Archived Latest Sightings:
May and June 2025.
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sightings from September 2000.
Jun 30
760 Black-tailed Godwit looking stunning in s/pl -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
Jun 29
1 Hobby hunting hirundines over
Lower
Heswall.
6 Mediterranean Gull -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
1 Quail (distant) and 1 Grasshopper Warbler off Harp Inn -
Neston Marsh.
Jun 28
48 Manx Shearwater after high tide -
Hilbre.
6 Spotted Redshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Peregrine flew through, 3 Great White Egret, 1 Spoonbill, 1 Avocet
and 600+ Black-headed Gull -
Parkgate.
Jun 27
1 Pied Flycatcher near cafe at 10.50am -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Common Sandpiper -
Hilbre.
Jun 26
80 Black-tailed Godwit, first ones back from Iceland and most busy
feeding on the wet grass -
Caldy
Wildfowl Collection.
1 Avocet flew onto flash in front of ice cream shop -
Parkgate.
Jun 25
7 Mediterranean Gull before high tide -
Thurstaston
Shore.
11 Sandwich Tern including first juv of the year at high tide -
Hoylake Shore.
1 Green Sandpiper in flight -
Parkgate.
1 Quail calling -
Burton Marsh.
Jun 23
7 Mediterranean Gull, 6 Kittiwake, 4 Little Tern and 2 Common Scoter
over high tide this morning -
New
Brighton.
1 Mediterranean Gull (ad), 5 Spotted Redshank (s/pl) and 1 Ruff (s/p) -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jun 22
2 Manx Shearwater, 20 Gannet, 1 Guillemot, 1 Eider and 1 Common Scoter
-
Hilbre.
4 Spotted Redshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jun 21
10+ Mediterranean Gull -
Heswall Shore.
1 Curlew Sandpiper and 2 Spotted Redshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jun 20
2 Red Kite over -
Rockcliffe (just
inland of Connah's Quay Nature Reserve).
8 Mediterranean Gull, 480 Black-headed Gull, 520 Oystercatcher, 18 Grey
Plover, 4 Whimbrel, 465 Curlew, 105 Redshank over high tide -
Heswall Shore.
1,800 Knot and 4 Spotted Redshank -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
Jun 19
3 Avocet flew onto Boathouse Flash -
Parkgate.
Jun 18
3 - Spotted Redshank -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
Jun 17
c40 Swift over inland fields -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
1 Hobby in off the sea -
Dove Point, Meols.
Jun 15
1 Curlew Sandpiper (s/pl) and 1 Spotted Redshank from Border hide -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
87 Manx Shearwater between 13.45 and 14.30hrs, birds flying both ways -
Red Rocks.
Jun 14
1 Curlew Sandpiper (s/pl) with 1,350 Knot, also 2 Spotted Redshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jun 13
1 Spotted Redshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jun 12
1 Hobby flew in off sea -
Leasowe Gunsite.
Jun 11
1 (probable) Crossbill flew south -
Lower
Heswall.
Jun 10
2 Curlew Sandpiper and 5 Spoonbill, also 1,400 Knot -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Wood Sandpiper -
Decca Pools.
Jun 9
1 Curlew Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jun 8
1 Hobby hunting House Martins at Inglewood Manor -
Ledsham.
7 Manx Shearwater, 2 Kittiwake, 1 Arctic Skua, 44 Gannet, 2 Great
Crested Grebe, 16 Common Scoter and 3 Red-breasted Merganser during a
seawatch, also on the rocks were 110 Ringed Plover and 60 Dunlin -
Hilbre.
1 Curlew Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jun 6
1 Barn Owl showing well over paddocks -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
Jun 4
2850 Knot over this evening's tide -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
Jun 2
1 Spoonbill this evening flying towards BMW -
Burton Marsh.
150 Swift feeding over inland paddocks -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
May 31
2 Spoonbill on Boathouse Flash -
Parkgate.
May 30
1 Red Kite flew south this morning -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
2 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
May 29
150 Ringed Plover and c1,000 Dunlin flew south on ebbing tide -
Red Rocks.
May 28
1300 Knot (c150 in s/pl) -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
May 27
30 Sanderling, 150 Knot, 500 Dunlin and 600 Ringed Plover -
Meols Shore.
May 26
c900 Ringed Plover and c600 Dunlin over high tide -
Hoylake/Meols.
May 25
30 Manx Shearwater and 65 Gannet, flock of 16 Kittiwake flew west, in
some strong winds this morning -
Hilbre.
1 Pectoral Sandpiper briefly, also 1600 Knot -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Hen Harrier (imm male) -
Parkgate.
May 21
1 White Stork on Burton Marsh this morning then flew over
Burton Mere Wetlands.
May 20
1 Wood Sandpiper -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
2 Spoonbill -
Decca Pools.
1 White Stork on marsh late afternoon/evening -
Burton Marsh.
May 19
1 Garganey (drake) -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
2 Spoonbill -
Decca Pools.
May 17
13 Eider (flock of 10 flew in and joined three already present) calling
and displaying -
Hilbre.
May 16
1 Osprey flying north over
Wallasey and
New Brighton.
1 Garganey (drake) and c1,000 Knot -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
May 15
32 Grebe Crested Grebe on sea this morning, 1 Common Redstart near
Kerr's field -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Curlew Sandpiper (s/pl) on edge of gutter -
Hilbre.
May 14
48 Little tern, 10+ Sandwich Tern, 1 Arctic Skua, 7 Gannet, 60
Sanderling, 47 Ringed Plover and 100 Dunlin, at least 100 Swallow 0ver
the beach -
Point of Ayr.
1 Garganey (drake) -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Osprey over at 6.20pm -
Meols.
2 Spotted Flycatcher and 1 Common Redstart, note report of Red-backed
Shrike this evening now thought to be a mis-identification -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
May 13
2 Spotted Flycatcher -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Hobby -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
May 12
430 Knot on main scrape during thunderstorm, also 1 Greenshank and 1
Wood Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
May 11
1 Short-eared Owl flying east -
Hilbre.
1 Red Kite at 7.30am over Prenton flying towards the Dee Estuary.
1 Osprey over heading north-east -
Moreton.
2 Garganey (pair) on scrape -
Burton Point.
1 Wood Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
May 10
100 Gannet in several flocks flew into the estuary on the rising tide,
also 1 White Wagtail on the island -
Hilbre.
1 Red Kite over Ness flying towards Burton at mid-day, presumably same
one later seen over
Burton Marsh.
May 9
3 Yellow Wagtail (1 'channel' type), 1 Whinchat (fem) and 2
Spotted Flycatcher by horse paddocks, 1 Whinchat (male) behind Kerr's
field -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
May 8
90 Grey Plover, 18 Ringed Plover, 53 Dunlin, 78 Whimbrel over high tide
-
Heswall Shore.
May 6
1 Cuckoo calling late afternoon -
Stapledon
Wood, Caldy.
1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Spotted Redshank and 2 Wood Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Curlew Sandpiper -
Neston Marsh.
186 Whimbrel, 1 redhead Goosander, 310 Oystercatcher, 62 Grey Plover,
12 Ringed Plover, 200 Dunlin, 5 Bar-tailed Godwit, 105 Curlew over high
tide -
Thurstaston Shore.
1 Marsh Harrier sat on sand bank for 10 minutes, also 1 Peregrine -
off Dove Point, Meols.
May 5
1 Wood Warbler singing in woods just east of Benty Farm -
Thurstaston Hill.
1 Curlew Sandpiper and 2 Wood Sandpiper -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
May 4
2 Arctic Tern, 12 Common Tern, 65 Little Tern, 220 Sandwich Tern, 5
Eider and 19 Whimbrel -
Hilbre.
2 Wood Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Whinchat inland of groyne -
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
1 Serin both seen and heard,
near junction of Park Lane and Carr Lane -
Meols.
May 3
1 Spoonbill, 1 Curlew Sandpiper and 1 Wood Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
153 Whimbrel and 1 Common Sandpiper -
Heswall
Shore.
c20 Whimbrel -
Hilbre.
May 2
2 Wood Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
May 1
1 Ring Ouzel (fem) in coastal paddocks this morning -
Leasowe Lighthouse.