Golden Plover, 30 Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel and 8 Grey Heron - Leasowe /Moreton Shore.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 4 Common Buzzard, 8 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover and 1 Garganey - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Black Tern and 1 Little Egret - Point of Ayr.
1 Little Egret and 1 Egyptian Goose - Flint Marsh.
2 Little Egret - Parkgate Marsh.

August 22

3 Little Egret - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse flash.
1 Little Egret, 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Ruff, 2 Peregrine Falcon and 1 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 3,000 Dunlin, 450 Ringed Plover, 69 Grey Plover, 45 Sanderling and 75 Little Tern - Hoylake Shore. 
1 Hen Harrier - Neston Marsh.
1 Hobby and 2 Whinchat - Inner Marsh Farm.
7 Gannet, 180 Cormorant, 250 Common Scoter and 1 Common Sandpiper - Hilbre Island.

August 21

1 Hen Harrier, 20 Greenshank, 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Peregrine Falcon and 1 Merlin - Parkgate Marsh.
1 Bittern and 1 Green Sandpiper - West Kirby Shore. 
1 Hen Harrier, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Little Egret and 5 Greenshank - Neston Marsh.
1 Osprey, 5 Manx Shearwater, 2 Black Tern, 6 Greenshank, 6 Whimbrel and 5 Little Egret - Point of Ayr.

August 20

Great White Egret seen off Flint in the morning then from Burton in the afternoon.
3 Black Tern, 3 Arctic Skua, 6 Little Egret and 2 Greenshank - Point of Ayr.
8 Little Egret, 3 Spotted Redshank, 17 Greenshank, 1 Egyptian Goose, 2 ad Yellow Gull and 60 Black-tailed Godwit - Oakenholt Marsh.
2 Little Egret - Parkgate Marsh.
6 Greenshank, 1 Little Ringed Plover and 500 Black-tailed Godwit -  Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Curlew Sandpiper (juveniles) - Hoylake Shore.
2 Shag, 12 Gannet, 2 Whimbrel and 150 Turnstone - Hilbre Island.

August 19

Several Whimbrel (difficult to count in poor vis.), 5 Greenshank, 12 Curlew Sandpiper, 15 Grey Plover in glorious summer plumage and 2 Peregrine Falcon - Heswall Shore.
2 Shag, 2,000 Oystercatcher, 200 Ringed Plover, 400 Dunlin and good passage of Swallow, many feeding on the Island - Hilbre Island.
1 Great White Egret, 2 Little Egret and 5 Whimbrel - Flint Castle.
1,000 Ringed Plover - Bird Island (Red Rocks).
2,500 Oystercatcher, 249 Dunlin, 70 Common Tern and 2,000 Black-headed Gull - West Kirby Shore, another 1,600 Oystercatcher on Little Eye.

August 18

1 Great White Egret - Flint Castle.
2 Greenshank, 8 Little Egret, 1 Spotted Redshank, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Ruff, 1 Egyptian Goose, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Wheatear, 1 Common Buzzard and 200 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
22 Whimbrel, 7 Greenshank and 2 Peregrine Falcon - Heswall Shore.
5 Gannet, 4 Arctic Skua and 1 Little Egret - Hilbre Island.

August 17

1 Little Egret and 1 Great White Egret- Flint Castle.
2 Greenshank, 2 Little Egret, 1 Spotted Redshank, 2 Common Sandpiper and about 250 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 11 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash.
1 Hobby, 621 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Spotted Redshank and 1 Peregrine Falcon - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Little Egret - Heswall Shore.
5 Little Egret - 1 Little Stint and 1 Greenshank - Point of Ayr.
2 Whimbrel, 200 Curlew, 70 Turnstone, 150 Common Tern and 200 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre Island.

August 16

1 Great White Egret, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (adult) and 4 Little Egret - Oakenholt Marsh.
25 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash.
6 Greenshank and Little Ringed Plover - Inner Marsh Farm.

August 15

1 Great White Egret, 1 Marsh Harrier, 2 Yellow-legged Gull (adult) and 2 Little Egret - Flint Castle.
15 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash, also Marsh Harrier (female) seen at Parkgate.
1 Marsh Harrier (female), 1 Little Egret, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Raven and 1 Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Hen Harrier and 1 Marsh Harrier - Neston Marsh.
1 Marsh Harrier (male) - West Kirby Shore.
1 Little Egret - Hilbre Island.

August 14

1 Great White Egret - Flint Castle (unconfirmed report of 2 being present, doesn't seem likely!)
22 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash.
2 Common Buzzard, 1003 Common Gull and 1380 Herring Gull - West Kirby Shore.
1 Marsh Harrier and 1 Green Sandpiper - Shotwick fields. 
15 Gannet, 430 Common Tern, 90 Sandwich Tern and 150 Little Tern - Hilbre Island.

August 13

1 Great White Egret, 2 Raven and 1 Peregrine Falcon - Flint Castle.
2 Marsh Harrier (both ad. female), 1 Green Sandpiper, 9 Raven and 2 Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm.

August 12

Little Egret - Point of Ayr.
1 Great White Egret - Flint Marsh.
1,500 Oystercatcher, 1 Whimbrel, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Wheatear, 20 Common Tern, 12 Little Tern and 60 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre Island.
2 Marsh Harrier - Inner Marsh Farm.

August 11

3 Little Egret, 3 Arctic Skua, c10 Manx Shearwater, 1 Fulmar, several Gannets, several Little Terns, c40 Ringed Plover, 1 Grey Plover and 1 Kittiwake - Point of Ayr.
1 Little Egret, 2 Common Sandpiper and c300 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
15 Gannet, 7 Manx Shearwater, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Arctic Skua, 250 Common Tern, 80 Sandwich Tern, 60 Little Tern and 1 Peregrine Falcon - Hilbre Island.
402 Cormorant - East Hoyle Bank (Hoylake).
1 Curlew Sandpiper (juvenile) and 3 Ruff (all juvenile) - Inner Marsh Farm.

August 10

1 Hen Harrier (ringtail, probable adult female), 1 Water Rail, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 3 Common Buzzard and 1 Little Ringed Plover  - Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Yellow-legged Gulls - Shotwick Boating Lake.

August 9

1 Marsh Harrier (female), 4 Common Buzzard and 2 Little Ringed Plover  - Inner Marsh Farm.
7 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 
1 Wheatear - Leasowe Common.

August 8

1 Marsh Harrier (female), 1 Hen Harrier, 1 Hobby, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 3 Common Buzzard, 1 Little Egret, 1 Common Sandpiper and 3 Little Ringed Plover  - Inner Marsh Farm.
30 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 

August 7

Little Egret - Point of Ayr.
3,500 Dunlin, 200 Ringed Plover, 50 Sanderling, 1,500 Oystercatcher, 200 Sandwich Tern and 200 Common Tern - Hoylake Shore.
1,500 Dunlin, 1,500 Oystercatcher and 150 Sandwich Tern - West Kirby Shore.

August 6

Arctic Skua - Hilbre Island.
1 Marsh Harrier (female), 2 Common Buzzard, Spoonbill, 2 Ravens, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 4 Little Ringed Plover and 1 Common Sandpiper- Inner Marsh Farm, Marsh Harrier also seen on nearby Shotwick Fields.
2 Little Egret, 4 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 2 Arctic Skua and 150 Common Tern - Point of Ayr.
2,500 Dunlin and 500 Sanderling - Hoylake Shore, along with 'shed loads' of Terns. Jane Turner reports a *possible* White-rumped Sandpiper seen briefly at Hoylake, she was unable to confirm sighting.

August 5

2 Whimbrel, 400 Dunlin, 25 Sanderling, 7 Gannet, 2 Arctic Skua, 170 Little Tern, 100 Common Tern and 1,500 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre Island.

August 4

2,400 Oystercatcher - West Kirby Shore.
4 Whimbrel, 6 Gannet, 5 Arctic Skua, 3 Arctic Tern, 1,000 Black-headed Gull, 2,000 Herring Gull, 30 Little Tern, 100+ Common Tern and 200 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre Island, terns counted above were on sand bank at mid tide, at high tide many hundreds of terns fishing around the island, across the estuary and out in the Irish Sea, also 1 Harbour Porpoise.
1 Little Egret, 4 Common Sandpiper, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank, 150 Black-tailed Godwit and 1 Sparrowhawk - Connah's Quay Reserve.

August 3

650 Oystercatcher, 800 Black-headed Gull, 50 Sandwich Tern and 6 Knot in summer plumage - West Kirby Shore.
1 Spoonbill, 7 Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper, 2/3 Water Rail and 1 Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm.
9 Greenshank and 1 Curlew Sandpiper - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 
26 Whimbrel, 1,000 Black-headed Gull, 300 Common Tern and 1,500 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre Island.
1 Mediterranean Gull - Leasowe Shore.

August 2

2 Little Egret - Point of Ayr.

August 1

1 Marsh Harrier (female), 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Water Rail, 3 Common Buzzard, 9 Black-tailed Godwit and 3 Little Ringed Plover - Inner Marsh Farm.
18 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 

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