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Newsletters going back to 1998 are archived on this website. Below is a list of Newsletters from January 2007 onwards, the list includes the leading article in each newsletter. Some newsletters have as many as three articles but I have listed what I regard as the most interesting one. They also all include the monthly bird news and events. Click the link at the bottom of the page to see list of newsletters going back beyond January 2007. Additionally there is a Site Index which groups newsletter articles under appropriate headings such as Site Guides and Species Spotlight.


2024 Newsletters

 

February
January


Ospreys
Exceptional Numbers


2023 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January


Barolo Shearwater
Curlew Sandpipers 2023
Pink-footed Geese
Knots, a flag spotter's tale
Wetland Bird survey 2021/22
Sandwich Terns
Up on the roof (nesting gulls)
Little Terns
A Day of Stonechats
Highlights - Mar 2022 to Feb 2023
A Year at Meols - A Favourite Place
Wader's Walk - Meols


2022 Newsletters

 

December

November

October

September

August

July

June

May
April

March
February

January


Massive Redwing Migration
Curlew Sandpiper 2022
Species Spotlight - Curlew
Wetland Bird survey 2020/21
Following Knot to Iceland
Snowy Egrets, Pacific Swifts and other tall stories
Species Spotlight - Garganey
Little Terns at Gronant and Point of Ayr

Fire at Neston Reed Bed
Highlights - Mar 2021 to Feb 2022
Denhall Quay
Dee Estuary Volunatary Wardens


2021 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September

August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

Hilbre Bird Observatory Ringing Report

Wader Conservation World Watch
Shelducks
Pelagic Seabirds in Liverpool Bay
Liverpool Bay Knots
Hoylake Beach
Wetland bird survey 2019/20
Little Terns at Gronant and Point of Ayr
Re-wilding Hoylake Langfields
Highlights - Mar 2020 to Feb 2021
Snow Buntings
Favourite Photographs


2020 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August
July

June
May
April
March
February

January

Dunlin - Rings, Races and Genes
Dunlin
Rock Pipit Status
Sabine's Gull
Goosanders
Sandwich Terns
Little Terns at Gronant
Wetland bird survey 2018/19
Long-billed Dowitcher
Highlights - Mar 2019 to Feb 2020
Purple Sandpipers
Peregrines


2019 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August
J
uly
June

May

April
March
February
January

Siskins
Knot Altcar Colour Ringing Project
Pomarine and Long-tailed Skuas
Arctic and Great Skuas
Wetland Bird Survey 2017/18
The Seven Whistler
Gronant Little Terns
Ring Ouzels in Spring
RSPB on the Dee - 40 years
Highlights - Mar 2018 to Feb 2019
Site Guide - Wirral Country Park
Bearded Tits on the Dee Estuary.


2018 Newsletters

 

December
November
October

September

August
July
June

May
April
March

February
January

Pied Wheatear at Meols.
Species spotlight - Teal
Colour Ring Report - Knot Special
Bonaparte's Gull
Little Ringed Plover
Rare Terns
North Wales Little Tern Group
Gronant Little Terns 2017 Review
Liverpool Bay SPA
The Joy of Birds
Among Knots.
Marsh Harriers on the Dee Estuary.

2017 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March

February

January

Pallid Harrier - first for Cheshire.
Review: Rare and Scarce Birds in C&W
Four Windy Days in September.
Wirral Wader Festival 2017
Wetland Bird Survey Reports 2015/16
Black Tern Spring Passage 2017.
Little Terns and Sea Holly - Review.
Gronant Little Terns.
Oystercatchers.
Highlights March 2016 to Feb 2017.
Tracking Knots.

Egrets Galore.

2016 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August
July

June
May
April
March
February
January

Yellow-browed Warbler Influx 2016
Curlew Sandpiper Influx 2016
Low Tide Wetland Bird Survey
Observations of Black-tailed Godwits
Wetland Bird Survey 2014/15
Spoonbill
Little Terns
Rights and Wrongs!
Birds in Abundance
Highlights March 2015 to Feb 2016.
The Mysterious Pallas's Warbler.
The Moth Snowstorm - Book Review.

2015 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

Species Spotlight - Twite
Wirral Wader Festival
WaderQuest
Godwits of Gilroy
Wetland Bird Survey 2013/14.
Species Spotlight - Arctic Terns.
Liverpool Bay Common Terns.
HOW many Scoters??!!
Species Spotlight - Cormorant.
Laughing Gull at New Brighton.
Colour-ringed Gulls Part 2.
Colour-ringed Gulls Part 1.

2014 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May

April
March
February
January

Cetti's Warbler
Grey Wagtail passage September 2014
Wetland Bird Surveys 2012/13 Part 2
Wetland Bird Surveys 2012/13
Species Spotlight - Ringed Plover
'Rotterdam' on the Dee Estuary
Latest at RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands
Common Scoters
Madness at Red Rocks
Underground Coal Gasification on the Dee Est.
Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society.
Buff-bellied Pipit at Burton.

2013 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

Species Spotlight - Great White Egret
Chasing Blackwits - Iceland 2013
Knots on the Dee Estuary 2012/13
Water Pipits on the Dee Estuary
Black-tailed Godwits Spring 2013
Manx Shearwaters 2013
Gronant Little Terns
Species Spotlight- Waxwings
Species Spotlight- The Sanderling
Highlights March 2012 to Feb 2013
C&W Bird Report 2011.
WeBS 2010/11 (Part 2).

2012 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February
January

WeBS 2010/11 (Part 1).

West Kirby High Tide Roost.
First Birthday at BMW.
Tangled up in Knots.
Chasing Blackwits!
The Mediterranean Gull
Three Magical Spring Days
Gronant Little Terns
Aliens!!
Highlights March 2011 to Feb 2012
Geese on the Dee Estuary - Part 2
Geese on the Dee Estuary - Part 1

2011 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August

July
June

May

April
March
February
January

Species Spotlight - Scaup
Curlew Sandpiper Influx
Burton Mere Wetlands

West Kirby High Tide Roost 2010/11
Liverbird Cruise
Wetland Bird Survey
Little Terns

Spring Migrants - Part 2.
Spring Migrants - Part 1.
Highlights March 2010 to Feb 2011.
40th Anniversary of Ramsar.
Black-tailed Godwits Part 3.

2010 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August

July
June
May
April
March
February
January

Great Crested Grebes.
Lapland Bunting Influx.
Visible Migration.
NW Estuaries - Redshank and Bl-tailed Godwits.
LiverBird Cruise.
NW Estuaries - Knot and Dunlin.
Colour-ringed Knots.
North Wales Breeding Atlas.
North-West Estuaries.
Wirral Birding.
West Kirby Marine Lake.
'Wingspan' Bird Events.

2009 Newsletters

 

December
November

October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March
February

January

NE Wales 2008 Bird Report.
Species Spotlight - Short-eared Owl
Species Spotlight - Hen Harrier
Paddyfield Warbler - Hilbre.
Eleven Years, Eleven Star Rarities.
Mersey Ferry Bird Cruise.
Gronant Site Guide.
Gronant Little Tern Colony.
N Wales Breeding Atlas.
Year Highlights.
Accessible Sites.
Bird Reports.

2008 Newsletters

 

December
November
October
September
August
July
June
May
April
March

February

January

 

Colour-ringed 'Blackwits'.
Wetland Birds Survey 06/07.
Cheshire and Wirral Atlas.
West Kirby Shore 2007/08.
Mersey Bird Cruise.
Common Scoters and Liverpool Bay.
European Storm Petrel.
Gronant Little Tern Colony.
Wetland Bird Surveys.
10 years of deeestuary.co.uk.

HiBO - half a century of bird ringing.

Radde's Warbler in Wirral.

2007 Newsletters

 

December

November

October

September

August

July

June

May

April

March

February

January

 

Pale-bellied Brent Geese.

Site Guide - Red Rocks.

Species Spotlight - Pintail.

Rare Shearwaters off the Dee Estuary.

Heswall and Thurstaston Site Guide.

Mersey Ferry Bird Cruise.

Species Spotlight - Manx Shearwater.

WeBS and Waders.

Dee Estuary WeBS Report - 05/06.

Highlights March to April.

WeBS Report 04/05.

Leach's Petrel Wreck.

1998 to 2006 Newsletters

 

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