1 Pochard [m] on Mizzy Dam
1 Broad-bodied Chaser dragonfly [f] on Singleton's Hill
3 Black-tailed Godwits including one still in winter-plumage on PR4
1 Cuckoo flew along south side of PR4
2 Grey Wagtails - 2 juvs on causeway
1 Sedge Warbler by telegraph-station
Garganeys photo on Surfbirds British scarce birds page
*The reservoirs will be closed for the next 4 weeks*
10 Shelducks - PR4
66 Lapwings including 4 chicks on PR4
4 Grey Wagtails - f. and 3 juvs on PR3 occasionally flying up into pines
1 Sedge Warbler by telegraph-station
The Red-necked Grebe has gone
1 Painted Lady butterfly at the top of Howard Street
2 Garganeys - pr. on PR4
2 Arctic Terns through west at 0745 hrs
1 Redshank - PR4
2 Ringed Plovers - PR4
47 Lapwings - PR4
11 Shelducks - PR4
3 Grey Wagtails - pr. with 1 juv. on PR3
DO et al report 1 Hobby through at 0930 hrs
12 Shelducks - PR4
2 Grey Wagtails - f. and juv. at bend of PR3
Guelder Rose at entrance to PR4
1 Red-necked Grebe - Mizzy Dam
2 Broad-bodied Chaser dragonflies [2f] around the ditch by 4X4 car-park
10 Shelducks - PR4
1 Curlew - PR4
2 Grey Wagtails - f. collecting food at east end of PR3, juv. at the bend of PR3
1 Holly Blue butterfly on wild rose at east end of PR3
5 Sanderlings - PR4
1 Dunlin with Sanderlings
1 Common Sandpiper - PR3
1 Yellow-legged Gull - PR4
5 Sanderlings in various stages of plumage on PR4
4 Black-tailed Godwits - PR4
1 Ringed Plover - PR4
1 Little Ringed Plover - PR4
2 Sanderlings with Dunlins but had gone by 0930 hrs
4 Dunlins on PR4 but only one remained after 0930 hrs
1 Little Ringed Plover - PR4
1 Red-necked Grebe on Mizzy Dam. Photos on Digitalbirds website amongst others
2 Dunlins - PR4
1 Ringed Plover - PR4
8 Shelducks - PR4
1 Red-necked Grebe - Mizzy Dam
1 Tawny Owl [grey-phase] in elders above meerkat-enclosure
15 Dunlins - PR4
1 Ringed Plover - PR4
7 Shelducks - PR4
3 Mute Swans - PR4
4 Grey Herons - PR4
1 Red-necked Grebe - Mizzy Dam. Recommended parking is at Prescot School car-park at the end of Knowsley Park Lane, Prescot, 1st left off A57 from the motorway. The safari-park entrance is on the opposite side of the dual-carriageway
9 Dunlins - PR4
1 Ringed Plover - PR4
1 Little Ringed Plover - PR4
1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Red-necked Grebe - Mizzy Dam
1 Garden Warbler singing in plantation near start of safari-drive
12 Dunlins - PR4
1 Little Ringed Plover - PR4
1 Sedge Warbler near telegraph-station
1 Wigeon [m]
1 Peregrine Falcon
1 Red-necked Grebe on Mizzy Dam. Park in Prescot, not on the access-road or the dual-carriageway. Walk to the ticket-office [gates open at 0830 hrs] and pay £3.50. Users of the safari-park car-park will be charged the normal admission price of £9.50 per person. Don't miss the cute meerkats and otters across the bridge at the east end of the dam. Curfew 1600 hrs. THIS IS LIVERPOOL: do not leave anything whatsoever on view inside cars.
1 Kingfisher - Mizzy Dam
1 Dunlin on causeway
1 Little Ringed Plover on causeway
1 Ringed Plover on causeway
2 Common Sandpipers
BH + BC report 1 Osprey over PR4 at 1504 hrs
1 Yellow-legged Gull until 1040 hrs
2 Dunlins on causeway
1 Ringed Plover on causeway
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Yellowhammer [m] on electric-fence on north side of PR4
1 Hooded Crow over Porth y Dyfn
15 Whimbrels - 2 Porth Tywodog, 13 Porth y Dyfn
10 Wheatears - Trwyn y Gader, 6 Porth y Dyfn, Porth yr Hwch-fach, 2 Porth yr Hwch
1 Common Sandpiper - Porth yr Ebol
3 Dunlins - Hen Borth
1 Diver sp. north-west past Porth y Dyfn
3 Red-breasted Mergansers - f. west past Porth Newydd, pr. west past Trwyn Cerrigyreryr
49 Razorbills - Porth yr Hwch-fach
1 Lesser Whitethroat singing from telegraph-wires opposite the first house along the road to Cemlyn Bay. Do not lock your car anywhere near here. The mobile-phone transmitter can immobilise your engine !
1 Wood Warbler heard from the car near Pont Cyfyng
2 Common Sandpipers
1 Sedge Warbler near telegraph-station
1 Grey Wagtail [m] collecting food from PR3
Tried some pine-needle tea as made by Ray Mears but it didn't really taste of anything. Perhaps they're the wrong kind of pines
1 Little Ringed Plover on causeway
1 Ringed Plover on causeway
c15 Crossbills low over pines at 0945 hrs. No further sightings
1 Little Ringed Plover on causeway
1 Cuckoo at the top of the tallest tree in Yates Plantation
1 White Wagtail on west causeway
2 Wheatears - m. on west causeway, f. on east causeway
1 Common Sandpiper
1 White Wagtail on causeway
1 Dunlin on causeway
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Lesser Whitethroat singing around Kwik Save car-park. Same arrival date as last year
2 White Wagtails on west causeway
2-3 Wheatears - f. on east causeway, pr. at north end of west causeway
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Wheatear on causeway
1 Little Ringed Plover on causeway
2 Common Sandpipers
1 Sedge Warbler singing from the hedge between the 1st and 2nd fields after the yacht-club
1 Sedge Warbler singing on south side of PR4
2 Whitethroats
1 Orange Tip butterfly on south side of PR4
1 Wheatear [m] at north end of causeway
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Whitethroat