The Dee Estuary, on the North Wales / North-West England
border, is one of the United Kingdom's premier birding locations for
wetland and shorebirds. This Website describes the best Dee Estuary
birdwatching areas with detailed maps and latest bird news for
dedicated twitchers and casual birdwatchers alike.
Please send any
sightings to: 
February
Newsletter now published on this
website featuring
Species Spotlight - Sanderling, Colour
Ring Report and January Bird
News.
Newsletters
going back to March 1998 can be read, they are indexed both month by
month and by
subject matter.
Latest
Sightings.... (more)
Feb 12
c800 Jackdaw flew into roost at old RAF site -
West Kirby.
2 Hen Harrier -
Gronant.
Feb 11
150 Golden Plover on marsh seen from
Burton Point.
Feb 10
1 Greenshank in the channel -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
Feb 9
830 Pink-footed Geese, 16 Brent Geese, 2 Dabchick, 215 Golden Plover,
18 Ringed Plover, 5000 Dunlin, 4000 Knot, 52 Turnstone, 840 Curlew, 230
Bar-tailed Godwit, 85 Black-tailed Godwit, 860 Redshank over high tide -
Thurstaston.

White-fronted Goose with Pinkfeet, February 8th © Richard Whitby

Teal at Burton Mere Wetlands, February 6th © Bruce Hogan

Barn Owl flying over the marsh, Parkgate, February 5th © Frank Burns

Lapwings on Meols goyne at high tide, February 4th © Richard Smith

Little Stint with nice size comparison with Dunlin and Redshank, Hoylake, February 3rd © Mark Woodhead

Stonechat at Leasowe, February 2nd © Jeremy Bradshaw

Little Stint on the ebbing tide at Meols, February 1st © Richard Smith

Brent Geese over West Kirby Shore, January 30th © Bruce Hogan

A peacful morning at Dove Point, January 30th © Richard Smith

Purple Sandpiper on Hilbre, January 26th © Alan Hitchmough

Black Redstart at Fort Perch, January 25th © Tony Ramsden

Black Redstart at Fort Perch, January 25th © Mark Woodhead

Black Redstart on the sand at New Brighton, January 17th © Steve Williams

Black Redstart on Fort Perch, New Brighton, January 17th © David Bradshaw

Knots enjoying the sunshine this morning at Meols, January 16th © Richard Smith

Redwing by Heswall Golf club, January 13th © Charles Farnell

Siberian Chiffchaff at Neston Sewage Works, January 11th © Richard Whitby
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web
site and unless
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Richard Smith. I do receive articles for the newsletter from time to
time for which I am very grateful, and also various people kindly
donate photographs and sketches. l rely to a large extent on people
keeping me informed about the birds they have seen - this, more than
anything, is what keeps the website going. Note that everything on this
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Estuary Birding' is just the name of this web site - it is not the name
of an organisation or society.
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Photograph of Black-tailed Godwits © Steve Round.