About 3,000 mixed gulls and terns on West Kirby Shore this evening, including at least 1,000 Black-headed Gull and 200 Sandwich Tern.
1 Whimbrel and a small group of Sanderling - Leasowe Shore.
1 Green Sandpiper and 5 Little ringed Plover - Inner Marsh Farm.
25 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 

3,500 Oystercatcher, 380 Curlew, 1,900 Black-headed Gull, 386 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 159 Herring Gull, 95 Great Black-backed Gull, 82 Common Tern, 7 Arctic Tern and 421 Sandwich Tern - West Kirby Shore.
1 Water Rail, 1 Common Sandpiper and 3 Little Ringed Plover - Inner Marsh Farm.

Quail - Burton Marsh.
850 Black-headed Gull, 5 Whimbrel, 30 Common Tern, 40 Sandwich Tern and 25 Little Tern - Hilbre Island.
300 to 400 Black-headed Gull, 10 Curlew, 2 Ringed Plover, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit in summer plumage and 35 Turnstone - Leasowe Shore.
1 Little Stint (juvenile) - Inner Marsh Farm.

9 Sanderling, 1 Whimbrel, 25 Common Tern, 50 Sandwich Tern and 60 Little Tern - Hilbre Island.

420 Sandwich Tern and 1 Arctic Skua - Gronant.
4 Whimbrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Peregrine Falcon and 1 Yellow-legged Gull - Hilbre Island.
2 Water Rail and 2 Little ringed Plover - Inner Marsh Farm.

Little Tern, 11 Black-tailed Godwit and 17 Dunlin - Inner Marsh Farm.
9 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 
50 Turnstone, 80 Common Tern, 50 Sandwich Tern, 110 Little Tern and 1 Arctic Tern - Hilbre Island.

1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Greenshank and an estimated 1,500 Curlew and 3,000 Redshank at high tide - Heswall Shore.
Whimbrel flying over, 100 Little Tern roosting and fishing, 125 Curlew and a partially albino Common Gull - Hoylake Shore.
Egyptian Goose - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Greenshank and 1 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
15 Whimbrel and 1 Greenshank - Hilbre Island.

2 Quail heard end of near Shotwick boating lake, also 2 Corn bunting.
29 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 
1 Sparrowhawk - Leasowe golf club.

1 Great White Egret -  Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Quail heard end of Burton Barn Lane, Shotwick.

2 Roseate Tern and 100+ Little Tern - Point of Ayr.
22 Gannet, 7 Manx Shearwater, 83 Common Scoter, 7 Arctic Skua, 8 Whimbrel, 63 Common Tern, 42 Sandwich Tern, 165 Little Tern, 150 Dunlin and 6,000 Knot - Hilbre Island.
2 Green Sandpiper, 2 Common Sandpiper, 600 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Spotted Redshank and 1000+ Redshank - Connah's Quay Reserve.

1 Peregrine Falcon - Heswall Shore.
450 Oystercatcher, 40 Sandwich Tern, 20 Common Tern and 15 Little Tern - Bird Rock, Red Rocks with lots more of each species of Tern over the water fishing, plus 1 Gannet.
170 Dunlin - Meols Shore.
2 Peregrine Falcon,  2 Little Ringed Plover, 4 Greenshank and 3 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
6 Whimbrel and 160 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre Island.

23 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 
70 Cormorant, 150 Little Tern and 350 Sandwich Tern - Gronant.
1 Common buzzard and 130 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's Quay Reserve.
1 Whimbrel, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 5 Greenshank and 1 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
5 Gannet, 3 Manx Shearwater, 120 Common Tern, 100 Sandwich Tern, 50 Little Tern and 4 Whimbrel - Hilbre Island.

14 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 
1 Greenshank with about 2,500 Redshank on Heswall Shore. 
1 Spoonbill, 5 Greenshank, 1 Hobby and 1 Curlew Sandpiper - Inner Marsh Farm.
35 Manx Shearwater, 1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Whimbrel, 2 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 130 Common Tern, 75 Sandwich Tern, 36 Little Tern and 2 Arctic Tern - Hilbre Island.

Inner Marsh Farm open - see details.

19 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 
1 Spoonbill, 8 Greenshank, 1 Common Buzzard and 11 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Arctic Skua and 110 Manx Shearwater - Point of Ayr.

8 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 
1 Iceland Gull (2nd summer) - Leasowe Shore, off Leasowe Castle.
1 Spoonbill and 2 Garganey - Inner Marsh Farm.

14 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 
1 Great Skua - Gronant.
4 Common Sandpiper - Hilbre Island.

9 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash. 
25 Gannet, 1 Arctic Skua, 32 Common Scoter and 3 Whimbrel - Hilbre Island, 468 Grey Seals counted on West Hoyle Bank.
1 Little Egret and 1 Green Sandpiper, 7 Crossbills flew over - Point of Ayr.

1 Spoonbill - Burton Marsh, flying towards Decca Pools. 
17 Gannet, 5 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua, 1 Pomarine Skua, 6 Whimbrel, 500 Sandwich Tern and 300 Common Tern - Hilbre Island.

105 Sandwich Tern, 2 Gannet, 1 Storm Petrel and 1 Arctic Skua - Gronant. 
6 Gannet, 2 Arctic Skua, 120 Sandwich Tern and 1 Storm Petrel - Hilbre Island.

9 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash.
1 Storm Petrel - Point of Ayr.

Connah's Quay Reserve is now open to members of the Deeside Naturalists' Society - see details.

2 Storm Petrel, 3 Arctic Skua and 16 Manx Shearwater - Hilbre Island.
2 Storm Petrel - Point of Ayr.

1 Common Sandpiper - Ashton Park Lake, West Kirby.
1 Roseate Tern, 6 Arctic Tern, 2 Arctic Skua and 1 Little Egret - Point of Ayr.
12 Manx Shearwater, 4 Common Sandpipers and several Gannets off Gronant.

80 Sandwich Tern, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Water Rail heard in the reeds - Gronant.

40 Common Tern, 70 Sandwich Tern, 12 Manx Shearwater, 400 Black-headed Gull and about 500 Herring Gull - Hilbre Island.
3 Spotted Flycatcher (one adult and two young) in the old hospital field opposite Burton Marsh, 2 pairs of Reed Warblers on the marsh.

100 Dunlin, 1 Greenshank and 300 Black-headed Gull - Hilbre Island

250 Sandwich Tern, 1 Black Tern and 2 Common Tern on Gronant Beach with the Little Terns, 1 Common Sandpiper by the river.
1 Crossbill by Thurstaston Visitor Centre.

130+ Sandwich Tern on Gronant Beach with more flying along out to sea, also 85 Cormorant and 10 Dunlin. 
Grasshopper Warbler - Neston Old Quay.
2 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash.

4 Crossbill by Thurstaston Visitor Centre.

1 Little Egret - Point of Ayr.
1 Fulmar, 17 Curlew and 1 Arctic Skua - Hilbre Island.

1 Hobby (male) - Greenfield Valley. 
1 Greenshank - Parkgate Boathouse Flash.
370 Black-headed Gull, 1 Mediterranean Gull (first summer), 5 Black-tailed Godwit and 6 Knot - Hilbre Island.

5 Manx Shearwater, 3 Guillemot plus a few Common, Sandwich and Little Terns - Point of Ayr.
40 Sandwich Tern, 1 Manx Sheawater plus the usual Little Terns - Gronant.

1 Little Egret - Point of Ayr.

2 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Bunting and 1 Common Buzzard - between Denhall Quay and Neston Old Quay.

4 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Eider (female) and 500 Knot - Hilbre Island.
Peregrine Falcon which 'nailed a pigeon' - Hoylake Shore.
840 Curlew - Heswall Shore.

350 Swift, 30 Common Tern, 1 Peregrine Falcon and 10,000+ Knot - Hilbre Island.
275 Knot - Hoylake Shore.

Yellow Legged Gull, Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit, Knot and Grasshopper Warbler - Point of Ayr.

Arctic Skua, a few Manx Shearwater, Gannets and Scoters - Hoylake.

185 Cormorant, 40 Gannet, 4 Manx Shearwater, 20 Fulmar and several small parties of Guillemots - Gronant Beach, 1 Common Buzzard inland.
4 Gannet, 3 Fulmar, 2 Sandwich Tern, 7 Common Tern and 3,000 Knot - Hilbre Island.

1 Spoonbill and 1 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh.
247 Cormorant, Gannets, Manx Shearwater and Arctic Skua - Gronant Beach.

1 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Lesser Whitethroat - Parkgate. 
4 Sedge Warbler, 6 Reed Bunting and 2 Grasshopper Warbler - between Harp Inn and Neston Old Quay.
No sign of Quail in either location.
320 Cormorant - Gronant Beach.
50 Knot - Hilbre Island.

1 Gannet and 1 Fulmar - Hilbre Island.
287 Cormorant and 3 Gannet - Gronant Beach.

1 Gannet, 2 fulmar, 6 Sandwich Tern and 4 Common Tern - Hilbre Island.

A Dolphin swam towards Point of Ayr from Gronant this morning. Urgent need for voluntary wardens to protect the last Little Tern colony in Wales at Gronant. See my appeal in the newsletter.

5 Spotted Redshank - Parkgate Marsh.
1 Peregrine Falcon, 8 Sandwich Tern and 2 Grey Plover in summer plumage (on their way south or north??) - Gronant.

40 Common Scoter flying west, 100 Cormorant, a few Gannets and 8 Grey Heron on the beach - Gronant. 
Quail heard -  Neston Old Quay.

Quails heard -  Parkgate Marsh and Neston Old Quay, believed to be about 4 calling birds, also Grasshopper Warbler at Parkgate.

Quail heard -  Neston Old Quay.

Quails heard - Parkgate Marsh and Neston Old Quay.
2 Gannet, 2 Fulmar, 5 Sandwich Tern, 20 Common Tern, 14 Knot and 1 Peregrine Falcon - Hilbre Island.
150+ Little Tern at Gronant - urgent need for voluntary wardens to protect this last colony in Wales. See my appeal in the newsletter.

Quail heard - Parkgate Marsh.
2 Great-crested Grebe, 12 Gannet and 5 Grey Heron - Hilbre Island. 

7 Gannet, 11 Guillemot, 13 Manx Shearwater and 1 Whimbrel - Hilbre Island. 

Quail heard - Parkgate Marsh.

Quail heard - Neston Old Quay.

Quail heard - Parkgate Marsh.

39 Common Scoter - Hilbre Island. 

Quail heard - Parkgate Marsh.
3 Arctic Skua, 52 Manx Shearwater and 60 Gannet - Hilbre Island.