Archived Latest Sightings:
January and February 2026.
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sightings from September 2000.
Feb 28
1 Green-winged Teal (drake) on Boathouse Flash, also 12 Stonechat -
Parkgate.
1 Scaup (drake) -
West Kirby Marine
Lake.
1 redhead Goosander, 3000 Oystercatcher, 80 Grey Plover, 46 Golden
Plover, 5000 Dunlin, 4500 Knot, 1300 Black-tailed Godwit, 90 Bar-tailed
Godwit, 330 Curlew, 1700 Redshank, 2 Greenshank over high tide -
Heswall Shore.
2 Short-eared Owl off
Heswall Golf
Course.
11 Russian White-fronted Geese, distant from Bunker hide -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Feb 27
30+ Siskin in trees, north end of
Stapledon
Wood, Caldy.
1 Short-eared Owl, 2 Marsh Harrier, 2 Great White Egret and 20+
Stonechat seen from bottom of Marshlands Road -
Neston Marsh.
14 Twite on marsh -
Flint Castle.
Feb 26
12 Russian White-fronted Geese (in field at back of barn), also 1
Spoonbill -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Red Kite west over Park Lane and headed towards
Meols Station at 0950am.
Feb 25
7 Stonechat -
Hilbre.
14 Twite on marsh -
Flint Castle.
Feb 24
27 Russian White-fronted Geese -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
1 White Wagtail (*first of spring*) in horse paddocks by Telegraph Lane
-
Leasowe Gunsite.
1 Bitttern flew north and dropped down off Boathouse at dusk -
Parkgate.
15 Marsh Harrier flew into roost -
Neston
Reedbed.
Feb 23
9,000 Knot, 148 Curlew, c200 Redshank and c200 Brent Geese, on the
shore, 1 Stonechat in the sand dunes -
West
Kirby Shore.
12 Twite -
Flint Marsh.
1 Short-eared Owl off
Heswall Golf
Course.
Feb 22
46 Russian White-fronted Geese on wet grassland -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Scaup (drake) and 2 Goldeneye -
West
Kirby Marine Lake.
18 Russian White-fronted Geese viewed from Burton Point -
Burton Marsh.
3 Russian White-fronted Geese -
Outer Burton
Marsh (White Sands).
373 Brent Geese - -
Red Rocks/West
Kirby Shore.
Feb 21
30 White-fronted Geese by
Shotwick
Boating Lake.
290 Brent Geese and at least 2 Jack Snipe -
West Kirby Shore.
400 Sanderling, 15,000 Dunlin and 4,000 Knot at high tide -
Hoylake Shore.
Feb 20
40+ Russian White-fronted Geese in fields towards Puddington,
seen from
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Snow Bunting on shingle -
Gronant.
Feb 19
18+ Russian White-fronted Geese and 5 Barnacle Geese -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
27 Common Snipe and 1 Water Rail flushed by tide -
Target Road, Heswall.
200 Bar-tailed Godwit, 200 Black-tailed Godwit, 300 Grey Plover, 10,000
Dunlin and 3,000 Knot at high tide -
Hoylake
Shore.
Feb 18
1 Green-winged Teal (drake), first on Boathouse Flash then moved to
Bevyl Road Flash -
Parkgate.
Feb 17
1 Water Pipit on saltmarsh, 1 Snow bunting on shingle -
Gronant.
1 Scaup (drake) -
West Kirby Marine
Lake.
3 Short-eared Owl this afternoon -
Parkgate.
Feb 16
14 Russian White-fronted Geese -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
Feb 15
4 Russian White-fronted Geese with Pinkfeet behind flash at Old Baths,
1 drake Green winged Teal and 1,100 Teal on Boathouse Flash at 08.15hrs
but disturbed by Marsh Harrier -
Parkgate.
22 Russian White-fronted Geese -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
14 Purple Sandpiper, 225 Brent Geese and 1 Eider -
Hilbre.
Feb 14
1 Green Sandpiper on R Birkett by water treatment plant, 1
Mediterranean Gull on flooded fields -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
1 Scaup (drake), 3 Goldeneye and 7 Goosander -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Purple Sandpiper on groyne -
Wallasey
Beach.
27 Russian White-fronted Geese -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
3 Short-eared Owl -
Denhall Quay.
1,300 Black-tailed Godwit, 220 Bar-tailed Godwit and 2,000+ Knot
roosted off Shore Cottage over high tide -
Thurstaston.
Feb 13
2 Short-eared Owl showing realy well, 8 Marsh Harrier, 2 Great White
Egret, 1 Merlin, 1 Kestrel and 2 (pair) Stonechat -
Old Baths, Parkgate.
Feb 12
22 Avocet on main scrape this morning, 28 Russian White-fronted Geese
in filed NE of barn late afternoon -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
Feb 11
c12 Russian White-fronted Geese -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
5 Short-eared Owl over salt marsh off
Heswall
Golf Club.
1 Eider (fem) on sea at low tide -
Hoylake.
1 Scaup (drake) -
West Kirby Marine
Lake.
Feb 10
16 Russian White-fronted Geese in field viewed from viewing platform -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Short-eared Owl -
Parkgate.
Feb 9
5 Marsh Harrier, 5 Great White Egret and 2,300 Lapwing -
Parkgate.
3 Russian White-fronted Geese -
Denhall
Quay.
3 Water Pipit and 3 Green Sandpiper =
Neston
Sewage Works/ Marsh.
1 Water Pipit at pools on Warren Farm -
Talacre.
Feb 8
6 Russian White Fronted Geese on main scrape -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
5 Russian White-fronted Geese -
Neston
Marsh.
1 Siberian Chiffchaff still showing well -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
6,400 Pink-footed Geese left roost early morning -
Heswall Marsh.
24 Raven this morning -
Burton Point.
2 Short-eared Owl -
Old Baths, Parkgate.
Feb 7
4 Cattle Egret in field by Mudhouse Lane -
Burton.
At least 8 Russian White Fronted Geese on main scrape -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
90 Brent Geese (incl 1 dark-bellied) on shore over high tide -
Hoylake.
1 Scaup (drake), 3 Goldeneye and 10 Brent Geese -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
c12,000 Knot flew into the estuary after high tide -
West Kirby.
Feb 5
1 Purple Sandpiper -
New Brighton Marine
Lake.
1 Avocet -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Feb 4
1 Russian White-fronted Goose with Pinkfeet, 1 Short-eared Owl and
1,500 Skylark -
Old Baths, Parkgate.
72 Brent Geese on shore at high tide -
Hoylake.
1 Siberian Chiffchaff -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Short-eared Owl -
Denhall Quay.
Feb 3
4 Russian White-fronted Geese -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
1 Short-eared Owl and 12+ Little Grebe -
Parkgate.
2 Short-eared Owl -
Denhall Quay.
Feb 2
2 Water Pipit on saltmarsh -
Gronant,
1 Velvet Scoter flew east, 20+ Brent Geese with waders at high tide -
Hoylake.
3 Greenshank on groyne, 1 Siberian Chiffchaff -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
Feb 1
1 Scaup (drake), 1 Goldeneye and 7 Goosander -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Red Kite over east -
Dawpool Nature
Reserve, Thurstaston.
1 Firecrest -
Saughall.
1 Siberian Chiffchaff -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Red-throated Diver, 200+ Common Scoter and 50+ Great Crested Grebe at
high tide -
Hoylake.
1 Willow Tit and 1 Kingfisher -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
Jan 31
1 Snow Bunting on shingle -
Gronant.
2 Avocet and 2 Woodcock -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 2 Marsh Harrier and c3,000 Lapwing -
Parkgate.
Jan 30
1 Golden Plover, 8 Purple Sandpiper and 325 Brent Geese -
Hilbre.
1 Scaup (drake) -
West Kirby Marine
Lake.
1 Snow Bunting, 2 Water Rail by the outfall -
Gronant.
Jan 28
2 Water Pipit and 1 Short-eared Owl -
Neston
Marsh.
2 Short-eared Owl late afternoon -
Parkgate.
1 Red Kite -
Gilroy Nature Reserve,
West Kirby.
1 Scaup (drake) -
West Kirby Marine
Lake.
Jan 26
3 Jack Snipe, 6+ Marsh Harrier and 6+ Great White Egret -
Parkgate.
1 Water Pipit -
Gronant.
1 Short-eared Owl off end of Station Road -
Burton Marsh.
Jan 25
1 Short-eared Owl late afternoon -
Parkgate.
1 Bittern -
Neston Marsh.
1 Snow Bunting -
Gronant.
Jan 24
7 Great White Egret and 5+ Marsh Harrier -
Burton
Marsh.
Jan 23
1 Stonechat, 2 Raven, 12,000 Knot moved south -
West Kirby Shore.
1 Scaup and 62 Brent Geese -
West
Kirby Marine Lake.
Jan 22
6 Red-breasted Merganser -
West Kirby
Marine Lake.
1 Siberian Chiffchaff -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
Jan 19
1 Siberian Chiffchaff -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Short-eared Owl off Golf Course, also 4 Great White Egret and c3,200
Lapwing -
Parkgate.
440+ Great Crested Grebe on flat calm sea over high tide -
Meols/Leasowe.
2 Snow Bunting -
Gronant.
Jan 18
Report of 2 Slavonian Grebe off north end this afternoon -
Hilbre.
1 Bittern flew into roost off Old Baths, also 2 Short-eared Owl off
golf course -
Parkgate.
10,000 Knot and 5,000 Dunlin at high tide -
West Kirby Shore.
Jan 17
2 Short-eared Owl -
Denhall Quay.
1 Scaup -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Siberian Chiffchaff -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Short-eared Owl -
Parkgate.
Jan 16
1 Shorelark at 3pm, just off
north end -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
24 Brent Geese on beach below Dee Sailing club on ebbing tide -
Thurstaston.
2 Snow Bunting -
Gronant.
1 Siberian Chiffchaff with 3 Chiffchaff -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
4 Short-eared Owl (one came very close to the Old Baths) this afternoon
-
Parkgate.
Jan 15
2 Snow Bunting -
Gronant.
1 Greenshank by groyne, also at least 5 Chiffchaff incluing probable
Siberian Chiffchaff -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Scaup (drake), 3 (2 drake) Goldeneye, 3 Red-breasted Merganser,11
Goosander and 23 Brent Geese -
West
Kirby Marine Lake.
Jan 14
1 Scaup (drake) and 26 Brent Geese (including 2 dark-bellied) -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Merlin -
Riverbank Road, Heswall.
23 Brent Geese by causeway -
Thurstaston
Shore.
Jan 12
1 Scaup (drake), 15 Brent Geese and 3 (2 drakes) Goldeneye -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Bittern flew from Neston Reedbed at dusk, also c3,000 Lapwing, 1,500
Pink-footed Geese, 4+ Great White Egret and at least 6 Marsh Harrier -
Parkgate.
3 Short-eared Owl -
Denhall Quay.
1 Barn Owl -
Burton Point.
Jan 11
2 Snow Bunting and 1 Water Pipit -
Gronant.
1 Scaup (drake), 11 Brent Geese, 1 Goldeneye (drake) and 1 Red-breasted
Merganser -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
Jan 10
2 Short-eared Owl -
Burton Marsh.
1 Greenshank and c7,000 Knot, with several hundred Pintail -
Thurstaston Shore.
1 juv Kittiwake flew west -
Dove Point,
Meols.
1 Mediterranean Gull -
New Brighton.
2 Russian White-fronted Geese in field by Bunker hide -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Scaup (drake), -
West Kirby Marine
Lake.
1 Scaup -
Shotwick Boating Lake.
4 Short-eared Owl -
Denhall Quay.
an 9
4 Short-eared Owl (on ground before being disturbed by Wildfowler) -
Denhall Quay.
1 Scaup (drake), 3 Goldeneye, 2 Red-breasted Merganser and 10 Brent
Geese -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
3 Short-eared Owl, 7+ Marsh Harrier, 2 Merlin, 1 Barn Owl, 1 Tawny Owl
(heard), 9+ Great White Egret and 1+ Cetti's Warbler -
Parkgate.
Jan 6
1 Scaup (drake), 8 Brent Geese, 6 Goldeneye and 7 Goosander -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Bittern (briefly), 4+ Great White Egret and 3+ Marsh Harrier -
Parkgate.
Jan 5
2 Scaup. 20 Goosander. 4 Goldeneye and 1 Mediterranean Gull -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Short-eared Owl -
Parkgate.
2 Greenshank by groyne -
Meols Shore.
30 Brent Geese at high tide -
Hoylake.
2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Barn Owl, 3 Marsh Harrier and 1 Kingfisher -
Denhall Quay.
Jan 3
15,740 Herring Gull flew west past north end, 1 Eider. 2 Goldeneye, 17
Purple Sandpiper, 2 Shag and 184 Cormorant -
Hilbre.
2 Purple Sandpiper -
New Brighton Marine
Lake.
17 (incl 13m) Goosander on Roodee Mere -
Royden
Park.
130 Golden Plover off Boathouse Flash -
Parkgate.
1 1st winter Caspian Gull in high tide roost -
Hoylake.
22 Whooper Swan -
Outer Burton Marsh.
Jan 2
c11,000 Dunlin in high tide roost, also 4 Rock Pipit -
West Kirby Shore.
c12 Goosander on Roodee Mere (present for a couple of days) -
Royden Park.
4 Goldeneye -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Bittern flew from Neston Reedbed to roost off
Parkgate at 16.30hrs.
2 Short-eared Owl and 1 Barn Owl -
Denhall
Quay.
Jan 1
4 Goldeneye (3 drakes) -
West Kirby
Marine Lake.
2 Snow Bunting -
Gronant.
1 Mediterranean Gull flew out of Mersey mouth -
New Brighton.