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March and April 2025.

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Apr 30
1 Hoopoe on road side at 10am, Tan-Y-Felin, just west of Greenfield Country Park.
1 Ring Ouzel briefly, flew NE - Hoylake Langfields.
8 Ruff - Parkgate.
2 Wheatear on groyne - Meols Common.
1 Ring Ouzel (fem) behind Lighthouse, and 2 Yellow Wagtail - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Cuckoo briefly, flew south  - Hilbre.
1 Wood Sandpiper and 1 Little Ringed Plover - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Eider (pair) on the sea off Harrison Drive - Wallasey.

Apr 29
At least 10 Avocet - Parkgate.
3 Whinchat - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Garganey (pair) on scrape - Burton Point.

Apr 28
165+ Whimbrel on marsh over high tide - Heswall Shore.
1 White Stork flew over main scrape this afternoon - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Apr 27
1 Blue-headed Wagtail in field opposite sewage plant, Carr Lane - Meols.
2 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear and 1 Grasshopper Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Garganey (pair), 1 Little Ringed Plover and 1 Hobby - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Blue-headed Wagtail and c13 Yellow Wagtail in fields by Sealand.

Apr 26
1 Wood Sandpiper in flooded field near Ness Gardens.
129 Whimbrel, 1 Yellow Wagtail (Lower Heswall) - Heswall Shore.
1 Rng Ouzel in horse paddock by west kissing gate at 5pm, also 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Whinchat, 1 Red Kite over - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Wood Sandpiper heard flying over - Thurstaston Country Park.

Apr 25
c100 Gannet feeding offshore - Red Rocks.
1 Great White Egret flew east - Hilbre.
4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Swift, 1 Cuckoo and 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Osprey high south this afternoon - Leasowe Lighthouse.
133 Whimbrel on rising tide - Heswall Shore.
1 Wood Sandpiper in flooded field near Ness Gardens.
268 Gannet, 24 Guillemot, 80 Sandwich Tern, 29 Whimbrel and 1 Commmon Sandpiper, 1,800 Knot flew north late afternoon - Hilbre.

Apr 24
14 Eider, 12 Red-throated Diver and 125 Sandwich Tern  - Hilbre.
1 Swift *first of spring* over Neston.
At least 20 Whimbrel  on ebbing tide - Caldy/Thurstaston Shore.
10+ Wheatear, 1 Common Redstart, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 3 Whinchat and 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 50+ Gannet offshore - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Spoonbill in heronry - Burton Mere Wetlands.
57 Whimbrel, 175 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ruff over high tide off Heswall Fields NT.
6+ Avocet, 1 Spoonbill and 4 Tufted Duck - Old Baths, Parkgate.

Apr 23
38 Whimbrel, 260 Oystercatcher, 280 Grey Plover, 1100 Dunlin, 85 Curlew, 170 Redshank on the shore, also 1 Whinchat and 1 Lesser Whitethroat at Heswall Fields NT.
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling near boatyard, also 3+ Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 2 Whimbrel in field, 1 Whinchat, 6 Wheatear, 1 Common Redstart (fem), 1 Grasshopper Warbler and 1 Barn Owl - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Apr 22
1 Little Stint - Dove Point, Meols.
1 Cuckoo in tree along nature trail, 2 Grasshopper Warbler and 3 Wheatear near the groyne - Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Sedge Warbler, 3 Cetti's Warbler and 1 male Marsh Harrier - Burton Point.
16 Whimbrel at high tide - Heswall Shore.

Apr 21
23 Whimbrel - Hilbre.
1 Spoonbill - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Yellow Wagtail over - Lower Heswall.
150 Common Scoter, 30 Gannet, 2 Red-throated Diver and 4 Sandwich Tern over high tide this evening - Hoylake.

Apr 20
2 Manx Shearwater, 800 Sandwich Tern, 14 Little Tern, 75 Gannet, 3 Eider, 4 Shag, 2 Yellow Wagtail (over), 4 White Wagtail (down) - Hilbre.
3 Whinchat (1 on Kerr's field, 2 east of River Birkett) - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Little Gull - New Brighton.

Apr 19
1 Ring Ouzel in field, seen from footpath between Oldfield Farm and Dungeon Wood - Heswall.
10 Avocet off Old Baths, and 1 Spoonbill - Parkgate.
1 Common Redstart (fem) - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Common Redstart (fem) - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
1 Osprey over heading east - Lower Heswall.
1 Cuckoo *first of spring* and 11+ Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Whinchat on fence by Station Road - Burton.

Apr 18
4 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Whinchat, 3 Wheatear and 1 Yellow Wagtail between Burton Point and Decca Pools.
1 Spotted Redshank on flash - Denhall Quay.
c200 Pink-footed Geese headed north, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Common Whitethroat, 6 Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warbler, 3 Willow Warbler and 1 Cetti's Warbler, 3 Gannet offshore - Red Rocks.
2 Whinchat and 1 Greenland Wheatear in Kerr's Field, 1 Grasshopper Warbler by Park Lane - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Apr 17
45 Little Tern, 300 Sandwich Tern and 15 Gannet - Hilbre.
1 Grasshopper Warbler (by Burton Point) and 3+ Whinchat (by rifle range) - Burton Marsh.
1 Whinchat - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Common Redstart (fem) - Lower Heswall.
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Whimbrel, 2 male Whinchat, 8 Wheatear, 1 Whitethroat, 6 Willow Warbler - Heswall Shore (and adjacent scrub).
1 Osprey over Grange Hill, also seen over Meols heading north - West Kirby.
1 Whinchat on Kerr's Field, 1 Grasshopper Warbler by inland path coastal paddocks, and 8+ Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Apr 16
1 Common Redstart (fem) and 4 Wheatear in coastal paddocks - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Whinchat in field by Station Road - Burton.

Apr 15
2 Whinchat - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Whinchat and 6 Wheatear this morning - Burton Point.

Apr 14
1 White Stork at 2pm over Gronant.
1 White Stork at 3pm over heading towards Hilbre then flew inland east, 1 Tree Pipit in sea-front garden - Hoylake.
1 Red Kite over also seen over Hoylake and Hoylake Langfields, 1 Grasshopper Warbler west end of paddocks near groyne, 1 Whimbrel over - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Whinchat and 10 Wheatear - Hoylake Langfields.
1 Common Crane by rifle range this evening - Shotwick Fields.
1 Pied Flycatcher (fem) at The Breck woodland (off Breck Road) - Wallasey.

Apr 13
1 Common Redstart in chaple field this evening - Burton.
1 Whinchat on Kerr's Field - Leasowe Lighthouse.
53+ Gannet and 12 Sandwich Tern out to sea, also 2 Reed Warbler and 1 Sedge Warbler - Red Rocks.
1 Lesser Whitethroat - Burton Mere Wetlands.
5 Little Tern - Gronant.
1 Whinchat - Shotwick Fields.

Apr 12
35 Willow Warbler, 4 Tree Pipit, 6 Wheatear, 11 White Wagtail, 43 Gannet and 300+ Sandwich Tern highlights from Hilbre.
1 Ring Ouzel and 1 Osprey over - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Ring Ouzel in field by Limbo Lane - Irby.
1 Whinchat - Gronant.

Apr 11
7 Red-throated Diver on flat calm sea, 1 Short-eared Owl over - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Apr 10
1 Osprey over, circling high and heading north - Burton Point.
6 Willow Warbler, 1 Swallow, 2 Wheatear, 2 Sandwich Tern and 4 Gannet - Hilbre.
35 Sandwich Tern over high tide - Leasowe/New Brighton.
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling in field in Lower Heswall.
1 Short-eared Owl at 7pm - Neston Old Quay.

Apr 9
20 Sandwich Tern at high tide - Wallasey Shore.
7 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Apr 8
2 Yellow Wagtail (one was a 'channel' wagtail) and 1 Common Redstart - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Common Redstart at Heswall Golf Course.

Apr 7
1 Black Redstart west end of coastal paddocks this morning, also 1 Common Redstart (Kerr's Field), 6 Wheatear in coastal paddocks and 7 Whimbrel East Hoyle Bank - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Pied Flycatcher in sea-front garden (caught and ringed) - Hoylake.
1 Osprey flew north along the channel, also 1 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Grasshopper Warbler in coastal field - Heswall/Thurstaston.
1 Red Kite - Neston Marsh.
1 Common Redstart in paddocks by Leasowe Gunsite.
1 Common Redstart in horse paddock - Saughall Massie.
1 Common Redstart, 4 Wheatear and a fall of Willow Warblers - Hoylake Langfields.
2350 Black-tailed Godwits - Caldy Wilfowl Collection.

Apr 6
1 Osprey, 920am, east over West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Great Grey Shrike in field next to Kerr's Field at 10.55am and again this afternoon, 1 Osprey over at 0940am (seen flying N over Seaforth at 10am), 3 Common Redstart and 10+ Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse/Meols Common.
1 Osprey circling over Hilbre at 10.53am, headed high towards Hoylake.
3 Common Redstart together - Heswall Fields.
1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Little Ringed Plover and 7 Wheatear in field near Willaston.
1 Common Redstart in willows along Ditton Lane - Moreton.
1 Common Redstart and 7+ Wheatear - Hoylake Langfields.

Apr 5
1 Common Redstart briefly in private garden - Lower Heswall.
2 Grasshopper Warbler - Burton Point.

Apr 3
2,260 Black-tailed Godwit (record high spring count for this site), many now in full breeding plumage - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
1 Hen Harrier (male) flew inland, and 20 Fieldfare flew SE along Wirral Way - Parkgate.
5 Wheatear - Hoylake Shore.
2 Green Sandpiper - Neston Marsh.

Apr 2
1600 Black-tailed Godwit and 40 Knot - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
1 Osprey over fields near Caldy Golf Course.
5 Avocet - Neston Marsh.
6,500 Herring Gull on West Hoyle Bank.

Apr 1
Several thousand Pink-footed Geese flew north out of the estuary at first light this morning, also 9 Whooper Swan flew north calling excitedly at 7am.
5,000 Herring Gull seen from Hilbre.

March 31
1 Short-eared Owl this morning over golf course/dunes - Red Rocks.
12 Whooper Swan on main scrape this morning - Burton Mere Wetlands.
3 Greenshank, 2,000+ Pink-footed Geese, 1 Marsh Harrier and 1 Peregrine over high tide - Parkgate.
1 Jack Snipe and 1 Wheatear - Riverbank Road, Heswall.
80 Sand Martin flying north this evening - Neston Marsh.

March 29
1 Russian White-fronted Goose, 12 Barnacle Geese. c7,500 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 8 Avocet, 5 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 2 Green Sandpiper, 5 Grey Plover and 1 Jack Snipe over high tide - Denhall Quay.
580 Pink-footed Geese, 515 Shelduck, 1 pair Eider, 23 Red-breasted Merganser, 2 Great Egret, 13 Little Egret, 2 Marsh Harrier, 1 Merlin, 600 Black-tailed Godwit, 500 Curlew over high tide - Riverbank Road, Heswall.
3 Swallow and 34 Sand Martin by Nets Cafe - Burton Marsh.
1 Whimbrel flew south after high tide - Red Rocks.
28 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre.

March 28
1 White Stork over this morning, then landed this afternoon - viewable from visitor centre - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1600 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.

March 27
12 Little Gull and 25 Purple Sandpiper - Hilbre.
810 Black-tailed Godwit, 16 Knot and 1 Bar-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.

March 26
8 Little Gull flying east and 4 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre.
1 White Wagtail (Kerr's field) and 2 Swallow over - Leasowe Lighthouse.
5 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Little Gull, 1 Red-throated Diver and 2 Guillemot off East Hoyle at low tide, 6 White Wagtail  seen from the Lifeboat Station - Hoylake.
1 Short-eared Owl - Red Rocks Marsh/Sand Dunes.

March 25
2 White Wagtail on shore - Hoylake.

March 24
1 Little Ringed Plover - Burton Mere Wetlands.
14 Chiffchaff singing along Wirral Way this morning - Heswall/Thurstaston.
5 Long-tailed Duck off East Hoyle Bank - Hoylake.

March 23
1 Osprey heading N at 0950hrs over Heswall fields and the Dungeon wood.
14 Sand Martin over reedbed - Gronant.
1 Garganey (male), 1 House Martin *first of spring* - Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Sandwich Tern, 1 Little Gull and 5 Long-tailed Duck off East Hoyle Bank - Hoylake.
1 Willow Warbler singing - Ness.
1 Little Ringed Plover on Kerr's Field - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Water Pipit (moulting into s/pl). 4 Avocet and 3 Ruff - Denhall Quay.
2 Short-eared Owl and 3 Stonechat (males) - West Kirby Marsh/Dunes/golf course.

March 22
1 Willow Warbler *first of spring* - Thornton Hough.
1 Little Ringed Plover on Kerr's Field still with 3 White Wagtail, also 7+ Wheatear in coastal paddocks and 1 Swallow over - Leasowe Lighthouse.
18 Little Gull and 35 Gannet - Hilbre.
15+ Twite - Flint Dock.
2 White Wagtail on beach - Hoylake.
72 Golden Plover - Heswall Shore.

March 21
1 Black Redstart this morning, also 333 Brent Geese and good passage of 300 Meadow Pipit - Hilbre.
1 Little Ringed Plover on Kerr's Field this afternoon, also 6+ Wheatear in coastal paddocks - Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Ruff and 1 Green Sandpiper - Neston Marsh.
4 Wheatear in sheep pens - Burton Marsh.

March 20
1 Puffin off East Hoyle Bank then flew west, this morning - Hilbre.
1 Little Stint - Flint Marsh.
1 White Wagtail - Leasowe Gunsite.

March 19
1 Black Scoter and 1 Long-tailed Duck off East Hoyle Bank - Hoylake.
3 Wheatear and 1 White Wagtail in coastal paddocks and 8 Brent Goose on the shore, passage of Wood Pigeon over in several flocks 250+ in total - Leasowe Lighthouse.

March 18
1 Black Scoter off East Hoyle Bank, 1 Wheatear (male) on rocks by Lifeboat Station - Hoylake.
8,000 Dunlin and 5,500 Knot on East Hoyle Bank - Hilbre.

March 17
50+ Redwing in paddocks along Park Lane, also 1 Greenshank and 8 Brent Geese near groyne - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Little Stint off Sandhey Slipway this afternoon - Meols Shore.

March 16
1 Black Scoter and 5 Long-tailed Duck off East Hoyle Bank - Hoylake.
12 Twite in trees at high tide just north of Flint Castle.

March 15
1 Black Scoter and 5 Long-tailed Duck off East Hoyle Bank, 1 Little Stint on the shore - Hoylake.
28 Red-breasted Merganser and 12 Great Crested Grebe over high tide - Heswall Shore.
12,000 Common Scoter and 260 Sanderling - Hilbre.

March 13
1 Black Scoter and 1 Velvet Scoter off East Hoyle Bank - Hoylake.

March 12
1 Black Scoter, 4 Scaup and 1 Long-tailed Duck off East Hoyle Bank - Hoylake.

March 11
1 Black Scoter and 7 Long-tailed Duck off East Hoyle Bank - Hoylake.
2 Red Kite and 6 Avocet off Old Baths - Parkgate.

March 10
1 Black Scoter, 1 Velvet Scoter and 5 Long-tailed Duck off East Hoyle Bank - Hoylake.
1 Swallow *first of spring* - Point of Ayr.
10 Twite on marsh - Flint Castle.

Mar 9
1 Black Scoter and 5 Long-tailed Duck off East Hoyle Bank this morning - Hoylake.
1 Red Kite over coastal paddocks at 0955, 2 Greenshank in the gutter, 1 Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse.
6 Avocet off Old Baths, 4 Great White Egret, 1 Bittern late afternoon - Parkgate.
2 Russian White Fronted Geese, still in field with Greylags - Thornton Hough.
5 Grey Wagtail, 6 White Wagtail and 325 Brent Geese - Hilbre.

Mar 8
1 Wheatear *first of spring* seven days earlier than last year, on sea embankment - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 White Wagtail *first of spring* and 1 Wheatear - Hilbre.
1 Black Scoter and 5 Long-tailed Duck off East Hoyle Bank this morning - Hoylake.

Mar 7
4 Long-tailed Duck on the sea - Hoylake.

Mar 6
1 Black Scoter seen at 8am with Common Scoters off East Hoyle Bank this morning, north of Lifeboat Station, also 3 Long-tailed Duck  - Hoylake.
2 Sand Martin heading NE *first of spring* - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Russian White Fronted Geese, still in field with Greylags - Thornton Hough.
1 Red Kite over - Irby.

Mar 5
2 Snow Bunting over this morning heading SW - Hilbre.
1 Greenshank still in gutter - Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Black Scoter off East Hoyle Bank this morning - Hoylake.

Mar 4
1 Bittern showing from reedbed screen, also 1 Woodcock, 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Green Sandpiper, 180 Golden Plover, 2 Cattle Egret and 38 Avocet - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Russian White Fronted Geese, still in field with Greylags - Thornton Hough.

Mar 3
1 Bittern showing from reedbed screen  - Burton Mere Wetlands.
3 Purple Sandpiper - New Brighton Marine Lake.
370 Brent Geese and 6 Eider - Hilbre.

Mar 2
800 Pink-footed Geese headed north at dawn, also 5 Eider and 6 Goosander - Hilbre.
2 Little Stint flew from Meols to Hoylake on flooding tide.
1 Green Sandpiper on marsh at bottom of Station road - Burton Marsh.
15 Twite on marsh - Flint Castle.
1 Jack Snipe flushed by tide - West Kirby marsh.

Mar 1
5 Long-tailed Duck on the sea - Hoylake.
1 Snow Bunting in the dunes - Gronant.
2 Goldeneye - West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Bittern - Burton Mere Wetlands.
27 Purple Sandpiper, 400 Sanderling, 240 Brent Geese and 6,000 Common Scoter - Hilbre.