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As the summer migrants continued to arrive, I spent a few sunny mornings at Red Rocks photographing the Sedge Warblers.
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Sedge Warbler (Accrocephalus schoenobaenus) - Red Rocks, Wirral
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| A Whinchat was also passing through one morning... |
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Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) - Red Rocks, Wirral
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Wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) - Red Rocks, Wirral
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| A little bit further along the coast at Leasowe the local coots chicks were growing fast. |
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Moorhen (Gallinura chloropus)
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Juvenile Coot (Fulica atra)
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| Most of the rest of my free time this month was spent looking for insects on the rare warm, sunny days. |
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Cardinal Beetle (Pyrochroa serraticornis) - Thurstaston, Wirral
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Drinker caterpillar (Philudoria potatoria) - Thurstaston, Wirral
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European Honeybee (Apis mellifera) - Thurstaston, Wirral
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Cecropis vulnerata - Burton Marsh, Cheshire
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Solitary Bee (Nomada sp.) - Burton Marsh, Cheshire
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Yellow Dung Fly (Scathophaga sp.) - Burton Marsh, Cheshire
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Marsh Fritillary (Eurodryas aurinia) - Point Lynas, Anglesey
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female Pied Wagtail (Motacilla alba yarelli) - Point Lynas, Anglesey
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