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Archived Latest Sightings -
March and April 2003.
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April 30 |
650 Gannet, 100 Common Tern,
1 Great Northern Diver, 1 Red-throated Diver and 5 Whimbrel -
Hilbre Island, Gannet count one of
highest ever.
100 Gannet - Leasowe at high tide.
1 Ring Ouzel, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 'loads' of Sedge Warblers and 1
Reed Warbler - Red Rocks.
Approx. 170 White Wagtail and 1 Yellow Wagtail -
Hoylake Shore between Kings Gap
and Old Baths.
6 Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm. |
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April 29 |
1 Redstart (female), 1 Ring
Ouzel (male), 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 7 Sedge Warbler, 1 Reed Warbler
and 10 White Wagtail - Red Rocks
Marsh, and 12 Gannet, 1 Peregrine, 4 Whimbrel, 7 Sandwich Tern, 5
Arctic Tern and 1 Arctic Skua off shore, early this morning.
10 Swift flying over road near
Shotwick Boating Lake. |
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April 28 |
3 Spotted Redshank and 317
Black-tailed Godwit - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Wood Warbler - Stapledon Wood. |
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April 27 |
5 Tree Pipit, 1 Whinchat and
1 Reed Warbler - Hoylake
Langfields.
1 Redstart (male), 2 Grasshopper Warbler, many Sedge Warblers, 2
Reed Warbler, 3 Whitethroat and 5 Swallow -
Red Rocks.
3 Yellowhammer, 9 Common Whitethroat, 4 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler,
7 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Partridge, 2 Whimbrel (on shore), 1 Water Rail
all seen on guided walk from
Thurstaston Visitor Centre to Dawpool Nature Reserve, this
morning.
1 Wood Warbler - Stapledon Wood
at noon. |
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April 26 |
6 Whinchat and 30 Yellow
Wagtail - Shotwick fields.
150 Gannet, 150 Sandwich Tern, 500 Common Tern and 20 Arctic Tern -
Hilbre Island.
1 Long-tailed Duck (f.), 2 Gadwall (pair), 9 Spotted Redshank and 1
Common Sandpiper - Inner Marsh Farm,
4 Wheatear on ploughed field and 3 Common buzzard over. |
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April 25 |
1 Grasshopper Warbler -
Neston Reed bed.
3 Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Whinchat, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 2 Common
Sandpiper - Point of Ayr.
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Long-tailed Duck (f.), 1 Garganey (drake), 5
Ruff, 9 Spotted Redshank, 100+ Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Peregrine and
1 Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm.
200+ Hirundines (majority House Martins) plus 1 Swift -
Shotwick Boating Lake. |
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April 24 |
4 Swift at
Inner Marsh Farm, apparently first
ones seen last week??, also a good number of House Martins and
Swallows plus 11 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank and 1 Long-tailed
Duck.
100 Gannet, 100+ Sandwich Tern, 10 Common Tern, 1 Mediterranean Gull
( 1st year), 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 3 Whimbrel, 2
Rock Pipit and 4 Wheatear - Hilbre
Island.
13 Wheatear, 7 Whinchat, 4 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Grey Partridge and 12
Whimbrel - fields by Moreton. |
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April 23 |
2 Whinchat, 1 Lesser
Whitethroat and 2 Common Sandpiper -
Point of Ayr.
1 Long-tailed Duck (f.), 9 Ruff, 12 Spotted Redshank and 2
Common Buzzard - Inner Marsh Farm.
100 Dunlin, 30 Turnstone and 20 Ringed Plover -
Meols sea front, 3 Wheatear and 30
Grey Plover at Leasowe. |
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April 22 |
1 Grasshopper Warbler -
Neston Reed bed this morning.
1 Pied Flycatcher (male) - Red Rocks,
and 1 Grasshopper Warbler in the sand dunes.
1 Pied Flycatcher by boardwalk - Inner
Marsh Farm. |
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April 21 |
5 Wheatear, 3 White Wagtail,
1 Sedge Warbler and a good fall of Willow Warblers -
Hilbre Island this morning.
5 Little Tern and 1 Grasshopper Warbler -
Gronant.
4 Wheatear (male) and 1 Sparrowhawk -
Point of Ayr.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher (near summer plumage) -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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April 20 |
1 Garganey (drake), 1
Long-tailed Duck (f.), 7 Spotted Redshank and 12 Ruff -
Inner Marsh Farm.
9 Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
Dawn migrant birdwatch at Hilbre Island
this morning, but not ideal conditions - 4 Sandwich Tern, 6 Common
Tern, 1 Gannet, 2 Swallow, 6 Pied Wagtail and 100 Meadow Pipit.
1 Wood Sandpiper and 2 Little Ringed Plover -
Hoylake Langfields.
5 Whimbrel - Point of Ayr.
3 Whimbrel, 920 Redshank, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Merlin -
Heswall Shore. |
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April 19 |
1 Garganey (drake), 1
Long-tailed Duck (f.), 15 Spotted Redshank and 3 Little Ringed
Plover - Inner Marsh Farm.
60 Redpoll - Parkgate.
5 Little Egret - Burton Marsh. |
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April 18 |
2 Arctic Ten, 1 Redstart, 1
Sedge Warbler, 9 Tree Pipit, 2 Blackcap, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 1
Little Ringed Plover - Hilbre Island,
over high tide.
1 Garganey (drake), 1 Long-tailed Duck (f.), 11 Ruff, 11 Little
Egret and 9 Spotted Redshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
3 Whinchat - Burton Marsh. |
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April 17 |
5 Whitethroat and 76
Fieldfare - Hoylake Langfields.
1 Black Tern, 1 Long-tailed Duck (f.), 2 Little Ringed Plover and 11
Spotted Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm.
6 Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
10 Whimbrel and 1 Common Sandpiper - Point
of Ayr.
1 Hoopoe - Hoylake, west along
North Parade at 5pm. |
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April 16 |
2 Redstart (male), 1
Grasshopper Warbler, 5 Tree Pipit, 15 Wheatear, 1000+ Meadow Pipit,
1 Shag, 6 Arctic Tern, 35 Sandwich Tern, 6 Little Gull and good
Hirundine movement - Hilbre Island,
this morning before high tide.
1 Red-necked Grebe, 12 Sandwich Tern, 2 Gannet, 8 Little Gull, 11
Swallow, 3 House Martin and 3 Sand Martin -
Red Rocks at high tide.
1 Roseate Tern between Meols and Leasowe,
moving east at 11am.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher (near summer plumage), 5 Spotted Redshank, 5
Ruff and 1 Long-tailed Duck (f.) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Lesser Whitethroat - Hoylake. |
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April 15 |
1 Redstart (male), 1
Grasshopper Warbler, 15 Willow Warbler, 5 Tree Pipit, 4 Whimbrel and
80 Little Gull - Hilbre Island,
this morning over high tide.
1 Wood Sandpiper - Hoylake Langfields.
Passage of 30 Swallow - Leasowe
Lighthouse this evening. |
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April 14 |
14 Sandwich Tern, 4 Arctic
Tern, 15 Common Tern, 28 Gannet, 2 Shag, 6 Little Gull, 9 Purple
Sandpiper, 2 Whimbrel, 7 Wheatear, 12 Willow Warbler, 300 Meadow
Pipit, 32 Swallow, 15 Sand Martin and 3 Tree Pipit -
Hilbre Island, this morning over
high tide.
11 Spotted Redshank, 2 Little ringed Plover, 8 Ruff, 1 Long-tailed
Duck (f.) and 1 Garganey (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm, 2 Yellow Wagtail on top ploughed field.
1 Peregrine and 220 Curlew - Little Eye
as tide went out.
1 Redstart (male) - Meols. |
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April 13 |
11 Sandwich Tern, 5 Arctic
Tern, 3 Common Tern, 15 Little Gull, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 17
Wheatear, 15 Willow Warbler, 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Swallow, 2
House Martin and 12 Tree Pipit - Hilbre
Island.
1 Long-tailed Duck (f.) and 5 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
4 Wheatear - Burton Marsh.
9 Swallow - Hoylake Langfields.
40 Fieldfare - Gilroy Nature Reserve,
West Kirby.
3 pair of Bullfinch and 2 Tree Sparrow -
Thurstaston Visitor Centre feeding
station. |
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April 12 |
1 Red-necked Grebe in summer
plumage, 3 Whimbrel, 80 Little Gull and 1 Tree Pipit -
Hilbre Island.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher (moulting into summer plumage), 1
Long-tailed Duck (f.), 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Tree Sparrow, 8 Spotted
Redshank, 1 Kittiwake and 1 Little Gull -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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April 11 |
1 Osprey sitting on a log on
Parkgate Marsh this morning, flew
off towards Heswall.
1 Long-tailed Duck (f.), 1 Willow Warbler, 3 Tree Sparrow, 5 Spotted
Redshank and 2 Ruff - Inner Marsh
Farm.
115 Little Gull - Hilbre Island. |
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April 10 |
1 Long-tailed Duck (f.), 1
Scaup (f.), 3 Swallow, 2 Spotted Redshank and 8 Ruff -
Inner Marsh Farm.
9 Common Tern, 2 Arctic Tern and about 80 Little Gull -
Hilbre Island. |
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April 9 |
1 Marsh Harrier (male),
flying ENE high over West Kirby.
1 Long-tailed Duck (f.) and 150 Fieldfare over -
Inner Marsh Farm.
3 Little Egret and 2 Common Buzzard -
Burton Marsh. |
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April 8 |
1 Honey Buzzard reported -
Warren Farm, Point of Ayr.
2 Whimbrel - Hoylake Langfields.
2 broods of Mallard on Gilroy Pool
West Kirby, 10 and 12.
20 Waxwing - Poulton Road, Wallasey,
seen am, a very late sighting. |
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April 7 |
1 Sandwich Tern and 1
Goldcrest, very quiet in the cold SE wind -
Hilbre Island.
1 Red-Legged Partridge - Hoylake,
observer saw it on next door neighbour's garage roof where it stayed
for 10 minutes!
6 Ruff and 6 Spotted Redshank - Inner
Marsh Farm.
5 Little Egret and 130 Golden Plover -
Burton Marsh.
2 Common Buzzard - Thurstaston.
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April 6 |
1 Grasshopper Warbler, first
of spring - Red Rocks, second
earliest record for Wirral?
1 Little Egret and 1 Peregrine -
Parkgate.
1 Common Buzzard - Moreton.
1 Swallow and 3 Tree Sparrow -
Thurstaston Visitor Centre, 2 Little Egret in the nearby gutter.
3 Common Buzzard over Neston. |
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April 5 |
2 Sparrowhawk soaring over
Caldy Woods.
120 Little Gull, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Wheatear, 5 Willow Warbler and 1
Yellowhammer - Hilbre Island,
Yellowhammer very rare on Hilbre.
4 Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
1,020 Oystercatcher, 480 Curlew, 11 Ringed Plover, 2 Swallow, 1
Willow Warbler, 12 Black-tailed Godwit and 1 Merlin -
Point of Ayr. |
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April 4 |
2 White Wagtail and 8
Wheatear - West Kirby Shore.
Hundreds of Meadow Pipits - Hoylake
Langfields, probably grounded by sea fog.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher and 4 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
70 Golden Plover - Burton Marsh. |
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April 3 |
1 Osprey heading north east
along Hoylake Shore.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 5 House Martin with several Sand Martin, 1
Little Gull (1st w), 2 Ruff and 4 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
500 Black-tailed Godwit in summer plumage -
Connah's Quay reserve, many more
at Oakenholt too distant to count.
2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Red-throated Diver, 3 Little Gull, 8 Purple
Sandpiper plus 3 distant unidentified Skuas flying north -
Hilbre Island, at high tide. |
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April 2 |
1 Kittiwake, 4 Red-throated
Diver, 3 Sandwich Tern, 9 Little Gull, 2 Guillemot and 2 Purple
Sandpiper - Hilbre Island, at high
tide.
1 Ring Ouzel (male) - Parkgate, in
field behind Old Baths.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 1 Long-tailed Duck (f.) and 7 Spotted
Redshank - Inner Marsh Farm, 4
Common Buzzard seen between Burton village and IMF. |
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April 1 |
1 Willow Warbler singing at
Gilroy Nature Reserve, West Kirby.
An early Swallow at Mostyn Hall
and Willow Warbler on Hoylake sea
front. |
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March 31 |
1 Ring Ouzel -
Parkgate, in field behind Old
Baths.
1 Willow Warbler singing at Gilroy Nature Reserve,
West Kirby.
1 Short-eared Owl - Heswall, in
fields next to shore.
1 Hen Harrier (imm. m.) - Parkgate.
12 Little Egret - Denhall Quay. |
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March 30 |
1 Little Gull, 2 Ruff, 1
Little Ringed Plover, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Spotted Redshank and
good numbers of Sand Martins passing through -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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March 29 |
2 Yellow-legged Gull and 1
Willow Warbler - Hilbre Island this
morning.
4 Little Egret and 105 Golden Plover -
Burton Marsh.
5 Little Gull - Inner Marsh Farm. |
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March 28 |
83 Little Gull, 12 Gannet, 2
Fulmar, 2 Kittiwake, 11 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Shag and 7 White Wagtail
- Hilbre Island this morning.
1 Long-tailed Duck, 5 Spotted Redshank and 3 Ruff -
Inner Marsh Farm.
5 Little Egret and 35 Golden Plover -
Burton Marsh. |
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March 27 |
6 Sandwich Terns *first of
spring*, 6 Wheatear (m.), 9 White Wagtail, 8 Goldcrest, 320
Meadow Pipit, 1 Rock Pipit, 8 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Shag, 1 Peregrine
and 1 Merlin - Hilbre Island early
this morning.
1 Ring Ouzel and 2 Stonechat in fields between
Leasowe Lighthouse and Meols.
3 House Martin - Gilroy pond, West
Kirby.
1 Raven and 2 Tree Sparrow - Hoylake
Langfields.
1 Blackcap singing - Banks Road,
Heswall.
2 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - Caldy
Wood. |
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March 26 |
3 Wheatear (m.), 1 Sand
Martin, 7 White Wagtail, 1 Chiffchaff, 12 Goldcrest, 300 Meadow
Pipit, 1 Peregrine and 1 Sparrowhawk passing through
Hilbre Island early this morning.
3 Sand Martin - Meols.
1 Long-tailed Duck - Inner Marsh Farm.
5 Wheatear - West Kirby shore. |
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March 25 |
1 Rock Pipit and 1 Water Rail
- Red Rocks.
6 Tree Sparrow and 2 Bullfinch -
Thurstaston Visitor Centre feeding station.
3 Sand Martin - Hilbre Island. |
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March 24 |
7 Little Egret -
Burton Marsh.
1 Long-tailed Duck, 1 Hen Harrier (imm.), 1 Little Ringed Plover and
7 Ruff - Inner Marsh Farm,
1 Wood Lark - West Kirby shore,
by Pinfold steps.
1 Willow Warbler *first of spring*, 5 days earlier than last year -
Wirral Way, Thurstaston. |
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March 23 |
7 Wheatear, 2 White Wagtail,
1 Wood Lark, 1 Rock Pipit and 1 Water Rail -
West Kirby Marsh/
Red Rocks.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 6 Spotted Redshank and
2 Little Egret - Inner Marsh Farm,
1,800 Black-tailed Godwit - Connah's
Quay Reserve, excellent numbers for March. |
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March 22 |
1 Ring Ouzel -
Hilbre Island, first of spring,
also 1 Long-tailed Duck and 3 Brambling.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 7 Spotted Redshank, 1 Scaup and 1 Smew
(drake) - Inner Marsh Farm, because
of limited facilities at this reserve be prepared to queue to park
and queue to see the birds at busy weekends!!
1 Iceland Gull (adult) over West
Kirby.
800+ Black-tailed Godwit, they were put up by a Peregrine which
caught one, also 2 to 4 Common Buzzard -
Connah's Quay Reserve. |
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March 21 |
1 Whimbrel on no. 2 lagoon, 1
Long-tailed Duck, 1 Scaup, 7 Ruff, 12 Spotted Redshank and 1 Smew
(drake) - Inner Marsh Farm.
7 Wheatear - West Kirby Shore, by
Pinfold steps.
5 Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
8 Little Egret - Neston Marsh
6 Little Egret, 4 Short-eared Owl, 2 Common Buzzard, 1 Merlin and 1
Peregrine - Parkgate at high tide. |
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March 20 |
3+ Little Egret, 400
Black-tailed Godwit, 2+ Jack Snipe, 4 Short-eared Owl, 1 House
Martin, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Merlin and 1 Peregrine -
Parkgate at high tide, 2 Little Owl
in the field behind the car park and 3 Chiffchaff singing along the
Wirral Way. Tide came in a lot further than yesterday giving great
views of the birds.
1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 29 Ruff, 2 Spotted Redshank and 1 Smew
(drake) - Inner Marsh Farm.
150 Meadow Pipit, 15 Goldcrest and 1 Brambling -
Hilbre Island. |
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March 19 |
3+ Little Egret, 3
Short-eared Owl and 1 Spotted Redshank -
Parkgate at high tide, 2 Little Owl
in the field behind the car park and 4 Chiffchaff singing along the
Wirral Way.
70 Meadow Pipit, 12 White Wagtail, 9 Grey Wagtail, 1 Tree Sparrow,
2 Shag and 70 Jackdaw flying over -
Hilbre Island.
1 Rose-coloured Starling by Gilroy
Pool, West Kirby, probable escape as ringed, no sign 2pm.
12 Spotted Redshank and 1 Smew (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
6 Pink-footed Goose, 2 Water Rail, 40+ Fieldfare, 3 White Wagtail
and 2 Tree Sparrow - Hoylake
Langfields.
1 Water Pipit - Neston Old Quay. |
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March 18 |
100 Sanderling -
Bird Rock, Red Rocks, at high
tide.
1 Chiffchaff singing and 2 Water Rail -
Red Rocks Marsh.
3 Wheatear, 150 Sanderling and 600 Curlew -
West Kirby Shore.
9 Little Egret - Parkgate at high
tide.
20+ Brent Goose seen through the haze -
Little Eye at high tide, 1 Woodcock was unexpectedly flushed
from gutter as tide came in.
300 Meadow Pipit, 3 Wheatear, 4 White Wagtail, 5 Grey Wagtail, 15+
Purple Sandpiper, 5,000 Oystercatcher, 25 Common Scoter, 10 Great
Crested Grebe, 4 Siskin, 4 Redwing, 5 Red-throated Diver, 1
Black-throated Diver, 2 Shag and 10 Brent Goose (9 pale-bellied) -
Hilbre Island.
20+ Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
8 Spotted Redshank and 1 Long-tailed duck -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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March 17 |
1 Chiffchaff singing -
Red Rocks.
9 Spotted Redshank and 1 Smew (drake) -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Water Pipit ('in near summer plumage') -
Neston Old Quay.
1 Hen Harrier - Heswall Marsh. |
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March 16 |
4 Stonechat (1 m.), 4 White
Wagtail, 2 Water Rail, 1 Peregrine and 7 Wheatear -
Red Rocks, early morning.
'Mad March Hare' event at Wirral Country Park,
Thurstaston, had the following
sightings - 15
Brown Hares, 1 Common Buzzard, 50 Redwing, 50 Fieldfare, 7
Yellowhammer (newly arrived and singing), 1 Barn Owl, 4 Great
Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Green Woodpecker and 300 mixed finch flock of
Linnet, Goldfinch, Greenfinch and Bullfinch, also 400 Black-tailed
Godwit on the shore.
2 Wheatear and 6 White Wagtail - field next to
Stapledon Wood. |
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March 15 |
22 Waxwing in trees by
Hoylake Cottage Hospital,
Birkenhead Road this morning, 11am, no sign at 2pm.
6 Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
6 Spotted Redshank, 4 Ruff, 6 Gadwall (3 pair), 3 Chiffchaff and 1
Smew (drake) - Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Peregrine on kill - Meols Shore.
Hawfinch - West Kirby, no
details.
1 House Martin *First of Spring* at King's Gap,
Hoylake, earliest ever for Wirral,
also 1 House Martin over West Kirby
seen by experienced and reliable birder!!
5 Swallow over West Kirby. First
Swallows seen on the 12th, 15 days earlier than last year.
1 Chiffchaff singing by Wirral Way between Thurstaston and
Heswall. |
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March 14 |
3 Gannet off shore, 6
Stonechat (3 pair) and 4 Wheatear -
Red Rocks.
200+ Redshank, 60+ Dunlin, 12 Knot and 4 Grey Wagtail - on bed of
West Kirby Marine Lake which has
been drained for dredging.
6 Little Egret - Burton Marsh.
1 Long-tailed Duck, 4 Spotted Redshank, 1 Smew (drake) and 4 Little
Grebe - Inner Marsh Farm. |
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March 13 |
22 Brent Goose (21
pale-bellied, 1 dark-bellied), 7 Purple Sandpiper and 1 Shag -
Hilbre Island. |
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March 12 |
1 Smew (drake), 1 Scaup (f.),
3 Sand Martin, 7 Ruff, 1 Long-tailed Duck and 4 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Snow Bunting - Wallasey shore (west of
lifeguard station).
2 Wheatear - Burton Marsh, Denhall.
2 Swallow *First of Spring* over
West Kirby, and 3 Wheatear on shore. |
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March 11 |
1 Wheatear -
Shotwick Boating Lake.
1 Blackcap, singing - Arrowe Park. |
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March 10 |
1 Long-billed Dowitcher, 1
Smew (drake) and 4 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm, reserve CLOSED every Tuesday!! |
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March 9 |
100+ Fieldfare, 3 pair
Shoveler, 1 pair Teal, 5 Pintail, 2 Water Rail, 2 Stonechat and 1
'very small' Canada Goose - Hoylake
Langfields.
*FIRST* Wheatears of Spring - Hoylake
Shore and Leasowe, 7 days earlier
than last year.
1 Mediterranean Gull (adult), 2 Sand Martin, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 16
White-fronted Geese, and 4 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
Report of Waxwings at Upton, 1pm.
3 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Black-throated Diver, 20 Brent Goose
(pale-bellied), 7 Purple Sandpiper, 1 Merlin and 1 Peregrine -
Hilbre Island. |
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March 8 |
2 Raven over
West Kirby.
1 Sand Martin *first of spring* 10 days earlier than last year, 1
Smew (drake) 1 Long-tailed Duck (imm. f.) and 4 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm. |
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March 6 |
215 Pink-footed Goose flying
north (in two flocks), 3 Slavonian Grebe, 1 Black-throated Diver, 20
Red-throated Diver, 20 Brent Goose (19 pale-bellied, 1
dark-bellied), 22 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Raven and 1 Shag -
Hilbre Island.
2 White Wagtail - Hoylake
Langfields, first of the spring!!
16 Purple Sandpiper, 30 Turnstones and 2 Snow Bunting -
Wallasey shore, waders on rocks by
Lifeguard Station at high tide, Buntings on the beach to the west.
Latest
Newsletter published, website is 5 years old this month. |
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March 5 |
1 Smew (drake), 5 Ruff, 1
Long-tailed Duck (imm. f.) and 1 Spotted Redshank -
Inner Marsh Farm.
1 Merlin, 6 Red-breasted Merganser, 4 Brent Goose (pale-bellied), 2
Common Scoter and 1,850 Oystercatcher -
Point of Ayr.
35 Bewick's Swan, 16 White-fronted Goose (European) and 140
Pink-footed Goose - Burton Marsh.
9 Little Egret and 95 Golden Plover -
Denhall Quay. |
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March 4 |
3 Snow Bunting -
Wallasey shore (west of lifeguard
station).
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) -
Heswall, Riverbank Road.
16 Brent Goose (pale-bellied), 1 Shag (1st winter), 14 Purple
Sandpiper, 3 Guillemot, 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 15 Great-crested
Grebe, 1 Slavonian Grebe, 5 Common Scoter, 24 Red-throated Diver, 1
Black-throated Diver and 2 Great Northern Diver-
Hilbre Island, also 2 (possibly 4)
Harbour Porpoise.
370 Sanderling
-
Hoylake shore. |
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March 3 |
Possible Osprey reported over
Wallasey but about 4 weeks too
early! Interestingly another possible seen over Wirral on March 2nd,
'a high flying raptor with light coloured head'. |
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March 2 |
2 Common Scoter flew close
into West
Kirby shore at high tide.
19 Brent Goose - Little Eye.
1 Smew (drake), 1 Long-tailed Duck (imm. f.), 10 Bewick's Swan and 1
Mediterranean Gull - Inner Marsh Farm. |
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March 1 |
101 Sanderling -
West Kirby shore at high tide.
21 Brent Goose and 1 Peregrine -
Little Eye.
140 Pink-footed Goose and 16 White-fronted Goose (European) -
Burton Marsh.
75 Bewick's Swan and 28 Little Egret (Egrets counted leaving roost
this morning.) - Denhall Quay.
26 Brent Goose
(pale-bellied), 19 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Black-throated Diver, 1 Great
Northern Diver and 70 Red-throated Diver -
Hilbre Island |
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