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Archived Latest
Sightings -
September and October 2002.
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Latest Sightings
October
31 |
4 Curlew Sandpiper and 2
Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm,
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October
30 |
Several thousand
Oystercatcher, 1,000 Shelduck and 550 Curlew - West
Kirby Shore.
4 Scaup (male) and 2
Red-breasted Merganser (female) - West
Kirby Marine Lake.
2 Swallow and 2 House
Martin, swallows in particular are very late this year - Inner Marsh Farm,
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October
28 |
1 Whinchat, 3 Stonechat and 6
Greater Spotted Woodpecker - Hoylake
Langfields.
1 Leach's Petrel, 1
Long-tailed Duck and 1 Mediterranean Gull -
north Wirral shore (Leasowe/ New Brighton).
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2
Bewick's Swan, 1 Water Rail, 1 Stonechat and
1 Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm, also
30 Little Egret roosting (another record).
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October
27 |
2 Leach's Petrel seen flying
towards the mouth of the estuary past Holywell.
7 Leach's Petrel, 1 Sabine's
Gull (adult), 1 Little Gull (adult), 1 Grey Phalarope, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 1 Arctic Skua,
1 probable dark-phased Long-tailed Skua, 1 Great Skua and many Kittiwake -
north Wirral shore (Leasowe/ New Brighton).
1 Kingfisher by Meols
Station.
1 Long-tailed Skua, 1
Sabine's Gull, 9 Little Gull, 5 Great Skua, 2 Arctic Skua and 2 Scaup - Point
of Ayr.
1 Great Skua, 1 Storm Petrel
and well over 100 Kittiwake - Hilbre Island.
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October
26 |
8,500 Shelduck - Thurstaston
Shore at low tide.
Estimated 15,000
Oystercatcher between Heswall and West
Kirby at low tide.
4 Little Egret - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
1 Long-tailed Skua - Point
of Ayr.
1 Swallow (a late migrant), 2
Great Crested Grebe and 2 Guillemot - Hilbre
Island.
1 Swallow (another late
migrant) over West Kirby.
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October
25 |
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Ruff
and 400 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
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October
24 |
1 Peregrine and 2 Brent Goose
(dark-bellied) - Little Hilbre, at high
tide.
1 Bean Goose (tundra, ssp.
rossicus) reported on Warren fields, Point
of Ayr.
1 Greenshank, 1 Peregrine, 2
Common Buzzard and 1 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
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October
23 |
2 Whooper Swan - Shotwick
Fields.
20 Turnstone and 100
Redshank roosting at high tide on site of old swimming baths, West
Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1
Merlin, 300 Black-tailed Godwit and 5 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm.
6 Little Egret - Burton
Marsh.
2,000 Oystercatcher, 1,500
Dunlin, 750 Knot, 400 Sanderling, 300 Grey Plover and 50 Ringed Plover - Hoylake
at high tide.
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October
22 |
25 Bewick's Swan - Burton
Marsh.
2,000 Oystercatcher, 160 Curlew
and 280 Sanderling - West
Kirby Shore at high tide as counted by DEVW.
4 Common Scoter off Red
Rocks.
5 Little Egret - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
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October
21 |
50 Turnstone and 50 Redshank
on West Kirby Marine Lake wall before
high tide, 250 - 300 Shelduck on the mud beyond the lake.
1,300 Oystercatcher, 130 Curlew,
263 Grey Plover (one still in summer plumage), 1,300 Dunlin and 400
Sanderling - West
Kirby Shore at high tide as counted by DEVW.
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October
20 |
15 Bewick's Swan, 50 Golden
Plover, 17 Little Egret and several Brambling and Fieldfare over - Burton
Marsh.
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October
19 |
3,000 Black-tailed Godwit,
400 Lapwing, 1,000 Oystercatcher, 50 Great Black-backed Gull, 300 Lesser
Black-backed Gull and 2 Great Crested Grebe - Connah's
Quay Reserve.
5 Whooper Swan, 5 Bewick's
Swan, 5 Ruff and 4 Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
6,000 Oystercatcher, 1
Peregrine, 550 Curlew and 150 Dunlin - West
Kirby Shore as counted by DEVW.
4 Brent Goose and 1 Peregrine
- Little Eye.
15 Bewick's Swan - Burton
Marsh.
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October
18 |
21 Little Egret, 16 Bewick's
Swan, Peregrine, 2 Brambling and 1 Water Rail - Burton
Marsh early this morning.
1 Peregrine and 2 Common
Buzzard - Hoylake Langfields.
2 Long-tailed Duck (pair,
adult) - flew past Marine Lake and Red Rocks.
1 Little Stint and 5 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm.
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October
17 |
1,750 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's
Quay Reserve.
1,500 Black-tailed Godwit - Flint.
1 Brambling on path, lots of
Redwing and a few Fieldfare - Inner Marsh Farm.
6 Little Egret - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
100+ Redwing, 30+ Fieldfare,
50+ Blackbird and 10+ Song Thrush - Hoylake
Langfields early this morning.
Lots of Redwings about
generally but far fewer Fieldfares.
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October
16 |
8,600 Shelduck and an
estimated 5,000 Oystercatcher, 3,000 Dunlin, 1,000 Knot and 200 Grey
Plover at low tide - Thurstaston Shore,
large numbers of Redshank and Curlew between Heswall and West Kirby not
counted.
14 Bewick's Swan - Shotwick
Fields.
1 Little Stint, 4 Ruff and 2
Water Rail - Inner Marsh Farm.
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October
14 |
4 Little Egret and
several Greenshank - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
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October
13 |
22 Little Egret early this
morning over Burton Point, flying
north-west from their roost.
4 Little Egret - Parkgate
Boathouse Flash.
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October
12 |
1 Red-throated Diver and 1
Iceland Gull (briefly) - Hoylake Shore.
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October
11 |
14 Pink-footed Goose - Parkgate,
in field.
22 Bewick's Swan, 100+
Black-tailed Godwit and 2,000+ Teal - Inner
Marsh Farm.
2,000 Oystercatcher, 6
Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Peregrine, 400 Curlew and 200 Dunlin - West
Kirby Shore.
20+ Bewick's Swan - Burton
Marsh (same as seen earlier at IMF).
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October
10 |
22 Bewick's Swan - Burton
Marsh, first of the winter.
4 Little Egret - Parkgate
Marsh.
4,500 Oystercatcher, 394
Curlew, 16 Sanderling, 23 Ringed Plover, 1 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Peregrine and 100+ Shelduck - West
Kirby Shore as counted by DEVW.
2 Spotted Redshank, 424
Redshank, 870 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Ruff and 21 Golden Plover - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Ring Ouzel - Hilbre
Island.
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October
9 |
2 Green Sandpiper - flew
over Ness this morning.
1,400 Pintail and 2 Little
Stint - Inner
Marsh Farm.
30 Common Scoter, 18
Guillemot, 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Eider (male, 1w), 1 Merlin (female), 2
Rock Pipit, 1 Tree Pipit and 1 Brambling over - Hilbre
Island, 5,000+ Oystercatcher on Middle Hilbre at high tide.
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October
8 |
8 Little Egret, 1 Jack Snipe,
11 Greenshank, 3 Peregrine,
1 Grey Wagtail, 2 Mediterranean Gull (adults), 1 Whimbrel and 2 Merlin plus the usual great spectacle of thousands of waders and wildfowl - Parkgate,
tide came in a bit closer than yesterday but not quite to the wall.
3 Scaup and 2 Yellow-legged
Gull - Point of Ayr.
1 Curlew Sandpiper, 600
Knot, 2 Little Stint, 4 Spotted Redshank, 9 Greenshank and 2,470 Black-tailed Godwit
(record number for this site) - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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October
7 |
1 Peregrine, 1 Common
Buzzard, 2 Grey Wagtail, 100 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little Egret and 1
Merlin plus the usual great spectacle of thousands of waders and wildfowl - Parkgate.
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October
6 |
3 Peregrine, 3 Common
Buzzard, 1 Grey Wagtail and 1 Wheatear - Parkgate.
3,000 Black-tailed Godwit - Flint.
1 Yellow-browed Warbler - Leasowe
Common (near lighthouse).
1 Curlew Sandpiper - Gronant.
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October
5 |
1 Curlew Sandpiper and 1
Peregrine (with the usual mass of waders and duck, but the migration watch
suffered from the change in weather!) - Heswall
Shore.
1 Peregrine, 6,500
Oystercatcher, 168 Knot and 400 Curlew - West Kirby Shore at high tide, as
counted by the DEVW.
3 Great Skua, 1 Little Gull,
3 Red-throated Diver, 14 Sandwich Tern and 3,000
Black-tailed Godwit - Point of Ayr.
3 Little Stint, 4
Greenshank, 3 Ruff, 1 Green
Sandpiper and 300 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner
Marsh Farm.
43 Gannet, 80 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, 1
Kestrel, 1 Rock Pipit, 3 Red-throated Diver,
38 Common Scoter, 75 Guillemot, 1 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre Island.
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October
4 |
9 Little Egret and 18 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
1 Little Egret and 14 Golden
Plover - Burton Marsh, Decca Pools.
3 Little Stint, 1 Green
Sandpiper and 380 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Red Kite - Greenfield
Valley.
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October
3 |
3 Little Egret and 33
Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
2,100 Black-tailed Godwit
and 1 Little Egret - Connah's Quay reserve.
2 Little Stint, 2 Spotted
Redshank and 4 Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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October
2 |
5 Little Egret, 1 Peregrine,
1 Sparrowhawk and 29
Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
1 Common Buzzard, 2 Little Stint and
5 Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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October
1 |
7,000+ Shelduck and 46 Grey
Plover (2 still in summer plumage) - Thurstaston
Shore.
1 Peregrine on it's usual
post on Heswall Marsh.
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September
30 |
4,800 Pintail, 3,000
Black-tailed Godwit, 2,500 Teal, 1,800 Shelduck and 1 Peregrine - Flint.
1 Barred Warbler and 1
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker Point
of Ayr, in the Warren.
2 Little Egret and 21
Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
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September
28 |
87 Cormorant, 6 Pintail, 6 Red-breasted
Merganser, 2,000 Oystercatcher and 60 Meadow Pipit - Hilbre
early this morning.
1 Barred Warbler reported Point
of Ayr, east end of the 'Warren'.
1 Little Stint and 7 Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
27 |
1 Turtle Dove - West
Kirby, in a garden by Safeways.
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September
26 |
7,560 Shelduck - Thurstaston
Shore, 1 Little Egret in the gutter.
2 Little Stint, 7 Spotted Redshank,
11 Ruff, 1 Greenshank and 400 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
25 |
1 Turtle Dove - West
Kirby, in a garden by Safeways, 1 Common Buzzard over Grange Hill.
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September
24 |
4,500 Oystercatcher - Little
Eye two hours before high tide, also 12 Wigeon and 59 Shelduck.
7 Red-throated Diver, 16
Common Scoter, 5 Guillemot,
1 Puffin, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 8 Sandwich Tern, 18 Common Tern, 6
Chiffchaff and 1 Rock Pipit - Hilbre Island.
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September
23 |
8 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
2 Spotted Redshank,
2 Greenshank and 9 Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
4,000 Oystercatcher - West
Kirby Shore/ Little Eye, also 1
Peregrine and 1 Sparrowhawk.
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September
22 |
2 Curlew Sandpiper (juv.), 1
Marsh Harrier (f.), 4 Greenshank, 1 Peregrine, 1 Little Egret, 1
Mediterranean Gull and 2,000
Common Gull - Heswall Shore, plus the
usual thousands of Shelduck, Redshank and Curlew.
Osprey over M53 at Bidston,
heading west.
15+ Chiffchaff - Caldy
Hill, one in full song.
8,000 Oystercatcher - West
Kirby Shore at high tide.
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September
21 |
1 Raven and 1 Spotted
Redshank, a few Goldcrests, Willow Warblers, Hirundines and Grey Wagtails
passing through early this morning - Hilbre Island.
10 Greenshank and 3 Little
Egret - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
1 Raven and 1 Common Buzzard
over West Kirby, 4,000 Oystercatcher
on the beach over high tide.
5 Ruff, 3 Spotted Redshank,
2 Greenshank and 3 Water Rail - Inner
Marsh Farm.
300 Cormorant, 50 Ringed
Plover, 75 Sandwich Tern, 100 Linnet and 3 Gannet - Gronant.
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September
20 |
45 Sandwich Tern, 11 Common
Tern, 1 Arctic Skua, 21 Grey Wagtail, 12 Wheatear, 10 Guillemot and 6,000
Oystercatcher - Hilbre Island.
1 Spotted Crake, 1 Green
Sandpiper and 1 Marsh Harrier (f.) - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
19 |
1 Osprey - Hilbre,
fabulous views of Osprey catching and eating fish on East Hoyle Bank.
22 Greenshank and 5 Little
Egret - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
1 Little Stint, 1 Green Sandpiper,
11 Ruff, 2 Spotted Redshank and 850 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
18 |
1 Curlew Sandpiper (juv.),
2 Peregrine and 3 Little Egret - Heswall Shore.
36 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
1 Pectoral Sandpiper (juv.),
1 Spotted Crake, 1 Green Sandpiper, 8 Ruff, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Spotted
Redshank, 1 Crossbill and 1 Spotted Flycatcher - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Hobby and a passage of 200
House Martin - Hilbre.
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September
17 |
3 Curlew Sandpiper (juv.), 1
Ruff (juv.), 3 Greenshank, 2 Peregrine, 16 Grey Heron, 3 Little Egret and estimate of
5,000 Shelduck - Heswall Shore.
14 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
1 Pectoral Sandpiper and 4
Curlew Sandpiper - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
16 |
4 Curlew
Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint, 1 Green Sandpiper, 4 Spotted Redshank and 600 Black-tailed Godwit and
6 Greenshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Hobby - Point
of Ayr over Warren fields.
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September
15 |
1 Spotted Redshank and 2
Greenshank in gutter halfway between Heswall
and Thurstaston.
2 Spotted Flycatcher and 1
Common Buzzard - Hilbre Island.
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September
14 |
3 Great Crested Grebe, 12
Common Scoter, 360 Sanderling and 230 Grey
Plover (many in summer plumage), along with the usual Oystercatchers,
Dunlin and Knot - Leasowe Shore, also 30
Wheatear on the embankment by the lighthouse.
2 Redstart, 20 White
Wagtail, 500 Meadow Pipit, 35 Willow Warbler, 30 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 20
Whitethroat and
2 Garden Warbler - Hilbre Island.
1 Spotted Crake, 2 Curlew
Sandpiper, 1 Greenshank, 2 Little Ringed Plover and 5 Ruff - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
13 |
1 Osprey over New Brighton
promenade (just outside this website's area, but it was heading towards
the Dee Estuary.)
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September
12 |
1 Garganey, 1 Green Sandpiper
and 1 Ruff - Burton Marsh.
1 Spotted Crake, 3 Curlew
Sandpiper, 600 Black-tailed Godwit and 2,500 Teal - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
11 |
12 Little Egret - Parkgate
Marsh.
1 Spotted Crake, 5 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little
Stint and 1,380 Black-tailed Godwit - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
9 |
1 Spotted Crake, 4 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little
Stint, 3 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper and 15 Greenshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
8 |
3,500 Black-headed Gull, 750
Common Gull and 1 Mediterranean Gull - West Kirby Shore.
1,150 Oystercatcher and 5
Common Scoter - Red Rocks.
3,300 Oystercatcher, 12
Little Egret, 2,000 Black-tailed Godwit, 14 Spotted Redshank, 11
Greenshank and 1 Curlew Sandpiper - Connah's
Quay Reserve.
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September
7 |
30 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little
Gull and 1 Peregrine - Hoylake Shore.
4 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little
Stint, 1 Green Sandpiper and 10 Greenshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
6 |
2 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua,
15 Sandwich Tern and 30 Common Tern - Hilbre
Island.
4 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little
Ringed Plover, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint and 10 Greenshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
5 |
1 Marsh Harrier and 3 Little
Egret - Heswall Shore.
5 Gannet, 29 Common Scoter,
10 Kittiwake, 3 Arctic Skua and 1 Great Skua - Red
Rocks.
5 Arctic Skua, 1
Red-throated Diver, 1 Pomarine Skua and 2 Peregrine - Hilbre
Island.
3 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Green
Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint and 5 Greenshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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September
4 |
55 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
17 Yellow Wagtail - Hoylake
Langfields.
1 Osprey, 1 Spotted Crake, 4 Curlew
Sandpiper (juv.), 1 Garganey, 1 Kingfisher and 1 Peregrine - Inner
Marsh Farm.
1 Common Buzzard - Stapledon
Wood.
1 Hobby - Gronant.
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September
3 |
24 Greenshank - Parkgate Marsh, Boathouse
Flash.
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September
2 |
1 Marsh Harrier (juv.) - Burton
Marsh.
3 Curlew Sandpiper, 1
Spotted Redshank, 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 8 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper
and 1 Hobby - Inner
Marsh Farm.
3 Little Egret - Heswall
Marsh.
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September
1 |
1 Greenshank heard by West
Kirby Marine Lake.
10 Grey Wagtail, 1 White
Wagtail and 1 Yellow Wagtail - Hilbre Island.
2 Curlew Sandpiper and 1
Water Rail (juv.) - Inner
Marsh Farm.
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