American golden plover 7 curlew sandpiper 300 bar t godwits 100 black t godwits 20 common terns 9 sandwich terns 11 swallow 5 house Martin 2 sand Martin 2000+knot 19 curlew 1 whimbrel 1 ruff 9 little egret 3pr gadwall and a fulvous whistling duck 

 

 

1 roseate tern 1 black tern 3 sandwich terns + the usual common tern colony 1 ringed plover 1 little egret 60 swifts 1 yellow legged gull 2 black swans 6 Dunlin 

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 29th of May 2022 05:54:32 PM

My first common terns of the year also 13 wheatear 8 avocet 3 whimbrel 1 little ringed plover 2 common sandpiper 1 little egret 1 peregrine 1 spotted redshank and a small number of hirundines

sunday 3rd april  31 avocet 2 egyptian geese 1 whimbrel 1 spotted redshank 1 snipe 1 little egret 4 mute and 2 black swan reshanks / oystercatchers and usual wildfowl

11 avocets this morning along with 11 pochard 22 goldeneye 450 bar tailed godwits 105 Dunlin 1 stonechat 1 female scaup  2 Cettis warblers 1 spotted redshank 1 little egret 1 buzzard 

 

A quick visit here in ridiculously windy conditions produced:

Scaup (female)
Goldeneye (at least 10)
Pochard (around 10)
Teal
Redshank
Curlew
Dunlin
Oystercatcher
Black-tailed Godwit
Turnstone
Cormorant
Shelduck
Skylark
And the usual gull selection.

Lots of building and road works here. You need your wits about you to get to the LWT huts and car park now


Had a quick look for the Long-tailed Duck on the nearby Crosby Marine Lake, but, could see nothing but 3 Great Crested Grebes. However,it was so windy, it was almost impossible to hold my bins steady, so, could well still be about in the swell somewhere!

Visited the morning between 10 - 11.30.


2 Roseate Terns ( the highlight and main reason for the visit)

19 Dunlin

Common Sandpiper

Large numbers of Common Tern

knot

swifts and House Martins but no Swallows

plus lots of the usual fare

very pleasant and I highly recommend the hide for chilling your tinnies it was the feeling side of pleasantly cold

-- Edited by Jon Bowen on Sunday 14th of July 2013 05:16:37 PM

09.00 - 12.30, sunshine to start with then the rain came, luckily the hides are still waterproof . However the whole place has a run down appearance as well as all of the building activity taking place.

As usual the the birds did not disappoint. Saw my first Swifts of the year, plus Swallows and House Martins. Also present three species of Tern; Common, Arctic and Sandwich and six of gull; Lesser Black back, Herring, Great Black back, Black-headed, Common and Little. A pair of displaying Goldeneye, a female Scaup, lots of Wheatear and a pair of Linnets and Wagtails; Pied and White. Also several Reed Buntings, Chiffchaff and Willow Warblers. Waders; Common Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Redshank and Black-tailed Godwit. Also Shelduck and Tufted Duck......and so to Leasowe.

-- Edited by sid ashton on Monday 22nd of April 2013 03:01:53 PM

Finally got around to picking up my permit for this reserve and then went for a first mooch. The first thing to mention is that there is a lot of work going on at the reserve and, speaking to the local foreman, it will be like that for the next 18 months. The pathways are fairly well marked, though, it's possible I went 'off-piste' once or twice, not being familiar with where one can and cannot go

Anyway, the birds seem totally unfazed by events as can be seen below:

Scaup x 11 (6 male, 5 female)
Goldeneye x 30+
Black-tailed Godwit x 20+
Redshank
Curlew
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Shelduck
Shoveler
Teal
Pied Wagtail
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Common Gull
Black-headed Gull
Grey Heron
Cormorant

Looks a great reserve and I look forward to visiting more regularly (and maybe when it isn't blowing a blizzard!)

Hi,

Does any one know if the Longtail Duck at Seaforth is viewable through the fence at Crosby Marine Lake?

3rd September, 08.45 - 11.45, wet morning in spells but milder than Monday last at 16 - 18 deg

With John Barber, looking into the reserve from Crosby Marina - Citrine Wagtail was present this morning at 10.15 sitting on the perimeter fence, with 2 Yellow Wagtails, giving good but brief views.

Shortly after it flew two port authority police people (1m, 1f) in day-glow jackets came around asking us what we were looking at - apparently we had been picked up on CCTV and they thought we were on the wrong side of the fence as birders - they were looking for possible illegal immigrants the same as we were doing

-- Edited by sid ashton on Sunday 4th of September 2011 08:33:45 AM

Citrine Wagtail at Seaforth, 28th August

http://anotherplacebirding.blogspot.com/2011/08/now-thats-citrine.html

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03.06.11, late morning - Lots of Tern activity today mostly Commons with a few Sandwich but no sign of the recently seen Roseate, although it was reported again later in the day.

Spent a nice morning in the reserve. Its my first visit, but its well worth the long journey just for the terns! Highlights were:
c.200 Common Terns
6 Arctic Tern
c.20 Sandwich Tern
1 Little Gull- a full summer plumage adult and a lifer for me
c.500 Oystercatcher
1 Greenshank
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Grey Plover (in near full summer plumage
1 Little Ringed Plover
c.10 Lapwing
1 Peregrine
and a fairly large mixed group of linnets and goldfinch

The British Ornithologist's Union have currently kept the bird's vernacular name as 'plover' on the official British List.

A White-tailed Lapwing was found in Holland on Saturday Sid. Plausibly the same bird, quite remarkably!

Hi Sid.

I think the name change is down to group characteristics. Birds classed as Vanellus, most of which have been called 'plover' in the past all seem to have broader, more rounded wings like that of the Lapwing, unlike other Plovers which have more pointed wings, Diademed Plover being an exception. As Lapwing is the 'type' (Vanellus Vanellus) someone seems to have decided that they should all be Lapwings.

-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Saturday 29th of May 2010 09:19:58 PM

The bird can be referred to as either name Sid.

The bird sightings websites are calling it a White-tailed Plover but the Collins guide 2nd edition (page 146) and indeed the RSPB Complete Guide to Birds of Britain and Europe, both refer to it being called White-tailed Lapwing.

I personally have gone down the "book route" for my records with this one, but the choice is up to you.

Both titles share the latin name of "Vanellus leucurus".

Whatever we decide to call it, one thing is for sure, it's a great UK bird and one which we are so fortunate to have seen so close to home!

-- Edited by Phil Owen on Saturday 29th of May 2010 06:54:34 AM

-- Edited by Phil Owen on Saturday 29th of May 2010 07:14:06 AM

Good 'scope views of the White-tailed Lapwing within 10 minutes of arriving. Then it went missing for 20 minutes before it walked from left to right giving even better views for at least 5 minutes. A cracking bird for the UK!!!!

We met a local birder who used to work at the docks and he said that they used to get vagrant birds coming off the ships???

A determined search for the Roseate Tern amongst the Commons was to no avail.



-- Edited by Phil Owen on Friday 28th of May 2010 10:20:02 PM

The joys of having a permit means you can laugh to yourself when you see Lee Evans peering through a fence, while I watched the White tailed Plover 3 feet away.

Also cracking Roseate Tern flying over the main hide.

Nice morning trip.

Keep Birding

Ian,
I can do that for you will pm you.

E-MAIL FROM STEVE TODAY REGARDING RENEWAL OF PERMITS,

I UNDERSTAND ALL MEMBERS WILL BE CONTACTED.

KEEP BIRDING

Paul Heaton wrote:

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Looking for a bit of help here gentlemen, just remembered my permit needs updating and I cannot find any contact details etc as to who to call?

Steve White rings a bell but no contact number

Any ideas!

Keep birding

-- Edited by Paul Heaton on Thursday 1st of October 2009 07:52:29 PM

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Paul

Steve White is indded the contact - his e-mail address is swhite@lancswt.org.uk

I recently communicated with Steve on this issue due to having changed my car - all the permits are due to be renewed in November and Steve was going to liaise with the Port of Liverpool Police on how this process will take place. I am sure Steve will announce how the renewal process will work in due course.

Cheers

Mike