| June
30 |
2 Little Egret, 1 Common Buzzard
and 1 Water Rail - Inner
Marsh Farm.
|
| June
29 |
2 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
3 Common Scoter - Red
Rocks.
1 Hobby - Shotwick fields.
1 Mediterranean Gull - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Quail - Burton,
at end of Burton Barn Lane.
|
| June
28 |
1 Little Egret and 1 Spoonbill - Inner
Marsh Farm.
2 Short-eared Owl over West
Kirby, (this very unusual sighting for June confirmed by experienced
birder, Owls flew 100ft over his garden!).
|
| June
27 |
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult) and
39 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner
Marsh Farm.
2 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
1 Greenshank -
Parkgate,
Boathouse Flash.
|
| June
26 |
1 Fulmar over West
Kirby.
1 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
1 Little Ringed Plover - Inner
Marsh Farm.
|
| June
25 |
2 Grey Wagtail (female and
juvenile) - Sandlea Gardens, West Kirby.
|
| June
24 |
1 Manx Shearwater, 2 Gannet and
20 Common Tern - Red Rocks, an hour
before high tide.
1 Hobby - Connah's
Quay.
|
| June
23 |
2 Little Egret - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Common Buzzard over Grange
Hill, West Kirby.
|
| June
22 |
6 Gannet, 2 Manx Shearwater and
12 Common Tern - Red Rocks, high tide
am.
1 Spoonbill and 2 Little Egret - Inner
Marsh Farm.
3 Greenshank - Hilbre
Island.
|
| June
21 |
1 Spoonbill and 3 Little Egret - Inner
Marsh Farm.
|
| June
20 |
1 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
|
| June
19 |
3 Fulmar, 30+ Gannet, 18 Manx
Shearwater, 25 Guillemot, 4 Sandwich Tern and 18 Common Scoter - Gronant,
this morning.
|
| June
18 |
1 Honey Buzzard seen over M53
(Wirral), no other details, but from a reliable source.
|
| June
17 |
4 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
1 Spoonbill
and 1 Little Ringed Plover - Inner
Marsh Farm.
Slow but steady passage of
Manx Shearwater plus a few Fulmar and Gannet - Gronant,
this morning.
|
| June
16 |
400 Knot flying out of the
estuary past Red
Rocks this am. and another 500 Knot flew over near Gilroy
Pool, West Kirby.
Spoonbill, 4 Little Egret
and 1 Little ringed Plover - Inner
Marsh Farm.
|
| June
15 |
3 Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
|
| June
14 |
3 Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
58 Gannets in one big
circling flock this evening in Liverpool Bay, seen from Red
Rocks.
|
| June
13 |
1 Mediterranean Gull (1s), 21
Manx Shearwater, 30+ Gannet, 16 Kittiwake and 2 Common Scoter - Gronant.
|
| June
12 |
4 Little Egret flew from Inner
Marsh Farm to Burton Marsh, adult
Spoonbill at the 'farm'.
|
| June
10 |
1 Spoonbill and 3 Little Egret - Inner
Marsh Farm.
|
| June
9 |
100+ Gannet, 10 Fulmar, about
5 Manx Shearwater - Hoylake Shore.
1 Arctic Skua and 2
Grey Plover - West Kirby Shore.
|
| June
8 |
1 Stone Curlew - Gronant.
June
newsletter has just been published.
|
| June
7 |
1 Red-footed Falcon (male),
reported over golf course behind Red
Rocks .
1 Wood Sandpiper and 1
Garganey (drake) - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Avocet - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
1
Black Guillemot - Hilbre Island.
|
| June
6 |
17 Sandwich Tern, 43 Dunlin,
12 Sanderling, 176 Cormorant, 1 Fulmar and 1 Peregrine, 1 Stonechat in the
sand dunes - Gronant.
1 Common Buzzard - Greenfield.
1 Little
Ringed Plover - Inner
Marsh Farm.
|
| June
5 |
3 Little Egret, 1 Little
Ringed Plover and 1 Wood Sandpiper - Inner
Marsh Farm.
3 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
1 Little Ringed Plover and 3
Sandwich Tern - Shotton rifle ranges pool.
|
| June
4 |
150 Sandwich Tern, 80 Common
Tern, 70 Gannet and 1 Turnstone - Hilbre Island.
2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Little
Egret, 1 Little
Ringed Plover, 3 Common Buzzard and 1 Wood Sandpiper - Inner
Marsh Farm.
46 Gannets off Red
Rocks as tide came in this evening.
|
| June
3 |
1 Spoonbill and 2 Marsh
Harrier - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Spotted Flycatcher and 1
Black Guillemot - Hilbre Island.
1 Marsh Harrier (female) - Burton
Marsh.
|
| June
2 |
25 Black-tailed Godwit, 1
Little Egret and 1 Little Ringed Plover - Inner Marsh Farm.
|
| June
1 |
1 Little Ringed Plover - Hilbre Island.
1 Red Kite seen from A548
near Talacre.
1 Common Buzzard - Grange
Hill, West Kirby.
|
| May
31 |
Still plenty of Gannets (and
presumably other sea birds) in Liverpool Bay (as seen from Red
Rocks) but far too much heat haze at high tide to get an estimate of
numbers.
100 Knot seen flying over Gilroy
pool, West Kirby.
|
| May
30 |
57 Gannet, 4 Fulmar, 50+
Common Tern, 17 Common Scoter, 6 Manx Shearwater, 162 Cormorant and 4
Guillemot - Gronant.
|
| May
29 |
60 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
2
Spotted Flycatcher and 1 Little Owl - Stapledon Wood.
120+ Gannet, 44 Manx
Shearwater, 7 Fulmar, 8 Guillemot, 2 Kittiwake, 40+ Common Tern, 2
Sandwich Tern, 5 Razorbill, 1 Puffin and 1 Storm Petrel - Hoylake
Shore.
2 Great Crested Grebe, 15
Kittiwake, 1 Fulmar, 13 Sandwich Tern, 7 Gannet, 8 Common Scoter and 24
Manx Shearwater - Gronant.
|
| May
25 |
18 Manx Shearwater, 50 Gannet,
150 Common Tern and 15 Fulmar - Hilbre Island.
1 Little Owl - Stapledon
Wood.
1 Puffin plus good numbers of
Manx Shearwater and a few Fulmar - Hoylake
Shore.
2 Hobby - Inner Marsh Farm.
|
| May
23 |
80 Dunlin, 70 ringed Plover,
140 Cormorant, 50 Gannet, 3 Fulmar, 1 Great Crested Grebe and 100+ Little
Tern - Gronant.
|
| May
22 |
500 Dunlin and 1 Grey Plover - Hoylake Shore.
|
| May
21 |
500 Dunlin and 200 Ringed
Plover - Hoylake Shore.
|
| May
19 |
1 Harrier (ringtail, probable
Hen Harrier) and 1 Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm.
4 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
1 Goshawk (female) - Ness.
|
| May
18 |
2 Spoonbill, 1 Gull-billed
Tern (briefly), 1 Whimbrel and
450 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Spotted Flycatcher - Hilbre Island.
|
| May
17 |
1 Garden Warbler and 5 Yellow
Wagtail - Hilbre Island.
1 Great White Egret and 3
Little Egret - Inner Marsh Farm.
|
| May
16 |
3 Whitethroat, 1 Yellow
Wagtail, 1 Peregrine and 1 Whimbrel - Hilbre Island.
1 Garganey (drake), 2 Little
Ringed Plover, 2 Little Egret and 1 Temminck's Stint - Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
|
| May
15 |
1 Temminck's Stint and 250
Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
|
| May
14 |
1 Whinchat, 1 Whimbrel, 1
Little Ringed Plover and 1 Reed Warbler - Shotton.
|
| May
13 |
1 Garganey (drake), 3
Whimbrel and 450 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
|
| May
12 |
1 Wood Warbler - Stapledon
Wood.
20 Whimbrel - Heswall
Shore.
2 Whinchat - Hoylake Langfields (behind Hoylake).
2 Tree Pipit - Red Rocks.
6 Wheatear - West
Kirby Shore.
1 Brent Goose (pale-bellied)
- Little Eye.
|
| May
11 |
1 Little Stint, 2 Little ringed
Plover, 1 Garganey (drake) and 400 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
4 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
1 Guillemot swimming around
the boats at West
Kirby
|
| May
10 |
2 Little ringed Plover and
500 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
|
| May 9 |
2 Avocet, 2 Little ringed
Plover, 1 Garganey (drake) and 400 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
|
| May 8 |
2 Avocet and 280 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
2 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
5 Greenland Wheatear, 2
Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Redstart (female) - Red Rocks.
5 Grasshopper Warbler and 9
Grey Partridge - Hoylake Langfields (behind Hoylake).
1 Osprey just south of Holywell.
May newsletter
has just been published.
|
| May 7 |
4 Whinchat, 5 Whitethroat, 3
Sedge Warbler, 5 Wheatear, several Willow Warblers and Eider (drake) - Hilbre Island.
2 Avocet, 80 Black-tailed Godwit and
1 Common Sandpiper - Inner Marsh Farm.
|
| May 6 |
1 Whinchat and 1 Common
Sandpiper - Rifle Range pools, Shotton.
4 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh, 2 Tree Sparrow nearby.
2 Grasshopper Warbler - Red Rocks,
reeling in the sand dunes this evening.
2 Avocet, 1 Cuckoo, 3 Spotted
Redshank, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 450 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Little
Ringed Plover - Inner Marsh Farm.
|
| May 5 |
16 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed
Warbler, 2 Whitethroat and 1 Cuckoo (female) - Red Rocks.
2 Avocet and 1 Little
Ringed Plover - Inner Marsh Farm.
6 Sedge Warbler and 2 Reed
Warbler - Gronant.
|
| May 4 |
300 Dunlin, 9 Yellow Wagtail,
5 Wheatear, 14 Redpoll, 36 Common Tern, 18 Sandwich Tern and good numbers
of Swallow passing through including, unusually, one which was caught and
ringed - Hilbre Island.
2 Avocet and 6 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Grasshopper Warbler
- Parkgate Marsh.
2 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
3 Sparrowhawk displaying over
Caldy Woods.
|
| May 3 |
7 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed
Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler and 13 Swift - Red Rocks.
4 Grasshopper Warbler and 1
Hobby - Hoylake Langfields (behind Hoylake).
2 Avocet, 6+ Ruff, 300
Black-tailed Godwit, 4 Spotted Redshank
and 1 Kittiwake (briefly) - Inner Marsh Farm.
2,300 Dunlin, 1,000 Herring
Gull, 100 Great Black-backed Gull, 40 Common Tern and 20 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre Island.
|
| May 2 |
2 Little Egret - Parkgate
Marsh.
12 Gannet and 25 Common Tern
off Red Rocks as tide went out.
20 Wheatear (all reported to
be the Greenland sub species), 1 Grasshopper Warbler and 150 Common Tern -
Shotton.
1 Yellow Wagtail - Bagillt
Hall, Hoylwell.
805 Swallow, 1 Arctic Skua
and 8 Wheatear - Hilbre Island.
|
| May 1 |
5 Little Egret - Parkgate
Marsh.
20 Yellow Wagtail, 70 White
Wagtail, 1 Greenshank, 47 Wheatear, 1 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Whinchat -
Shotwick Boating Lake/Rifle Range area.
10 Ruff, 1
Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper, 350 Black-tailed Godwit and 4 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
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