LATEST CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS

6TH JULY 2019
Thurstaston
Gull-billed Tern

West Kirby Shore
2 Mediterranean Gull (adults)

Caldy Wildfowl Collection
1,200 Black-tailed Godwit

Hoylake Shore
2 Mediterranean Gull (adult and 2nd summer) in roost and a Kittiwake over

Meols Shore
Mediterranean Gull

Burton Point
3 Great White Egret and a Marsh Harrier

Burton RSPB
Little Owl,2 Spotted Redshank,Ruff,2 Mediterranean Gull and 3 Sandwich Tern

5TH JULY 2019
Thurstaston
Gull-billed Tern

West Kirby Shore
5 Mediterranean Gull(4 ads and 1 2nd year) and 190 Sandwich Tern.

Caldy Wildfowl Collection
990 Black-tailed Godwit

Hoylake Shore
185 Sandwich Tern (including the first 2 juvs)

Burton RSPB
2 Spoonbill,4 Mediterranean Gull,Great White Egret and 7 Spotted redshank

Sandbach Flashes
2 Little Ringed Plover,Green Sandpiper,9 Black Tailed Godwit and a Common Sandpiper

Fodens Flash-Sandbach
Barn Owl and 3 Tawny Owl in the area

Marbury Country Park
Green Sandpiper-Neumann's Flash
49 Curlew,2 Little Ringed Plover and 40 Lapwing

4TH JULY 2019
Hoylake Shore
Yellow-legged Gull and a Mediterranean Gull.

Thurstaston
Gull-billed Tern on mud between Shore Cottage and causeway below Dee Sailing Club,a bit mobile and sometimes distant.

Caldy Wildfowl Collection
710 Black-tailed Godwit and 4 Knot (non-breeding plumage)

Marbury Country park
Common Sandpiper,2 Common Tern and 2 Little Ringed Plover-Kid Brook Spit-Budworth Mere
2 Little Ringed Plover-Neumann's Flash

3RD JULY 2019
Thurstaston
Gull-billed Tern off Shore Cottage before and after high tide (observed at 1445hrs from Dee Sailing club),also 3 Mediterranean Gull (2 ads and a juv) which flew over the birders at Dee Sailing club.

West Kirby
2 Mediterranean Gull (ads) and 82 Sandwich Tern

Caldy Wildfowl Collection
530 Black-tailed Godwit

Burton RSPB
Western Cattle Egret and u8 Spotted Redshank

West Kirby
3 Mediterranean Gull (2ad and 1 juv) on playing field-Greenbank Road

Willaston
Red Kite heading south over Willaston just after 5pm.

Lostock Green
Cuckoo-On wires

Sandbach Flashes
Green sandpiper,Common Sandpiper and Little Egret

2ND JULY 2019
Heswall Shore
5 Whimbrel and 2 Mediterranean Gull (Adults)

West Kirby Shore
52 Sandwich Tern with about 500 Black-headed Gull

Caldy Wildfowl Collection
260 Black-tailed Godwit

1ST JULY 2019
Sandbach Flashes
Caspian Gull-1st Summer

Burton RSPB
5 Spotted Redshank

Leasowe Lighthouse
2 Kingfisher along River Birkett

30TH JUNE 2019
Leasowe Lighthouse
2 Kingfisher along River Birkett

Burton RSPB
Cattle Egret and 7 Spotted Redshank.

Heswall Shore
2 ad Mediterranean Gull,4 Whimbrel,400 Shelduck,33 Little Egret,1200 Curlew,Summer plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit,230 Redshank and 485 Black-headed Gull

Caldy Wildfowl Collection
130 Black-tailed Godwit

Parkgate
4 Spoonbill

Sandbach Flashes
Adult Yellow Legged Gull,Mediterranean Gull,Little Egret,5 Green sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper

Swettenham Ford
Adult female Pied Flycatcher-On dead branches of old oak 15 yards on east side of lane near 2 old oak trees

29TH JUNE 2019
Burton RSPB
Wood Sandpiper

Meols
Mediterranean Gull and a Cuckoo-Moels Common

Hoylake
12 Manx Shearwater and 4 Razorbill flying west.

Hilbre Island
Redstart,Blackcap and a Collared Dove.

Neston Marsh
Marsh Harrier and a Grasshopper warbler off the Harp Inn.

Newchurch Common
Reed Warbler-1st for site

28TH JUNE 2019

Caldy Wildfowl Collection

30 Black-tailed Godwit (first ones back since the spring migration)

Burton RSPB

7 Spotted Redshank,Greenshank and a female Sparrowhawk

Heswall Shore

2 Mediterranean Gull (ads) with 470 Black-headed Gull.

Brereton Heath Country Park

Spotted Flycatcher

27TH JUNE 2019

Marbury Country Park-Green Sandpiper-Hayden's Pool

Burton RSPB-Wood Sandpiper

Sandbach Flashes-Wood sandpiper,2 Green sandpiper and 2 Common Sandpiper-Elton Hall Flash

Sandbach-2 Spotted Flycatcher-At cul-de-sac at end of Bramall close off Tatton drive.

Hale-Common Quail-Male on north side,singing west of Carr Lane in field at Burnt Mill Lane