Apr 30th
Black Tern-N06 tank-Frodsham Marshes
70+ Swifts-Budworth Mere-Northwich
2 Common Terns,Common Sandpiper and 15 Swifts-Acre Nook sand Quarry
Garganey-Drake-Sandbach Flashes
Green-winged Teal (view from the north end of cliff top at Heswall Fields NT, the bird is in the second channel which cuts back into saltmarsh) and 65 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
Osprey hovering between the islands this morning, caught a flatfish and ate it on Bird Rock (Red Rocks) - Hilbre.
12 Wheatear in horse paddock and a Whinchat - Leasowe Lighthouse.
MEGA NEWS
3 WHITE WINGED SCOTER and STEJNEGER'S SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife
Apr 29th
Green-winged Teal, 6 Common Teal, 4000 Knot, 3000 Dunlin, 23 Ringed Plover, 139 Grey Plover, 47 Whimbrel over high tide - Heswall Shore.
Cuckoo flew towards West Kirby from Little Eye
Osprey circling over paddocks at 1040hrs,fem Common Redstart in sheep field,Yellow Wagtail in coastal paddock and 6 Goosander in channel east of groyne,19 Gannet,37 Great Crested Grebe,Razorbill and 3 Guillemot on the sea this evening - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Wood Warbler in trees just east of Roman Road before flying into gardens - Meols.
Hobby catching dragonflies and 1 Swift - Lower Heswall.
Hobby flew west over Saughall.
Garganey (fem),Yellow Wagtail and 3 Whinchat on Pasture Road Flash - Moreton.
Black redstart-1st-winter male south of Astbury-Astbury Mere
Whinchat-Whitley Reed
3 Garganey-N06 Tank-Frodsham Marshes
MEGA NEWS
PINE BUNTING-Papa Westray-Orkney
Forster's Tern-Lytchett bay-Dorset
Apr 28th
7 Spotted Redshank,Long Billed Dowitcher and Ruddy Shelduck-Burton RSPB
2 Short Eared Owls-Maw Green Tip
Avocet-Woolston Eyes
Garganey-Four (three drakes) still on No 6 Tank-Frodsham Marshes
MEGA NEWS
WHITE WINGED SCOTER and STEJNEGER'S SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife
Forster's Tern-Lytchett bay-Dorset
Apr 27th
Black Winged Stilt and Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB
Garganey-Four (three drakes) still on No 6 Tank-Frodsham Marshes
Short Eared,Maw Green Tip
Little Gull-1st winter-Leasowe Lighthouse
Garganey-Three drakea still on No 6 Tank-Frodsham Marshes
Wood Warbler-Singing male in wood by junction of Manor Drive and Upton Road-Upton
Wood Warbler-Singing male at Hob Hey Wood-Frodsham
Ring Ouzel-Still in sheep fields near lighthouse-Leasowe
MEGA NEWS
Forster's Tern-Lytchett bay-Dorset
WHITE CROWNED SPARROW-Seaford Head-East Sussex
Little Gull-1st winter-Newchurch Common
Pied flycatcher-Between Limbo Lane and Arrowe Country Park-Thingwall
Hoopoe-Still on lawn by conifer plantation at Green Alley Farm; park only at compound at 53.4122-2..4960 and walk back to view from road only. Do not park along Holly Bush Lane-Rixton
Osprey-Flew north-Tatton Park
Ring Ouzel-Two in south-east corner of No 5 Tank; viewable from ramp to No 6 Tank,Green Winged tea and Garganey-Frodsham Marshes
3 Whinchat and c20 Wheatear between Nets Cafe and Sheep field end of Station Road,Common Redstart in Chapel Field - Burton Marsh.
3+ Grasshopper Warbler - Burton Point.
Blue-headed Wagtail,5 Whinchat,3 Common Redstart,Garganey on sea before flying north,Pied Flycatcher at Park Lane this evening,20 Wheatear,100 Sand Martin and a Cuckoo - Leasowe Lighthouse.
3,000 Knot (many in full breeding plumage) early morning - Thurstaston Shore.
Pied Flycacher between Limbo Lane and Arrowe Park (Thingwall).
Spoonbill,Long-billed Dowitcher and 9 Mediterranean Gull - Burton Mere Wetlands.
107 Whimbrel, 300 Curlew and 160 Black-tailed Godwit over high tide - Heswall Shore.
MEGA NEWS
Forster's Tern-Lytchett bay-Dorset
Apr 24th
Long Billed Dowitcher-Burton RSPB
Garganey-Drake-Phalarope pool-Frodsham Marshes
Osprey-Over Elton Hal flash-Sandbach Flashes
Pied Flycatcher-Male at Bosley Cloud in top wood-Bosley
Garganey-Drake still at Railway Flash No 2-Sandbach Flashes
Hoopoe-Along Woodend Lane then flew into gardens by farm buildings-Rixton
2 Cuckoo by Park Lane this afternoon, 2 Common Sandpiper by groyne and 2 Whinchat in paddocks - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Spoonbill and 6 Mediterranean Gull - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Whinchat end of Station Road - Burton Marsh.
MEGA NEWS
Forster's Tern-Lytchett bay-Dorset
WHITE CROWNED SPARROW-Seaford Head-East Sussex
Apr 23rd
8 Little Gull-Frodsham Marshes
Common Crane-Three possibles reported in flight over Dee Estuary-Parkgate
Green Winged teal-Drake still on mitigation pool-Frodshm marshes
Wood Sandpiper-Pumphouse Flash-Sandbach Flashes
Osprey-Mollington
2 Garganey-Sandbach Flashes
4 Avocet-Neumann's Flash
9 Wheatear (5 Greenland),Grasshopper Warbler,Common Redstart,2 Arctic Skua,66 Gannet,21 Manx Shearwater,Black Guillemot,4 Arctic Tern and 4 Little Gull off shore - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Garganey (drakes) on Boathouse Flash - Parkgate.
Green-winged Teal again off Target Road and 82+ Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
Spoonbill - Denhall Quay.
c20 Whimbrel, 10 Wheatear,Grasshopper Warbler,182 Sandwich Tern 22 Common Tern,4 Arctic Tern,72 Gannet and 3 Kittiwake flew west after high tide - Hilbre.
2 Whinchat - Hoylake Langfields.
Whinchat (Burton Point) and 15+ Wheatear - Burton Marsh.
4 Greenshank busy feeding - Decca Pools.
MEGA NEWS
Forster's Tern-Lytchett bay-Dorset
WHITE CROWNED SPARROW-Seaford Head-East Sussex
Apr 22nd
Whinchat-Ashtons Flash
Osprey-one flew along Gowy Valley-Wimbolds Trafford
25 Little gulls-Acre Nook sand quarry
20 Black Necked grebe-Woolston Eyes
Twite-Within Way-Hale
Green Winged teal,5 Little Gull and Garganey-Frodsham Marshes
Short Eared Owl-Hale
Bar Tailed Godwit-One at Mere Farm Quarry-Chelford
Black Guillemot distant off groyne,Whinchat and a Yellow Wagtail in coastal paddocks,Common Redstart behind Lighthouse and 2 Common Sandpiper on groyne,42 Wheatear and 4 Whinchat in field south of R Birket late afternoon - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Whinchat (male) and 6+ Grasshopper Warbler at Point and by nearby boardwalk - Burton Point.
17 Wheatear between Rifle Range and Decca Pools.
Long Billed dowitcher,Black Tern and a Spoonbill - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Lesser Whitethroat by visitor centre,Grasshopper Warbler reeling by Dawpool Nature Reserve,8+ Wheatear flying along the cliffs and at least 30 Whimbrel on the shore - Thurstaston.
3 Whinchat (males),4 Tree Pipit,Common Redstart (fem),63 Wheatear,4 grasshopper Warbler and 2 White Wagtail - Hoylake Langfields and adjacent Saughall Massie Paddocks.
77 Whimbrel on shore on rising tide,Common Redstart (male),7 Wheatear,Lesser Whitethroat and a Stonechat (male) - Heswall Fields.
MEGA NEWS
WHITE CROWNED SPARROW-Seaford Head-East Sussex
Apr 21st
13 Little Gulls-Budworth Mere-Northwich
At least 3 Grasshopper Warbler - Burton Point and along cycle path by BMW.
13+ Wheatear between Burton Point and Decca Pools.
Osprey on salt marsh (off Harp Inn) at 6.15pm - Neston Marsh.
Apr 20th
410 Oystercatcher, 8 Grey Plover, 240 Dunlin, 260 Redshank, 518 Curlew, minimum 56 Whimbrel on the rising tide - Heswall Shore.
Spoonbill on Bevyl Road Flash - Parkgate.
3 Little gulls-Briefly-Budworth Mere-Northwich
Western Cattle Egret-Sandbach Flashes
11 Little gulls-from roost and 2 Arctic Terns flew west-Woolston Eyes
Gull Billed Tern,Ruddy Shelduck,Long-billed Dowitcher,2 Garganey (pair) and 12 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Whinchat (fem) in horse paddocks and a Grasshopper Warbler (west of duck pond) - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Apr 19th
4 Little gulls and Bar Tailed godwit-Acre Nook Sand Quarry
67 Little Gull-Flew through,day count-Woolston eyes
Little Gulls-2 adults flew east along River Mersey past Within Way-Hale
Western Cattle Egret-Sandbach Flashes
Whinchat (fem) in horse paddocks,15 wheatear,20+ Swallow ,2 House Martin,3 White Wagtail and a Common Redstart,Osprey over NE at 3pm - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Black Guillemot giving good views on tide between 1130 and 1150 - Meols Shore.
Osprey over River Mersey - New Brighton.
Common Redstart-Female at rear of Clatterbridge Hospital-Clatterbridge
2 Black Necked Grebe and Westerrn cattle egret-Budworth Mere-Northwich
Pied Flycatcher-Female along Valeroyal Cut behind Big Pond-Moulton
Eurasian Spoonbill-Two reported on River Weaver at Boden's Loc-Frodsham
Garganey-Drake-Phalarope pool-Frodsham Marshes
Osprey-Drifted east-Redes Mere
Osprey-Drifted west-Alford
Common Sandpiper and 310 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
3 Common Redstart and 40 Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse.
420 Sanderling,120 Bar-tailed Godwit (just 1 s/pl) and 3,000 Dunlin at hight tide,at least 3,000 Knot on East Hoyle Bank off Meols an hour before high tide,4 Wheatear on rocks by Lifeboat Station at 5pm - Hoylake Shore.
c100 Willow Warbler,4+ Common Redstart and 3 Grasshopper Warbler,3 Tree Pipit over - Hilbre.
3 Grasshopper Warbler, 28 Willow Warbler and a Common Redstart in gardens along Hoylake sea-front.
MEGA NEWS
BLACK WINGED KITE-Newtown-Powys
Apr 17th
Ruddy Shelduck-Female again on Widnes Warth-Widnes
Green Winged Teal-Drake on No 3 Tank-Frodsham Marshes
White Stork-One flew north-east over Elton Hall Flash-Sandbach Flashes
Ring Ouzel (male) and a Common Redstart (both behind Lighthouse),2 Stonechat by car park,10 Wheatear moving east along embankment and an Osprey over east-Leasowe Lighthouse.
9 Whimbrel flew north over high tide - Heswall Shore.
Pied flycatcher (fem) - Burton Mere Wetlands.
8,000 Pink-footed Geese flew out of estuary early morning - Hilbre.
Grasshopper Warbler reeling - Parkgate Marsh.
Garganey-Drake-Phalarope pool-Frodsham Marshes
MEGA NEWS
BLACK WINGED KITE-Kirton-Suffolk
7+ Wheatear (4 on the groyne) this morning,Common Redstart next to path by coastal paddocks this afternoon - Leasowe Lighthouse.
26 Wheatear between Decca Pools and Rifle Range,2 Whimbrel flew NW over Decca Pools,House Martin bottom of Station Road and 1 Reed Warbler in reeds opposite sheep pens - Burton Marsh.
Water Pipit - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Great Northern Diver,Red-throated Diver and 20+ Gannet - Hilbre.
25 White Wagtail on sand around Lifeboat Station - Hoylake.
43 Pink-footed Geese,160 Shelduck,32 Teal,Eider (female),9 Red-breasted Merganser,670 Oystercatcher,39 Grey Plover,3000 Knot,1800 Dunlin,110 Black-tailed Godwit,340 Curlew,4 Whimbrel (flew N at 07:40),Greenshank,820 Redshank at high tide - Heswall Shore.
Avocet-Flew over Budworth Mere-Northwich
Whinchat,Ring Ouzel and Common Redstart-Carr Lane pools-Hale
Ruddy Shelduck-Burton RSPB
Garganey-Drake-Phalarope pool-Frodsham Marshes
7+ Wheatear (4 on the groyne) - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Apr 15th
Channel Wagtail-Male on Hale Marsh viewed from Within Way-Hale
Garganey-Drake-Phalarope pool-Frodsham Marshes
Whimbrel flew west - Meols Shore.
Osprey flew down west side of Hilbre.
2 Mediterranean Gull and 6 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
3 Wheatear at Mrsh Farm - Burton.
Great Northern Diver (flew NE), 30+ Common Scoter, 20+ Great Crested Grebe, 2160 Pink-footed Geese flew NE over Lliverpool Bay, 30+ Swallow, 20+ Chiffchaff,Greenshank,320 Grey Plover,70 Bar-tailed Godwit and 30 Sanderling this evening - Leasowe.
MEGA NEWS
WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Musselburgh -Lothian
Apr 14th
4 Arctic Tern-Budworth Mere
Fall 0f 40+ Willow Warbler during light rain - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Green-winged Teal (drake) in gutter off Target Road - Heswall Shore.
Ring Ouzel (fem) south of Red Rocks.
Savi's Warbler and 7 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Apr 13th
11 Black Necked grebes-Woolston Eyes
Savi's Warbler seen and heard this morning, also a Long-billed Dowitcher - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Yellow Wagtail - Saughall.
Apr 12th
Ring Ouzel-Male in field behind swan pit-Middlewich
Garganey-Drake-Phalarope pool-Frodsham Marshes
Savi's Warbler heard this afternoon, also 3 Marsh Harrier and 7 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
70 Manx Shearwater,2 Fulmar,180 Gannet,150 Sandwich Tern,Little Tern,2 Common Tern and 3 Red-throated Diver - Hilbre.
Apr 11th
Wood Sandpiper-One reported on Widnes Warth and Ruddy Shelduck-Widnes
Savi's Warbler seen and heard several times today at Reedbed Screen, also 8 Spotted Redshank,2 Garganey and a Grasshopper Warbler - Burton Mere Wetlands.
6 Brent Geese,2 Guillemot and a Swift - Hilbre.
Apr 10th
Common Redstart-Claughton
Ring Ouzel-female in field north-west of New Bank Equestrian-Whitley Reed
Garganey-Drake-Phalarope pool-Frodsham Marshes
Savi's Warbler, heard reeling at Reedbed Screen,3 Spotted Redshank- Burton Mere Wetlands.
Common Whitethroat *first of spring*, first in 2021 and 2022 was also on Apr 10!! - Decca Pools.
4 White Wagtail and 20 Wheatear, 4+ Redpoll over between Decca Pools and Burton Point.
20+ Swallow, 10+ Sand Martin, 3 House Martin, 6+ Wheatear and 2 Willow Warbler ahead of heavy rain this morning - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Apr 9th
Caspian Gull-two (2nd-winter and 3rd-winter)-Pickerings Pasture
Garganey-Drake-Phalarope pool-Frodsham Marshes
Eurasian Hobby- Elton Hall Flash-Sandbach Flashes
10+ Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Ruddy Shelduck,Long-billed Dowitcher,2 Mediterranean Gull and 3 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Grasshopper Warbler reeling near boardwalk - West Kirby Marsh.
5,000 Pink-footed Geese flushed by low flying aircraft,Little ringed Plover and a White Wagtail on Old Baths flash - Parkgate Marsh.
2 male Greenland Wheatear, 9 Blackcap and 25 Chiffchaff - Heswall Fields.
Apr 8th
Twite-Within Way-Hale
Common Redstart-Gawsworth
17 Black Necked Grebes-Woolston Eyes
Garganey-Drake-N06 Tank-Frodsham Marshes
Kumlein's Gull-2nd-winter on sandbanks just west of old Runcorn bridge and 1st Winter Caspian gull-Widnes
'Greenland' Redpoll (A. f. rostrata <or A. f. islandica?>) caught and ringed - Hoylake.
Lesser Redpoll (left) and Greenland Redpoll (right) to exact same scale,caught and ringed in Hoylake, April 8th © Jane Turner2,000+ Pink-footed Geese and a lot of Brent Geese flew out of the estuary this morning,4 Eider,35 Common Scoter,10+ Red-throated diver,8+ Guillemot, Little Tern,3 Common Tern and 2 Sandwich Tern - Hilbre.
Yellow Wagtail and 5 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
MEGA NEWS
SHORT TOED TREECREEPER-St Margaret's at Cliffe-Kent
Apr 7th
Common Scoter-female on east side; viewable from gate-Acre Nook Sand Quarry
Ruddy Shelduck-Burton RSPB
Kumlein's Gull-2nd-winter on sandbanks just west of old Runcorn bridge-Widnes
Caspian Gull-Pickerings Pasture
2 Eider-Hilbre Island
MEGA NEWS
WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Musselburgh -Lothian
SHORT TOED TREECREEPER-South Foreland-Kent
Osprey over at noon - Burton Point.
Kumlien's Gull-2nd-winter on sandbanks just west of old Runcorn bridge-Widnes
Osprey-Flew north over golf course-Macclesfield
Osprey-Flew north-Leasowe
Black Necked grebe-15,Garganey-1 drake and Prob Alpine swift-Woolston Eyes
MEGA NEWS
FORSTER'S TERN-Sutton Bingham Reservoir-Somerset and Bristol
Swift *first of spring and three weeks earlier than last year* good views were had of this bird and definitely wasn't an Alpine Swift or hirudine, flew north-west along coast (description sent to Clwyd Bird Recorder) - Greenfield Dock.
Ring Ouzel flew towards Burton Mere Wetlands early morning, also 4 Wheatear and 3 Swallow - Burton Marsh.
260 Shelduck, 7 Wigeon, 68 Pintail, 2 Eider (pair), 18 Red-breasted Merganser - Heswall Shore.
2 White Wagtail, 6 Red-throated Diver, 20 Gannet, 20 Guillemot, 15 Sandwich Tern, 52 Common Scoter and 5 Eider - Hilbre.
Glossy Ibis-one reported at The Birkett at 53.4080,-3.0666 from moving train-Bidston
Ring Ouzel flew towards Burton Mere Wetlands early morning - Burton Point.
Apr 4th
4 Yellow Wagtail-Astle Farm-Chelford
Ring Ouzel in coastal paddocks - Leasowe Lighthouse.
6 Long-tailed Duck, 30+ auks, 6 Red-throated Diver, 20+ Gannet and 30+ Sandwich Tern off East Hoyle Bank - Hoylake.
Pied Flycatcher-male at Waste Hill-Burwardsley
Apr 3rd
Twite-Within Way-Hale
Ruddy Shelduck-Female-Spike island-Widnes
Long Tailed Duck-6 off Hoyle bank-Hoylake
Ruddy Shelduck-Female and 3 Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB
Apr 2nd
Long Billed Dowitcher,Great White egret,Drake Garganey,Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB
Ring Ouzel-Two (one male) still below chimney-Dane Bower Chimney
Avocet-2-Neumanns Flash-Northwich
Apr 1st
Black Necked Grebe-19-Osprey and Sedge Warbler-Woolston Eyes
68 Little Gull-Hilbre Island
3 Ruddy Shelduck-Hilbre Island
5 Water Pipit-Frodsham Marshes
Long Billed Dowitcher-Burton RSPB
