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Black Kite……great to see Shropshire’s first Black Kite near Wood Lane NR. Fantastic views with at leat a dozen Red Kite over the landfill site. My first in the UK✔️

Leasowe Lighthouse…….morning walk 3 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, and Reed, Sedge, Whitethroat, Cetti’s, all in full voice.

Leasowe/Meols…….Little Stint feeding with about 50 Dunlin off Dove Point this morning. 1 Cuckoo and 3 Grasshopper Warbler too. Patchwork Challenge

Leasowe Lighthouse…..morning walk. 3 Wheatear, 1 Whinchat, 2 Whimbrel, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Ring-necked Parakeet, 1 Grasshopper Warbler. Patchwork Challenge

Hoylake…….not just birds Patchwork Challenge amazing to hear Natterjack Toad chorus last night west of RNLI. Fantastic find by Allan Conlin 🥳🥳

Leasowe Lighthouse…….morning Patchwork Challenge Cuckoo, Swift, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 5 Wheatear the highlights.

Leasowe Lighthouse…….another great day Patchwork Challenge . 6 Whinchat this morning and then a lovely fem Ring Ouzel this evening found by Nick Carr and Steve Edwards in the coastal paddocks.

Leasowe Lighthouse…..an interesting Stonechat this afternoon with Allan Conlin A very bright individual with large white neck patches…… probably Rubicola. Patchwork Challenge

Leasowe Lighthouse……. 3 Whinchat new in this morning Patchwork Challenge

Stone Curlew…..a rare bird in the North West and decent views too, near Kelsall Cheshire…..not Patchwork Challenge 😂

Stone Curlew……unfortunately a bit of a heat haze, but great views.

Leasowe Lighthouse……morning walk Patchwork Challenge Grasshopper Warbler, Swift and 2 Whinchat the highlights.

BTO Waterways Breeding Bird Survey…..out very early this morning doing some survey work on Leeds/Liverpool canal in West Lancs. Kingfisher, Sedge and Reed Warbler, Yellowhammer, and Corn Bunting the highlights. BTO

Hale……pizza with the grandkids in Liverpool this afternoon, so stopped off at Hale on the way home. Temminck’s Stint another great find by Dave Craven at Carr Lane Pools.

UNST…….first day Unst holiday let & B&B with Allan Conlin What a fantastic place! White-billed Diver the bird of the day, but supporting cast Great Northern Diver, Bonxies, nesting Arctic Skua, singing Wheatear, displaying Dunlin.

Unst…….Great Northern Diver tucking into breakfast this morning Baltasound.

Unst……… Otter tucking into his dinner on the rocks in front of the house Unst holiday let & B&B and Allan Conlin with our dinner for tomorrow, fresh off the boat.

Unst……despite the Northerly winds for the last week, Whinchat new in today at Skaw. Plus possible Sibe Chiffchaff and Lesser Whitethroat at Vaylie. Allan Conlin

Unst….. Unst holiday let & B&B what an amazing place 😀 Watched 80 Bonxies bathing at Burrafirth then a newly returned Red-necked Phalarope before heading off to see Edmundson’s Chickweed at Keen of Hamar the only place it grows on the planet !!!

Unst…….another great day on the Northern Isle ended with cracking views of Otter on the rocks in front of the house Unst holiday let & B&B