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Welcome to my personal wildlife diary, covering birds, moths and other wildlife from across Britain and beyond. Based in Cheshire, these are my records of the wildlife I encounter, wherever my travels take me. I also share regular Cheshire & Wirral and UK rarity bird news.

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Egyptian Nightjar-Pool Of Virkie-Shetland-6th September 2026

Blue-cheeked Bee-eater-North Ronaldsay-Orkney-3rd August 2026

Long-tailed Shrike-Crail-Fife-Scotland-6th July 2026

Western Reef Heron-Foryd Bay-Caernarfon-6th June 2026

Western Subalpine Warbler-Housel Bay-Cornwall-18th April 2026

White-Throated Needletail-Scarborough Castle-North Yorkshire-10th October 2025

American Yellow Warbler-New Hythe Gravel Pits-Kent-26th December 2024

Scarlet Tanager-Northowram-West Yorkshire-13th November 2024

Booted Eagle-Remenham Hill-Berkshire-2nd November 2024

Pale-Legged Leaf Warbler-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire-28th September 2024

Indigo Bunting- Whitburn-Durham-19th May 2024

Red Headed Bunting-Flamborough Head-East Yorks-27th October 2023

Magnolia Warbler-St Govan's Head-Pembrokeshire-21st September 2023

Bay-breasted Warbler-Ramsey Island-Pembrokeshire-23rd September 2023

Canada Warbler-Stack Rocks-Pembrokeshire-23rd September 2023

Blackburnian Warbler-Bryher-Isles Of Scilly-15th Oct 2022

Varied Thrush-Papa Westray-28th Oct 2021

Tennessee Warbler-Yell-Shetland-6th Oct 2020

The Numbers Game

The Numbers Game
British List: 543- Egyptian Nightjar
Cheshire and Wirral List: 300- Black Stork
Western Palearctic List: 651-Long-tailed Shrike
British Butterfly List: 63-Long-tailed Blue
British Odonata List: 47-Irish Damselfly
Moth List-Macro-526 Black Banded

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My Cheshire and Wirral Highlights-Click On Photos For Write-ups

My Cheshire and Wirral Highlights-Click On Photos For Write-ups
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Woodchat Shrike-Bridgewater Canal-Daresbury-6th June 2025

Hudsonian Godwit-Burton RSPB-18th August 2024

Savis Warbler-Burton RSPB-10th April 2023

Wilsons Phalarope-Burton RSPB-21st September 2021

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Cheshire and Wirral Wildlife Links

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