February
28 |
7 Short-eared Owl, 2 Peregrine Falcon,
2 Merlin, 1 Hen Harrier, 1 Little Egret, 1 Jack Snipe, several Brambling and 2 Water Rail -
Parkgate
Marsh at high tide. 4
Spotted Redshank, 40 Black-tailed Godwit, 18 Ruff and 1 Peregrine -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Yellow-browed Warbler - In
wood inland from Point
of Ayr (SJ113833).
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February
27 |
1 Little Egret and 4 Spotted
Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm. 2
Short-eared Owl, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Merlin, 1 Sparrowhawk - Parkgate
Marsh at high tide. 1
Short-eared Owl - Heswall marsh off Riverbank
Road. 1 Water Pipit and 1 Little
Egret - Neston Old Quay. 1 Little Egret - Denhall
Quay (near Harp Inn). 65 Twite, 600 Black-tailed
Godwit and 50 Pink-footed Goose - Flint Castle. 1 Short-eared Owl - Gronant.
10 Little Gull, 2 Great
Northern Diver, 1 Snow Bunting, 1 Spotted Redshank, 25 Brent Goose, 3
Merlin, 2 Peregrine and a probable Water Pipit - Point
of Ayr.
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February
26 |
1 Green-winged Teal (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm. 6 Great Northern Diver and 6
Scaup - Point of Ayr.
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February
25 |
44 Ringed Plover - On
sea wall at Moreton.
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February
24 |
200+ Bar-tailed Godwit and 4
Stonechat - Leasowe
Shore.
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February
23 |
11 Spotted Redshank and 30
Black-tailed Godwit - Inner
Marsh Farm. 2 Smew (1 drake) - Shotwick
Boating Lake. 200 Bar-tailed Godwit - Leasowe
Shore.
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February
22 |
9 Spotted Redshank, 1 Little
Egret and 8 Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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February
21 |
1 Little
Egret, 23 Bewick's Swan, 1 Barn Owl and 3 Smew (2 drake) - Inner
Marsh Farm. 40
Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy
Wildfowl collection (just across the A540 from Stapledon Wood). 35
Brent Goose (3 dark-bellied, 32 light-bellied) - Hilbre
Island.
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February
20 |
6 Spotted Redshank, 1 Little
Egret, 6 Ruff and 3 Smew (2 drake) - Inner
Marsh Farm, the Smew also seen on Shotwick
Boating Lake. 58 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy
Wildfowl collection (just across the A540 from Stapledon Wood). 4 Little Gull - Leasowe
Shore.
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February
19 |
4 Little Egret - Neston
Marsh.
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February
18 |
4 Water Pipit, Little Egret
and Brambling - Neston Old Quay. 4
Spotted Redshank and 3 Smew (2 drake) - Inner
Marsh Farm. 140 ringed Plover high tide
at Hoylake, Kings Gap. 15,000 mixed wader flock
mainly Dunlin with some Oystercatcher, Redshank and Knot - 2 hours before
and after high tide Hoylake/Meols Shore.
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February
17 |
Estimate of numbers as tide
came in: 300 Shelduck, 100 Black-tailed Godwit, 10,000 Oystercatcher,
2,000 Knot and 2,000 Redshank - Heswall
Shore.
73 Great Crested Grebe and 29
Little Gull off shore, also 1 Stonechat (female) - Old
Gunsite Leasowe. 3 Little Egret -
Parkgate Marsh. 2 Little Egret -
Burton Marsh, and 2 Stonechat Denhall Lane. 4 Water Pipit -
Neston Old Quay. 11
Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Smew (2 drake), 2 Stonechat, 5 Goldneye and 1
Barn Owl - Inner Marsh Farm.
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February
15 |
2 Scaup (male) - West Kirby
Marine Lake.
2 Short-eared Owl and 5
Tufted Duck - Moreton Clay Pit (near Leasowe Lighthouse).
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February
14 |
220 Pink-footed Goose flying
north over West Kirby, looking
glorious against a clear blue sky.
85 Black-tailed Godwit, 250
Knot, 250 Dunlin, 350 Shelduck and 8,000 Oystercatcher - Thurstaston
Shore at low tide.
7 Great Crested Grebe and 6
Common Scoter off Red Rocks.
2 Short-eared Owl - Talacre
sand dunes.
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February
13 |
3 Little Egret - Denhall
Quay.
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February
12 |
12 Brent Goose (pale bellied)
and 2,000 Oystercatcher - Little Eye.
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February
11 |
2 Peregrines dive bombed
group of waders (Knot and Dunlin) just as they had settled down to
roost on boulders West Kirby Marine
Lake, 6 Turnstone stayed put.
1 Common Scoter (male) came
ashore at West Kirby shore at high
tide, didn't fly but seemed uninjured, presumed exhausted, last seen
walking out to Hilbre!
3 Great-crested Grebe,
2 Little Gull and 1 Red-throated Diver - Red
Rocks.
2 Smew (pair), 1 Spotted
Redshank, 2 Ruff, 30 Black-tailed Godwit and 1 Peregrine - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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February
10 |
15 Pintail (flying west), 8
Little Gull, 2 Stonechat, 3,000 Dunlin and 700 Oystercatcher - Leasowe
Gunsite/ Groynes.
1,200 Lapwing and 700 Curlew -
fields behind Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Spotted Redshank and 1,500
Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay reserve.
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February
9 |
6 Spotted Redshank, 3 Ruff
and 250 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh
Farm.
1 Slavonian Grebe, 75 Little
Gull and 40 Red-throated Diver - Hoylake
Shore.
4 Great Northern Diver and 5
Little Gull - Point of Ayr.
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February
8 |
2 Spotted Redshank, pair of
Stonechat, 6 Ruff, 1 Smew (red head) and a Wigeon x American Wigeon hybrid (or possible
American Wigeon) - Inner Marsh
Farm.
At Least 8 Brambling - Parkgate
Marsh.
2 Peregrine - Heswall
Shore.
95 Black-tailed Godwit with
the usual thousands of Oystercatcher - Caldy
Shore.
6 Goldeneye, 3 Red-breasted
Merganser and 1 Peregrine - West Kirby Marine
Lake.
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February
6 |
1 drake Green-winged Teal, 4
Spotted Redshank and 5 Ruff - Inner Marsh
Farm.
3 Little Gull (1w) and 1
Great Northern Diver - Point of Ayr.
36 Brent Goose - Hilbre
Island.
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February
5 |
6 Snow Bunting - Point of Ayr
by Lighthouse.
3 Little Egret - Parkgate
Marsh.
Little Egret and 13 Bewick's
Swan - Burton Marsh.
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February
4 |
6 Brambling in mixed finch
flock on feeders in gardens - West Kirby,
Burlingham Avenue.
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February
3 |
28 Brent Goose, 7 Purple
Sandpiper, 40 Sanderling, 2 Little Gulls and 1 Mediterranean Gull - Hilbre
Island.
100 Black-tailed Godwit, 1
Green-winged Teal (drake), Spotted Redshank and 2 Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Peregrine,
1 Merlin and 5 Brambling - Parkgate at high tide.
1 Little Egret - Neston Old Quay.
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February
2 |
450 Black-tailed Godwit, 1
Green-winged Teal (drake), 65 Shoveler and 9 Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
2 Little Egret - Denhall Quay.
Small flock of Brambling
still at Parkgate Old Baths and the
Dark-bellied Brent Goose still coming to feed on the marsh at West
Kirby at high tide, superb views.
4 Little Gull and 35 Pintail
- Hoylake Shore.
3 Stonechat, 1 Grey Wagtail,
3+ Water Rail and 2 Rock Pipit - Red Rocks.
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February
1 |
12 Short-eared Owl, 16 Water
Rail and 1 Little Egret - Parkgate at high
tide, tide came right up to, and almost over the wall.
1,600 Black-tailed Godwit, 1
Green-winged Teal (drake), 49 Shoveler, 9 Spotted Redshank, 11 Ruff, 900
Dunlin and 1 Greenshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
20+ Brent Goose - Heswall
Shore.
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January
31 |
2 Short-eared Owl - Point of
Ayr, Talacre sand dunes.
2 Little Egret - Harp
Inn.
3 Short-eared Owl, 2 Peregrine,
2 Merlin, 2 Little Egret, 40+ Pink-footed Goose, 9 Bewick's Swan and 20 Brambling - Parkgate at high tide.
1,500 Black-tailed Godwit, 1
Green-winged Teal (drake), 3 Spotted Redshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
10 Bewick's Swan and 2
Whooper Swan - Neston Old Quay.
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January
30 |
1 Little Gull (1w), Spotted
Redshank, Merlin and Scaup - Point of Ayr.
3+ Short-eared Owl and
several Brambling in finch flock 80 strong - Heswall
off golf course.
2 Little Egret - Harp
Inn.
1 Brent Goose (dark-bellied)
- West Kirby Shore.
12 (possibly as many as 15)
Short-eared Owl, 1 Little Egret, 2 Merlin, 1 Peregrine and several
Brambling - Parkgate at high tide.
22 Brent Goose (pale bellied)
and 4,000 Oystercatcher - Little Eye,
half the geese flew to Point of Ayr and other half towards Heswall an hour
before high tide.
15+ Little Gull - Hoylake
Shore, a long way out.
4 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh Decca Pools.
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January
29 |
390 Black-tailed Godwit and 1
Peregrine - Heswall
Shore.
2 Short-eared Owl - Point
of Ayr.
1 Brent Goose - West Kirby Shore.
20 Brent Goose - Hilbre
Island.
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January
28 |
8,000 Dunlin - West
Kirby at high tide, stormy!
12 Spotted Redshank and 7
Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Merlin - Heswall
Shore.
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January
27 |
1,020 Black-tailed Godwit - Flint
Castle, with another 300 at Connah's
Quay.
2 Smew (pair), 1
Green-winged Teal (drake), 2 Stonechat and 30+
Pink-footed Goose (flying over) - Inner
Marsh Farm.
Water Pipit - Neston Old Quay.
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January
26 |
3 Smew (2 drake), 1
Green-winged Teal (drake), 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Merlin and 6 Common
Buzzard - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Little Egret - Denhall Quay.
3 Little Egret, 9 Brambling
and several Twite - Parkgate Marsh.
20 Bewick's Swan and a Black
Swan - Burton Marsh.
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January
25 |
15 Bewick's
Swan - Denhall Quay.
1 Smew (red head) and 1
Brambling - Inner
Marsh Farm.
8 Brambling by Parkgate
Golf Course.
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January
24 |
3 Little Egret and 6 Bewick's
Swan - Burton Marsh.
1 Smew (red head), 9 Spotted
Redshank, 5 Ruff and 25 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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January
23 |
4 Twite and 2 Reed Bunting - Flint
Castle.
2 Smew (pair) and 28 Pochard - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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January
22 |
3 Little
Egret, 7 Whooper Swan and 35 Bewick's Swan - Denhall
Quay.
2 Water Pipit - Neston Old Quay.
15 Brent Goose
(pale-bellied) and 2 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre
Island.
25 Brambling - Parkgate
Golf Course.
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January
21 |
57 Scaup off Leasowe.
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January
20 |
1 Green-winged Teal (drake),
3 Spotted
Redshank, 8 Bewick's Swan and 1 Smew (red head) - Inner
Marsh Farm.
3 Water Pipit, 14 Bewick's
Swan, 1 Peregrine and 4 Little
Egret - Neston Old Quay.
15 Brent Goose
(pale-bellied) and 2 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre
Island.
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January
19 |
1 Peregrine, 10,000+ Knot,
600 Black-tailed Godwit and 12 pale-bellied Brent Geese which flew in from
Hilbre - Heswall
Shore.
25 Bewick's Swan, 1 Spotted
Redshank and Smew - Inner
Marsh Farm.
15 Brent Goose
(pale-bellied), 30 Turnstone, 40 Redshank, 2 Little Gull and 4
Red-breasted Meganser - Hilbre
Island.
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January
18 |
2 Smew (pair) - Inner
Marsh Farm.
2 Little
Egret, 7 Whooper Swan and 17 Bewick's Swan - Denhall
Quay.
1 Merlin, 2 Peregrine, 1
Spotted Redshank, 2,670
Shelduck and 1,350 Black-tailed Godwit - Heswall
Shore.
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January
17 |
1 Woodcock flew over
Montgomery Hill road towards Royden Park.
40 Redshank, 30 Ringed
Plover, 30 Sanderling, 2,000 Dunlin and 240 Grey Plover - West Kirby
Shore, counted by DEVW.
10 Brent Goose - Hilbre
Island.
900 Pintail and 50
Black-tailed Godwit between Mostyn and Point of
Ayr.
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January
16 |
4,700 Bar-tailed Godwit,
29,000 Knot and 24,500 Dunlin - Hoylake Shore (Kings Gap).
2 Smew (drakes), 4
Great-crested Grebe and 1 Little Grebe - Shotwick
boating lake.
2 Stonechat - Shotwick
fields.
6 Ruff and 11 Pochard - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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January
15 |
'Vast numbers' of Knot an
hour before high tide - Hoylake Shore (Kings Gap).
80 Turnstone and 10 Purple
Sandpiper - West Kirby
Marine Lake wall, 22 Red-breasted Merganser and 14 Goldeneye on the
lake.
12 Brent Goose - Little Eye.
1,250 Black-tailed Godwit - Heswall
and Thurstaston Shore, moving north as the tide went out.
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January
14 |
1,100 Oystercatcher, 232
Ringed Plover, 560 Grey Plover, 35,000 Knot, 21,000 Dunlin, 4,500
Bar-tailed Godwit, 197 Sanderling, 711 Curlew
and 384 Redshank - Hoylake Shore (Kings Gap).
120 Turnstone - West Kirby
Marine Lake wall.
2 Water Pipit and 2 Little
Egret - Neston Old Quay.
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January
13 |
260 Shelduck - Little Eye.
500 Lapwing on the Groynes
at Leasowe at high tide.
1 Smew (red-head), 1 Merlin
and 12 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm.
6 Great Crested Grebe, 10
Gadwall, 520 Teal, 1370 Lapwing, 3350 Dunlin, 1500
Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Spotted Redshank - Connah's
Quay Reserve.
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January
12 |
496 Redshank, 675 Shelduck,
25 Brent Goose, 1,600 Dunlin and 53 Grey Plover - West Kirby
Shore / Little Eye.
10,000 Knot, 150 Sanderling,
3,000 Dunlin, 10 Purple Sandpiper and 8,000 Bar-tailed Godwit - Hilbre
Island.
3 Water Pipit, 9 Bewick's
Swan, 5 Whooper Swan and 1 Little
Egret - Neston Old Quay.
2,175 Bar-tailed Godwit,
25,000 Knot and 48 Scaup - Hoylake Shore.
56 Bewick's Swan and 2
Whooper Swan - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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January
11 |
6 Red-breasted Merganser and
6 Goldeneye - West Kirby
Marine Lake this afternoon, about 20 Red-breasted Merganser this
morning.
1,000 Oystercatcher and 50
Shelduck - Hoylake Shore.
27 Brent Goose - Hilbre
Island.
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January
10 |
700 Black-tailed Godwit
Thurstaston Shore, disturbed by a
Peregrine Falcon.
200 Black-tailed Godwit - Heswall
Shore.
Several Brambling behind Old
Baths and 1 Little Egret nearby - Parkgate.
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January
9 |
Plenty of Bramblings with the
finch flock by the golf course
- Parkgate.
34 Red-breasted Merganser and
8 Goldeneye - West Kirby
Marine Lake.
57 Bewick's Swan - Burton Marsh.
7 Brent Goose (pale-bellied)
and 5 Twite - Flint Castle.
1 Red-crested Pochard (female) - Greenfield
Valley.
2 Smew (pair) - Shotwick
boating lake.
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January
8 |
700 Black-tailed Godwit
- Thurstaston Shore.
23 Red-breasted Merganser and
8 Goldeneye - West Kirby
Marine Lake.
1 Bittern - Northop
Country Park (west of Connah's Quay).
1 Water Pipit and 1 Little
Egret - Neston Old Quay.
5 Bewick's Swan - Denhall
Quay.
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January
6 |
700 Black-tailed Godwit and
900 Shelduck - Thurstaston Shore, Tree
Sparrows at the feeder next to the Visitors Centre.
1 Stonechat (female) - Red
Rocks.
1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Water
Rail and 25+ Fieldfare - Sealand rifle
ranges.
2 Smew (drake), plus Gadwall
and Goldeneye - Shotwick
boating lake.
2 Stonechat - Leasowe
Lighthouse.
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January
5 |
110 Black-tailed Godwit, flew
south after being disturbed by a high flying Peregrine Falcon - Caldy
Shore.
At least 20,000 Oystercatcher
between Heswall and West
Kirby.
40 Black-tailed Godwit off Cubbins
Green.
1 Short-eared Owl, 50 Teal,
400 Shelduck and 1 Velvet Scoter - Hilbre
Island.
8 Shoveler and 1 pair Tufted
Duck - Ashton Park, West Kirby.
1 Short-eared Owl, 1
Stonechat and 1 Jack Snipe - Leasowe
Lighthouse.
1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Merlin
and 4 Brambling - Parkgate marsh.
2 Smew (drake) - Shotwick
boating lake.
1 Red-crested Pochard (female) - Greenfield
Valley.
24 Red-breasted Merganser - West Kirby
Marine Lake.
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January
4 |
22 Red-breasted Merganser and
5 Goldeneye - West Kirby
Marine Lake.
3,000 Dunlin and 2,000 Knot - West Kirby
Shore high tide roost, as counted by the Dee
Estuary Voluntary Wardens.
1 Smew (drake) - Shotwick
boating lake.
1 Red-crested Pochard (female),
2 Goldeneye and 1 Dipper - Greenfield
Valley.
2 Water Pipit, 1 Jack Snipe
and 1 Common Buzzard - Neston Old Quay.
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January
3 |
20 Red-breasted Merganser and
a pair of Scaup - West Kirby
Marine Lake.
12 Brent Geese flying over Little
Eye towards Heswall.
2 Short-eared Owl - Leasowe
Lighthouse.
3 Little Egret, 1 Barn Owl
and 1 Stonechat, 10 Swans (either Bewick's or Whooper) flying in the
distance - Burton Marsh.
4 Water Pipit, 1 Little Egret
and 1 Water Rail - Neston Old Quay.
3 to 5,000 Bar-tailed Godwit
- Hoylake Shore.
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January
2 |
8 Red-breasted Merganser, 7
Goldeneye, 2 Tufted Duck and a pair of Scaup - West Kirby
Marine Lake.
1 Smew (drake) - Shotwick
boating lake.
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January
1 |
5,250 Dunlin, 470 Redshank
and 1 Stonechat (female) - West Kirby
Shore.
5 Brent Goose and 3,000
Oystercatcher - Little Eye, 26 Brent
Geese have been around Hilbre area for past 2 weeks or so.
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