I spent the afternoon birding with Allan Conlin yesterday, hoping to see some spring migrants on the north Wirral coast. We started off at New Brighton pontoon, where we connected with 8 Purple sandpiper mixed in with Common Redshank and Turnstone.
Purple Sandpiper
New Brighton pontoon
We then headed to Meols for the incoming tide, hoping for a white-winged gull, but after a good hour searching through the gulls, only Herring and Black-headed could be found and a few Cormorants.
Allan scoping through the thousands of gulls
Meols promenade
With the tide almost in, we then headed for Leasowe lighthouse, where we connected with 145 Curlew in the fields on Park lane and a single Stock dove.
The paddocks leading to the lighthouse were very quiet, but as we entered the path leading to the lighthouse, I connected with my first Chiffchaff of the year.
Other birds of note were 2 Long tailed tit and a Goldcrest.
Path leading to the lighthouse
The sun was now cracking the flags, and 2 Comma butterflies were seen.
Moving on to Kerr's field, we found our first male Wheatear of the year and a White Wagtail. They were both distant in the field, so the photos were poor but alright for record shots.
Kerr's field
We spent the next half an hour searching for a Yellow-browed warbler that had been reported yesterday, but there was no sign.
A good afternoon's birding, and thankfully, spring has arrived!
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