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Archived Latest Sightings -
January and February 2003.
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February 28 |
125 Pink-footed Goose, 45
Bewick's Swan, 6 Little Egret, 90 Golden Plover and 14 White-fronted
Goose (European) - Burton Marsh.
7 Tufted Duck - West Kirby
Ashton Park. |
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February 27 |
100 Pink-footed Goose and 16
white-fronted Goose (European) - Burton
Marsh.
70 Bewick's Swan with 20 Mute Swan -
Denhall Quay.
1 Smew (drake) - Inner Marsh Farm.
350 Black-tailed Godwit -
Thurstaston Shore. |
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February 26 |
16 Brent Goose (15
pale-bellied, 1 dark-bellied), 9 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Peregrine, 1
Stonechat (f), 1 Common Scoter, 1 Shag and 7 Great Crested Grebe -
Hilbre Island.
100 Pink-footed Goose and 16 white-fronted Goose (European) -
Burton Marsh.
70 Bewick's Swan - Denhall Quay. |
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February 25 |
3 Snow Bunting -
Wallasey shore (west of lifeguard
station).
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) -
Heswall, Riverbank Road. |
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February 24 |
1 Long-tailed Duck - Shotwick
Boating Lake.
1 Smew (drake) - Inner Marsh Farm. |
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February 23 |
1 Smew (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
70 Bewick's Swan - Burton Marsh.
Probable Red Kite over M53 Upton spur road. |
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February 22 |
1 Common Buzzard, 100
Lapwing, 100 Linnet and 300 Jackdaw -
Thurstaston, in fields by Wirral Way.
13 Brent Goose (pale-bellied), 21 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Merlin and 10
Skylark - Hilbre Island. |
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February 21 |
1 Smew (drake) and 1 Spotted
Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
145 Pink-footed Goose - Burton Marsh.
200 Sanderling - Hoylake, at high
tide, not much else.
3 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station).
7 Red-breasted Merganser
- West Kirby Marine Lake. |
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February 20 |
1 Peregrine, 1 Merlin and 4 Little Egret -
Parkgate Marsh,
high tide.
Approx 800 Black-tailed Godwit roosting off
Heswall, Riverbank Road, at
high tide.
2 Water Pipit reported from Neston
Old Quay.
70 Bewick's Swan - Burton Marsh.
20 Scaup - Meols, off Dove Point. |
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February 19 |
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Peregrine, 1
Merlin, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Little Egret, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit and
1 Brent Goose (dark-bellied) -
Parkgate Marsh,
high tide.
1 Smew (drake) - Shotwick Boating
Lake.
19 Twite - Gronant.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 2 Short-eared Owl and 1 Jack Snipe -
Heswall, Riverbank Road. |
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February 18 |
Estimate of 6 Crossbills -
Burton. |
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February 17 |
Wader
roost at
Hoylake disturbed by female
Peregrine before high tide, most went to Bird Rock off Red Rocks to
roost, estimated numbers 5,000 Knot, 2,000 Grey Plover, 2,000 Dunlin
and 200 Sanderling.
11 Common Scoter flew very close to
Red Rocks at high tide. |
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February 16 |
18 Brent Goose (pale-bellied) and 14 Purple Sandpiper -
Hilbre Island.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) - Parkgate
Marsh, coming to roost late pm.
300 Black-tailed Godwit -
Thurstaston Shore. |
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February 15 |
850
Black-tailed Godwit -
Heswall
Shore, roosting at high tide.
1 Green-winged
Teal (drake) - Inner Marsh Farm.
50 Bewick's Swan - Burton Marsh.
1 Kingfisher and 3 Green Sandpiper -
Shotwick, 1 Smew and 1 Long-tailed
Duck Shotwick Boating Lake.
Estimate of 6 Crossbills -
Burton.
3 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station). |
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February 14 |
10 Brent Goose (pale-bellied) on
Tansky Rocks.
1 Brent Goose (dark-bellied) seen flying towards
Hilbre Island as tide came in, 1
Peregrine on Little Eye.
12 Goldeneye and 4 Red-breasted Merganser
- West Kirby Marine Lake.
3 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station).
720 Black-tailed Godwit -
Thurstaston Shore as tide went
out, am.
18,000 Knot, 12,000 Dunlin, 5,000 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3,000 Grey
Plover and 1,500 Redshank - Leasowe
shore, half tide.
12+ Purple Sandpiper and 1 Shag -
Hilbre Island. |
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February 13 |
1 Smew (drake) and 1
Long-tailed Duck - Inner Marsh Farm. |
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February 12 |
1 Hen Harrier (male, 2nd
winter) flying south past
Caldy Cliffs.
19 Brent Goose (pale-bellied), 1 Shag, 22 Great Crested Grebe, 81
Sanderling, 2 Scaup, 6 Wigeon, 1 Peregrine and 14 Purple Sandpiper -
Hilbre Island.
10 Goldeneye and 8 Red-breasted Merganser
- West Kirby Marine Lake.
2 Waxwing - Little Neston,
Kenilworth Road.
1 Smew (drake),
1 Green-winged Teal (drake) and 1 Long-tailed Duck -
Inner Marsh Farm, 1 Barn Owl at
dusk.
3 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station).
1 Water Pipit and 1-2 Rock
Pipit - Neston Old Quay,
description confirms Water Pipit.
16 White-fronted Goose (European), 10 Little Egret and 70+ Bewick's
Swan - Burton Marsh. |
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February 11 |
7 Goldeneye and 2
Red-breasted Merganser
- West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 11 Shoveler and 3 Grey Wagtail -
Hoylake Langfields.
7 Little Egret and 53 Bewick's Swan -
Denhall Quay, 1 Water Pipit reported at Neston Old Quay but we
are once again told to beware of Rock Pipit (Scandinavian race)
which are routinely being misidentified as Water Pipits.
16 White-fronted Goose (European) and 80 Pink-footed Goose -
Burton Marsh.
17 Brent Goose (pale-bellied), 2 Shag, 8 Great Crested Grebe and
10 Purple Sandpiper -
Hilbre Island. |
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February 9 |
1 Smew (drake) and 1
Long-tailed Duck - Inner Marsh Farm.
16 White-fronted Goose - Burton Marsh.
2 Common Buzzard over West Kirby,
am.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and Merlin -
Parkgate Marsh. |
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February 8 |
3 Great Crested Grebe, 17
Brent Goose (pale-bellied), 2 Shag, 10+ Purple Sandpipers, 6
Sanderling and 1 Rook (Rook very unusual for Hilbre in winter) -
Hilbre Island.
1 Smew (drake) - Inner Marsh Farm.
16 White-fronted Goose and 90 Bewick's Swan -
Burton Marsh.
2 Common Buzzard over West Kirby,
am.
4 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station), 3 Purple Sandpiper on breakwater.
12 Twite -
Flint Castle.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) - Parkgate
Marsh, went to roost late afternoon. |
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February 7 |
1 Smew (drake), 1 Long-tailed
Duck (female), 16 White-fronted Goose and 10 Siskin -
Inner Marsh Farm.
17 Brent Goose (pale-bellied), 2 Shag and 10+ Purple Sandpipers -
Hilbre Island.
Latest Newsletter has just been published. |
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February 6 |
560 Black-tailed Godwit -
Thurstaston Shore,
low tide.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 1 Merlin (male) and 3 Little Egret -
Parkgate Marsh, late afternoon.
1 Smew (drake) and 1 Long-tailed Duck (female) -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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February 5 |
1 Smew (drake), 5 Pink-footed
Goose, 15 White-fronted Goose and 1 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
18 Twite -
Flint Castle.
3 Little Egret - Burton Marsh,
Decca Pools.
4 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station).
25 Brent Goose (pale bellied) - Hilbre
Island.
1 Peregrine, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Rail and 2
Grey Partridge -
Heswall Shore/Fields.
1 Peregrine and 1 Merlin - Parkgate
Marsh. |
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February 4 |
25 Brent Goose (pale-bellied) on marsh at high tide -West
Kirby.
30 Twite - Flint Castle. |
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February 3 |
1 Long-tailed Duck- Shotwick
Boating Lake.
1 Smew (drake), 30-40 Pink-footed Goose, 4 Spotted Redshank and 1
Green-winged Teal (drake) - Inner Marsh
Farm.
12 Twite - Flint Castle.
100 Golden Plover over West Kirby,
25 Brent Goose (pale-bellied) on marsh at high tide. |
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February 2 |
1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Peregrine and 3 Little Egret -
Parkgate Marsh.
1 Smew (drake), 2 Spotted Redshank and 1 Green-winged Teal (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
50+ Bewick's Swan -
Denhall Quay.
1 Water Pipit, 1 Stonechat
(m.) and 2+ Little Egret - Neston Old
Quay.
5 Little Egret - Burton Marsh,
Decca Pools. |
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February 1 |
1 Smew (drake) and 2 Spotted
Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm -
*no sign* of the Long-billed Dowicher since early yesterday - queues
at the hide today and nowhere to park!!
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) -
Neston Old Quay.
1 Great Northern Diver, 26 Brent Goose (pale bellied), 21
Red-throated Diver, 25 Purple Sandpiper and 1 Yellow-legged Gull
(adult) - Hilbre Island.
1 Long-tailed Duck- Shotwick
Boating Lake.
Possible Shorelark - West Kirby
shore. |
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January 31 |
1 Long-billed Dowitcher -
Inner Marsh Farm, early am.
85
Bewick's Swan - Denhall Quay.
4 Purple Sandpiper, 700
Dunlin, 60 Redshank and 20 Turnstone -
West Kirby Marine Lake Wall at
high tide, 12 Goldeneye and 4 Red-breasted Merganser on lake.
1 Stonechat and at least 2 Water Rail -
Red Rocks marsh.
3 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station). |
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January 30 |
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Smew
(drake), 1 Green-winged Teal (drake) and 10 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
80
Bewick's Swan - Denhall Quay.
1 Water Pipit -
Neston Old Quay.
2 Treecreeper - Stapledon Wood. |
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January 29 |
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult)
in flooded fields - Leasowe, near
Lighthouse.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 16 White-fronted Goose (European), 1
American Wigeon (drake), 1 Smew (drake), 1 Green-winged Teal (drake)
and 8 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh
Farm.
60 Bewick's Swan -
Denhall Quay.
33 Brent Goose (32 pale-bellied and 1 dark-bellied) -
Hilbre Island.
1 Hen Harrier
(ring-tail) -
Parkgate Marsh,
at dusk. |
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January 28 |
1 Fulmar over
West Kirby, strong winds!
1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult) in flooded fields -
Leasowe.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 1 American Wigeon (drake), 1 Smew (drake)
and 1 Green-winged Teal (drake) - Inner
Marsh Farm. |
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January 27 |
16 White-fronted Goose
(European), 1 Smew (drake), 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Green-winged Teal
(drake) and 1 Spotted Redshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
2 Water Pipit -
Neston Old Quay. |
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January 26 |
16 White-fronted Goose
(European), 1 American Wigeon (drake), 1 Smew (drake), 1
Green-winged Teal (drake) and 1 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Hen Harrier
(ring-tail), 3 Little Egret, 1 Merlin and 1 Peregrine -
Parkgate Marsh,
at dusk. |
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January 25 |
16 White-fronted Goose
(European), 1 Smew (drake), 1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Green-winged Teal
(drake) and 1 American Wigeon (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm - in total 14 species of duck - wow!
28 Brent Goose (1 dark-bellied, 27 pale-bellied), 18 Purple
Sandpiper, 2,000 Oystercatcher, 90 Turnstone, 6 Great-crested Grebe,
1,000 dunlin and 1 Guillemot - Hilbre
Island, Guillemot was picked up on sand halfway between West
Kirby and Hilbre, later released off Meols.
4 Water Pipit, 10 Little Egret, 50 Bewick's Swan and 1 Peregrine -
Neston Old Quay.
25 Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
3 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station). |
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January 24 |
1 Green-winged Teal (drake),
1 Smew (drake), 1 Long-tailed Duck and 1 American Wigeon (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
32 Brent Goose flew from Hilbre to
Little Eye at high tide.
3 Twite with Linnets, 80 Bewick's Swan and 4 Little Egret -
Neston Old Quay.
25 Turnstone, 20 Redshank, 375 Dunlin and a few Knot -
West Kirby
Marine Lake Wall.
1 Mediterranean Gull -
West Kirby
football club ground. |
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January 23 |
1 Green-winged Teal (drake),
1 Smew (drake) and 1 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
16,000 Dunlin, 9,000 Knot, 2,000 Grey Plover and 4,800 Bar-tailed
Godwit -
Leasowe Shore,
at low tide, many of these at
Hoylake
at high tide, but too far away to count.
5 Purple Sandpiper -
West Kirby
Marine Lake Wall.
20 Purple Sandpiper flew past
Red Rocks
from Hilbre at high tide.
25 Brent Goose between
Little Eye
and Little Hilbre as tide came in.
30 Bewick's Swan -
Denhall Quay. |
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January 22 |
250 Sanderling, 1,100 Grey
Plover and estimated 10,000 Knot and 10,000 Dunlin -
Hoylake shore at high tide.
12 Little Egret, 2
Merlin and 2 Peregrine -
Parkgate Marsh.
1 Green-winged Teal (drake) and 1 Smew (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm, report of 6 Smew
NOT confirmed.
1 Smew (redhead) -
Point of Ayr Warren Farm
ponds.
1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Stonechat and 2 Water Rail -
Red Rocks Marsh. |
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January 21 |
350 Sanderling and estimated
10,000 Knot and 10,000 Dunlin -
Hoylake shore at high tide.
1 Brent Goose (dark-bellied), 2 Shag, 1 Scaup and 1 Yellow-legged
Gull - Hilbre Island.
1 Snow Bunting -
Mostyn Quay.
I can confirm Marsh Harrier seen yesterday at Heswall and Parkgate
is a reliable sighting, and I believe it is the first ever January
record for Cheshire (I have heard rumours that this bird was also
seen earlier this month).
3 Short-eared Owl, 3 Little Egret, 1 Merlin and 2 Peregrine -
Parkgate Marsh,
at high tide, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 7 Little Egret at
dusk.
3 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station).
25 Brent Goose (24 pale-bellied, 1 dark-bellied) -
Heswall Marsh.
1 Long-tailed Duck - Inner Marsh Farm. |
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January 20 |
20+ Brent Goose
(pale-bellied) - Little Eye one and
a half hours before high tide then flew south (to Heswall?).
1 Brent Goose (dark-bellied) - West
Kirby Marsh at high tide, also 23 Pintail flew south.
1 American Wigeon (drake), 1 Green-winged Teal (drake), 1
White-fronted Goose, 2 Peregrine and 1 Smew (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Marsh Harrier reported also 3 Short-eared Owl and 8 Little Egret -
Parkgate Marsh,
at high tide. |
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January 19 |
1 American Wigeon (drake), 5
Ruff and 1 Smew - Inner Marsh
Farm.
2,000 Black-tailed Godwit, 5,000 Oystercatcher, 2 Peregrine, 1
Merlin, 20 Great Crested Grebe, 400 Pintail, 10 Red-breasted
Merganser and 25 Brent Goose (24 pale-bellied, 1 dark-bellied) -
Heswall high tide bird watch.
3 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station). |
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January 18 |
1 Smew (drake) and 1 American
Wigeon (drake) - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Water Pipit, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 40 Pink-footed Goose, 1
Peregrine and 5 Little Egret -
Neston Old Quay.
9 Little Gull, 45 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Whooper Swan, 1 Shag, 31
Purple Sandpiper, 26 Red-throated Diver, 31 Common Scoter, 25 Brent
Goose (pale-bellied) and 1 Brent Goose (dark-bellied) -
Hilbre Island.
1 Peregrine and 1,000 Shelduck - Little
Eye. |
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January 17 |
90
Bewick's Swan - Denhall Quay,
estimate seen through heavy rain!
1 Peregrine and
24 Brent Goose - Little Eye,
geese flew in from Heswall as tide went out.
1 Smew (drake), 1 American Wigeon, 4 Gadwall (2 pair), 700 Wigeon,
800 Teal and 400 Lapwing and 8 Ruff -
Inner Marsh Farm.
300 Dunlin, 150 Knot, 30 Turnstone and 100 Redshank -
West Kirby Marine Lake wall at
high tide.
1000 Oystercatcher, 800 Curlew and 2,500 mixed Dunlin and Knot
packed close together - West Kirby
Shore at high tide. |
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January 16 |
95
Bewick's Swan - Denhall Quay.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), early afternoon,
and a Peregrine - Parkgate Old Baths.
1 Smew (drake) and 3 Common Buzzard -
Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station).
1 Peregrine pursuing large number of waders off
Cubbins Green as tide went out. |
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January 15 |
1 Smew (drake) and 4 Ruff -
Inner Marsh Farm.
56 Bewick's
Swan - Denhall Quay.
1 Water Pipit, 1 Stonechat, 1 Merlin and 4 Little Egret -
Neston Old Quay, beware of
Scandinavian Rock Pipits being identified as Water Pipits.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 12 Bewick's Swan and large number of Teal
- Parkgate Old Baths. |
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January 14 |
3 Snow Bunting -
Wallasey shore (west of lifeguard
station). |
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January 13 |
24 Brent Goose
(pale-bellied), 10 Purple Sandpiper, 10+ Great Crested Grebe, 1 Rock
Pipit, 1 Guillemot, 25+ Sanderling, 50+ Grey Plover and 18 Common
Scoter -
Hilbre Island.
25 Little Egret and 120 Bewick's Swan -
Burton Marsh.
1 Green-winged Teal (drake), 1 Smew (drake) and 4 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Snow Bunting and 1 Mediterranean Gull (adult) -
Wallasey shore (west of lifeguard
station). |
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January 12 |
660 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy
Shore.
1 Short-eared
Owl seen hunting over Hoylake
Langfields this morning.
1 Long-tailed Duck (imm.) - Shotwick
Boating Lake.
1 Velvet Scoter
- Hilbre Island. |
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January 11 |
24 Brent Goose
(pale-bellied), 14+ Purple Sandpiper, 30 Great Crested Grebe, 1
Goosander, 70 Sanderling and 200 Turnstone
- Hilbre Island.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 3 Little Egret
- Parkgate Old Baths, this morning,
male and ringtail Hen Harrier seen coming to roost pm.
1 Green-winged Teal (drake), 3 Ruff, 4 Bullfinch and 1 Treecreeper -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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January 10 |
3 Snow Bunting -
Wallasey shore (west of coastguard
station).
Several thousand Dunlin and Knot observed heading straight out of
estuary in direction of Ireland, this morning.
16 Goldeneye and 6 Red--breasted Merganser -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Long-tailed Duck (imm.) - Shotwick
Boating Lake.
2 Hen Harrier (1 m) and 3 Little Egret
- Parkgate Old Baths, coming in to
roost at dusk, one of the Harriers seen earlier at
Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Little Egret, 11 Bewick's Swan, 2 Black Swan and 7 Pink-footed
Goose -
Burton Marsh. |
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January 9 |
A large mixed flock of
Oystercatcher, Knot, Dunlin, Black-tailed Godwit, Redshank and
Curlew, 15,000+ at low tide off Caldy,
a really great place to see large numbers of birds close to the
beach at low tide.
5,000 Oystercatcher, 1,400 Shelduck, 3,000 Knot, 5,000 Dunlin and
390 Black-tailed Godwit
- Thurstaston shore, low tide.
102 Pink-footed Goose - high over
West Kirby, headed north.
1 Long-tailed Duck (imm.) - Shotwick
Boating Lake.
1 Hen Harrier, 4 Water Pipit, 2 Water Rail, 40 Bewick's Swan, 2+
Whooper Swan and 1 Stonechat (m.)
- Denhall Quay/Neston Old Quay.
2 Hen Harrier (1 m) and 3 Little Egret
- Parkgate Old Baths, late
afternoon. NOTE: there is some doubt over claim of 4 Hen Harriers on
the 7th. Apparently the 2 Harriers have the habit of going to roost,
then slipping away and returning, thus easy to double count.
2,000 Pink-footed Goose going north over
Heswall at lunch time.
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January 8 |
1,000 Teal -
Connah's Quay Reserve.
Deeside Naturalists' Society now have their
own website within the Dee Estuary website.
8,000 Knot, 4,000 Dunlin, 1,800 Bar-tailed Godwit, 210 Sanderling
and 500 Grey Plover
-
Hoylake shore at high tide.
1,500 Oystercatcher, 4,000 Knot, 2,000 Dunlin and 350 Curlew -
Little Eye, once a major Knot roost
it is now unusual to them here at high tide.
2 Hen Harrier
(ringtail and male) - Parkgate Old
Baths. |
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January 7 |
4
Hen Harrier (2 males) - Parkgate Old
Baths.
370
Black-tailed Godwit
-
Heswall Shore, at sunrise.
14,000 Knot, 16,000 Dunlin, 1,800 Bar-tailed Godwit, 150
Sanderling and 1,200 Grey Plover
-
Hoylake shore at high tide.
1 Smew (drake) and 1 Long-tailed Duck-
Shotwick Boating Lake.
2 Snow Bunting -
Wallasey shore (west of coastguard
station).
15 Goldeneye and 8
Red-breasted Merganser - West Kirby
Marine Lake.
Latest Newsletter has just been published. |
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January 6 |
1 Hen Harrier, 6 Water Pipit,
3 Rock Pipit and 16 Little Egret
- Denhall Quay/Neston Old Quay.
1 Smew (drake) and 1 Long-tailed Duck-
Shotwick Boating Lake, Smew later
moved to -
Inner Marsh Farm, where there was a
Green-winged Teal (drake).
150+ Sanderling plus thousands of Knot and Dunlin -
Hoylake shore this afternoon. |
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January 5 |
610
Black-tailed Godwit, 5,000 Oystercatcher and 6,000 Dunlin -
Caldy Shore this afternoon as
the sun went down, flat calm and looking fantastic.
1 Smew (drake) and 1 Long-tailed Duck-
Shotwick Boating Lake.
1 Green-winged Teal (drake) - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult) - Moreton.
4 Gadwall -
Point of Ayr.
200 Sanderling, 2,500 Dunlin and 144 Grey Plover -
Gronant. |
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January 4 |
5 Ruff, 24 Pink-footed Goose,
1 White-fronted Goose, 1 Smew (drake) and 1 Green-winged Teal
(drake) - Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Snow Bunting and 1
Purple Sandpiper (on breakwater) -
Wallasey shore (west of coastguard station).
1 Hen Harrier, 20 Brent Goose, 1 Peregrine and 150 Pink-footed Goose
(flying north in two flocks) -
Heswall, Riverbank Road.
17 Brent Goose, 14 Purple Sandpiper and 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult)
-
Hilbre Island.
860 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy
Shore this afternoon as tide went out.
2 Water Pipit and 2 Little Egret -
Denhall Quay.
4 Bewick's Swan and 6
Whooper Swan - Burton Marsh.
44 Twite - Flint Castle, on
saltmarsh. |
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January 3 |
3 Little Egret, 2 Barn Owl, 1
Hen Harrier (ringtail), 10 Bullfinch, 5 Ruff, 1 Smew (drake), 1
American Wigeon (drake) and 1 Green-winged Teal (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm, at dawn, also 2
Whooper Swan.
3 Snow Bunting and 1
Purple Sandpiper (on breakwater) -
Wallasey shore (west of coastguard station).
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 1 Peregrine and 3+ Little Egret -
Denhall Quay.
12 Brent Goose on rocks to the south of
Hilbre Island as tide came in.
55 Bewick's Swan -
Burton Marsh.
1 Hen Harrier, 1 Merlin and 5 Little Egret -
Parkgate. |
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January 2 |
1 Smew (drake), 1
Green-winged Teal (drake) and 1 American Wigeon (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Snow Bunting, 1
Mediterranean Gull (adult) and 2 Purple Sandpiper (on breakwater) -
Wallasey shore (west of coastguard
station).
120 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy
Shore.
1 Scaup (fem.) and 2 Water Rail -
Shotton Rifle Range pools.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 2 Little Egret -
Parkgate Old Baths. |
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January 1 |
1 Smew (drake), 1
Green-winged Teal (drake) and 1 American Wigeon (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Snow Bunting and 3
Purple Sandpiper (on breakwater) -
Wallasey shore (west of coastguard station), 40 Sanderling on
the tide line.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) seen going to roost at dusk, also 3 Grey
Partridges - Parkgate Old Baths.
2 Bullfinches on the feeders at
Thurstaston Visitor Centre.
Large finch flock in field next to
Gilroy Nature Reserve includes 3+ Tree Sparrow and several Reed
Bunting, also 30-40 Curlew in nearby field. |
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