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26 May 2021
23 May 2021
BURTON RSPB-BONAPARTES GULL 23/05/2021 AND GLOSSY IBIS 26/05/2021
A busy few days at Burton RSPB saw me visit there twice over the last few days.My second Bonaparte's Gull for Cheshire and Wirral was found which was a smart 1st summer bird which showed really well and then a couple of days later a Glossy Ibis was found.This bird gave me the run around but I managed to see it on the ground and in flight.
18 May 2021
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS
May18th
Osprey-Over-Raby
Great White Egret-Phalarope pool-Frodsham Marshes
Western Osprey-One flew over towards Clatterbridge-Raby Mere
Common Quail-One sound-recorded flying over during the night-Chester
Little Gull,Bittern,Little Ringed Plover,Great White Egret and 3 Spoonbill
May 17th
Garganey-Neumann's Flash
Garganey
(C)Greg Baker
Avocet
(C)David Bowman
2 Great Egret and a Ruff, no sign of Crane - Burton Marsh.
May 16th
Western Osprey-West over-Mollington
May 16th
Western Osprey-West over-Mollington
Lesser Whitethroat - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Common Crane dropped down on to marsh off Burton Point, also 2 Short-eared Owl,Hobby,Marsh Harrier,2 Avocet and 3 Spoonbill flying N.
Common Crane dropped down on to marsh off Burton Point, also 2 Short-eared Owl,Hobby,Marsh Harrier,2 Avocet and 3 Spoonbill flying N.
Common Crane
Eurasian Bittern
(C)Dave Bedford
Temminck's Stint-Possible circled No 3 Bed then continued west towards No 4 Bed and no further sign-Woolston Eyes
Eurasian Spoonbill-Three on River Mersey from car park on Mersey Road by ferry hut-Runcorn
Eurasian Spoonbill
(C)Dave Bedford
8 Wheatear in paddocks,4 Swift over and 30+ Great Crested Grebe on sea - Leasowe Lighthouse.
May 14th
Western Osprey-Flew over pig farm-Ince
May 14th
Western Osprey-Flew over pig farm-Ince
Iceland Gull--Juvenile off Mersey Road-Runcorn
Iceland Gull
Spoonbill - Parkgate.
Cetti's Warbler - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
49 Whimbrel,123 Curlew,108 Oystercatcher and 38 Little Egret, also 68 Carrion Crow on the sand flats presumably after crabs - Heswall/Thurstaston Shore.
Cetti's Warbler - Gilroy Nature Park, West Kirby.
49 Whimbrel,123 Curlew,108 Oystercatcher and 38 Little Egret, also 68 Carrion Crow on the sand flats presumably after crabs - Heswall/Thurstaston Shore.
Little Gull-1st Summer-N03 Bed-Woolston Eyes
Little Gull-1st summer-Still mouth of the Mersey-Frodsham Marshes
Little Gull
May 13th
Wood sandpiper-One briefly on No 4 Bed then flew north-Woolston Eyes
Wood Sandpiper
(C)David Bowman
Short-eared Owl flew north - Red Rocks.
Wood Warbler,Spotted Flycatcher,2 Common Redstart (m&f),4 Whinchat and 15 Wheatear - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Wood Warbler
(C)Peter Sutton
Common Sandpiper and a male Eider - Hilbre.
4 Yellow Wagtail - Burton Mere Wetlands.
May 11th
3 Whinchat - Leasowe Lighthouse.
arsh Harrier and 2 Great Egret - Parkgate.
4 Yellow Wagtail - Burton Mere Wetlands.
May 11th
3 Whinchat - Leasowe Lighthouse.
arsh Harrier and 2 Great Egret - Parkgate.
May 10th
Ring Necked Duck-Drake at Big Pool with Tufted Duck flock this afternoon; also Smew still. Park carefully along Noviascotia Lane and walk along main track; keep away from fisherman's pegs
Hoopoe-In private garden this morning-Mollington
14+ Whinchat,Wood Warbler,Common Redstart,15 Wheatear,Lesser Whitethroat and a Tree Pipit - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Spoonbill flying into estuary - Hilbre.
Yellow Wagtail,Stonechat and abundant Sedge Warblers - Burton Marsh.
Yellow Wagtail,Stonechat and abundant Sedge Warblers - Burton Marsh.
May 9th
Hoopoe on municipal Golf Course (next to cycle track which runs between Hoylake Station and West Kirby, has also flown over the railway track to Drummond Road a couple of times this morning), also a Ring Ouzel (male) on golf course early morning - Hoylake.
Hoopoe
(C)Pete Sutton
Grasshopper Warbler,Tree Pipit,Little Ringed Plover and 21 Redpoll over, also 4 Yellow Wagtail,Spotted Flycatcher,c20 Whinchat,7 Wheatear,2 White Wagtail and 2 Common Redstart - Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Red-throated Diver east past Hoylake Shore.
Cuckoo and a Grey Wagtail, several Stonechats - Leasowe Gunsite.
Spoonbill,5 Great Egret and 3 Greenshank,just 2 Pink-footed Geese left! - Parkgate.
113 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
3 Eider (2 male) and 17 Whimbrel - Hilbre.
5 Common Sandpiper,6 Greenshank,4 Yellow Wagtail,Marsh Harrier,2 Mediterranean Gull and 2 Pintail - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Cuckoo and a Grey Wagtail, several Stonechats - Leasowe Gunsite.
Spoonbill,5 Great Egret and 3 Greenshank,just 2 Pink-footed Geese left! - Parkgate.
113 Whimbrel - Heswall Shore.
3 Eider (2 male) and 17 Whimbrel - Hilbre.
5 Common Sandpiper,6 Greenshank,4 Yellow Wagtail,Marsh Harrier,2 Mediterranean Gull and 2 Pintail - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Avocet-Neumann's Flash-Northwich
Spoonbill,5 Great Egret and 3 Greenshank,just 2 Pink-footed Geese left!-Parkgate.
Whimbrel and 2 Common Tern-Acre Nook Sand Quarry
Whinchat-Hilbre Island
Little Gull-1st Summer-Weaver Bend-Frodsham Marshes
Whinchat-Female-Gowy Meadows
May 8th
Hobby,Lesser Redpoll,Yellow Wagtail,12 Swift,Common Tern and Sedge warbler-Winsford Flash
9 Yellow Wagtails and 1st two broods of Black Necked Grebes-Woolston Eyes
21 Whimbrel-Rudheath Lime Beds-Northwich
3 Whinchat,Little Stint and Hobby-Frodsham Marshes
2 Little Tern east of the Lifeboat Station - Hoylake.
5 Whichat,Common Sandpiper and a Swift over - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Hoopoe-one in a private garden on Drummond Road this evening
May 7th
Osprey-Over-Abbots Moss
4 Whinchat-Along footpath to Moss Hall-Whitley Reed
Whinchat-Danes Moss NR
Cuckoo,Hobby and a Greenshank - Burton Marsh.
Garganey-Burton RSPB
Spoonbill - Parkgate.
2 Whinchat-Maw Green Landfill Site
Little stint and Spoonbill-Hale Lighthouse
4 Dunlin and 2 Common Terns-Mere Farm Quarry
6 Little Stint,Whinchat,Ruff and Dunlin-Frodsham Marshes
Hobby-Over Budworth Mere-Tree Sparrow and Yellowhammer-Fishermans Path-Northwich
Ringed Plover,2 Common Tern and Dunlin-Sandbach Flashes
4 Avocet and 3 Whimbrel-Neumann's Flash and Grasshopper Warbler-Witton Brook-Northwich
Whinchat-Ploughed field,next to horse paddocks-Park farm-Lostock Green
May 6th
Cuckoo-By Nets Cafe-Burton Marsh
Spoonbill and 2 Great Egret - Parkgate.72 Whimbrel,Common Sandpiper and 2 Swift over-Heswall Shore.
2 Whinchat-Coastal paddocks-Leasowe
Jack Snipe,2 Common sandpiper,Hobby,Grasshopper warbler and 140 Swifts-Woolston Eyes
1st Hobby-Winsford Flash
Cuckoo-Newchurch Common
Little Stint,430 Black tailed Godwit,Bar Tailed Godwit and a Ruff-Frodsham Marshes
Whinchat and Grasshopper warbler-Gowy Meadows
4 Whimbrel,5 Avocet,Grasshopper warbler,5 Dunlin,Common sandpiper,2 Tree sparrow,100 Swift,4 Yellow wagtail,3 White wagtail,good numbers of Wheatear-Marbury park and Surrounding area.
Grasshopper Warbler
(C)Greg Baker
Yellow Legged Gull-Sandbach Flashes
Yellow Legged Gull
(C)Andy Goodwin
12 May 2021
6 May 2021
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS
49 Whimbrel on early morning tide, also 95 Grey Plover-Heswall Shore.
Grasshopper Warbler (Kerr's Field),2 Whinchat,3 Swift and a Cuckoo-Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Cattle Egret in field and a Wood Warbler at Puddington 'dip'.
Highlights include a Cuckoo,Bittern and a Grasshopper Warbler-Burton Mere Wetlands.
May 4th
Whinchat-Male in flooded horse paddock opposite former Fiddle I’th Bagg pub, Old Alder Lane-Winwick
2 Arctic tern and 2 Turnstone-Flew though-Sandbach Flashes
Whimbrel-Flew west over N03 bed-Woolston Eyes
Ring Ouzel-Male flew east over Dairy House Farm viewed from Winsford Flash
Arctic Tern (sat on mud with waders),Kittiwake (over the main Dee channel),23 common Tern,27 Whimbrel, 230 Grey Plover,3,500 Dunlin and 1,000 Knot - Heswall Shore.
May 3rd
4 Eider (2 pairs) and a Hobby flew east - Hilbre.
Hen Harrier (ringtail) this evening - Parkgate.
1,000+ Knot and 295 Grey Plover on rising tide - Hoylake.
2 Ring Ouzel-Bickerton Hills
Black tailed godwit,2 Redshank,Common sandpiper,2 Little ringed plover,2 Dunlin,2 adult Mediterranean gull,14 Whimbrel,Grasshopper warbler,5 Avocet,Tree sparrow,3 Wheatear,2 Yellow wagtail and 4 Swifts-Marbury country park and surrounding area
Slavonian Grebe-Acre Nook sand quarry
Hobby flew east over-Hilbre.
Smew-of unknown origin-Newchurch Common
Short eared Owl
2 Ring Ouzel-Bickerton Hill
2 Snow geese,Curlew sandpiper,Spoonbill,Short eared owl and Little stint-Hale Shore
May 2nd
Whinchat,9 Whimbrel,4 Avocet-Ashtons Flash-Northwich
Whimbrel
(C)Fred Fearne
Slavonian Grebe-Acre Nook sand quarry
Spoonbill, 5 Grasshopper warbler,Whinchat, 2 Great White Egret,4 Avocet,3 Ruff,2 Little ringed ploverRP,2 Cetti’s warbler,4 Gropper,Garden Warbler,Short eared owl,2 Common Sandpiper,7 Whimbrel, 2 Channel Wagtail,Tree Pipit,Little Stint,Curlew Sand,3 Wheatear-Hale area
Spoonbill
(C)D.Craven
(C)D.Craven
12+ Spotted Redshank,2 Mediterranean Gull,2 Great Egret and a drake Garganey - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Whinchat - Red Rocks.
4 Cattle Egret - Burton Marsh.
140 Whimbrel on rising tide - Heswall Shore.
May 1st
Western Ospery-Over-Scholar Green
2 Whinchat - Red Rocks.
4 Cattle Egret - Burton Marsh.
140 Whimbrel on rising tide - Heswall Shore.
May 1st
Western Ospery-Over-Scholar Green
Spoonbill-Hale
Ring Ouzel by Old Baths, Spoonbill flew towards Neston reedbed,Grasshopper Warbler near Boathouse and a Marsh Harrier - Parkgate.
Golden Plover,Yellow Wagtail,Ring Ouzel,Common Redstart (male) along Park Lane,2 Whinchat,3 Siskin over and a Common Sandpiper - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Golden Plover,Yellow Wagtail,Ring Ouzel,Common Redstart (male) along Park Lane,2 Whinchat,3 Siskin over and a Common Sandpiper - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Whinchat
(C)Allan Conlin
Wood Sandpiper-2 on small pool on east side of River Weaver-Bradley
173 Whimbrel at high tide (a Dee Estuary record high),2 Stonechat in bushes by cliff and a Whinchat on the marsh - Heswall Shore.
Whinchat,2 Grasshopper Warbler and good passage of 100+ hirundines this morning - Red Rocks.
6 Wheatear and 8 White Wagtail in ploughed field south of Meols.
2 Common Redstart - Hilbre.
6 Wheatear and 8 White Wagtail in ploughed field south of Meols.
2 Common Redstart - Hilbre.
Redstart
(C)Steve Williams
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