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Message: <blockquote data-quote="chris butterworth" data-source="post: 3160466" data-attributes="member: 64315">Lost, as breeding birds, around my patch in NW Wirral areNorthern Lapwing, Common Redshank, Common Snipe, Yellow Wagtail, Pied Flycatcher, Wood Warbler, Willow Tit, Tree Sparrow, Corn Bunting and Yellowhammer. There are gains ( mainly as wintering birds or migrants ). Black-tailed Godwit (4000 in the field at the rear of the house last autumn ),  Pale-bellied Brent Geese ( there used to be a maximum of c5 records per winter, now there is a regular flock of 250+ ) and Common Buzzard, Osprey are annual in spring and autumn, Barn Owl regularly nest, Coal Tit and Goldcrest never used to be regular garden birds and (*** WARNING........Old Fart Alert *** ) Collared Dove and Little Egret were mega when I started. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>