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  1. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    There was a high tide birdwatch on Saturday - with Wirral Rangers and RSPB staff as well as many Voluntary Wardens, and they were there well before high tide and highly visible. Hence little disturbance on Saturday.
  2. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    It may seem like we are picking on the photographers unfairly, but the four that were on the tide line before high tide were, by their presence, encouraging others to go out there - people are always curious about those big lenses. My experience is that it is rare for birders to venture off...
  3. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Problems with photographers again today. See deeestuary for today's singtings.
  4. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Never any doubt they were Knot, Tanny, and not a chance there were two Lesser Yellowlegs!! |:(|
  5. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Would have been a nice count for Hoylake - 138. ;)
  6. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Hoylake shore?
  7. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Yes, you're right - there does seem to have been plenty of birds passing through in the 1970s. Whoever was the compiler for White Wagtails in 2003 and 2004 didn't do his homework!!! (to be fair he did say the 2003 and 2004 counts were 'probable' high records). Highest count I can find was 309...
  8. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Which I'm pretty certain is a record high for Cheshire and Wirral. Three figure counts are unusual - "a max of 200 on the beach at Hoylake on Apr 14th" in 2004 was the previous record, 175, also at Hoylake, in 2003 being the previous highest figure. From 2002 there seems to have been a surge in...
  9. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Yes, I think we can be happy with 500. |=)|
  10. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Went down to Hoylake at 2pm and counted 35 White Wagtail between the old toilet block and the new lifeboat station - this was in one sweep of the 'scope. So probably still around 200 in total for the whole beach from Red Rocks to the lifeboat station! There was a slow but obvious movement...
  11. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Do you have Greenshank yet? One was reported at Hoylake today but I think it was east of the lifeboat Station.
  12. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Makes you wonder just how many gulls there are along north Wirral and across to Crosby! As well as the c12K at Meols there must have been at least another 2,000 off Leasowe and New Brighton plus whatever was off Crosby. The birds I saw were all counted at high tide.
  13. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Still large numbers of gulls of Hoylake and Meols - tried to do an accurate count and got 11,700 but that comes with a large margin of error. A bit too distant to try and do a species breakdown but reckon about 50/50 small/large gulls, large gulls mainly Herring. KD has had 2 Med Gulls and 3...
  14. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Just to put that count of 1195 Great crested Grebes in a national context: Highest WeBS counts over the past few winters are as follows Dungeness - 1037 (04/05), 848 (05/06), 880 (06/07), 653 (07/08), 1492 (08/09) Rutland Water - 815 (04/05), 771 (05/06), 655 (06/07), 441 (07/08), 584 (08/09)...
  15. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    On Monday we saw the Scaup from Hilbre off Red Rocks.
  16. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Scaup were right off Dove Point - 92.
  17. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    I got a count of 605 Great Crested Grebes on the same day (20th) between Hoylake and Leasowe Lighthouse but knew that was an underestimate - but didn't realise by how many!! Previous to 20th the record count for Cheshire and Wirral was 604 - my count off Dove Point on Oct 25th last year. So your...
  18. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Have you noticed the colour ringed knot in the right hand photo from yesterday? Most of the ringed knot have two rings on each leg plus a flag. You can make out two white rings and possibly a green or light green flag on the left leg - but that's all. I saw both legs of two CR knots on monday...
  19. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Monday was the same. The waders were very flighty up to high tide then settled and hardly moved for about 30 minutes - about 3/4 very close up to the wall and the rest about 200 yards towards Red Rocks. Birds were in a long line with the depth varying from 30 to 100, mostly Knot. Did several...
  20. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Dark-bellied??
  21. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Definitely not an Auk - shape and flight was totally wrong - and I'm sure it was a small shearwater. Timing was exactly right and I was told it flew west past dove point.
  22. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Managed to connect with the Little Shearwater at 3.15pm off the Lifeboat Station at Hoylake!!! It was flying west along the tide line looking distinctly smaller than a Manxie with a much more flapping flight - about half way in size between a Leach's and a Manxie. Very white underneath. Luckily...
  23. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    This one - green ring AJRL - was seen again this week at Hoylake.
  24. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Just a few miles west of Hamburg, according to Google Earth.
  25. deeestuary

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Here are the details of the green ringed Med Gull from last week. It was ringed as a chick on the Elbe Estuary, Germany, and bred there this year: Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus Ring Number 5346 629 Helgoland Colour Ring AJRL (AAKL) ringed June 17 2006, pullus...
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