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Nov 13
1 Little Stint and 4 Water Pipit-
Gronant.
1 Black Redstart briefly this morning -
Hilbre.
1 Snow Bunting on cliffs just north of
Heswall Fields NT.
7 Whooper Swan flew east over
north Wirrral.
Nov 12
12 Twite -
Hoylake Shore.
9 Greenshank on Boathouse Flash at high tide -
Parkgate.
At least 3 Twite by beach car park -
Point of Ayr.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) flew north -
Neston Marsh.
Nov 11
4000 Knot in channel by Tinkers Dell -
Thurstaston Shore.
1 Glossy Ibis on marsh still, between Beach Road and Kings Gap -
Hoylake Shore.
8 Twite by beach car park -
Point of Ayr.
1 Willow Tit in 'RAF Woods' (behind Larton Livery) -
West Kirby.
1 Long-tailed Duck flew west, 2 Razorbill, 8 Red-throated Diver and 16 Great Crested Grebe -
Hilbre.
1 Bittern again showed well, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Water Rail and 40 Great White Egret -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
1 Little Stint -
Gronant.
Nov 10
300 Shelduck and 100 Black-tailed Godwit -
Meols Shore.
c10,000 Knot flew towards West Kirby at 0850am -
Caldy Steps.
1 Short-eared Owl and 2 Snow Bunting -
Gronant.
1 Glossy Ibis on marsh still, between Beach Road and Kings Gap -
Hoylake Shore.
1 Bittern -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
1800 Teal and 1050 Pintail at high tide -
Heswall.
1 Short-eared Owl and 1 Barn Owl at dusk -
Parkgate.
15,000 Knot in wader roost at high tide -
West Kirby Shore.
Nov 9
1 Glossy Ibis on marsh still, between Beach Road and Kings
Gap -
Hoylake Shore.
Nov 8
1 Glossy Ibis on marsh still, between Beach Road and Kings
Gap, also 7 Brent Geese -
Hoylake Shore.
1 Woodcock flew south -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
4 Pochard flew south, 2 Puffin off north-end and 1 Woodcock -
Hilbre.
5 Short-eared Owl -
Burton Marsh.
Nov 7
1 Glossy Ibis on marsh still, between Beach Road and Kings
Gap -
Hoylake Shore.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) flying south -
Parkgate.
Good visible migration at
Hilbre this
morningincluding a late Swallow, also 4 Purple Sandpiper, 2 Peregrine
and 1 Slavonian Grebe..
30+ Great White Egret and 9 Cattle Egret -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
Nov 6
1 Glossy Ibis on marsh off Beach Road this morning, 2 Snow
Bunting flew into marsh off Tennis Courts (east of Lifeboat Station) -
Hoylake Shore.
3 drake Pochard on Boathouse Flash -
Parkgate.
1050 Shelduck, 900 Pintail, 400 Teal, 4300 Oystercatcher, 750 Lapwing,
155 Golden Plover, 4000 Knot, 3500 Dunlin, 60 Bar-tailed Godwit, 670
Curlew, 860 Redshank at high tide -
Heswall
Shore.
Nov 5
537 Brent Geese (1 dark-bellied) and 2 Purple Sandpiper -
Hilbre.
1 Glossy Ibis on marsh between Kings Gap and Beach Road, also a
late Swallow -
Hoylake Shore.
1 Bittern and 1 Jack Snipe -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
Nov 4
1 Glossy Ibis on marsh between Kings Gap and Beach Road -
Hoylake Shore.
1 ringtail Hen Harrier, 12 Marsh Harrier, 1 Merlin, 3 Kestrel and 2
Barn Owl this morning -
Parkgate.
Nov 2
2 Crosbbill over heading SE -
Ness.
3 Whooper Swan and 1 Merlin this morning, 3 Barn Owl, 2 Short-eared Owl
and 10+ Marsh Harrier late afternoon at Old Baths -
Parkgate.
3 Short-eared Owl -
Burton Marsh.
Nov 1
1 Bittern showed well by the reedbed screen this morning -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
Oct 31
5 Short-eared Owl and 1 Barn Owl, 10 Marsh Harrier flew towards Burton
Point this afternoon -
Burton Marsh.
1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 10+ Marsh Harrrier, 2 Short-eared Owl, 1 Barn
Owl heard, 1 Jack Snipe, 4+ Great White Egret and c2,000 Teal Boathouse
Flash/Old Baths-
Parkgate.
Oct 30
1 Brambling, 1 Pochard (drake), 2,000 Teal and 300+ Shoveler this
morning, 200 Fieldfare, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 3 Short-eared Owl, 2
Barn Owl and 10+ Marsh Harrier this afternoon -
Parkgate.
Oct 29
1 Short-eared Owl, 1 Kingfisher and 310 Shoveler (site record) early
morning, also 1,500 Teal, c10 Marsh Harrier, 1 Merlin, 3 Great White
Egret and 200+ Skylark; this evening 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail), 1
Peregrine, 3 Short-eared Owl, 2 Barn Owl and a Tawny Owl calling
from trees-
Parkgate.
c1500 Teal, 2 Green Sandpiper, 3 Stonechat, 1 Avocet, 6 Siskin over and
6 Cattle Egret in adjacent field -
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
Oct 28
1 Hen Harrier, 4+ Marsh Harrier, 2 Short-eared Owl, 2 Barn Owl, 1
Merlin and 1 Peregrine late afternoon -
Parkgate.
12+ Marsh Harrier -
Neston Reedbed/Marsh.
3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Merlin and 3 Great White Egret -
Denhall Quay.
Oct 27
1 Firecrest along nature trail this morning. 1 Brambling by pond -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
1 Kingfisher, 2,500 Teal and 271 Shoveler -
Parkgate.
Oct 26
11 Ruff, 2,000 Teal and 150 Shoveler -
Boathouse
Flash, Parkgate.
Oct 25
1 Pomarine Skua (ad with spoons) in Mersey mouth then flew low over
Marine Lake, also 1 Leach's Petrel, 1 Arctic Skua, 7 Little Gull, 150
Kittiwake (many juvs) and 1 Gannet, plus 1 Purple Sandpiper -
New Brighton.
1 Great Skua, 3 Artcic Skua, 15 Gannet and 150 Kittiwake -
Hoylake Shore.
150 Pinkfooted Geese, 3500 Shelduck, 51 Little Egret, 2 Hen Harrier
(ringtails), 1 Merlin, 1 Water Rail, 8 Snipe, 300 Black-headed Gull, 1
Short-eared Owl, 125 Skylark, 450 Starling over high tide -
Riverbank Road, Heswall.
1,850 Black-tailed Godwit -
Caldy
Wildfowl collection.
1 Grey Phalarope and 1 Leach's Petrel -
Dove
Point, Meols.
2 Grey Phalarope -
Leasowe Gunsite.
1 Leach's Petrel and 1 Great Skua which grabbed a Turnstone which
escaped! -
off Derby Pool, Wallasey
Shore.
1 (poss 2) Hen Harrier (ringtails), 16 Marsh Harrier and 3 Barn Owl
this evening -
Old Baths, Parkgate.
Oct 24
17 Goosander and 1 Rock Pipit -
West
Kirby Marine Lake.
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 1,000 Dunlin, 1,000 Teal and 500 Linnet -
Flint Castle.
Oct 22
5000 Shelduck, 720 Teal, 109 Golden Plover, 85 Grey Plover, 11
Greenshank at high tide -
Heswall Shore.
6 Short-eared Owl -
Burton Marsh.
Oct 21
700 Pintail, 4000 Oystercatcher, 1200 Knot, 300 Dunlin, 82 Turnstone,
115 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1000 Black-tailed Godwit, 100 Redwing flew South
off Dee Sailing Club on ebbing tide this morning -
Thurstaston Shore.
Oct 19
1 Short-eared Owl -
Neston Marsh.
Oct 18
Some good visible migration this morning:
2,160 Jackdaw in 22
flocks inc. 1 bird taken by peregrine abd one flock hassled by a
Merlin, 940 Redwing, 120 Fieldfare, 80 Skylark -
Lower Heswall.
814 Redwing 3 Fieldfare, 1 Mistle Thrush, 384 Woodpigeon 384, 38
Skylar, 8 Pied Wagtai, 14 Chaffinch and 2 Siskin =
Little Neston.
4 Spotted Redshank Bevyl Road flash. 1500 Teal and 125 Shoveler
Boathouse flash. Merlin and 50 Redwing over marsh -
Parkgate.
Oct 17
1,000 Pink-footed Geese flew south this morning -
Saughall.
760 Jacdaw flew SE in several flocks -
Lower
Heswall.
90+ Skylark over, and 308 Brent Geese -
Hilbre.
3 Whooper Swan and 6 Green Sandpiper -
Burton
Mere Wetland.
1 Short-eared Owl -
Burton Marsh.
Oct 16
8 Goosander (incl 1 drake) and 1 Great Crested Grebe) -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
Oct 14
Sme good visible migration this morning including 100+ finches (mainly
Chaffinch), 6 Siskin and 50+ Jackdaw over -
Thurstaston Visitor Centre.
1 Merlin (juv) with quite a few finches over including 2 Brambling -
Hilbre.
Oct 12
1 Purple Sandpiper -
Hilbre.
1 Short-eared Owl this evening -
Old
Baths, Parkgate.
6 juv Curlew Sandpiper =
Flint Castle.
Oct 11
3 Whooper Swans (2 ads 1 juv) on Dawpool Bank before flying W on
rising tide -
Thurstaston.
1 Grey Phalarope -
Shotwick Boating Lake.
1 Great Skua showing well over high tide, and 1 Curlew Sandpiper -
Hoylake Shore,
3 Short-eared Owl off Old Baths -
Parkgate.
Oct 10
22 Leach's Petrel, 5 Manx Shearwater, 2 Arctic Skua (one flew over Obs
garden!), 2 Great Skua, 1 Arctic Tern, 3 Kittiwake and 285 Common
Scoter -
Hilbre.
c8 Leach's Petrel, 1 Manx Shearwater, 1 Kittiwake, 1 Mediterranean
Gull, 1 Arctic Tern, 1 juv sponbill (flew north) and 1 Sabine's Gull in
Mersey Mouth -
New Brighton.
6 Leach's Petrel, 2 Manx Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua and 1 Great Skua -
Leasowe Gunsite.
4 Leach's Petrel, 1 Arctic Tern and 1 Manx Shearwater -
Hoylake.
1 Glossy Ibis, 4 Whooper Swan
and 4 Cattle Egret -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
5550 Black=tailed Godwit -
Caldy
Wildfowl Collection.
Oct 9
1 Arctic Skua off
Hoylake Shore.
1 Leach's Petrel -
Leasowe Gunsite.
2 Leach's Petrel (one was blown into the river and one flew west), 1
Little Gull and 1 Manx Shearwater -
New
Brighton.
Oct 8
5 Whooper Swan flew north, 4 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank and 1
Ruff Bevyl Road flash.-
Parkgate.
1 Grey Phalarope - -
Shotwick Boating
Lake.
4080 Black-tailed godwit -
Caldy
Wildfowl Collection.
1 Glossy Ibis in field (photo) -
Shotwick.
Oct 7
4000 Shelduck, 350 Pintail, 470 Teal, 3000 Oystercatcher, 80 Golden
Plover, 200 Knot, 750 Dunlin, 3000 Black-tailed Godwit, 1050 Curlew,
2800 Redshank, 3 Mediterranean Gull on rising tide rgis morning -
Heswall Shore.
2 Spotted Redshank, 6 Greenshank, 2 Ruff and 60 Black-t Godwits Bevyl
Road flash. 139 Shoveler Donkey Stand/Boathouse flashes -
Parkgate.
Oct 6
12 juv Curlew Sandpiper -
Flint
Marsh.
At least 4 Barn Owl over marsh this evening -
Parkgate Old Baths/Cottage Lane.
Oct 5
7+ Goosander and 5 Red-breasted Merganser -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Yellow-browed Warbler calling near Border Hide -
Burton Mere Wetlands,
3 Barn Owl over marsh this evening and hundreds of Pink-footed Geese
flying in -
Parkgate.
Oct 4
1 Yellow-browed Warbler caught and ringed this morning, 8 Spoonbill
flew west -
Hilbre.
1 Grey Phalarope -
Shotwick Boating Lake.
1 Yellow-browed Warbler calling
between Nets Cafe and Station Road, 1 Short-eared Owl this evening -
Burton Marsh.
2 Spoonbill -
Flint Marsh.
Oct 3
2 Firecrest caught and ringed in private garden -
Bidston Hill.
9 Curlew Sandpiper (1ad and 8 juvs) -
Flint
Castle.
1 Grey Phalarope east end of
Shotwick
Boating Lake.
Oct 1
11 Curlew Sandpiper and 1 spotted Redshank, also 1 Yellow-browed
Warbler -
Flint Castle.
1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 750 Teal, 71 Shoveler, 1 Gadwall and
20 Pintail on Boathouse/Bevyl Road flashes -
Parkgate.
2 Barn Owl and 1 Short-eared Owl -
Burton
Marsh.
Sep 30
1 1st win Black Guillemot -
Hilbre.
2 Curlew Sandpiper before high tide -
Meols.
2 Curlew Sandpiper west of Lifeboat, 1 firecrest calling in sea-front
garden -
Hoylake Shore.
8 Curlew Sandpiper on rising tide -
Flint
Castle.
Sep 29
1 Short-eared Owl -
Hilbre.
1 Curlew Sandpiper on marsh -
Flint Castle.
Sep 28
1 1st win Black Guillemot -
Hilbre.
1 Glossy Ibis over, flew to
saltmarsh this afternoon -
Burton Mere
Wetlands.
2 Barn Owl (1 off Riverbank Road and 1 off Cottage Lane) -
Heswall Marsh.
1 Temminck's Stint reported -
Gronant.
Sep 27
5 Red-breasted Merganser and 6 Goosander -
West Kirby Marine Lake.
1 Curlew Sandpiper and 1 Wheatear -
Hoylake.
1 Black Guillemot off east side, also 2 Stonechat, 13 Wigeon, 1 Great
White Egret and 1 Swallow -
Hilbre.
6,050 Black-tailed Godwit -
Caldy
Wildfowl Collection.
1 Caspian Gull (1st w) showing well on Donkey Stand Flash -
Parkgate.
6 Curlew Sandpiper on marsh -
Flint Castle.
Sep 26
1 Firecrest caught and ringed in sea-front garden -
Hoylake.
1 Bearded Tit calling and showing well in hedge near
Neston Old Quay.
Boathouse/Bevyl Rd flashes Parkgate at high tide: 6 Spotted Redshank (4
ads & 2 juvs), 44 Greenshank, Water Rail and 82 Shoveler at high
tide -
Boathouse/Bevyl Rd flashes
Parkgate.
Sep 25
1 Firecrest caught and ringed in sea-front garden -
Hoylake.
1 Bearded Tit calling and showing well in hedge near
Neston Old Quay.
40 Pintail, 60 Teal, 2300 Oystercatcher, 18 Golden Plover, 45 Knot, 560
Curlew, 13 Greenshank, 4000 Redshank, 4 Mediterranean Gulls (3ads, 1
2nd winter) - Heswal/Thurstastonl Shore.
Sep 24
5 (3 ads & 2 juvs) Spotted Redshank and 16 Greenshank Bevyl Road
flash, 950 Pink-footed Geese left the roost this morning -
Parkgate.
8 Wheatear between the groyne and Lighthouse -
Leasowe.
2 Cattle Egret, 4 Greenshank, 2 Ruff, 1 Green Sandpiper and 1 Avocet -
Burton Mere Wetlands.
1 Turtle Dove flew west over paddocks behind
Meols Common.
Sep 23
11 Greenshank and 53 Shoveler -
Boathouse
Flash, Parkgate,
Sep 22
2 Bearded Tit seen next to small reedbed along path c200m north from
end of Marshlands Road -
Neston.
Sep 20
131 Leach's Petrel, 1 Grey Phalarope, 5 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua and
36 Manx Shearwater -
Hilbre.
47 Leach's Petrel, 1 Little Gull and 2 Manx Shearwater past Mersey
mouth this morning -
New Brighton.
48 Leach's Petrel and 1 Manx Shearwater past Coastguards by 14.15hrs -
Wallasey Shore.-
51 Leach's Petrel, 1 Pomarine Skua (ad with spoons), 1 Great Skua and 3
Manx Shearwater -
Leasowe Gunsite.
1 Storm Petrel and 27+ Leach's Petrel -
Hoylake.
15 Leach's Petrel by 9am -
Gronant.
50+ Point of Ayr between 4pm and 5pm,
1
possible Western Reef Heron flew into roost into inland wood -
Point of Ayr.
1 Osprey this evening along North Wirral.
Sep 19
25 Leach's Petrel -
Leasowe Gunsite.
19 Leach's Petrel, 1 Storm Petrel, 9 Red-throated Diver, 2 Arctic Tern,
1 Little Tern, 6 Sandwich Tern, 4 Guillemot and 1 Razorbill -
Hilbre.
4 Leach's Petrel in Mersey mouth -
New
Brighton.
Sep 18
1 Storm Petrel and 2 - 3 Leach's Petrel early morning in Mersey mouth -
New Brighton.
1 Curlew Sandpiper on must just south of
West Kirby Marine Lake.
Sep 17
1 Barolo Shearwater at
1510hrs, also 31 Leach's Petrel from about 1140hrs to 1725hrs, flying
west -
Leasowe Gunsite.
5 Arctic Skua and 26 Leach's Petrel off Coast Guards this afternoon -
Wallasey Shore.-
At least 2 Grey Phalarope and Leach's Petrels as above, also several
Manx
Shearwaters -
North Wirral beween Mersey mouth
west to
Hoylake.
9 Leach's Petrel, 7 Manx Shearwater, 4 Razorbill and 6 Arctic Tern -
Hilbre.
Sep 16
1 Arctic Skua flew west from Mersey mouth this mornig -
New Brighton.
5 Wheatear along the embankment by
Leasowe
Lighthouse.
2 Leach's Petrel and 1 Manx Shearwater flew west -
Leasowe Gunsite.
2 Leach's Petrel and 1 Grey Phalarope (briefly) -
Wallasey Shore.
3 juv Curlew Sandpiper this afternoon -
Hoylake Shore.
Sep 15
1 Sabine's Gull (juv) showing well early afternoon, also 3 Black Tern,
7 Arctic Tern and 10 Little Tern -
Hoylake
Shore.
2 Black Tern and 1 Black Guillemot flying west, 1 Garganey flew north,
1 possible Long-tailed Skua also hundreds of terns (mainly Sandwich) -
Hilbre.
1 Garganey, 1 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and 20 Spoonbill -
Parkgate.
3 Bearded Tit feeding on reed heads south end of
Neston Reedbed.
Sep 13
1 Curlew Sandpiper, 5 Little Tern and 3 Golden Plover -
Hoylake Shore.
1 Curlew Sandpiper and several juv Knot after high tide, 200+ Common
Scoter off shore -
Meols Shore.
Sep 12
1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper and 1 Ruddy Shelduck =
Burton Mere Wetlands.
4 Curlew Sandpiper briefly (1 after high tide) and 5 Little Tern after
high tide -
Hoylake Shore.
14 Spoonbill Bevyl Road flash. 40 Greenshank and 1 Spotted Redshank
Boathouse flash -
Parkgate.
290 Turnstone on rocks by
West Kirby
Msrine Lake.
360 Turnstone on the pontoon =
New
Brighton Marine Lake.
Sep 11
11 Spoonbill on reception pool =
Burton
Mere Wetlands.
5 Curlew Sandpiper after high tide, 1 Peregrine flushed all the waders
at high tide -
Hoylake Shore.
Sep 10
600 Pink-footed Geese over early morning -
Moreton.
415 Pink-footed Geese flew onto marsh in several small flocks early
morning, 303 Little Egret roosted overnight inland and a site record -
Heswall Marsh.
300 Pink-footed Geese -
Parkgate.
Sep 9
7 Leach's Petrel =
Hilbre.
2 Arctic Skua over
Little Eye.
1 Leach's Petrel in Mersey mouth, 1 Great Northern Diver off Fort Perch
-
New Brighton.
28 Pink-footed Geese flew towards marsh, 37 Greenshank, 3 Ruff
and 14 Spoonbill on Boathouse Flash-
Parkgate.
2 Leach's Petrel and 1 Manx Shearwater off Coasguard Station -
Wallasey Shore.
1 Leach's Petrel -
Leasowe Gunsite.
5400 Black-tailed Godwit -
Caldy
Wildfowl Collection.
11+ Wheatear on beach and on rocks by Lifeboat Station -
Hoylake.
2 Leach's Petrel -
Point of Ayr.
Sep 8
1200 Shelduck, 4250 Oystercatcher, 80 Ringed Plover, 65 Dunlin, 2 juv
Curlew Sandpiper, 4 Turnstone, 1 Ruff, 2 Whimbrel, 1100 Curlew, 3700
Redshank, 1 ad f Hen Harrier over high tide -
Heswall Shore.
12 Leach's Petrel, 14 Manx
Shearwater, 1 Arctic Skua, 125 Sandwich Tern, 11 Brent Geese and 1 ad m
Peregrine late afternoon to dusk -
Hilbre.
1 Little Stint at dove Point but distant -
Meols
Shore.
14 Spoonbill, ad Water Rail, 10 Greenshank & Ruff Boathouse
flash. Green Sand Donkey Stand flash this morning -
Parkgate.
1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Little Stint, 260 Ringed Plover, 560 Dunlin, 140
Sandwich Tern, 55 Common Scoter, 1 Guillemot, 1 Red-throated Diver, 1
Fulmar and 1 Gannet, also 150 Swallow early morning with many sat on
beach. Flew up at 8:30 when juvenile Merlin gave chase -
Point of Ayr.
Sep 7
11 Brent Geese this evening -
Hilbre.
14 Spoonbill, 1 Little Grebem 1 ad Water Rail, 3 Ruff and 14 Greenshank
on Boathouse Flash -
Parkgate.
Sep 6
5 Stonechat along the fence by coastal paddocks -
Leasowe Lighthouse.
9 pale-bellied Brent Geese and 2 Whimbrel, 1 Little Stint by Little Eye
-
Hilbre.
Sep 5
1 juv Curlew Sandpiper and 5 Whimbrel -
Thurstaston
Shore.
1 Leach's Petrel at 08.30am -
Hilbre.
1 Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Ruff, 1 Spotted Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 2 Water
Rail and 13 Spoonbill at boathouse flash -
Parkgate.
4 Curlew Sandpiper this afternoon, much higher numbers reported on
BirdGuides have NOT been confirmed -
Hoylake
Shore.
Sep 4
1 Curlew Sandpiper and 1 Little Stint, also 1 Little Gull (juv) and 2
Skua flew west (probably Arctic) -
Meols
Shore.
3 Leach's Petrel west between 15.50hrs and 1700hrs, also 1 Osprey
headed south -
Leasowe Gunsite.
1 juv Sabine's Gull out by buoys, and 2 Fulmar -
Hoylake Shore.
1 Leach's Petrel, 3 Manx Shearwater and 3 Fulmar -
Hilbre.
Sep 3
1 Baird's Sandpiper (adult)
showing well, also 3 Curlew Sandpiper and 1 juv Little Stint -
Meols Shore.
12 spoonbill, 1 ruff, 1 juv curlew sandpiper, 2 greenshank at boathouse
flash -
Parkgate.
1 juv Pomarine Skua flew west this afternoon, also 1 Arctic Skua, 3
Little Stint in wader flock this afternoon -
Hoylake.
17 Greenshank, 3,500 Redshank and 2 Pintail -
Heswall/Thurstaston.
Sep 2
1 juv Little Stint and 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper this morning, 2 juv
Curlew Sandpiper this evening -
Meols
Shore.
2 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 1 juv Little Stint, 1 Wood Sandpiper, 1 Spotted
Redshank, 14 Spoonbill, 15 Dunlin. 1 Green Sandpiper, 16 Greenshank, 4
Ruff and 30 Black-tailed Godwit on Boathouse Flash -
Parkgate.
1 juv Little Stint, 1 juv Purple Sandpiper, 560 Shelduck, 345 Ringed
Plover, 1 Whimbrel, 320 Dunlin, also large flock of 150 House Martin
overhead -
Point of Ayr.
Sep 1
1 Little Stint showing well off Roman Road again this morning, and at
Hoylake at high tide -
Meols Shore.
1 Common Redstart (fem) -
Hoylake
Langfields.