Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on post 58 in north-west corner of PR4

5 Gadwalls Mizzy Lake

1 Kingfisher over Otter Pond

1 Fieldfare south-east over Otter Pond

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Woodcock between Trap Wood and Ranch

16 Teal Mizzy Lake

6 Gadwalls Mizzy Lake

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Woodcock Trap Wood

7 Gadwalls Mizzy Lake

1 Sparrowhawk Year list 75

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on post 55 in north-west corner of PR4. Year list 73

1 Woodcock Trap Wood. Year list 74

6 Gadwalls Mizzy Lake

1 Green Woodpecker Singleton's Hill

1 Raven around Singleton's Hill

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Great Northern Diver PR4

1 Jack Snipe along the stream which crosses the Ranch. Year list 72 Bubo Listing 

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Great Northern Diver PR4

1 Green Woodpecker on grass verge beside the road on the south side of Trap Wood

2 Yellowhammers over Ranch

2 Wigeon [pr] Mizzy Lake

2 Gadwall [pr] Mizzy Lake

3 Teal Mizzy Lake

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Great Northern Diver PR4

1 Pochard Mizzy Lake

1 Kingfisher Picnic Area stream

25 Redwings in treetops by car park

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Jack Snipe flushed 3 times from my usual route through the Ranch originally from the ford then twice around the main pond before it flew back towards the ford

1 Rook over Ranch

6 Redwings Mizzy Lake

2 Pochard Mizzy Lake

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Iceland Gull 1st-winter came in from the north-west over Singleton's Hill at 09:20, bathed continuously for ½hr on PR4 then continued south-east at 09:50 with a few other gulls. Year list 189

1 Mediterranean Gull adult around Singleton's Hill at 10:50

1 Great Northern Diver PR4

1 Raven south at 08:50

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Great Northern Diver PR4

1 Jack Snipe at the ford on the 4x4 course then in bracken by 4x4 cabin

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Raven over Singleton's Hill at 08:50

1 Kingfisher along the stream through the Picnic Area

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Pintail [f] Mizzy Lake

1 Pochard Mizzy Lake

11 Blackbirds Picnic Area

Knowsley Safari Park

41 Redwings in field at west end of Mizzy Lake

7 Mistle Thrushes with Redwings

7 Blackbirds Picnic Area

Mizzy Lake

1 Pintail [f]

1 Kingfisher

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult eating animal-feed at Section 1 Pit

5 Redwings Singleton's Hill

Knowsley Safari Park

4 Yellowhammers over Singleton's Hill

1 Raven on pylon near Trapwood Lodge

Knowsley Safari Park Section 1 Pit

1 Mediterranean Gull adult eating animal-feed

3 Gadwalls

Mizzy Lake

1 Green Woodpecker

1 Kingfisher

5 Teal

Going to watch Chicane tonight at Manchester University

Mizzy Lake

1 Goosander [m] over at 10:15

2 Teal

3 Snipe

Knowsley Safari Park 6 Song Thrushes Estate Paddocks

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Crossbill north-west over Ranch Pond at 08:45

9 Stock Doves over Estate Paddocks

1 Pochard Mizzy Lake

Knowsley Safari Park 1 Mediterranean Gull adult on Section 1 Pit then on PR4

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult eating animal-feed on Singleton's Hill then on PR4

1 Woodcock between Ranch and Trap Wood

7 Stock Doves Riding Hill

1 Teal Mizzy Lake

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Jack Snipe Ranch Pond

3 Snipe Mizzy Lake

1 Pochard Mizzy Lake

Prescot Reservoir

1 Ring-billed Gull adult on PR4 again this morning

6 Pochards

Knowsley Safari Park

6 Whooper Swans 6 adults south-west at 08:30

3+ Crossbills 1 over Trap Wood at 09:15 and what sounded like a decent sized flock over Trap Wood at 09:30

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on and around Section 1 Pit

7 Snipe Mizzy Lake

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Ring-billed Gull adult on PR4. Year list 188

2 Ravens over Ranch

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult at Section 1 Pit

63 Lapwings Section 1 Pit

5 Bullfinches Singleton's Hill

Tayport

Hooded Merganser Year list 187

Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin

Had a jolly good look round for the Holy Grail but couldn't find it although suspiciously they don't allow anyone up into the gallery so that's probably where they're hiding it

Mull

2 Red Deer Carsaig

2 Hen Harriers one of which allowed a Buzzard to steal its meal unchallenged at Rubha an Aoil on the Aird of Kinloch at the east end of Loch Scridain

1 Slavonian Grebe Loch na Keal. Year list 186

1 Great Northern Diver Loch na Keal

15 Red-breasted Mergansers Loch Tuath

Iona

4 Brent Geese 1 in Martyrs' Bay and 3 with Greylags in MacCulloch's Meadow nearby. Year list 185

29 Redwings and 1 Fieldfare at Maol

1 Collared Dove in the village

Iona

1 Hen Harrier pursued by a Sparrowhawk over Dun I Hill-fort, Iona's highest point at 101m

1 Great Northern Diver at Traigh an t-Suidhe on the north coast

1 Red-throated Diver Traigh an t-Suidhe

1 Twite over Traigh an t-Suidhe with Meadow Pipits. Year list 184

Erraid

Erraid [pronounced errid] is the other island at the end of the Ross of Mull 2km south-east of Iona. No need for a ferry though: Erraid Sound can nearly always be crossed on foot without getting your feet wet

1 Hen Harrier

6 Crossbills appeared to fly out from the plantation and continue high east over the Ross of Mull

1 Treecreeper looked gleaming white even in dull light. I don't know how common Treecreepers are on Mull but I suppose Brown Creeper is a possibility

24 Ringed Plovers Erraid Sound

5 Dunlins Erraid Sound

Iona

12+ Rock Doves Sligneach

100s of Shags flew into the Sound of Iona to feed at 09:45 from their roost offshore possibly on Soa Island

Mull

1 Hen Harrier at Fidden Farm by the Sound of Iona 2km south of Fionnphort

Hooded Crows Year list 180

Iona

5-6 Great Northern Divers 3-4 in Camas Cuil an t-Saimh [The Bay at the Back of the Ocean] on the west side of Iona and 2 in the Sound of Iona off Sligneach. Year list 181

1 Red-throated Diver in Martyrs' Bay

3 Eiders Year list 182

7 Red-breasted Mergansers Year list 183

1 Peregrine Falcon

1 Otter watched for over an hour fishing very successfully in the Sound of Iona between Sligneach and Traigh Mhor often very close to a Great Northern Diver

Knowsley Safari Park

2 Whooper Swans on PR4 early morning

3 Little Grebes Mizzy Lake

4 Snipe Mizzy Lake

1 Kingfisher along the stream through the Picnic Area

Knowsley Safari Park

9 Fieldfares north over Singleton's Hill

12 Snipe Mizzy Lake

5 Teal Mizzy Lake

1 Pochard Mizzy Lake

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on the car park at 07:45

1 Jack Snipe in flooded vehicle tracks on the 4x4 course

11 Snipe Mizzy Lake

2 Bramblings over Singleton's Hill

3 Tree Sparrows west

3 Meadow Pipits on the car park

1 Kingfisher Mizzy Lake

1 Darter species in oaks on the southern edge of Trap Wood was presumably a Common Darter with the yellow stripes abraded rather than Vagrant Darter

Knowsley Safari Park

1-2 Green Woodpeckers Singleton's Hill

1 Brambling over Singleton's Hill

50+ Redwings

1 Kingfisher between Mizzy Lake and Otter Pond

6 Snipe Mizzy Lake

Martin's Haven, Pembrokeshire 1 Firecrest around the harbour and on rocks on the beach with 3 Goldcrests and a Chiffchaff

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Green Sandpiper on slurry pools at the tip

1 Golden Plover over Singleton's Hill

8 Snipe Mizzy Lake

2 Stonechats Ranch

4 Reed Buntings Ranch

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on Singleton's Hill

1 Green Sandpiper on slurry at the tip

6 Snipe Mizzy Lake

1 Pochard PR4

1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Singleton's Hill

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Green Sandpiper on slurry pools at the tip

3 Snipe Mizzy Lake

4 Pochards Mizzy Lake

1 Goldeneye PR4

1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Singleton's Hill

Kirkby Moss

3 Shovelers

1 Comma

1 Common Darter

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Water Rail Ranch

1 Green Sandpiper on slurry pools at the tip

5 Snipe Mizzy Lake

1 Kingfisher Picnic Area / Otter Pond / Mizzy Lake

Many Redwings and Fieldfares going south-west including several mixed flocks

1 Red-breasted Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Section 1 Pit

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Green Sandpiper on slurry pools at the tip

1 Green Woodpecker [f] on Singleton's Hill then Hag Delph

1 Kingfisher Mizzy Lake

1 Blackcap Otter Pond

Fieldfares and Redwings in field at west end of Mizzy Lake and 25 Redwings over Singleton's Hill

1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Section 1 Pit

Knowsley Safari Park

17 Stock Doves in field west of Mizzy Lake

9 Pochards PR4

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Green Sandpiper again on the slurry pools at the tip

1 Kingfisher along the stream through the Picnic Area

7 Redwings over Ranch

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult at Section 1 Pit

1 Green Sandpiper on slurry pools at the tip

1 Green Woodpecker Singleton's Hill

2 Rooks over Ranch

5 Pochards PR4

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Blackcap [m] Ranch

1 Red-breasted Goose with Barnacle Geese at Section 1 Pit

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on Singleton's Hill

1 Stonechat Ranch

1 Green Woodpecker Singleton's Hill

1 Kingfisher along the stream below Mizzy Dam

4 Redwings south

1 Meadow Pipit Ranch

1 Red-breasted Goose, 1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Section 1 Pit

Lizard Peninsula

1 Dartford Warbler at the top end of Jolly Town Valley near the ford

1 Water Rail flew up from the stream alongside the path from the National Trust car park to Kynance Cove

1 Peregrine Falcon Kynance Cove

2 Merlins one on Kynance Cliff and one from the coast path between Caerthillian Cove and Kynance Cove

2 Wheatears from the coast path between Caerthillian Cove and Kynance Cove

1 Blackcap Jolly Town Valley

1 Bullfinch Jolly Town Valley

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker Caerthillian Cove

Lizard Peninsula

2 Dartford Warblers a male showing very well half-way down the very remote Jolly Town Valley accessible only via footpaths north-west from Kynance Cove. By contrast another was in atypical habitat in blackthorn hedge along the Kynance Cove toll-road with farm pasture on both sides of the road. Year list 179

1 Hen Harrier [m] north over the Kynance Cove toll-road [over the Dartford Warbler in fact] towards Lizard Downs 1hr before sunset

1 Merlin Old Lizard Head

1 Wheatear Old Lizard Head

6+ Choughs Kynance Cliff

1 Emperor Dragonfly [m] Housel Bay pond

Cot Valley, St Just 1 Firecrest at Little Orchard. Year list 178

Nanjizal, Land's End

1 Alder Flycatcher Year list 177

1 Merlin

Porth Ledden, Cape Cornwall

1 Merlin

1 Beautiful Demoiselle [m] on the cliffs above the end of Kenidjack Valley

Knowsley Safari Park

2 Green Sandpipers west over Ranch at 08:05

1 Raven Singleton's Hill

1 Kingfisher PR4

4 Blackcaps in elders at Otter Pond

4 Redwings

1 Egyptian Goose Singleton's Hill

Knowsley Safari Park

2 Ravens around Riding Hill at 10:40

2-3 Redwings

1 Blackcap

2 Pochards Mizzy Lake

Kirkby Moss

14 Shovelers

6+ Gadwalls

2+ Wigeon

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Yellow-browed Warbler Ranch. Flew up from bracken at 09:10 and showed nicely in an elder along the roadside fence only a few yards from where I had a yellow-browed 8 days ago but this time it wasn't associating with any other species

1 Crossbill west over Ranch at 10:15

2-3 Blackcaps along the fence on north side of Ranch and still several Chiffchaffs, House Martins and Swallows about today

1 Kingfisher Mizzy Lake

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on the car park at 10:40

4 Gadwalls Ranch Pond

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Grasshopper Warbler Ranch, in bullrushes covering a small pond

3 Meadow Pipits on posts at west end of Mizzy Lake

1 Pochard Mizzy Lake

2 Teal Mizzy Lake

21 Pink-footed Geese over PR4

Kirkby Moss

5 Shovelers

6 Gadwalls

1 Wigeon

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Stonechat Ranch

1 Yellowhammer [m] Singleton's Hill

2-3 Rooks Singleton's Hill

6 Gadwalls Ranch Pond

Kirkby Moss

6 Gadwalls

2 Shovelers

2 Wigeon

1 Teal

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult in Section 1

3 Shovelers Section 1 Pit

2 Teal Mizzy Lake

4 Pochard Mizzy Lake

2 Pink-footed Geese low over PR4

1 Egyptian Goose Section 1 Pit

1 Yellowhammer in elders on Singleton's Hill

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on Singleton's Hill

3 Wheatears Singleton's Hill

1 Whitethroat in elders at Otter Pond

1 Yellowhammer Singleton's Hill

7+ Lesser Redpolls Singleton's Hill

1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Section 1 Pit

Kirkby Moss

6 Gadwalls

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Yellow-browed Warbler with the Long-tailed Tit flock in the silver birch clump on top of Singleton's Hill. It seemed quite curious at seeing a human being

13 Lesser Redpolls in elders on Singleton's Hill

1 Kingfisher Mizzy Lake

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on post 34 on the north side of PR4 at 08:00 then on Singleton's Hill at 09:05

3 Shovelers Section 1 Pit

1 Pochard Mizzy Lake

1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Section 1 Pit

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on the car park with 10 BHGs at 07:30 then on Singleton's Hill at 08:20

1 Raven Singleton's Hill

1 Rook over Singleton's Hill

1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Mizzy Lake

Kirkby Moss

4 Gadwalls

13 Teal

Flamborough Head

1 Brown Shrike Year list 175

1 Yellow-browed Warbler Year list 176

1 Redstart

3 Wheatears

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on the car park at 07:40 then on Singleton's Hill from 08:30

1 Crossbill north over Ranch at 08:45

15+ Skylarks over

1 Yellowhammer south

3 Teal Mizzy Lake

1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Section 1 Pit

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Honey Buzzard dark-phase juv flew low over the paddocks at Mizzy Dam at 10:10. All features seen well including very dark body with no paler patches; very prominent yellow cere; elongated head; longer, narrower wings than Common Buzzard; long tail; tail bars and underwing barring. It gradually gained height and started flapping and gliding in typical fashion above the larch plantation on Riding Hill, frequently chased by a crow but it didn't seem bothered and was still patrolling the same area at 10:40. No further sightings over the next hour so it may have gone or just gone to ground. Incidentally the old hide at Mizzy Dam now contains bee-hives and this is close to where the Honey Buzzard was first seen at low level. Year list 174

1 Crossbill flew from the larch plantation on Riding Hill towards the larch plantation by the lodge on the dual-carriageway at the entrance to the safari-park

1 Spotted Flycatcher on the north side of Ranch Pond

1 Whitethroat Singleton's Hill

26 Skylarks over

1 Mediterranean Gull adult at Section 1 Pit

1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Section 1 Pit

Knowsley Safari Park

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on the car park at 07:55 then at Section 1 Pit at 09:05

1 Spotted Flycatcher in elders on Singleton's Hill

2 Whitethroats in the same clump of elders

1 Willow Tit singing on Singleton's Hill

3 Skylarks south over Singleton's

1 Egyptian Goose and 1 Cape Shelduck Section 1 Pit

Kirkby Moss

1 Garganey

5 Gadwalls

2 Curlews

Knowsley Safari Park

3 Crossbills north-west over Ranch and Trap Wood at 08:40

1 Mediterranean Gull adult on the car park at 07:55

1 Cape Shelduck Section 1