CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 18TH FEB 2017

WIRRAL
Hilbre-360 Pink-footed Geese flew over heading north and 251 Brent Geese.

Burton Rspb-2 Marsh Harrier (fem)-2 Raven and 6 Whooper Swan.


Burton Point-Great White Egret.

Heswall-Male-Hen Harrier.

CHESHIRE
Lapwing Hall Pool-Black Necked Grebe.

Astbury Mere-Female Long Tailed Duck.

Newchurch Common-Redhead Smew and Red Crested pochard.

Gowy Meadows-2 Juv Glaucous gulls-Juv Iceland gull and 1st winter Caspian gull.

Frodsham Marsh-5 Scaup-N06 Tank.

Sandbach Flashes-2 Great White egret-Pumphouse flash-Adult Glaucous gull in sheep field-Clay lane.

Marbury Country Park-Bittern.

Hale-Great white egret-Duck decoy.

Fourways quarry-Juv Glaucous Gull.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN
BLUE ROCK THRUSH-adult male-at Fisher Close.Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.

HUDSONIAN GODWIT-adult still at Boat Cove NT-Perranuthnoe-Cornwall.

PACIFIC DIVER-1st-winter-on North pool-East Chevington NWT-Northumberland.

EASTERN BLACK REDSTART-1st Winter Male still on the rocks north side of the jetty-
Skinningrove-Cleveland.

KILLDEER-The Wart junction-Sandwick-Shetland.

PINE BUNTING-Still at Intake lane-Dunnington-N.Yorks.

PACIFIC DIVER-Jubilee pool-Penzance-Cornwall.