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1 January 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 1ST JANUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Heswall
800 Pinkfeet,17 Barnacle Geese (presumed feral),660 Shelduck,320 Pintail,27 Little Egret (inland of Wirral Way),1500 Dunlin,650 Knot,835 Redshank,Greenshank,23 Black-tailed Godwit,110 Bar-tailed Godwit,510 Curlew,17 Common Snipe and a Jack Snipe flushed by the tide.

New Brighton Marine Lake
Greenshank,12 Purple Sandpiper,550 Redshank.90 Dunlin and 110 Turnstone


Heswall Marsh
2 Brambling.

Parkgate
3 Hen Harrier (ringtail) came into roost.


Burton RSPB
Great Egret x3 Burton Marsh From Point
Bullfinch x1 Railway Bridge
Fieldfare Far End Boardwalk Field On Right With Sheep
Redwing x50 As Above
Sparrowhawk Over Boardwalk
Pintail x2 Bridge Screen Pool
Goldcrest Near Woodland Mere
Treecreeper By Old Toilet Block
Little Stint x2 Main Scrape
Pink-Footed Geese Wet Grassland
Brambling x1 Feeder By Barn
Whooper Swan x9 Field Behind D Barn
Kingfisher Reception Pool
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland


CHESHIRE
Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin and 100+ Brambling still in the area.


Cuddington
Hawfinch-1 still on the corner of Westrees and Delamere Park Way West.


Marbury Country Park
Hawfinch- 2 still around Old hall site.


Sandbach Flashes
Great White egret and Long Eared owl.

Hale
Water Pipit-Carr lane pools 


Swettenham
Hawfinch-Still by fenced paddock and lavender meadow between Swettenham Arms pub and black-and-white house.

Pickerings Pasture
Little stint-1 on Hale marsh.