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 Web site describes the best Dee Estuary birdwatching
areas with detailed maps and latest bird news for dedicated twitchers
and casual birdwatchers alike.
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NEW -
The latest Cheshire and Wirral Bird Report is now available. For
details CLICK HERE to download PDF file.
April Newsletter
now
published on this website featuring details about the newly expanded
Liverpool Special Protection Area.
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Latest
Sightings.... (more)
Apr 26
42 Whimbrel, 4 Red-breasted Merganser, 600 Redshank, 11 Bar-tailed Godwit and 3 singing Lesser Whitethroat -
Heswall Shore.
Apr 25
1 Grasshopper Warbler in Target Road reedbed and 16
Whimbrel -
Heswall Shore.1 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Wood Warbler (reports of two singing m), 2 Water Pipit and 9 Spotted Redshank - highlights from
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
Apr 24
1 Snow Goose still with Pink-footed Geese at
Denhall Quay.Green-winged Teal not located early morning, 50 Pink-footed Geese flew N, 161 Shelduck, 1030 Oystercatcher,
80 Grey Plover, 200 Knot, 300 Dunlin, 485 Redshank, 1 Greenshank, 154 Curlew, 11
Whimbrel -
Heswall Shore. 2 Cetti's Warbler and 2 Raven by cycle track -
Zone 3 Deeside Industrial Zone. 1 Common Redstart - Upton.
106 White Wagtail on
Hoylake Shore this morning.
Apr 23
1 Cuckoo near
Decca Pools,
flew across to Welsh side of estuary.
1 drake Green-winged Teal off
Heswall
Fields early morning.
1
Red Kite over heading N at 1620hrs, 3+ Swift, 2 Garganey
(pr) first on
reception scrape then from Marsh Covert Hide, and 1 Wood Warbler
still in wood by car park -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
1 Snow Goose with Pink-footed Geese at
Denhall
Quay.
2 Eider -
Hilbre.
2 Great White Egret (Donkey Stand Flash and Boathouse Flash) -
Parkgate.
The April Newsletter
includes:
Liverpool Bay SPA, important
information about
Connah's Quay
Nature Reserve, Colour
Ring Report and
Forthcoming
Events.
Newsletters going
back to March 1998
can be read, they are
indexed both month by month and by
subject
matter.
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