CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 2ND MARCH 2019

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egrets x4 Burton Marsh From Point 
Pintail 200+ Burton Marsh From Point 
Green Woodpecker Burton Point 
Reed Bunting x3 By Birdcrop Field
Pochard x2 (M&F) Bridge Pool
Spotted Redshank x6 Marsh Covert Hide
Buzzard Over Marsh Covert Wood
Cetti's x2 Reeds Between Screen & MCH
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Avocets x34 Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull x1( Adult) Main Scrape
Ruff x1 (M) Main Scrape
Oystercatcher x2 Main Scrape
Peregrine Over Wet Grassland
Barnacle Geese x2 Wet Grassland
Egyptian Geese x3 Wet Grassland
Curlew Wet Grassland
Little Grebes x8 Across The Reserve
Sand Martins x2 Over IMF

Hilbre
6 Eider (3 pairs displaying close to island),300 Sanderling,Stonechat,4 Goldcrest and 12 Linnet.

Puddington
3 Cattle Egret in field by Puddington Lane.

Heswall
4000 Knot,1000 Dunlin,1450 Redshank,Greenshank,800 Curlew,6 Raven flew high towards Wales.

Parkgate
4 Hen Harrier(Adult male,Adult female,2 Juvenile and a Female),Merlin(Adult male),2+ Short-eared Owl and 3+Great White Egret.

CHESHIRE
Hale
2 Water pipit-Carr lane pools.

Frodsham Marshes
Hen Harrier-Ringtail at No. 6 Tank and a Great White egret. 

Winsford Flash
Barnacle Goose.

Marbury Country Park
Bittern-Ta Coward reserve.

Astbury Mere
6 Brambling.

Sandbach Flashes
Little Egret-1st ploughed field-Crabmill lane.