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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Leasowe Lighthouse…..morning @patchbirding.bsky.social Great views of Cuckoo in the coastal paddocks.

Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Black Kite……great find by @saloplarus.bsky.social Tom Lowe…..first for Shropshire 👍 My first in the UK✔️ fantastic views over the landfill near Wood Lane NR, with a least a dozen Red Kite

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Leasowe lighthouse……another great morning on patch, highlight was Black Redstart. 8 Wheatear. @patchbirding.bsky.social

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Leasowe lighthouse……a great find today by @petesutton1910.bsky.social patchbirding rules 😀 @patchbirding.bsky.social

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Leasowe lighthouse……my first Willow Warblers of the year feeding in the paddocks on Park Lane. @patchbirding.bsky.social

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Frodsham……took a while but eventually great views of 5 Water Pipits on Lordship Lane, ringtail Hen Harrier and male Marsh Harrier too.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Burton Mere RSPB…..the Green Woodpecker and Spotted Redshank showed well this afternoon @rspbburtonmere.bsky.social

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Hoylake…..5 Long-tailed Duck, 2 Guillemot, 1 Red-throated Diver, 2 Sandwich Tern, 1 Little Gull and 1 Swallow at low tide. @patchbirding.bsky.social

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Hoylake……and they’re off! Multiple flocks of Common Scoter seen/heard over Liverpool, Crosby, Bolton, Blackburn and on into Yorkshire last night.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Hoylake…..Black Scoter showed well yesterday afternoon but not always easy when some of the Common Scoter so bright in the sunshine.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

North Wales …… nice day out, 8 Black Grouse at the lek, 3 Goshawk at Clocaenog, 3 Red Kite, Crossbill and great views of Red Grouse. @petesutton1910.bsky.social

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Hoylake…….another cold walk out to the low tide shoreline this morning was rewarded with this interesting looking drake Scoter….. general consensus is Black Scoter @patchbirding.bsky.social

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Lancashire Mosses……a nice flock of 11 Corn Bunting on the wires Plex Moss lane this morning.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Glossy Ibis showed really well today at Rhuddlan NR North Wales.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Surf’s Up! …….the drake Surf Scoter eventually gave itself up but only after scanning the flock for a couple of hours. Great scope views from the fishermen’s pier at Colwyn Bay.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Kumlien’s Gull……eventually showed well after an hour of sifting through the gulls on roof of WSR recycling Widnes.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Leasowe Lighthouse…..great to get back to @patchbirding.bsky.social this morning.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Liverpool birding……great views of the Shore Lark at Oglet, in with large flock of skylarks. Great find by Danny Foy.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Lancashire……tripod problems meant a trip to InFocus at Brockholes. Nearby the juv Great Northern Diver at Pine Lake and the 2 Bewick’s Swan at Cockersands showed really well.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Marbury CP…..Hawfinch showed well in trees near lido with his afternoon.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Oman…..a few more from recent trip with BarcelonaBirdingpoint. Desert Wheatear, Namaqua Dove, Long-billed Pipit and Citrine Wagtail.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Oman……recent trip with Barcelonabirding….pelagic out of Salalah, highlights Persian Petrel, Flesh-footed Petrel, Masked Booby, rafts of Red-necked Phalarope and a distant Swinhoe’s Petrel.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Amur Stonechat…..just had the DNA results back for the bird we found in Sept at Spurn. Amur and not the Siberian Stonechat that everyone thought it was . @petesutton1910.bsky.social

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Dee Marshes…..Little Owl took the new year list to 100. Male Hen Harrier, Redpoll, Siskin, Kingfisher, Fieldfare, Chiffchaff, RL Partridge all new.

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Leasowe Lighthouse……a frosty looking Sparrowhawk on a very cold morning. 12+ Shoveler, 150+ Teal, 20+ Wigeon, 250+ Blackwit on the floods Park Lane. @patchbirding.bsky.social

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Sean O’Hara @seanoh58.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Great day out in North Wales with @petesutton1910.bsky.social started at South Stacks Anglesey….included Chough, Black Guillemot, Fulmar, Velvet Scoter, Eider, Slavonian Grebe, Peregrine, Snow Bunting.