CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 15TH SEPTEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Sandpiper Reception Pool 
Spotted Crake Reception Pool 
Pink Footed Geese 12 Wet Grassland 
Cattle Egret Marsh Covert Hide
Pintail 300+ Bridge Pool
Great Egrets 2 Burton Marsh From Point
Marsh Harrier 3 Burton Marsh From Point
Cetti's Warbler Along Path IMF
Ruff 3 IMF
Dunlin 30+ IMF
Spotted Redshank 5 IMF
Greenshank 2 IMF
Curlew Sandpiper 2 IMF
Water Rail IMF Hobby Over Wet Grassland

Heswall-Riverbank Road

Great White Egret and a Hen Harrier (ringtail).

Parkgate

Pallid Harrier.

CHESHIRE
Hale
Mediterranean Gull and 2 Great White Egret-near Within Way.
3 Tree Pipit and Juvenile Hobby-Carr Lane.
Belated news of a  ROSE COLOURED STARLING at this site on the 21st June.

Pickerings Pasture
Yellow Legged Gull and Curlew Sandpiper.

Doddington Flash
Osprey.

Marbury Country Park
Wood Sandpiper(Juvenile)-Neumann's Flash. 

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 14TH SEPTEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egrets Burton Marsh 2 from point 
Peregrine Burton Marsh From Point 
Green Woodpecker Burton Point 
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Cattle Egret IMF
Green Sandpiper 2 IMF
Spotted Redshank 4 IMF
Greenshank 5 IMF
Water Rail IMF
Ruff IMF
Little Ring Plover 3 IMF
Curlew Sandpiper 2 IMF
Pintail 700+ Bridge Pool
Cetti's Warbler By Bridge Screen
Spotted Crake Reception Pool Marsh Harrier 3 Over Wet Grassland

Burton Marsh
Pallid Harrier(Juvenile male)-Flying west at Decca Pools.

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Barn Owl-Maw Green Tip.

Marbury Country Park
Wood Sandpiper(Juvenile)-Neumann's Flash.

Newchurch Common
Smew of unknown origin-Adult female on the large pool north of the track.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 13TH SEPTEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Hen Harrier Over Wet Grassland 
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland 
Peregrine Over Wet Grassland 
Spoonbill 3 Main Scrape
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Spotted Crake Reception Pool
Cetti's Warbler By Willow Pool
Nuthatch By Willow Pool
Greenshank 9 Bridge Pool & IMF
Spotted Redshank 4 IMF
Dunlin IMF
Snipe IMF
Curlew Sandpiper IMF
Cattle Egret IMF
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Green Woodpecker Burton Point

Parkgate
4 Marsh Harrier and a Barn Owl.

Little Neston-Harp Inn
Hen Harrier(Ringtail) and Great White Egret

CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park
Wood Sandpiper(Juvenile)-Neumann's Flash.

Hale
3 Great White Egret-Hale duck decoy

Doddington Flash
Osprey

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 12TH SEPTEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Hoylake
6+ Wheatear on rocks by Lifeboat Station before high tide.

Hilbre
Great Skua, Raven and a Wheatear.

Parkgate-Donkey Stand Flash
6 Greenshank,4 Curlew Sandpiper,Spotted Redshank,9 Pintail and 2 Wigeon.

Parkgate-Old Baths
Marsh Harrier seen catching a Water Rail,2 Hen Harrier (ringtail) and a Merlin.

North Wirral Coast
1,000 Common Scoter.

Burton Marsh
2 Short-eared Owl.

Burton RSPB
Great Egret 2 Burton Marsh From Point 
Dunlin 20 IMF 
Spotted Redshank 7 IMF 
Greenshank 4 IMF
Cattle Egret IMF
Sand Martin Over IMF
Ruff 3 IMF
Stock Dove 20+ IMF
Little Ring Plover 5 Marsh Covert Hide
Spotted Crake Reception Pool
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Spoonbill 4 Main Scrape
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Hen Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Kingfisher Burton Mere
Pintail 430 Whole of Reserve
Teal 1700 Whole of Reserve
Lesser Whitethroat By Railway Bridge
Tree Sparrow 2 By Railway Bridge

CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park
Little Stint(Juvenile) and Wood Sandpiper-Neumann's Flash.

Hale
Great White Egret-Within Way.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 11TH SEPTEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Peregrine Over Wet Grassland 
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland 
Spoonbill 4 Main Scrape 
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Knot 6 IMF
Cattle Egret IMF
Spotted Redshank 3 IMF
Ruff 3 IMF
Dunlin 14 IMF
Ring Plover IMF
Little Ring Plover IMF
Pintail 150 Main Scrape & Bridge Pool
Teal 1400 Whole of Reserve
Sparrowhawk Over Main Scrape 
Spotted Crake-Reception Pool

Parkgate
Curlew Sandpiper,16 Greenshank,8 Marsh Harrier and 3 Great White Egret

Heswall-Riverbank
50+Grey Plover,5000+ Shelduck,39 Little Egret,2 Marsh Harrier,3 Peregrine Falcon,3000 Redshank,1400 Curlew and 1000 Black-headed Gull.

Burton Marsh
2 Marsh Harrier,Hen Harrier(Ringtail) and a Merlin.

CHESHIRE
Congleton
Hobby-Over Council depot-Brook Street.

Marbury Country Park
Little Stint(Juvenile),Wood Sandpiper and Garganey-Eclipse Drake-Neumann's Flash.

Pickerings Pasture
European Honey Buzzard-Flew high and SSW mid-afternoon.

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CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 10TH SEPTEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egrets 2 Burton Marsh From Point 
Jay In Copse To IMF 
Dunlin 18 IMF 
Spotted Redshank 1 IMF
Greenshank 1 IMF
Cattle Egret IMF
Ring Plover 2 IMF
Pintail 35 Bridge Pool
Water Rail Bridge Pool
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Spoonbill 4 Main Scrape
Ruff 7 Main Scrape
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Hen Harrier (RT) Over Wet Grassland
Sparrowhawk Low Over Reedbed
Curlew Sandpiper IMF

Hoylake Shore
Curlew Sandpiper-Briefly at high tide.

Parkgate
Pallid Harrier-Juvenile male again in flight over marsh from Old Baths car park and continued towards Heswall 

CHESHIRE
Pickerings Pasture
Curlew Sandpiper-Juvenile on flowing tide.

Marbury Country park
Little Stint(Juvenile) and Wood Sandpiper-Neumann's Flash.

Newchurch Common
Smew of unknown origin-Adult female on the large pool north of the track.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 9TH SEPTEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Hoylake Shore
4 Curlew Sandpiper,Yellow-legged Gull,54 Knot,Bar-tailed Godwit and a Black-tailed Godwit.

Parkgate
Juvenile Spotted Redshank,3 Curlew Sandpiper,2 Ruff,15+ Greenshank,2 Peregrine,3 Marsh Harrier and 2 Hen Harrier (ringtail).

Burton Point
3 Great Egret and a Hen Harrier (ringtail).

Caldy Wildfowl Collection-West Kirby
5,170 Black-tailed Godwit.

Neston Marsh
2 Juvenile Hen Harrier,10 Marsh Harrier,3 Peregrine Falcon,Merlin,6 Great White Egret and a Juvenile Spoonbill.

Burton RSPB
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland 
Sparrowhawk Main Scrape 
Ruff 10 Main Scrape 
Spoonbill 4 Main Scrape
Little Ring Plover Main Scrape
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Meadow Pipit Marsh Covert Hide
Pintail 7 (F) Bridge Pool
Water Rail Bridge Pool
Linnets Birdcrop Field
Great Egrets 2 Burton Marsh From Point
Pink Footed Geese 2 IMF
Greenshank 2 IMF
Swift Over Reception Pool
Hobby By Railway Bridge
Western Cattle Egret Main scrape


CHESHIRE
Hale
Garganey-Eclipse drake on Carr Lane Pools from gate on Town Lake.
4 Juvenile Hobby-Higher Lane

Pickerings Pasture
Adult Yellow Legged Gull,Little Stint and Curlew Sandpiper-Juvenile on flowing tide.

Marbury Country Park
Adult Yellow Legged Gull,Greenshank,Great White Egret,Little Stint(Juvenile),Wood Sandpiper and Garganey-Eclipse Drake-Neumann's Flash.

Sandbach Flashes
Greenshank-Railway Flash 2 and then flew towards Elton Hall Flash.