Reports of interesting Lesser Whitethroat on "Liverpool local Birding" Whatsapp yesterday. Could be Eastern. Photos on Whatsapp, I don't feel I can upload them here without permission. Location is someone's garden, seems to be at W end of Garston coastal reserve

If anyone knows more about this, don't be shy ...

11 Whimbrel on the saltmarsh this morning plus 250 Dunlin

Had a quick visit this morning before going to see the Waxwing in Orrell

Very quiet on the bird front early this morning apart from 4 Kestrels, but I got a big surprise when I saw a Grey seal swimming down the river mersey

3 whooper swan over the reserve this morning

Sunday 12th October

c100 Pink-footed Geese flew onto sandbank
1 Turnstone
c50 Ringed Plover
3 Dunlin
c100 Teal
1 Reed Bunting
3 Skylark
10 Curlew

This morning:

Kestrel with prey item
10 skylarks
4 sedge warblers
2 grasshopper warblers
4 whitethroats
1 chiffchaff
2 reed bunting

6 whimbrel (joined a group of oystercatchers briefly during the high tide before flying off down river

Visited the site today.

A wader roost was present during the high tide which was quite unusual as I have never noticed one here before. A group of 8 whimbrel was present with all the common wader species, along with 2 grey herons and 3 cormorants

On the main reserve:

3 grasshopper warbler (with more heard)
3 sedge warbler
2 chiffchaffs
6 whitethroats
1 blackcap
2 reed bunting
5 skylarks
20 swallows
5 swift
1 grey partridge

Both of these great sites are vastly underwatched. I went for an hour this afternoon and found a few good sightings, including a couple of year listers:

Grasshopper warbler (another heard)
Sedge warbler
Whitethroat-6
Blackcap (male)
Swallow-10
Grey partridge-2
Kestrel
Skylark-15
Reed bunting-2
Jay
Shelduck-10
Oystercatcher-30
Dunlin-20
Redshank-4
Grey heron-3