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August 31 |
2 Leach's Petrel, 4 Arctic Skua,
1 Great Skua and 1 Sabine's Gull -
Leasowe off the Gunsite, good description of Sabine's received
with thanks.
2 Raven over Red Rocks, a couple of
Swifts over nearby West Kirby.
7 Shag (incl 6 juv.), 1 Arctic Skua, 5 Kittiwake, 200 Sandwich Tern,
50 Common Tern and 100 Little Tern (incl many juv.) -
Hilbre Island. |
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August 30 |
3 Curlew Sandpiper (juv), 3,000
dunlin, 500 Ringed Plover, 200 Sanderling and 100 Grey Plover most in
summer plumage -
Hoylake Shore.
12 Leach's Petrel, 4 Storm Petrel, 21 Arctic Skua, 3 Great Skua, 1
Pomarine Skua and 51 Fulmar - Hilbre
Island,
provided by Hilbre Bird
Observatory.
1 Long-tailed Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua, 4 Leach's Petrel, 1 Storm Petrel
and 1 Grey Phalarope - Leasowe off the
Gunsite.
1 Great White Egret reported from Point of
Ayr (not confirmed?).
1 Marsh Harrier - Burton Marsh. |
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August 29 |
3 Curlew Sandpiper (juv) -
Hoylake Shore.
2 Common Buzzard - Hoylake Langfields.
1 Hen Harrier (f.), 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine and 7 Kestrel -
Parkgate Marsh. |
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August 28 |
12 Curlew Sandpiper (11 ad., 1
juv.) -
Heswall Marsh, roosting with Redshank at high tide in gutter off
River Bank Road.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem.) over West Kirby.
46 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash.
1 Little Egret - Hoylake Shore.
1 Cuckoo (juv.) in West Kirby
garden. |
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August 27 |
2 Fulmar over
West Kirby.
10 Gannet seen in five minutes off
Hoylake Shore this morning.
2 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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August 26 |
4 Whimbrel and 1 Yellow Wagtail
- Hoylake Langfields.
3,380 Black-tailed Godwit
and over 2,000 Shelduck off Flint Point
this morning, excellent numbers for August.
36 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse
Flash.
5 Arctic Skua, 2 Whinchat and 10 Wheatear -
Leasowe Bay/Moreton Shore.
180+ Cormorant and 100 Sandwich Tern -
Gronant. |
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August 25 |
4 Garganey -
Inner Marsh Farm, Little Egrets up to 47 roosting.
1 Hobby near Decca Pools, Burton Marsh.
39 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse
Flash.
1 Red Kite over A55 heading towards
Connah's Quay and the estuary.
25 Arctic Skua, 5 Great Skua, 1 Storm Petrel and about 50 Fulmar off
Hoylake Shore. |
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August 24 |
1 Marsh Harrier -
Hilbre Island. |
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August 23 |
1 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Whimbrel,
3 Greenshank, 2 Peregrine and 2 Arctic Skua -
Point of Ayr. |
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August 22 |
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad. winter plumage), 2 Peregrine and 120
Little Tern -
Hilbre Island.
1 Green Sandpiper - Hoylake Langfields.
4 Whimbrel off S. end of West Kirby
Marine Lake.
22 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse
Flash.
1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Peregrine, 38 Great Crested Grebe, 7072 Redshank
and 3,580 Curlew - Heswall Shore. |
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August 21 |
1 Peregrine (imm), 1 Storm Petrel, 3 Wheatear, 4,000 Oystercatcher,
200 Sandwich Tern and 100 Common Tern -
Hilbre Island.
1 Spotted Crake, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank and 1 Garganey -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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August 20 |
1 Spotted Crake and 5 Garganey
-
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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August 19 |
1 Garganey, 2 Goosander, 1
Common Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail (over) and 1 Water Rail (heard) -
Inner Marsh Farm, another record 45 Little Egrets came in to
roost.
2 Little Stint, 900 Ringed Plover, 3,500 Dunlin, 200 Sanderling, 120
Common Tern and 80 Sandwich Tern -
Hoylake Shore at high tide. |
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August 18 |
1 Spotted Crake -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Hen Harrier - Parkgate Marsh.
550 Ringed Plover and 1,000 Dunlin -
Hoylake Shore at high tide.
First of the Mersey Wildlife Cruises today - Highlights - 2 Black
Terns, lots of Common Terns, 2 Sandwich Terns, 1 Kittiwake, 3
Peregrine (2 youngsters) and 5 Turnstones roosting on a buoy.
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August 17 |
18 Greenshank -
Parkgate, Boathouse Flash, 1 Hen
Harrier (ring tail) and 1 Marsh Harrier (f) seen hunting late
afternoon.
3 Greenshank -
Heswall Shore.
1 Spotted Crake -
Inner Marsh Farm, 40 Little Egret came in to roost. |
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August 16 |
150 Sandwich Tern, 120 Common
Tern, 45 Little Tern, 2,500 Dunlin and 500 Ringed Plover -
Red Rocks.
4 Garganey, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank and 1 Marsh Harrier (f)
-
Inner Marsh Farm, 41 Little Egret came in to roost - a record
number.
3 Ruddy Shelduck and 2 Marsh Harrier (f.) -
Burton Marsh. |
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August 15 |
600 Sandwich Tern, 400 Common
Tern, 57 Little Tern, 3 Arctic Skua, 400 Sanderling, 250 Dunlin and 1
Little Stint -
Red Rocks.
1,200 Sandwich Tern, 500 Common
Tern, 120 Little Tern, 10 Willow Warbler, 1 Peregrine, 4 Whimbrel and
1 Common Sandpiper -
Hilbre Island this morning.
15 Wheatear and 1 Stonechat - Moreton
Shore.
1 Hen Harrier (ring tail) - Parkgate
Marsh.
1 Spotted Crake, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 8 Greenshank, 30
Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Common Sandpiper -
Inner Marsh Farm, 38 Little Egret came in to roost. |
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August 14 |
1 Common Sandpiper -
West Kirby Shore.
1 Arctic Skua, 3 Whimbrel, 7
Gannet, 7 Wheatear and 35 Willow Warbler -
Hilbre Island this morning.
16 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse
Flash.
2 Greenshank and 8 Whimbrel
on Heswall Shore, 52 Carrion Crow on
the mudflats and 5 Sandwich Terns fishing the gutter. |
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August 13 |
3 Curlew Sandpiper (ad),
7 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 300 Dunlin and 200 Ringed Plover -
Hoylake Shore.
1 Spotted Crake -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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August 12 |
12 Gannet off
Hoylake Shore this morning, loads of
terns not counted.
3 Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted
Flycatcher, 45 Willow Warbler, 3 Whitethroat, 3 Greenshank, 1 Wood
Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1,050 Swallow -
Hilbre Island, up to 1130hrs.
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 2 Greenshank and 1
Garganey (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
140 Sandwich Tern -
West Kirby Shore. |
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August 11 |
Another good fall of Willow
Warblers, 36 caught and ringed - Hilbre
Island |
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August 10 |
21 Little Egret came in to
roost -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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August 9 |
56 Black-tailed Godwit over
West Kirby this evening heading
towards the estuary (returning from Iceland?).
3 Garganey -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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August 8 |
1 Marsh Harrier (fem.) and 8
Greenshank -
Parkgate Marsh.
3 Garganey and 1 Wood
Sandpiper -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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August 7 |
1 Wheatear and 2 Whimbrel, 1
Fulmar and 1 Gannet close in - Hilbre
Island early this morning.
1 Marsh Harrier, 5 Green Sandpiper, 2 Yellow Wagtail and 6 Little
Egret - Burton Marsh.
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August 6 |
6 Greenshank, 1 Green
Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Whimbrel and 2,250 Oystercatcher
- Point of Ayr. |
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August 5 |
2 Whinchat (pair), 1
Mediterranean Gull (juv), 1 Raven and 1 Spotted Redshank -
Leasowe/Moreton Shore.
1 Ruddy Shelduck and 1
Common Buzzard -
Inner Marsh Farm.
Large fall of Willow
Warblers this morning on Hilbre Island,
about 250 plus 2 Spotted Flycatcher, 1 Whinchat and 1 Redstart. |
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August 4 |
1 Ruddy Shelduck, 5-6 Green
Sandpiper and 1 Kingfisher -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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August 3 |
6 Greenshank, 2 Whimbrel and 1
Golden Plover - Point of Ayr.
1 Hobby - West Kirby. |
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August 2 |
1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Short-eared
Owl and 2 Ruff - Hilbre Island, Marsh
Harrier seen on shore then flew over Royal Liverpool Golf Course.
8 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse
Flash.
3 Mediterranean Gull (2 ad
win. plumage and 1 juv.) near Leasowe
Lighthouse. |
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August 1 |
1 Short-eared Owl, 1
Greenshank, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Fulmar, 1 Gannet and 1
Peregrine - Hilbre Island.
1 Peregrine, 6 Greenshank and 2 Little Egret -
Heswall Shore.
5 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine, 1 Ruddy Shelduck (f.), 1 Whimbrel and
500+ Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay
Reserve. |
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July 31 |
110 Sandwich Tern on sand bank
at Red Rocks, many more of both
Common and Sandwich Terns out to sea, also 6 Little Tern and 5 Gannet.
1 Spotted Flycatcher - Frankby Cemetery (next to
Royden Park).
2 Cuckoo (juv.) -
Gronant.
1 Mediterranean Gull - Point of Ayr.
1 Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Raven and 1 Common Buzzard -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Marsh Harrier, 3 Peregrine and 4 Little Egret -
Burton Marsh. |
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July 30 |
9 Greenshank -
Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
1 Greenshank, 720 Curlew, 10
Sandwich Tern, 93 Shelduck, 1 Whimbrel and 1 Merlin -
Point of Ayr at high tide.
1 Marsh Harrier, 10 Greenshank, 1 Ruff, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 1
Peregrine -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Guillemot, 500 Sandwich Tern, 100 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Skua, 2,000
Dunlin, 50 Sanderling, 6 Whimbrel, 1 Peregrine and 1 Kittiwake
- Hilbre Island over high tide. |
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July 29 |
Ruddy Shelduck, 1 Curlew
Sandpiper and 3 Marsh Harrier -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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July 28 |
1 Common Sandpiper, 210
Sandwich Tern, 200 Sanderling, 1,000 Dunlin, 1 Peregrine, 78 Ringed
Plover, 224 Cormorant and 1 Wheatear -
Gronant.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem.) -
Inner Marsh Farm, and report of 5 Ruddy Shelduck.
800 Black-headed Gull and 37 Lesser Black-backed Gull -
West Kirby Shore.
1 Wheatear (juv.) - Caldy Shore. |
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July 27 |
1 Yellow-legged Gull (ad.), 1
Mediterranean Gull (ad.) and about 80 Sandwich Tern on sand bank off
Leasowe Lighthouse.
40 Common Scoter, 2 Arctic
Skua and 3 Gannet - Gronant. |
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July 26 |
9 Greenshank -
Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
1 Green Sandpiper -
Connah's Quay.
1 Greenshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover (juv.) and 1
Marsh Harrier (fem.) -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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July 25 |
2 Storm Petrel, 6 Arctic Skua,
15 Common Scoter, 10 Fulmar, 4 Manx Shearwater and about 100 Gannet
- Hilbre Island.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem.) - Burton Marsh.
4 Greenshank - Inner Marsh Farm. |
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July 24 |
2 Arctic Skua, 3 Whimbrel and
10 Turnstone
- Hilbre Island this morning.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem.), 1 Peregrine, 1 Merlin and 1 Grasshopper
Warbler - Burton Marsh, Marsh Harrier
later at Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Arctic Skua, 40 Gannet, 2 Great Crested Grebe and 1 Yellow-legged
Gull (3rd year) - Red Rocks. |
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July 23 |
400 Sandwich Tern, 200 Common
Tern and 1,000 Dunlin - Hilbre Island
at low tide. |
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July 22 |
580 Sandwich Tern, 13 Gannet, 1
Kingfisher (on river), 76 Common Scoter, 60 Sanderling and 2 Wheatear
- Gronant, Little Terns doing well -
64 fledged so far.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem.), 3 Common Buzzard and 1 Greenshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
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July 21 |
490 Sandwich Tern, 140 Common
Tern, 1 Arctic Skua, 14 Gannet and 4 Whimbrel
- Hilbre Island at low tide, also 360 Grey Seals on West Hoyle
Bank.
1 Marsh Harrier (fem.) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Arctic Skua - Red Rocks at high
tide.
600 Sandwich Tern, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 2 Wheatear -
Gronant, Little Terns doing well -
64 fledged so far. |
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July 18 |
1 Grasshopper Warbler and 2 Raven -
Burton Marsh, Denhall Lane.
3 Common Buzzard over Saughull Massie
(just south of Moreton).
1 Yellow-legged Gull on beach by Leasowe
Gunsite, also one Stonechat and good number of Swifts.
1 Greenshank, 3,120 Dunlin and 3,290 Curlew -
Heswall Shore. |
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July 17 |
4 Spotted Redshank, 14 Greenshank, 3 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Peregrine
-
Inner Marsh Farm.
25 Greenshank -
Parkgate, Boathouse Flash. |
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July 16 |
2 Greenshank and 57
Black-tailed Godwit
-
Inner Marsh Farm.
23 Greenshank and 1 Little Egret (7 Little Egret counted earlier in
the week) -
Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
423 Sandwich Tern (about 28% juveniles), 68 Common Tern, 1 Arctic Skua,
12+ Gannet and 1 Peregrine - Hilbre
Island just after high tide, terns resting on sand bank east of
island.
2 Arctic Skua and 1 Peregrine, also good numbers of Gannets -
Red Rocks at high tide. |
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July 15 |
12 Greenshank and 5 Spotted
Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore. |
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July 14 |
3 Greenshank and
2 Little Ringed Plover -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Common Sandpiper, 16 Sanderling, 27 Common Tern, 356 Sandwich Tern,
about 300 Little Terns (34 chicks fledged so far), 180 Cormorant and
26 Gannet - Gronant, also possible
Pectoral Sandpiper reported.
1 Whimbrel - Leasowe Shore. |
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July 13 |
17 Sandwich Tern, 270 Curlew,
600 Oystercatcher, 12 Shelduck and 2 Bar-tailed Godwit (one in full
summer plumage) - West Kirby Shore
at high tide.
260 Sandwich Tern (including at least 50 juveniles) and 20 Common Tern
on sand bank by Little Hilbre at high
tide. |
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July 12 |
350 Black-tailed Godwit and 2
Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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July 10 |
2 Little Egret and 8
Black-tailed Godwit - Parkgate Boathouse
Flash.
About 30 Sandwich Terns on West Kirby
Shore.
2 Common Sandpiper - Thurstaston. |
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July 9 |
8 Gannet and about 100 Terns,
mainly Common, off
Red Rocks at high tide. |
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July 8 |
1 Peregrine, 57 Dunlin, 8
Sandwich Tern and 75 Curlew at a very windy and wet
Gronant this morning.
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July 7 |
1 Green Sandpiper and 2 Common Buzzard -
Inner Marsh Farm,
Common Terns and Whitethroats also seen.
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July 6 |
Hundreds of gulls out in
Liverpool Bay off
Red Rocks this evening in very clear weather, had some difficulty
picking out about 15 Gannets and 12 Common Scoters among them.
19 Sandwich Tern, 20+ Gannet and 1 Peregrine -
Gronant. |
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July 5 |
6 Gannets seen through bad heat
haze this morning off
Red Rocks before high tide.
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 6 Spotted Redshank, 2 Ruff and 1 Bearded
Tit -
Inner Marsh Farm.
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July 4 |
3 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Grasshopper Warbler - Burton Marsh.
1 Grasshopper Warbler in hedge next to
Stapledon Wood. |
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July 3 |
1 Mediterranean Gull (2s) and 4 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper
over -
Inner Marsh Farm.
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July 2 |
16 Gannet and 100+ Common Tern
off
Red Rocks at high tide this morning.
2 Common Buzzard - Thurstaston Common.
1 Mediterranean Gull and 1 Greenshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
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July 1 |
1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Water Rail, 4 Spotted Redshank and 1 Yellow
Wagtail, 1 Ruddy Shelduck flew over -
Inner Marsh Farm.
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