CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS-24TH MARCH 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egret x3 Burton Marsh From Point
Pink-Footed Geese x10,000+ Burton Marsh From Point
Whooper Swan x4 IMF
Pintail Border Pool
Chiffchaff Marsh Covert Wood
Spotted Redshank x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Snipe x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Avocet x100+ Main Scrape
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Ruff  Wet Grassland
Nuthatch By Reception Nest Building
Merlin Tree Above New Toilet Block
Reed Bunting By Feeder Near Barn
Treecreeper Around Mere
Peregrine Over Reedbed From Marsh Covert Hide

Neston Sewage Works
2 Water Pipit.

Meols Common
Wheatear.

Heswall-Wirral Way
Barn Owl.

West Kirby Marine Lake

Scaup (fem).


Denhall Quay
Great White Egret.

Parkgate Marsh
Hen Harrier (grey male)


Neston Reedbed
Marsh Harrier and a Great White Egret.

CHESHIRE
Woolston Eyes
3 Mediterranean gulls,2 Black necked grebe,30 Brambling and a Marsh harrier.

Marbury Country Park
6 Hawfinch-Old hall site.

Astbury Mere
5 Scaup(3 Drakes),4 Hawfinch and 2 Brambling on the feeder.

Sandbach Flashes
2 Little Ringed plover.

Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track.

Mottram St Andrew
Hawfinch-Again on bird table briefly.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS-23RD MARCH 2018

WIRRAL
West Kirby Marine lake
Scaup and 14 Brent Geese.


Burton Point
Wheatear by sheep pens.

Decca Pools
2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail).

Neston Sewage works
Water Pipit, 6 Chiffchaff and 70 Meadow Pipit.

Parkgate-Donkey stand flash
2 Great White Egret.

Denhall quay

2 Short-eared Owl.

Leasowe Lighthouse
4 Raven displaying including one sitting on top of the lighthouse.

Burton RSPB
Great Egret Burton Marsh From Point
Linnet X7 By Railway Bridge
Whooper Swan x10 IMF
Pintail x3 Border Pool
Spotted Redshank x4 Marsh Covert Hide
Chiffchaff Marsh Covert Wood
Avocet x99 Main Scrape
Pinf-Footed Geese x17 Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Oystercatcher x2 Right Main Scrape
Merlin Tree Above New toilet block
Mediterranean Gull (2nd yr) Main Scrape

Meols
Barn owl-Park lane

CHESHIRE
Woolston Eyes
Black necked grebe.

Hale
Kumlien's gull-Possible adult flew west past Within Way and 2 Water pipits-(one in partial summer plumage) on Decoy Marsh as viewed from bridge on Town Lane. 

Marbury Country Park
1st winter Kittiwake.

(c)MALC CURTIN

Astbury Mere
5 Scaup(3 Drakes),2 Hawfinch and 4 Brambling on the feeder.

Sandbach flashes
Adult Mediterranean gull-Elton hall flash.Greater Scaup,Iceland gull and Glaucous gull-Railway flash.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS-22ND MARCH 2018

WIRRAL
Leasowe Lighthouse
4 Little Gull,3 Red-throated Diver and a Guillemot.

Burton RSPB
Linnet x11 Tree Right D Barn
Avocet x90 Main Scrape
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Reed Bunting x2 By Reception
Merlin Trees Above New Toilet Block
Chiffchaff By Bridge Screen
Goldcrest x2 In Copse To IMF
Raven Over Bird crop Field
Pintail x4 Border Pool
Great Egret Border Pool


Burton Point
Wheatear and Great White egret.

Heswall Marsh
Marsh Harrier.


Thurstaston
Green Woodpecker on Wirral Way.

Neston Old Quay and Sewage works
Water Pipit,Hen Harrier (male),Cetti's Warbler and 5 Chiffchaff.

Denhall Quay
Great White egret.

CHESHIRE

Marbury Country Park

14 Hawfinch-Around Old hall site and 4 Whooper Swans.

Astbury Mere
5 Scaup(3 Drakes),2 Hawfinch and Brambling on the feeder.

Hale
Jack snipe-On saltmarsh by Ladypool brook to right of lighthouse.

Woolston Eyes
4 Chiffchaff,2 Marsh Harriers and 35 Brambling.

Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track and a single Brambling.

Pickerings Pasture
Great White egret-One on Hale Marsh from hide.

Capesthorne 
Red Kite-Over.

Shavington
Red Kite-Over.

Sandbach Flashes
Greater Scaup-Railway flash.



 

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS-21ST MARCH 2018

WIRRAL
Hilbre
9 Little Gull and 5 Eider.

West Kirby Marine Lake
2 Greater Scaup (Drake and Female).


Hoylake-Municipal golf course
White Wagtail and 2 Wheatear.

Burton RSPB
2 Mediterranean gulls,Water Pipit and a Great White Egret.

Denhall Quay
Short-eared Owl.

CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park
6 Hawfinch-Around Old hall site.

Hale
Water Pipit-One on Hale Marsh viewable from the bridge on Town Lane,also male Northern Wheatear.

Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track and a single Brambling.

Hartford
Common Scoter-Drake on River Weaver by Marshall's Arm LNR.

Astbury Mere
5 Scaup(3 Drakes),2 Hawfinch and 11 Brambling.

Cuddington
Hawfinch-1 still at Westress-Delamere park.

Rostherne Mere
Mediterranean gull.

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CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS-20TH MARCH 2018

WIRRAL
Neston
Water Pipit by sewage works.

West Kirby Marine lake
4 Greater Scaup(2 Drakes),11 Brent Geese and a Yellow-legged Gull.


West Kirby Shore
65 Brent Geese off marsh and 2 Sand Martin over.

Burton RSPB
Merlin,Brambling,Marsh Harrier,Woodcock,Spotted Redshank,Cetti's Warbler and an influx off Chiffchaffs.

CHESHIRE
Astbury Mere
5 Scaup(3 Drakes) and 4 Hawfinch.

Frodsham Marshes
6 Greater Scaup(5 Drakes)-Weaver estuary.

Mottram St Andrew
Hawfinch-Again on bird table briefly.

Higher Poynton
Hawfinch-One in tree along Shrigley Road near Middlewood Way.

Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS-19TH MARCH 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Reed Bunting Feeder By Barn
Fieldfare x2 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Ruff x1 Main Scrape
Avocet x122 Main Scrape
Golden Plover x14 Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Goldcrest By Garden
Chiffchaff x7 Whole Of Reserve
Nuthatch Nest Building By Reception
Pintail x15 Bridge Screen Pool
Merlin Flew Behind Reception
Sand Martin x3 Over Reception Pool

West Kirby Marine lake
4 Scaup (2 Male and 2 Female) and 17 Brent Geese.

Leasowe Lighthouse
2 Wheatear on embankment east of lighthouse.

Heswall
Wheatear and 2 Stonechat by sewage works.


Bidston
Red Kite-Over junction 1 M53.


Hoylake shore
11 Little Gull-Seen over hightide.

CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park
2 Mediterranean Gulls-Budworth mere and 2 Hawfinch.

Astbury Mere
5 Scaup and 7 Hawfinch.

Frodsham Marshes
Greater Scaup-4 (3 drakes) on the Weaver Estuary,2 Northern Wheatears,6 Whooper swans and 28 Avocets.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS-18TH MARCH 2018

WIRRAL
West Kirby Marine Lake
2 Scaup,14 Brent geese and 2 Red breasted merganser.

Hilbre
6 Eider (2 male, 4 female) and 4 Red-breasted Merganser.

Birkenhead Docks
6 Whooper swans-Over.


West Kirby shore
180 Bar-tailed Godwit,210 Curlew,100+ Sanderling,70 Grey Plover and 9,000 Knot.

Parkgate
Hen Harrier(ringtail)


Burton RSPB
Great Egret x4 Near Border Pool
Woodcock Looking Down In To Copse From Path
Cetti`s Warbler (Seen) Near Bence Along Boardwalk
Pintail x3 Bridge Screen Pool
Ringed Plover x2 Adult x1 Juvenile Marsh Covert Hide
Water Rail Reedbed Screen
Sand Martin Over Reception Pool
Chiffchaff x2 By Reception
Golden Plover x15 Wet Grassland
Peregrine On Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Avocet x122 Main Scrape
Sparrowhawk Over Main Scrape
Merlin On Barn
Brambling By Feeder Near Barn

CHESHIRE
Astbury Mere
5 Scaup Still 5 Hawfinch 4 Brambling and 32 Golden Plover over.

Sandbach Flashes
2 Little ringed plover-Pumphouse flash.5 Golden Plover-Over Elton Hall flash.

Sandbach-Albion Lock
Ringed plover-But flew off.

Marbury Country Park
At least 10 Hawfinches still around arboretum,9+ Goosanders on Budworth mere with 4 Oystercatchers on back fields.

Fourways Sand Quarry
2 Mediterranean Gulls,4 Goldeneye,6 Snipe,2 Oystercatchers,150+ Wigeon and a Green Woodpecker.

Winsford Flash
3 Whooper swan.

Warrington
Iceland Gull-Adult again over Decathlon.