Summary November 2025
New “Year Ticks” in November 2025: 8
New “Life Ticks” in November 2025: 1
Total Species for Year so far: 136
The first birding group morning out in November was a visit to Hoylake and the Wirral on 6 Nov 2025 for a high tide at just after 11am. It didn’t work out as we expected but we did cover Hoylake, Riverbank Road, Neston Old Quay and Burton Mere Wetlands during the course of the day netting year tick, Twite, Merlin and Bar-tailed Godwit – a diverse range of species and in total we got about forty-two species.
The highlight of the month, and perhaps the year, was a visit to Leosowe Lighthouse on the 13th November 2025 when we got a life tick Lapland Bunting (or Longspur as the Americans say) in the horse paddocks at Leosowe. A year tick was Linnet in the same field as the Lapland Bunting. We also got a pair of Snow Buntings a third of the way between the car park and the groyne. It was a very mild and dry day sandwiched in between a series of wet and windy ones so we were pleased to have hit the jackpot. We also went on to Parkgate and Burton Mere Wetlands briefly.
The last birding group outing for November was to WWT Martin Mere on 25 November 2025 where we got forty-one species and a late year-tick – Fieldfare.
In the garden, everything is very quiet. There are regular visits by Blue Tits and Great Titss and occasional visits from House Sparrows and, of course, the usual feral and Wood Pigeons but generally quiet despite some freezing weather towards the end of the month.
Life Ticks in November 2025
| Species | Location |
|---|---|
| Lapland Bunting | Horse Paddocks at Leosowe Lighthouse 14 Nov 2025 |
Year Ticks in November 2025
| Species | Location |
|---|---|
| Bar-tailed Godwit | Hoylake 6 Nov 2025 |
| Twite | Riverbank Road, Heswall 6 Nov 2025 |
| Merlin | Riverbank Road, Heswall 6 Nov 2025 |
| Snow Bunting | Horse Paddocks at Leosowe Lighthouse 14 Nov 2025 |
| Linnet | Horse Paddocks at Leosowe Lighthouse 14 Nov 2025 |
| Fieldfare | WWT Martin Mere 25 Nov 2025 |
| Cattle Egret | WWT Martin Mere 25 Nov 2025 |
Bird Sightings November 2025
| No | Species |
|---|---|
| 1 | Bar-tailed Godwit |
| 2 | Blackbird |
| 3 | Black-headed Gull |
| 4 | Black-tailed Godwit |
| 5 | Blue Tit |
| 6 | Buzzard |
| 7 | Canada Goose |
| 8 | Carrion Crow |
| 9 | Cattle Egret |
| 10 | Cetti's Warbler |
| 11 | Chaffinch |
| 12 | Coot |
| 13 | Cormorant |
| 14 | Curlew |
| 15 | Dunlin |
| 16 | Fieldfare |
| 17 | Goldfinch |
| 18 | Goosander |
| 19 | Great Black-backed Gull |
| 20 | Great Tit |
| 21 | Great White Egret |
| 22 | Greenshank |
| 23 | Grey Heron |
| 24 | Greylag Goose |
| 25 | Herring Gull |
| 26 | House Sparrow |
| 27 | Jackdaw |
| 28 | Kestrel |
| 29 | Lapland Bunting |
| 30 | Lapwing |
| 31 | Lesser Black-backed Gull |
| 32 | Linnet |
| 33 | Little Egret |
| 34 | Long-tailed Tit |
| 35 | Magpie |
| 36 | Mallard |
| 37 | Marsh Harrier |
| 38 | Meadow Pipit |
| 39 | Merlin |
| 40 | Moorhen |
| 41 | Mute Swan |
| 42 | Nuthatch |
| 43 | Oystercatcher |
| 44 | Pheasant |
| 45 | Pied Wagtail |
| 46 | Pink-footed Goose |
| 47 | Pintail |
| 48 | Pochard |
| 49 | Redshank |
| 50 | Robin |
| 51 | Rock Dove / Feral Pigeon |
| 52 | Ruff |
| 53 | Shelduck |
| 54 | Shoveler |
| 55 | Snipe |
| 56 | Snow Bunting |
| 57 | Starling |
| 58 | Stonechat |
| 59 | Teal |
| 60 | Tufted Duck |
| 61 | Turnstone |
| 62 | Twite |
| 63 | Whooper Swan |
| 64 | Wigeon |
| 65 | Woodpigeon |