Archived Latest Sightings:
July and August 2023.
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Aug 31
1 Curlew Sandpiper (juv) before high tide -
Meols Shore.
1 Curlew Sandpiper (juv) and 1 Little Stint at high tide, 2,000 juvenile Knot before high tide -
Hoylake.
2 Spotted Redshank -
Oakenholt Marsh (RSPB).
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 3 Great Egret -
Burton Marsh.
17 Greenshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Aug 30
1 Leach's Petrel past North End this morning -
Hilbre.
At least 1,000 juvenile Knot in the wader and gull roost before high
tide -
Hoylake.
5 Arctic Skua, 20+ Gannet, 50+ Common Scoter, 1 Goosander, 100+
Sandwich Tern moving west, 30 Sanderling, 4 Stonechat, 100+ Linnet and
1 juv Marsh Harrier -
Gronant.
Aug 29
1 Curlew Sandpiper (adult) -
Meols Shore.
2 Curlew Sandpiper (adults), Yellow legged Gull and 1 Mediterranean
Gull, 1 Arctic Skua offshore over high tide, 1 juv Long-tailed Skua and
4 Arctic Skua this evening -
Hoylake.
4 Crossbill and 1 Red Kite over, 1 Green Sandpiper and 1 Little Ringed Plover -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
9 Spoonbill on Boathouse Flash, 1 Hobby gave spectacular views hunting hirundines -
Parkgate.
Aug 28
1 Black Tern and 1 Little Stint -
Gronant.
2 Curlew Sandpiper (juvs) and 1 Avocet -
Meols Shore.
1 Osprey ('probable', flying west but distant), also 2 Eider and 3 Arctic Skua this evening -
Hoylake.
550 Sandwich Tern -
West Kirby Shore.
1850 Shelduck, 83 Little Egret, 2600 Oystercatcher, 125 Grey Plover,
230 Ringed Plover, 40 Dunlin, 2 Whimbrel, 1070 Curlew, 3600 Redshank,
18 Mediterranean Gull, 1250 Black-headed Gull, 700 Common Gull at high
tide -
Heswall Shore.
Aug 27
1 Long-tailed Skua (juv), 6 Arctic Skua, 65 Gannet and 8 Kittiwake, this morning -
Hilbre.
1 Arctic Skua -
Leasowe Gunsite.
5,550 Black-tailed Godwit -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
20 Great Egret on Meres -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Curlew Sandpiper (adult) -
Meols Shore.
3 Arctic Skua together offshore this evening -
Hoylake.
120 Turnstone and 400 Sandwich Tern this evening -
West Kirby Shore.
Aug 26
1 Yellow Wagtail and 11 Wheatear (3 along the prom and 8 on the shore
by groyne), 1 Mediterranean Gull and 1 Curlew Sandpiper on the shore -
Meols Shore.
200 Sandwich Tern and 4 Wheatear -
Hilbre.
Aug 25
1 Little Stint and 2 Curlew Sandpiper -
Meols Shore.
1 Spotted Flycatcher -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Bittern -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
237 (!) Little Egrets in roost in fields by
Heswall Fields NT.
10 Spoonbill on Boathouse Flash -
Parkgate.
Aug 24
1 Little Stint and 2 Curlew Sandpiper -
Meols Shore.
2 Cattle Egret -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Aug 23
1 Citrine Wagtail (possibly 2) off tennis courts at 4pm -
Meols Shore.
Aug 22
9 Spoonbill, 3 Whimbrel over calling -
Parkgate.
1 Garganey, 3 Green Sandpiper and 2 Cattle Egret -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
4 Mediterranean Gull roosting on shore, 1 Spotted Flycatcher in hedge nearby -
Heswall.
3 Curlew Sandpiper and 1 Little Stint after high tide -
Meols Shore.
6 Whimbrel over Grange Hill this evening -
West Kirby.
Aug 21
2 Little Stint, 3 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Yellow-legged Gull and 5 Black Tern, highlights at high tide -
Hoylake.
Aug 20
6350 Black-tailed Godwit (a site record) -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
1 Hobby over this morning and again later this afternoon -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Little Stint, 2 Curlew Sandpiper and 6 Black Tern -
Hoylake/Meols.
1 Garganey, 2 Yellowhammer, 2 Green Sandpiper, 1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank and 2 Cattle Egret -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
120 Little Tern (incl 72 juvs), 300 Sandwich Tern, 350 Dunlin, 400
Ringed Plover, 45 Bar-tailed Godwit, 2,000 Oystercatcher. 1,200 Curlew,
1 Marsh Harrier and 5 Wheatear -
Point of Ayr.
Aug 19
1 Green Sandpiper flew from south end, 1 Black Tern this morning then 9 Black Tern flew south late afternoon -
Hilbre.
1 Common Sandpiper on groyne, 1 Greenshank -
Meols Shore.
9 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
3 Black Tern and 1 Manx Shearwater offshore, 2 Little Stint, 2 Curlew
Sandpiper, 2 Arctic Tern, 12+ Whimbrel, 170 Grey Plover and 1,000
Dunlin on shore over high tide -
Hoylake.
3 Great egret over and 23 Ruff-
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Aug 18
5,800 Black-tailed Godwit -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
1 Cattle Egret and 10 Greenshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Aug 17
1 Curlew Sandpiper (s/pl) at high tide -
Meols Shore.
10 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 3 Greenshank, 5 Ruff, 1 Hobby and 4 Raven -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Aug 16
2 Lesser Whitethroat (adult and juv) and 3 Wheatear by sheep pens -
Burton Point.
Aug 15
5 Yellow Wagtail and 4 Common Buzzard (in air together) -
Hoylake Langfields.
1 Whinchat (fem/imm) -
Leasowe Gunsite.
1 Hobby hunting this evening near marsh -
Lower Heswall.
Aug 14
1 juv Shag on sea off promenade -
New Brighton.
1 Spotted Flycatcher along Lingham Lane -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
10 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
Aug 13
10 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
2 Spotted Flycatcher and 1 Whinchat -
Hoylake Langfields.
2 Common Sandpiper and 5 Whimbrel -
Heswall Marsh.
Aug 12
60 Turnstone (s/pl) on wall at south end at high tide -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Wheatear on groyne, 1 Greenshank just to the east -
Meols Shore.
1 Hobby -
Decca Pools.
Aug 11
1 Osprey, circled overhead then flew west -
New Brighton.
1 Merlin mobbed by Swallows, and 1 Marsh Harrier -
Burton Marsh.
10 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
30+ Yellow Wagtail, 1 juv Spotted Flycatcher, 1 fem/imm Common
Redstart, 1 Whinchat and 1 Tree Pipit over, early morning at new
viewpoint -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Aug 10
9 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
500 Sandwich Tern over high tide this morning -
West Kirby.
1 Roseate Tern with 250+ Sandwich Tern -
Gronant.
142 Little Egrets, 2400 Oystercatcher, 135 Grey Plover, 200 Dunlin,
3100 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Greenshank, 4300 Redshank, 1760 Curlew, 680
Common Gull, 16 Sandwich Tern over high tide -
Heswall.
Aug 9
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) -
Burton Poimt.
1 Garganey -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
At least 8 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
Aug 8
100+ Little Tern in tern roost east of
Hilbre.
3 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail and 1 Wheatear in horse paddocks, 1 Lesser Whitethroat along Lingham Lane -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
Aug 7
9 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
Aug 6
4 Yellow Wagtail -
Hoylake Langfields.
Aug 5
7 Whimbrel at high tide -
Hoylake.
9 Spoonbill -
Boathouse Flash, Parkgate.
1 Whinchat -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 juv Hobby over -
Riverbank Road, Heswall.
Aug 4
4 Curlew Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Aug 3
1 Yellow-legged Gull in gull roost at high tide -
Hoylake.
1 Arctic Skua off Derby Pool -
Wallasey Shore.
Aug 2
480 Sandwich Tern in among a good sized wader and gull roost largely undisturbed over high tide -
Hoylake.
185 Shelduck, 137 Little Egret, 2300 Oystercatcher, 5 Knot, 1
Turnstone, 2 Whimbrel, 1600 Curlew, 1 Greenshank, 3700 Redshank, 7
Mediterranean Gull on rising tide -
Heswall Shore.
3,000 Black-tailed Godwit just feeding just south of
West Kirby Marine Lake.
Aug 1
5,470 Black-tailed Godwit -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
2 Arctic Skua (distant), 6 Manx Shearwater and 10 Gannet over high tide -
Hoylake.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) -
Burton Marsh.
Jul 31
1 Arctic Skua sat on shore near tide line this morning -
Dove Point, Meols.
1 Spotted Crake -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jul 30
4,500 Black-tailed Godwit including first juvenile -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
3 Arctic Skua west -
Leasowe Gunsite.
1+ Arctic Skua and 1 Storm Petrel at high tide -
Hoylake.
6 Arctic Skua, 10+ Manx Shearwater and 1 Black Guillemot -
Hilbre.
2 Mediterraean Gull in sheep field, 1 Kingfisher along R Birket and 1 juv Yellow Wagtail in coastal paddocks -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
Jul 29
350 Sandwich Tern at high tide just off
West Kirby Marine Lake.
Jul 28
3,640 Black-tailed Godwit and 15 Knot (most in s/pl) -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Hobby and 2 juv Willow Warbler, 20+ Swift over -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Osprey over headiing S -
Devon Doorway, Heswall.
Jul 27
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
315 Shelduck, 81 Little Egret, 2200 Oystercatcher, 32 Grey Plover, 420
Dunlin, 2000+ Black-tailed Godwit, 2600 Redshank, 1640 Curlew, 11
Mediterranean Gulls, 29 Sandwich Tern at high tide this morning -
Heswall Shore.
Jul 26
2 Garganey -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jul 25
3,100 Black-tailed Godwit, also 1 Red Knot probably just flown in from Arctic Canada! -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
Jul 24
1 Osprey flew west over
Moreton.
200 Sandwich Tern (20% juvs) -
Hilbre.
4 Spoonbill, 1 Great Egret and 1 Marsh Harrier -
Parkgate.
Jul 23
3,020 Black-tailed Godwit -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
Jul 22
4 Little Ringed Plover and 1 Grasshopper Warbler (reeling) -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
4 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
Jul 21
1 Common Sandpiper, 2 Little Ringed Plover (juvs), 9 Ruff and 1 Greenshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
2,730 Black-tailed Godwit, also 34 feral Barnacle Geese -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
Jul 20
1 Red Kite over Glegg Arms pub at 0815 -
Heswall.
2 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
1 male Wheatear in sand dunes next to 12 hole of Royal Liverpool Golf Course -
Hoylake.
Jul 19
17 Mediterranean Gull (13 adult, 2 1st summer, 2 2nd summer), 300 Black-headed Gull, 70 Common Gull on rising tide -
Thurstaston Shore.
300 Sandwich Tern and 2 Mediterranean Gull in roost at high tide -
West Kirby Shore.
4 Marsh Harrier, 4 Common Buzzard, 2 Peregrine and 1 Great Egret, also numerous Stonechats with young -
Burton Marsh.
Jul 17
300 Sandwich Tern and 3 Mediterranean Gull in roost at high tide -
West Kirby Shore.
Jul 16
1 Hobby over heading for marsh this evening -
Lower Heswall.
1 Arctic Skua -
Dove Point, Meols.
5 Mediterranean Gull early morning -
New Brighton.
Lots of Manx Shearwters out towards the west but distant -
Hoylake.
Jul 15
1,930 Black-tailed Godwit this morning -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
Jul 13
1 Red-backed Shrike briefly seen on post in sand dunes between
Point of Ayr and Gronant.
2 Quail head, also several Greenshanks and several Water Rails (incl juvs) -
Parkgate.
1 Quail heard -
Burton Point.
Jul 12
1 Quail heard and 3 Greenshank -
Parkgate.
1 Wood Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jul 11
1 Roseate Tern on beach -
Gronant.
4 Spoonbill flew over SW this afternoon -
Upton/Greasby.
2 Spoonbill (ad and juv) flew south from Boathouse Flash this evening -
Parkgate.
Jul 10
1 Great Egret, 7 Common Sandpiper, 220 Black-tailed Godwit, 580 Redshank, 1200 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel -
Heswall Shore.
1 Hobby and 1 Garganey (male eclipse) -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jul 9
2 Yellow Wagtail and 1 Common Sandpiper on shore east of Lifeboat Station -
Hoylake.
1 Spoonbill on Old Baths Flash, 1 Wheatear on Park field -
Parkgate.
1 Red Kite flew inland -
Burton Point.
1 Wood Sandpiper -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Green Sandpiper and 2 Great Egret -
Decca Pools.
Jul 8
At least 18 Common Sandpiper along River Dee -
Connah's Quay.
The Marsh Harrier family showed well, also 3 Spotted Redshank and 1+ Greenshank -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Yellow Wagtail and 1 juv Wheatear -
Red Rocks.
Jul 7
1 Hobby over Two Mills crossroads -
Puddington.
Jul 6
380 Black-tailed Godwit (in full breeding plumage) -
Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
220 Shelduck, 12 Mediterranean Gull (8 adult, 2 1st summer, 2 2nd summer), 1 juv Yellow Wagtail -
Thurstaston Shore.
1 Arctic Skua flew west -
Wallasey Shore.
Jul 5
9 Mediterranean Gull (6ad, 1 1st summer, 2 2nd summer), 106 Shelduck, 1070 Curlew, 390 Redshank on rising tide -
Thurstaston Shore.
137 Sandwich Tern (3 juvs) at high tide -
Hoylake.
Jul 4
1 Night Heron at back of Meres this evening, also 6 Marsh Harrier (all in the air together) and 1 Hobby -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jul 2
1 Black Tern (ad. s/pl), 2 Little Tern, c6 Arctic Tern, 1 Manx
Shearwater, 2 ad Kittiwake, 1 probable Arctic Skua, 2 Gannet and 4
Guillemot over high tide -
Perch Rock, New Brighton.
2 Storm Petrel and 12 Manx Shearwater -
Leasowe Gunsite.
July 1
1 Whimbrel with Redshanks and Black-tailed Godwits -
Parkgate.
1 Arctic Tern and 1 Mediterranean Gull in R Mersey mouth -
New Brighton.
3 Manx Shearwater at high tide -
Hoylake.