30th April
3 Spoonbill and 4 Greenshank, still at least 20 Pink-footed Geese - Parkgate.
Tree Pipit over, 3 Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail and a Spotted Flycatcher - Leasowe Lighthouse.
2 Wood Sandpiper, 12 Spotted Redshank, 5 Greenshank, 2 male Ruff, Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover (briefly) and an Osprey heading NW - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Wood Sandpiper-Still on flash north of Lache Lane-Chester
29th April
Greater Scaup-Adult drake still on the east side-West Kirby Marine Lake
Wood Sandpiper-Still on flash north of Lache Lane-Chester
Wood Warbler-Singing male reported in the woods on the west side of Birchwood Forest Park, and then no further sign. Also, male Common Redstart-Birchwood
Black Tern (briefly), c12 Mediterranean Gull, 2 Red Kite, Peregrine, 7 Greenshank, 10 Spotted Redshank, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit, 3+ Ruff, Spoonbill and 5 Swift - Burton Mere Wetlands.
198 Whimbrel, 500 Oystercatcher, 450 Dunlin, 157 Curlew, Greenshank, 36 Redshank. 3 Swift over high tide - Heswall Shore.
Female Whinchat, 2 Yellow Wagtail, Marsh harrier (female/imm male and 2 Grasshopper Warbler (heard only) - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Puffin briefly off the north end, also a Cuckoo caught and ringed - Hilbre.
28th April
Osprey-Over fishery-Wychwood
Eurasian Spoonbill-Boathouse flash-Parkgate
650 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
30 Sandwich Tern roosting on groyne - Leasowe Castle.
3 Whimbrel on the main scrape at 8.35, also 12 Spotted Redshank, Greenshank and 2 Ruff - Burton Mere Wetlands.
117 Whimbrel over high tide this morning - Thurstaston/Heswall.Osprey with fish heading NE at 1620hrs, last seen heading towards Formby - Meols.
2 Black Winged Stilts-Ashton's Flash-Northwich
31 Black-necked Grebes and 2 Arctic terns-Woolston Eyes-Permit ONLY
27th April
Grasshopper Warbler-Gowy Meadows
Eider,6 Whimbrel and Tree Pipit-Hilbre
2 Wood Sandpiper, Whinchat and 15 Whimbrel-Ashton's Flash-Northwich
Spotted Flycatcher, Whinchat, Grasshopper Warbler and 2 Lesser Whitethroat - Leasowe
Wood Sandpiper-One briefly-Sandbach Flashes
2 Whinchat and Grasshopper Warbler-Dutton Locks-Dutton
2 Eurasian Spoonbill-Boathose Flash-Parkgate
26th April
2 Spoonbill on Bevyl Road Flash - Parkgate.
8+ Yellow Wagtail, 3 Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler and a Whinchat in the horse paddocks, also Black Redstart (fem) reported - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Garganey (drake) and 7 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Greater Scaup-Adult drake still on the east side-West Kirby Marine Lake
25th April
Greater Scaup-Adult drake still on the east side-West Kirby Marine Lake
Eurasian Spoonbill-One still on flash off Bevyl Road-Parkgate
Dark-bellied Brent goose-One at the edge of the main pool viewed from the footpath-Sweeney Wetlands
Quail heard west of Heron Road - Hoylake Langfields.
4 Wheatear, 4 White Wagtail and 2 Yellow Wagtail - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Black Tern flying west, also 2 Long-tailed Ducks, 10 Red-throated Divers, and 5,000 Common Scoters - Hoylake Shore.
Mute Swan, imm f Hen Harrier (flew N at 06:10), 320 Grey Plover, 500 Dunlin, 20 spl Knot, 15 Sanderling, 103 Whimbrel (Banks Rd to Dee SC), Greenshank at high tide this morning - Heswall/Thurstaston.
4 Lesser Whitethroat singing - Wirral Way/Heswall Fields.
Grasshopper Warbler-Burton Point
24th April
2 Black Tern-Budworth Mere-Northwich
Common Crane-One flew over Heswall Golf Club towards the Dee Estuary, also a Cuckoo over Pine Way, a Yellow Wagtail past Riverbank Road, and an Osprey over-Heswall
1000 Oystercatcher, 80 Grey Plover, Turnstone, 250 Dunlin, 300 Black-tailed Godwit, 95 Bar-tailed Godwit, 48 Whimbrel, 120 Redshank on ebbing tide, 2 Lesser Whitethroat in Tinker's Dell - Thurstaston Shore.
Common Redstart-One at Hale Park-Hale
Whinchat-One at Woodford Aerodrome-Woodford
10 Willow Warblers, Grasshopper Warblers, and 3 Wheatears - Red Rocks.
Long-tailed Duck-50+ Willow Warbler, Redstart, Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, Whinchat, 8 Yellow Wagtail, 18 Redpoll (over) and 5 Eider - Hilbre.
23rd April
Quail calling and 10+ Wheatear, west of Heron Road - Hoylake Langfields.
Major fall of Willow Warblers in seafront gardens early morning - c100 present, also 3 Tree Pipit and a Yellow Wagtail - Hoylake.
9 Willow Warblers, 3 Common Whitethroats, a Grasshopper Warbler, 4 Reed Warblers, 4 Sedge Warblers, and 9 Wheatears - Red Rocks.
Whinchat - Burton Point.
3 Whinchat and 7 Wheatear in a paddock; 6 Redpoll and a Grasshopper Warbler by the pond; also, an arrival of Sedge Warblers this morning - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Whinchat-Storeton
Ring Ouzel-Female still along Gritstone Trail between telephone mast and Old Man O'Mow-Mow Cop
Greater Scaup-West Kirby Marine Lake
Bar Tailed Godwit-Elton Hall Flash-Sandbach Flashes
Ruddy Shelduck-Drake again on the River Mersey off Spike Island on Sunday
Swift *first of spring* over Kerr's Field, 2 Whinchat in coastal paddocks and a Lesser Whitethroat by Lingham Lane - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Whinchat - Hoylake Langfields
6 Willow Warbler, 4 Whitethroat and a Grasshopper Warbler (reeling) - Red Rocks.
45 Pink-footed Geese and a Barnacle Goose on the marsh, also 8 Wheatear on tide wrack off the golf course - Parkgate.
62 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
Green-winged Teal, 6 Grasshopper Warblers (reeling), 2 Spoonbills in herenry, and 6 Spotted Redshanks, Channel Wagtail, and 4+ Yellow Wagtails in the field next to the Grain Store - Burton Mere Wetlands.
20th April
Tree pipit-Leasowe Lighthouse
Green-winged Teal - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Brent Goose (dark-bellied) - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
Spotted Redsahnk-Burton RSPB
Common Scoter-Female on North Pool at Mere Farm Quarry-Chelford
Common Crane-Flew south over and a count of 51 Black-necked Grebe on saturday-Woolston Eyes-Permit Only
3 Black-necked Grebe-Budworth Mere-Northwich
19th April
Long-tailed Duck-Hilbre Island
Whinchat on fence by Nets Cafe - Burton Marsh.
Wryneck near the bottom of Station Road - Burton.
Osprey flew east at 1230 - Hoylake.
28 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
Pied Flycatcher(male) - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Slavonian Grebe- Again on East Pool at Mere Farm Quarry-Chelford
Redstart-Male at Arrowe Brook Farm-Greasby
Greater Scaup-Adult drake still-West Kirby Marine Lake
18th April
29 Whimbrel on shore on rising tide this morning - Heswall.2 Yellow Wagtail in the field west of Heron Road - Meols.
2 Whinchat, 3+ Wheatear and a Garden Warbler - Leasowe Lighthouse.
25+ Manx Shearwater and 40 Gannet, 87 s/pl Dunlin on the beach - Hoylake Shore.
2 Grasshopper Warbler, 20+ White Wagtail and 3 Wheatear - Riverbank Road, Heswall.
Long-tailed Duck flew NE at high tide; 75 Manx Shearwaters, 9 Kittiwakes, and 26 Razorbills; c3,500 Black-tailed Godwits on Salisbury Bank before high tide - Hilbre.
3,300 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection.
8 Spotted Redshank, 3 Bar-tailed Godwit and a Grasshopper Warbler- Burton Mere Wetlands.
Lesser Whitethroat by Thurstaston Visitor Centre.
2 Grasshopper Warbler - Heswall Fields/Wirral Way.
Ring Ouzel-Female still along Gritstone Trail between the telephone mast and the Old Man O'Mow-Mow Cop
Slavonian Grebe-Acre Nook Sand Quarry-Chelford
32 Black-necked Grebes-Woolston Eyes-Permit ONLY
April 17th
April 16th
3 Redstarts and Red Kite-Bickerton Hill
Slavonian Grebe-Mere Farm Quarry-Chelford
Ring Ouzel-Two along the Gritstone Trail between the telephone mast and Old Man O'Mow-Mow Cop
Eurasian Spoonbill-One flew east past Within Way-Hale
Whinchat-Male at Arrowe Brook Farm-Greasby Farm
Icelandic Black-tailed Godwit-c 3,500 at Caldy Wildfowl Collection-Caldy
Long-tailed duck, Redstart and Common scoter-Hilbre Island
Bar-tailed Godwit-Elton Hall Flash-Sandbach Flashes
Cuckoo heard early morning - Stapeldon Wood/Caldy Woods
Common Redstart briefly in a horse paddock - Lower Heswall.
Grasshopper Warbler in dunes and 6+ Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse.
