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Archived Latest
Sightings -
October and September 2000.
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Latest Sightings
| October 31 |
40 Ringed Plover, 6000 Dunlin, 1000 Grey Plover,
2000 Knot and 6 Shelduck - West Kirby High Tide Roost
count carried out by DEVW.
Estimated 800 Oystercatcher and
27 Cormorant - Little Eye.
Little Egret
- Parkgate Marsh.
2 Water Pipit - Neston
Old Quay.
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| October 30 |
15 Ringed Plover, 3000 Dunlin, 505 Grey Plover,
2200 Knot and 3 Sanderling - West Kirby High Tide Roost
count carried out by DEVW.
Estimated 1000 Oystercatcher and
30 Cormorant - Little Eye.
Little Egret and Spotted Redshank
- Parkgate Marsh.
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| October 29 |
Great-crested Grebe and Long-tailed
Duck - Hoylake Shore.
73 Ringed Plover, 2000 Dunlin, 2 Grey
Plover and 50 Knot - West Kirby High Tide Roost
count carried out by DEVW.
350 Oystercatcher, 2
dark-bellied Brent Geese, 1 Peregrine Falcon and 73 Cormorant - Little Eye.
2 Black Swan - Inner
Marsh Farm.
Black Redstart - Hilbre
Island.
7 Little Gull - Point
of Ayr.
2 Little Egret and approx. 1000
Redshank - Parkgate Marsh.
Wheatear and approx 9000 Shelduck
- Heswall Shore.
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| October 28 |
16 Ringed Plover, 3750 Dunlin, 360 Grey Plover,
4500 Knot, 77 Bar-tailed Godwit and 6 Sanderling - West Kirby High Tide Roost
count carried out by DEVW.
Estimated 1500 Oystercatcher and
37 Cormorant - Little Eye.
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| October 27 |
5 Greenshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Little Egret - Parkgate
marsh.
2 Whimbrel (perhaps one seen
twice), Shag and Common Sandpipers - Heswall Shore.
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| October 26 |
27 Great-crested Grebe, 9000 Dunlin,
456 Grey Plover, 2000 Knot, 5 Leach's Petrel, 4 Eider
and 1 Puffin - Hoylake Shore.
18 Little Gull - Point
of Ayr
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| October 25 |
6 Greenshank, 1 Garganey and 1 Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| October 24 |
1 Snow Bunting, Little Gull and
Sooty Shearwatert - Point of Ayr.
15 Red-throated Diver and 12000 Knot
- Hoylake
Shore.
Merlin (female) - Little
Hilbre, bird seen 75 yards distance eating prey for about 30 minutes.
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| October 23 |
1 Snow Bunting and about 1400
Guillemot - Red
Rocks.
Passage of 2400 Guillemot an hour
and 130 Razorbill off Hoylake.
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| October 22 |
Richard's Pipit and 2 Snow Bunting - Red
Rocks.
Kingfisher - Inner
Marsh Farm.
3 Little Egret and 9 Spotted
Redshank - Parkgate
Marsh.
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| October 20 |
3 Little Egret, 19 Spotted
Redshank and 3 Greenshank - Parkgate
Marsh.
Barn Owl - Shotwick.
Garganey and Ruddy Shelduck - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| October 19 |
2 Little Egret, 10 Spotted
Redshank and 7 Greenshank - Parkgate
Marsh.
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| October 18 |
Estimated 800 Oystercatcher - Little Eye.
3 Little Egret, 6 Spotted
Redshank and 5 Greenshank - Parkgate
Marsh.
3 Greenshank, 2 Garganey and
Water Rail - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| October 17 |
Estimated 1500 Oystercatcher and 30 Cormorant - Little Eye.
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| October 16 |
9620 Shelduck, 110 Black-tailed
Godwit, 1380 Curlew and 3400 Redshank - Heswall Shore **Highest ever Shelduck
count at Heswall**.
65 Ringed Plover, 1500 Dunlin, 400 Grey Plover,
50 Knot, 3 Oystercatcher, 25 Bar-tailed Godwit and 75 Redshank - West Kirby High Tide Roost
count carried out by DEVW also 1 Shag.
Estimated 3500 Oystercatcher and
27 Cormorant - Little Eye, birds disturbed by
Peregrine Falcon.
11 Greenshank and 1 Kingfisher - Inner
Marsh Farm.
3 Stonechat - Burton
Marsh.
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| October 15 |
Little Egret - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
Ruddy Shelduck and Garganey - Inner
Marsh Farm.
800 Oystercatcher, 48
Curlew and 15 Cormorant - Little Eye.
30 Knot, 52 Cormorant, 1200
Oystercatcher, 25 Dunlin, 60 Grey Plover, 4 ringed-plover and 45 Sanderling - Hoylake
Shore.
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| October 14 |
45 Ringed Plover, 600 Dunlin, 350
Grey Plover, 1400 Knot, 14 Curlew, 27 Oystercatchers, 53 Bar-tailed Godwit and
3 Sanderling - West Kirby High Tide Roost
count carried out by DEVW.
Estimated 2000 Oystercatcher and
30 Cormorant - Little Eye.
2 Little Egret, 5 Spotted
Redshank and 5 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
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| October 13 |
Peregrine Falcon, 20 Black-tailed
Godwit and rough estimate of 5000 Shelduck and 3000 Redshank. Shelduck
glorious sight when they took flight disturbed by the incoming tide - Heswall
Shore.
50 Ringed Plover, 100 Dunlin, 5 Grey Plover,
53 Knot, 400 Curlew, 230 Oystercatchers and 105 Redshank - West Kirby High Tide Roost
count carried out by DEVW.
2 Arctic Skua, 1 Long-tailed
Duck, 16 Manx Shearwater, 1 Sanderling and 16 Ringed Plover - Red
Rocks
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| October 12 |
9 Red-throated Diver, 1
Black-throated Diver, 45 Common Scoter, 350 Grey Plover, 2500 Knot, 100
Bar-tailed Godwit, 1000 Dunlin, 500 Ringed Plover and 100 Sanderling - Hoylake
Shore.
10 Ringed Plover, 70 Dunlin, 40
Grey Plover, 70 Knot, 370 Curlew, 500 Oystercatchers and 110 Redshank - West Kirby High Tide Roost
count carried out by DEVW.
3500 Oystercatcher, 250 Curlew and
27 Cormorant - Little Eye.
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| October 11 |
187 Curlew, 3500 Oystercatcher
and 185 Redshank - Hoylake
Shore.
4 Raven, 1 Wheatear, 1 Common
snipe, 3 Tree Pipit, 1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Reed Bunting and 25
Long-tailed Tit - West Kirby shore /sand
dunes.
3000 Oystercatcher, 250 Curlew,
2 dark bellied Brent Geese and
30 Cormorant - Little Eye.
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| October 10 |
2 Leach's Petrel, Pomarine Skua, 8
Arctic Skua and 3 Great Skua - Red Rocks.
3 Leach's Petrel, Pomarine Skua,
2 Common Eider, 4 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon and 1 Brent Goose (dark - bellied) - Hoylake
Shore. Probable double counting between Red Rocks and Hoylake.
3 Scaup, 11 Spotted Redshank and
12 Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
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| October 8 |
2 Common Eider (female), 3 Peregrine
Falcon, 5 Arctic Skua and 150 Teal - Hoylake
Shore.
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| October 7 |
Ruddy Shelduck, Garganey, Kingfisher
and 2 Pink-footed Geese - Inner
Marsh Farm.
3 Ruff and 56 Golden Plover - Burton
Marsh.
8 Spotted Redshank and 19
Greenshank - Parkgate, Boathouse Flash.
Kingfisher - Point
of Ayr.
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| October 6 |
Ruddy Shelduck - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| October 5 |
Leach's Petrel and 4 Black Tern - Red
Rocks.
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| October 4 |
9 Long-tailed Skua and Great Skua - Point of Ayr.
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| October 2 |
Grey Phalarope, 7 Arctic Skua, 3 Great Skua, 2
Black Tern, 10 Gannet and 1 Common Scaup - Hoylake
Shore.
9 Long-tailed Skua, 7 Great Skua,
86 Arctic Skua and Black Tern - Point of Ayr.
Oystercatcher 3, Ringed Plover
17, Grey Plover 460, Knot 2650, Sanderling 2, Dunlin 2300, Bar-tailed Godwit
60, Redshank 2 and Eider 1 - West
Kirby high tide roost carried out by DEVW.
Ruddy Shelduck - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| October 1 |
Spotted Crake - Inner
Marsh Farm.
Pectoral Sandpiper - Burton
Marsh (Decca pool).
Garden Warbler, Great Northern Diver, 335 Guillemot
(record for Hoylake), Little Tern, Arctic Tern, 3 Arctic Skua and probable
Barred Warbler - Hoylake.
A very late Swift, Reed Warbler and
Stonechat - Red Rocks.
Oystercatcher 3500, Ringed Plover
47, Grey Plover 132, Knot 61, Sanderling 2, Dunlin 800, Bar-tailed Godwit 117,
Curlew 141, Redshank 10 and Eider 1 - West
Kirby high tide roost carried out by DEVW.
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| September
30 |
4 Greenshank, 2 Peregrine Falcon, Sparrowhawk
and estimate of 5500 Shelduck -
Heswall Shore.
Garganey - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1996 Meadow Pipits counted over two hours
migrating south - Grange Hill, West Kirby.
Pectoral Sandpiper - Burton
Marsh (Decca pool).
Great Northern Diver - Hoylake.
Common Redstart at Red
Rocks with several more between Meols and
Leasowe.
Arctic Skua, Great Crested Grebe,
27 Cormorant, 2650 Oystercatcher, 7 Curlew, 25 Sandwich Tern, 11 Common Tern,
4 Arctic Tern, 2 Red-breasted Merganser and 7 Gannet - Red
Rocks.
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| September
29 |
Ruddy Shelduck
and 2 Spotted Crake - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| September
28 |
20 Greenshank, 2 Curlew Sandpiper, Kingfisher,
2 Peregrine Falcon, 2 Merlin, Sparrowhawk and 2 Common Buzzard - Parkgate
Marsh.
Osprey, Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Peregrine
Falcon, 4 Arctic Skua, 500 Dunlin, 150 Bar-tailed Godwit, 140 Curlew and
Ruff - Hoylake Shore.
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| September
27 |
4 Garganey and Spotted Crake
- Inner
Marsh Farm.
52 Greenshank - Parkgate
Marsh.
3 Brent Geese - West
Kirby shore.
Merlin, 75 Gannet and 1500 Knot - Hoylake
Shore.
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| September
26 |
3 Garganey - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| September
25 |
Curlew Sandpiper - Hoylake
Shore.
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| September
24 |
4 Garganey - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| September
23 |
4 Garganey - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| September
22 |
Spotted Crake and
3 Garganey - Inner
Marsh Farm.
800 Pintail - Burton
Marsh.
Osprey - Point of
Ayr.
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| September
21 |
Pectoral Sandpiper and
3 Garganey - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| September
20 |
Wheatear - Leasowe.
4 Garganey,
4 Ruff,
Wood Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper and Spotted Crake - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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| September
19 |
2 Spotted Redshank and 30 Greenshank - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
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| September
18 |
4000 Oystercatcher - Little
Eye.
3 Brent Geese, Wheatear, 7 Little Tern,
1000 Oystercatcher and 25 Curlew - West Kirby
high tide roost counted by DEVW.
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| September
17 |
2 Garganey and Spotted Crake
- Inner
Marsh Farm.
3 Brent Geese and 2 Peregrine Falcon - Hilbre
Island.
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine Falcon, 3170
Shelduck, 2460 Curlew, 7580 Redshank
and 4 Greenshank - Heswall Shore, highest
Redshank count for several years.
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| September
16 |
2 Peregrine Falcon, Whimbrel, 2 Curlew Sandpiper,
Wheatear and at least 4,000 Shelduck
- Heswall
Shore.
Garganey and Spotted Crake - Inner
Marsh Farm.
Little Egret
- Parkgate Marsh.
3 Brent Geese, 2500 Dunlin, 3 Brent Geese, Peregrine
Falcon, 6 Arctic Skua and 12 Common Scoter- Hoylake.
Roseate Tern, Black Tern and Great Skua - Point
of Ayr.
3750 Oytercatcher - Little
Eye.
357 Oytercatcher, 77 Knot and 74 Bar-tailed
Godwit - West Kirby high tide roost
counted by DEVW.
2 Great Skua, 7 Arctic Skua and 15
Red-throated Diver - Hilbre Island.
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| September
15 |
12 Whimbrel, Curlew Sandpiper, 3000
Oystercatcher and 3 Manx Shearwater
- Red Rocks.
Spotted Crake, 7 Greenshank, 3 Peregrine
Falcon and Garganey
- Inner
Marsh Farm.
5000 Oystercatcher and 311 Curlew - Little
Eye.
732 Oystercatcher, 593 Knot, 165 Dunlin,
210 Bar-tailed Godwit, 67 Sandwich Tern, 18 Common Tern and 1 Arctic Tern - West
Kirby high tide roost counted by DEVW.
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| September
14 |
2 Garganey
- Inner
Marsh Farm
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| September
13 |
White-rumped Sandpiper (adult) - Hoylake shore
2 Spotted Crake and 2 Garganey
- Inner
Marsh Farm
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| September
12 |
White-rumped Sandpiper (adult), Curlew
Sandpiper, Purple Sandpiper (flying towards Hilbre Island with 5 Turnstone),
Yellow-legged Gull, 4 Little Stint, Leach's Petrel, 8 Common Scoter, 3 to 6
Arctic Skua and 3000
Dunlin - Hoylake shore
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