Dee Estuary Birding

Archived Newsletters...

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.

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2024 Newsletters

October September August July June May April March February January

Our Dee Estuary Project Little Stints Wetland Bird Survey 2022/23 Knots at Leasowe in June Little Terns Little Gulls Spring Migration Highlights - Mar 2023 to Feb 2024 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 July 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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