Weather: NW force 6/7 rain later
Strong north westerlies produced good sea bird sightings today, the highlights being 6 Arctic Skuas, 160 Manx Shearwaters and 50 Gannets, while 14 Common Scoter and 2 Great Crested Grebes also made the list. Two juvenile Mediterranean Gulls flew south in addition to 3 adults seen towards the West Kirby shore. Bonus birds today included a Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Little Terns. At least 200 Sandwich and 50 Common Terns were present. Wader numbers were moderate with 4 Whimbrel, 10 Curlew, 15 Turnstone, 20 Sanderling, 150 Dunlin and 2 Redshank.
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