As dawn broke it was apparent there had been a considerable movement of thrushes with brids being reported in their thousands from nearby Seaforth & Red Rocks. Hilbre weighed in with a small but significant number of grounded Blackbirds and Song Thrushes whilst a few finches and Reed Buntings were also present or flew over. Several days this week there has been a good passage of Skylarks and today was no exception. Star birds were on the sea though with Dr Gavin finding a cracking Slavonian Grebe close into the east side and later relocated off the north end. Steve weighed in with a female type Long-tailed Duck whilst I found a male off the north end.
3-4 Rock Pipits were still present and one posed on top of one of the heligoland traps.
Cracking birds! Brent numbers have built up to seventeen and they performed a fly past for the camera.
Large numbers of Great-crested Grebes and a smattering of Red-throated Divers were on a fairly calm sea whilst small parties of Common Scoter kept passing through. All in all a brilliant days birding on the N Wirral coast.
Meanwhile, closer to home, my local Little Owl has been calling in the early evenings recently and a quick walk across the fields to its favourite roosting tree last night meant I was able to see it fly as dusk fell.
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