CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 7TH FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Whooper Swan x4 Field Behind D Barn
Redwing x50+ Field Left Bunker Entrance
Fieldfare x45+ As Above
Nuthatch Behind New Toilet Block
Pintail Main Scrape
Peregrine (Juvenile) Fence Right Wet Grassland
Merlin Fence Right Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Kingfisher Willow Mere
Ruff x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Bullfinch x2 Far End Boardwalk
Treecreeper x2 Copse To IMF
Goldcrest x3 Near Wooden Bridge To IMF
Grey Wagtail Reception Pool 

Hoylake
Eider (drake)

Parkgate

Marsh Harrier,Hen Harrier(male & fem),Peregrine,Great White Egret,Brambling male with Linnet flock.

Denhall Quay-4 Short-eared Owl,Merlin,Sparrowhawk,Green Sandpiper,2,500 Pink-footed Geese and 2 Stonechat.

Neston Reedbed-6 Great White Egret and 6 Marsh Harrier.

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Iceland Gull(Adult) and (Juv) Glaucous gull.

Marbury Country Park
Bittern-TA Coward reedbed and a Hawfinch at old hall site.Lesser spotted woodpecker calling and drumming in Coward wood.

Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-On large pool north of track and 300 Brambling.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN
NORTH AMERICAN HORNED LARK-Probable nominate form alpestrisor hoyti on south side of causeway on bank; view from causeway between A3044 and Town Lane (TQ051731, TW19 7PU)-Staines reservoir-Surrey.

THAYER'S GULL-Juvenile-Isbley water-Blashford lakes-Hampshire.