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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.
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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.
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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.
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September
27 |
18 Little Stint and 6 Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
3 Little Egret and 2 Greenshank -
Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
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September
26 |
23 Little Stint and 1 Garganey - Inner
Marsh Farm.
9 Little Stint - Burton
Marsh.
4 Little Egret - Parkgate
Marsh.
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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.
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September
24 |
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 8 Little
Stint, 5 Ruff and 1 Peregrine Falcon - Burton
Marsh.
1 Shag (juv.) - West
Kirby Marine Lake.
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September
23 |
1 Great White Egret - Burton
Marsh.
17 Bar-tailed Godwit, 150
Cormorant and 1 Peregrine Falcon- Hilbre
Island.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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September
10 |
1 Goosander (red head) - Inner
Marsh Farm.
28 Greenshank
-
Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse Flash.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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August 30 |
1 Garden Warbler ringed on Hilbre
Island, also 20 Common Tern and 15 Sandwich Tern.
1 Hobby - Shotton
Fields.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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August 2 |
2 Little Egret - Point
of Ayr.
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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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