Year-round watching
Seasonal guides
When to visit the Sefton Coast for specific wildlife — from the spectacle of 80,000 Pink-footed Geese to spring wader passage and summer breeders.
- Peak season
Pink-footed Geese
October – March
Up to 80,000 geese arrive from Iceland each autumn — one of the great wildlife spectacles of northern England.
- April–May & Jul–Oct
Wader Migration
Spring & Autumn
Dunlin, Curlew Sandpiper, Little Stint and Black-tailed Godwit — the scrapes fill with birds that have crossed continents.
- Nesting season
Breeding Birds
April – July
Avocets on the Marshside scrapes, Little Terns at Ainsdale, Sedge Warblers and Reed Buntings on the marsh edge.
- Winter guide
Winter Wildfowl
November – February
Teal, Wigeon, Pintail and Shoveler pack the lagoons. Short-eared Owls quarter the saltmarsh at dusk.