RED HEADED BUNTING-FLAMBOROUGH HEAD-EAST YORKS-27TH OCTOBER 2023

Flamborough Head in East Yorkshire sparked the biggest twitch of the week and one of the largest of the autumn so far when a news of a potential Red headed bunting came to light on 21st. It was actually first seen and photographed on 19th; however, the discovery of a Siberian stonechat in the very same spot just minutes later saw the bunting promptly forgotten about!

I was well late to the party to see this bird due to work commitments and thankfully it stuck around.I drove over to Flamborough with Tony disley from Lancashire and arrived on site just after sun rise.

Flamborough head

It didn't take long to walk to the birds favoured area and it was on show when we arrived perched up on a hawthorn bush.

Red Headed bunting

Away from adult males, this species is incredibly tricky to separate from Black headed bunting, meaning the identification took time to resolve completely. The most important features clinching the identification are a grey mantle with broad, arrow-shaped black streaks and prominent, triangular head streaking that continues down the nape and into the mantle streaking (neither of these is apparently shown by Black-headed Bunting).

The species was common in captivity until the export ban in 1982 and this corresponded with a large number of escaped birds (with small flocks occasionally even appearing at sites such as Portland, Dorset). As a result, the taxon currently finds itself languishing in Category D of the British list, although a review was recently prompted by the British Ornithologists' Union Records Committee (BOURC) to determine whether the species should be added to Category A. The frequency of occurrences has rapidly decreased since the ban and there are only four additional records since the turn of the century – at Baldhoun, Isle of Man, on 16-17 June 2001, Cattawade, Essex, on 21 May 2002, Monreith, Dumfries and Galloway, on 8-9 June 2004, and Out Skerries, Shetland, from 2-8 October 2010.

Other birds of note on site were two Common cranes over and a Short eared owl.

Common Crane

Short eared owl

DNA has apparently been collected from the bird and hopefully it will be confirmed as a Red-headed Bunting, a first-winter male,we all wait in anticipation.

 

 

BAY BREASTED WARBLER-RAMSEY ISLAND-CANADA WARBLER-GOVAN'S HEAD-PEMBROKESHIRE-23RD SEPTEMBER 2023

The excitement of the previous days Magnolia Warbler had quickly turned to trepidation. Those of us afflicted with compulsive twitching rarely bask in the glory of a success, it’s all about the next one (or the one that got away). The Bay-breasted Warbler had remained on Friday 22nd and had showed well throughout the day.I now had 24 hours to go before a possible American warbler double-whammy, but by now there was a deluge of American birds across the west of the UK and Ireland.

My boat was at 12pm so i arranged to pick Sean cole up on the way down who was camping a few miles from Ramsey Island.News broke on the way down that a Canada Warbler had been found and it  was just up the road close to the Magnolia warbler (which was still there) and had been found by the same birder.Unbelievable!

I made it down to Sean's just after 9.30am and Trudy had the bacon sandwiches on,just what i needed after a long drive.

                                             

Happy days

After a good breakfast me and Sean made our way to the site for the 12.00pm boat and were greeted by the usual faces.A Wryneck was found by the coastal footpath and showed really well as we waited for the boat.

Wryneck 

We got aboard the boat and we were off and the bird thankfully was still showing well.

All aboard!

When we arrived on the island we were briefed by the wardens and then we made our way up the hill to look down on the farmhouse garden

       

Birders waiting for the first glimpse of the Bay breasted warbler

The Bay breasted warbler eventually showed in the farmhouse garden and then showed really well on a stone wall.

I can say this bird was a cracker, a class individual. They're not always as clean and bright as this one, and it showed a treat in the willows and bracken alongside a few Goldcrests, a female Blackcap and a couple of Chiffchaffs. It was a a real pleasure to watch in a relaxed mood and in a stunning location,with Choughs overhead a Peregrine briefly taking attention away from the bird of the day. Unsurprisingly the twitch had gone well and fair play to RSPB for their friendly assistance. Apparently the police presence was down to a kayaker accessing the island without permission the day before, which was a risk to pupping seals and biosecurity. I don't know if he was a twitcher, but it seemed unlikely that a flotilla of kayak-owning twitchers would descend onto the island.

Two yanks in three days and we still had the Canada warbler to see!There is only one previous record of Bay Breasted warbler and this was on the 1st October at Lands end in Cornwall in 1995 https://britishbirds.co.uk/sites/default/files/V90_N10_P444-449_A120.pdf.

As I stood in the sunshine the american arrival of news kept coming. Parula on Scilly. Philadelphia Vireo on Barra,Ovenbird on Rhum,Tennessee Warbler in Ireland,Bobolinks,Red eyed Vireos en masse,Baltimore Oriole.Black and white warbler in Gwynedd.,Yanks were falling from the sky!

Anyway we got back to the boat back at 14.00, and were in the car half an hour later. Despite the short distance, it was a longer than anticipated drive back to St Govan's Head from here - about an hour and a quarter along winding roads with an excessive amount of Sunday drivers. 

When we arrived it was complete chaos - a far cry from the calm of Ramsay Island. Cars were dumped on the narrow road verge, with people inside the roadside mass of willow scrub. The bird had been elusive and the atmosphere was tense.  We joined the throng, with the bird putting in a brief appearance to a handful of people just as we entered the fray. People surged. 

I went to the far end and waited with Sam viles and there it was moving right in the top of the bushes before coming out on show and then flew further right.It was on!What a bird At this point a lot of people hadn’t seen it at all,or just flight views of a ‘bird sp.’.Panic was now widespread.I saw the Canada warbler briefly again later on but the bird was so elusive,

Three yanks in a week, Unbelievable!

Thankfully Sean had seen the bird well so we headed back to the car,i dropped Sean off back at his camper van and headed north arriving back home just after 8pm.Great day and one i'll never forget! 

MAGNOLIA WARBLER-St GOVAN'S HEAD-PEMBROKESHIRE-21ST SEPTEMBER 2023

The arrival of American landbirds this week has been on a different level.Many of us have been watching the developing Hurricane Lee on the eastern seaboard of the US and it definitely looked like the business. But no-one anticipated what was to come. We are in unchartered territory.Really, it's better to read Birdguides weekly summary than me even attempt to do the events justice, but I will borrow their phrase 'Yankmageddon'. 

Hurricane Lee on its way to hit the UK mainland 

In the morning of the 20th September the first clue of what was to come hit. A Blackburnian Warbler on a remote and inaccessible Irish island. 

Late in the morning a photo appeared on my whatsapp group"Magnolia Warbler". One of these near-mythical birds that a handful of birders had seen,this was game-on,wherever it was. Moments later the location came through,mainland near Pembroke in South Wales. After that it was a case of making plans, and heading off for the next morning

I picked up Sean cole on the M5 and we arrived at the car park on St Govan's Head around 10.00 am and hastily walked the 500m or so to the valley. The bird showed within moments.There's no better addition to the list than an American warbler,we soaked it in, with the bird showing intermittently but well for the next hour and a half. How easy was that? 

Magnolia Warbler

As we watched the Magnolia warbler another photo appeared on the Whatsapp Group"Bay-breasted Warbler" on Ramsay, just 20 miles away. WTF - that's even rarer than the Mag!!! Panic amongst the crowd was quickly tempered when it became apparent there was no chance of boats today, or tomorrow, due to swell after the storm. As we stood in the crowd Adrian webb booked me and Sean seats on a boat for saturday morning.. We'd have to wait 48 hours, and make the return journey to South Wales if the bird decided to linger.Roll on saturday! 

RED FOOTED BOOBY-BISHOPS ROCK-ISLES OF SCILLY-17TH AUGUST 2023

Drawing the masses to Scilly was a Red footed booby, with last week's pale-morph first-summer relocated on Bishop Rock from 14th. The Scilly Pelagics team kept half an eye on the lighthouse in the belief that it would make an obvious roosting spot between feeding trips if it was to extend its Scillonian stay. It undoubtedly made for quite a shock, however, when it loomed into view from the MV Sapphire on Monday evening. Plans were soon put into motion for a morning raid on to the scillies with fellow wirral birder Mark turner,the St Mary's Boatmen's Association were arranging for shuttles to take birders out to the lighthouse – Britain's most south-westerly point.We arrived at Penzance heliport and soon made it over to St marys where Scillies finest Higgo was waiting for me to take me down to the quay.

All smiles from me old mate Higgo on arrival

A nervous hour pursued as we made our way to Bishops rock when a birder called out that the Red footed booby was sat out on top of the lighthouse.As we approached we all got cracking views of the bird.

Bishops Rock

Red Footed Booby

All smiles after connecting with the Booby

There are six species of booby, all of which are predominantly found in equatorial waters. Three of these reside in the Atlantic ocean; Brown, Masked and Red-footed.

Britain's first record of a Brown Booby was as recent as 2019. Remarkably an adult bird was found in Cornwall and twitched by a few before disappearing, only for second bird (an immature) to be found nearby and seen by many, including me. Since then Brown Booby's have been seen and claimed annually, and one was photographed in Scotland this week. Another twitchable one will happen soon. 

Red-footed Booby first occurred in September 2016, when one was picked up on a Sussex beach and taken in to care. To the best of my knowledge it dies in care, as rescued seabirds so often do. Until now there hadn't been another. Masked Booby is largely a Caribbean species, but the appearance of one in the UK wouldn't come as an enormous surprise. 

                                                               Me and Mark! Red footed booby on the list!

The Red-footed booby made National news,click on the links below

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-66520400

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/twitchers-flock-isles-scilly-extraordinary-8711118

https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2023-08-22/birdwatchers-flock-to-isles-of-scilly-to-catch-a-glimpse-of-tropical-seabird

Bob Floods write up of finding the bird,click on link below

https://www.birdguides.com/articles/britain-ireland/rarity-finders-red-footed-booby-in-the-isles-of-scilly/

BLACK WINGED KITE-HORSEY MILL-NORFOLK-18TH JULY 2023

After the long-anticipated British first Black-winged Kite in Powys in mid-April all birders the length and breadth of Britain have kept a keen eye open for a potential re appearance following a 90-day blank, however, the trail had run cold, with hopes diminishing,or so it seemed.On 17th, news broke of a Black-winged Kite seen late into the evening at Stubb Mill,Norfolk.Working in Birmingham I set off early morning and joined the masses watching this bird has it sat in a bush preening.I was very lucky as by the time we had walked to see the bird and got great views, it flew off high north-west

What a stunning bird!

Mr Pegden enjoying his first for Britain

Whilst watching the Black winged kite fly off northwest two Common cranes put in an appearance heading over us.

Common Crane

The kite is a species native to sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia but has a foothold within Europe - most notably in Spain, Portugal and France.

With an increasing population across Europe – including in France, where the species now breeds as close as the Calais area – Black-winged Kite has long been anticipated as vagrant in Britain.

Recent records from the Channel Islands, including on Alderney in spring 2020, have previously hinted that a British record could be imminent.

Given that there have now been two within the space of a few months and the species' upward trajectory on the Continent, it feels like more records will follow.

BLACK CROWNED NIGHT HERON-PUMPHOUSE FLASH-SANDBACH FLASHES-30/05/2023

News came through this morning that a Night heron had been found at Sandbach flashes.Having missed the Leasowe bird back in 2014 has I was on hoilday this would be a welcome addition to my Cheshire and Wirral lifelist.On arrival I met up with some familiar faces and got on the bird straight away roosting in some bushes.

There has been good numbers of sightings of this species this year in Britain and Ireland as you can see from the map below so I was glad Cheshire had joined in with the recent run of this species,this was the 10th record for Cheshire and Wirral.

Cheshire and Wirral previous records:

1865 Near Northenden,16th July

1912 Marbury Country Parkon,31st July

1962 Sandymoor Wood near Runcorn,7th May

1982 Budworth Mere,Second summer or Adult,6th-7th May

1987 Woolston Eyes,Second year or Adult,26th May

1992 Budworth Mere,a first summer,16th May

1999 Elton Hall Flash,a first summer,2nd June

2002 Budworth Mere,Adult 19th April

2014 Leasowe,Adult,23rd-27th April

SUMMARY OF BIRDS NEWS MAY 2023

May 31st

3 Black tern-Acre Nook Sand Quarry

Ruddy Shelduck-Burton RSPB

May 30th

5 Black Tern-Sandbach Flashes

Black crowned night heron-Sandbach Flashes

Black Crowned Night Heron

Common Scoter-Female still on north pool at Mere Farm Quarry

Eurasian Spoonbill-Immature still on flash at Bevyl Road-Parkgate

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RED-TAILED SHRIKE-West Rise Marsh-East Sussex

May 29

Common Scoter-Female still on north pool at Mere Farm Quarry

Eurasian Spoonbill-Immature still on flash at Bevyl Road-Parkgate

Spotted Flycatcher - Hilbre.

Spotted Flycatcher - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Spoonbill - Parkgate.

Spotted Flycatcher by Hampstons Well, Station Road - Burton.

Spotted Flycatcher - Gilroy NR, West Kirby.

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GREY HEADED LAPWING-Balemore-N Uist-Outer Hebrides

May 28th

Common Scoter-Female still on north pool at Mere Farm Quarry-Chelford

Pied Flycatcher-Male at A540 end of Puddington Lane-Puddington

May 27th

21 Black Necked grebe and 3 Garganey-Woolston Eyes

Garganey-Drake-Acre Nook Sand Quarry

Spotted Flycatcher along Park Lane,2 adult Mediterranean Gull on shore - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Spotted Flycatcher

(C)Pete Sutton

2 redhead Goosander,Red Kite drifted south,360 Oystercatcher,215 Ringed Plover,34 Grey Pover,70 Dunlin,171 Carrion Crow this morning - Heswall Shore.

Spotted Flycatcher and 2 Hobby - Leasowe Gunsite.

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GREY HEADED LAPWING-Balemore-N Uist-Outer Hebrides

May 26th

Common Scoter-Female still on north pool at Mere Farm Quarry-Chelford

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GREY HEADED LAPWING-Balemore-N Uist-Outer Hebrides

May 25th

Garganey-Drake-Acre Nook Sand Quarry

May 24th

Golden Oriole-Male reported over moving car on M56 between junction 10 and M6 at dawn-Appleton Thorn

Garganey-Drake-Acre Nook Sand Quarry

20 Black Necked Grebes-Woolston Eyes

Quail heard calling from Burton Point - Burton Marsh.

Spoonbill (sub-adult) - Parkgate Marsh.

Hooded Crow reported - Leasowe Lighthouse.

c10 Gannet feeding off Leasowe Gunsite.

May 23rd

Garganey-Drake-Acre Nook Sand Quarry

2 Quail singing off Harp Inn - Neston Marsh.

Cetti's Warbler and a Grasshopper Warbler - Decca Pools.

Cuckoo in tree by coastal paddocks - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Cuckoo singing behind Nets Cafe - Burton Marsh.

May 22nd

Temminck's Stint-Carr lane pools-Hale

Garganey-Drake-Acre Nook Sand Quarry

Common Quail-Singing male in field off Hale Gate Road-Hale

Garganey (drake) - Burton Mere Wetlands.

May 21st

Caspian Gull-three 1st-summers on sandbanks just west of old Runcorn bridge-Widnes

Little Tern-Two distantly over River Mersey off Marsh Farm-Frodsham Marshes

Garganey-Still on Rosemary's Flood-Sandbach Flashes

Garganey-Drake on flooded meadows-Wimbolds Trafford

Garganey-Drake-Acre Nook Sand Quarry

Little Tern-Two off Hale Shore midway between Within Way and lighthouse-Hale

Garganey (drake) and 6 Bar-tailed Godwit - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Hobby over and a Spotted Flycatcher in sea-front garden - Hoylake.

May 20th

Garganey-Sandbach Flashes

Garganey-Drake from John Morgan Hide on No 3 Bed-Woolston Eyes

Curlew Sandpiper-One on River Mersey off lighthouse-Hale

Osprey over at 2pm heading north - Meols.

Osprey over at 4pm - Neston Old Quay.

Wood Sandpiper and (probably 2) Spoonbill in heronry - Burton Mere Wetlands.

1 (probably 2) Spotted Flycatcher and a Grasshopper Warbler reeling - Leasowe Lighthouse.

May 19th

Garganey-Three (two drakes) on Rosemary's Flood-Sandbach Flashes

Common Quail-Singing male at Riverside Park yesterday evening but no sign or sound this morning-Macclesfeild

May 18th

Wood sandpiper-N04 bed-Woolston Eyes

Spoonbill-One flew high over Carr Lane Pools-Hale

Spoonbill - Parkgate Marsh.

Garganey (drake) - Burton Mere Wetlands.

MAY 17th

Wood sandpiper-N04 bed-Woolston Eyes

Quail off Old Baths - Parkgate Marsh.

Wood Sandpiper,Pectoral Sandpiper and Temminck's stint -Carr Lane Pools-Hale

Temminck's Stint

(C)Dan Foy

Wood Sandpiper and Pectoral Sandpiper

(C)Dan Foy

Garganey (drake)-Burton RSPB

Ruddy Shelduck-Again on Mersey at Spike Island-Widnes

Quail-Singing male still on marsh between Old Baths car park and The Boathouse- Parkgate Marsh.

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FORSTER'S TERN-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

May 16th

Pectoral Sandpiper and Temminck's stint -Carr Lane Pools-Hale

Quail-Singing male still on marsh between Old Baths car park and The Boathouse- Parkgate Marsh.

Wood Sandpiper-Woolston Eyes

Garganey (drake)-Burton RSPB

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FORSTER'S TERN-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

May 15th

Quail - Parkgate Marsh.

Common Scoter-Acre Nook Sand Quarry

Pectoral Sandpiper-Carr Lane Pools-Hale

Pectoral Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper and 1st Summer Little gull-Woolston Eyes

Ruddy Shelduck-again on river at Spike Island-Widnes

Caspian Gull-1st-summer off lighthouse then flew towards old Runcorn Bridge-Hale

Eurasian Spoonbill-Two at Decoy Marsh then flew to estuary-Hale

May 14th

Garganey (drake),Yellow Wagtail and a c30 Knot on the scrape-Burton RSPB

Pectoral Sandpiper-Carr Lane Pools-Hale

Blue Headed Wagtail-Male on field edge to east of lighthouse-Hale

Garganey-Drake again at Rosemary's Flood-Sandbach Flashes

Garganey

(C)Andy Firth

Osprey circling east of groyne at 0920am and a Tree Pipit over - Leasowe Lighthouse.

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WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

May 13th

Wryneck-N04 Tank-Frodsham Marshes

Wryneck

(C)Paul Crawley

Garganey-Drake again at Rosemary's Flood-Sandbach Flashes

Cuckoo flew east - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Black Guillemot (s/pl) off NE side then flew out

Black Guillimot

(C)Steve Williams

Western Cattle Egret,Osprey over also seen flying south over Denhall Lane mid-aftrnoon - Burton Mere Wetlands.

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WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

GREY HEADED LAPWING-Lossiemouth-Moray and Nairn

May 12th

Wood Sandpiper-On Town Lane flash viewed from bridge; also 1st-summer Caspian Gull on Hale Marsh-Hale

Garganey-Drake-Pumphouse Flash-Sandbach Flashes

6 Eider,2 Arctic Skua,Great Skua,40 Gannet and 21 Whimbrel - Hilbre.

Hobby by Nets Cafe - Burton Marsh.

2 Arctic Tern which flew towards Burton Point,Spoonbill and a Grasshopper Warbler - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Hobby over the boathouse pub this evening - Parkgate.

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STEJNEGER'S SCOTER

FORSTER'S TERN-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

MOLTONI'S WARBLER-Portland -Dorset

May 11th

Garganey-Drake again at Rosemary's Flood-Sandbach Flashes

Curlew Sandpiper-Again on River Mersey east of lighthouse with wader flock-Hale

Eurasian Spoonbill-Boat house flash-Parkgate

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STEJNEGER'S SCOTER

FORSTER'S TERN-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

May 10th

Quail calling by cycle track - Sealand.

Whinchat - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Curlew Sandpiper-one with c 130 Dunlin on Mersey foreshore west of Hale Lighthouse-Hale

Ruddy Shelduck-Burton RSPB

MEGA NEWS

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

FORSTER'S TERN-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

BAIKAL TEAL-Macduff-Aberdeenshire

May 9th

Spoonbill - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Cuckoo,Hobby over coastal paddocks and a Whinchat - Leasowe Lighthouse.

2 Avocet-Budworth Mere-Northwich

5 Knot-Neumann's Flash-Northwich

Ruddy Shelduck-Burton RSPB

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SONG SPARROW-Bardsey Island-Gwynedd

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER

FORSTER'S TERN-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

May 8th

2 Western Cattle egret-Phalarope pool-Frodsham marshes

Wood Warbler (caught and ringed) - Hilbre.

Wood Warbler

(C)Chris Williams

Garganey (drake),Cuckoo and a report of a booming Bittern - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Garganey

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STEJNEGER'S SCOTER

GREY HEADED LAPWING-Long Nanny-Northumberland

FORSTER'S TERN-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

May 7th

Garganey-Drake-Elton hall flash-Sandbach flashes

2 Puffin off north end then flew east, early morning - Hilbre.

Puffin

(C) Steve Williams

Black Redstart (fem/imm) and Great white Egret - Leasowe Lighthouse.

MEGA NEWS

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER

Grey-Headed Lapwing-Long Nanny-Northumberland

May 6th

Garganey-Drake on easternmost pool along River Weaver embankment-Frodsham marshes

2 Wood sandpiper-Woolston eyes

2 Yellow Wagtail and a Whinchat in horse paddocks - Leasowe Lighthouse.

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WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER

Grey-Headed Lapwing-Long Nanny-Northumberland

May 5th

Osprey-Flew north-Rudheath-Northwich

Wood sandpiper-Then appeared to fly north-Woolston Eyes

Ruddy shelduck,Black Winged stilt-Burton RSPB

Black Winged Stilt

(C) Phil Woollen

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SHORT-TOED TREECREEPER-Dungeness NNT-Kent

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER

Grey-Headed Lapwing-Long Nanny-Northumberland

Forster's Tern-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

May 4th

420 Oystercatcher, 46 Ringed Plover, 32 Grey Plover, 300 Dunlin, 3 Sanderling, 158 Whimbrel, 85 Curlew, 13 Redshank - Heswall Shore.

Garganey,Cattle egret,Wood Sandpiper and 2 Spoonbill  - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Black tern-Elton hall flash-Sandbach flashes

Black tern-Acre nook sand quarry

2 Wood sandpiper,Arctic tern and Bar tailed godwit-flew south--Woolston Eyes

Ruddy shelduck-St helens canal over high tide-Widnes

MEGA NEWS

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER

Grey-Headed Lapwing-Long Nanny-Northumberland

Forster's Tern-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

May 3rd

Hobby over Kerrs Field,7 Wheatear in horse paddocks,Kingfisher along the R Birkett,Common Redstart (fem),Ring Ouzel,2 Whinchat,Garden Warbler,Lesser Whitethroat and a Yellow Wagtail - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Ruddy shelduck,Spotted redshank,Garganey and a Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.

MEGA NEWS

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

Grey-Headed Lapwing-Low Newton-by-the-sea-Northumberland

Forster's Tern-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

May 2nd

2 Spoonbill which flew north,Long-billed Dowitcher,2 Hobby overhead,Cattle Egret and 5 Spotted Redshank- Burton Mere Wetlands.

2 Spotted Redshank and 2 Greenshank on flashes - Denhall Quay.

184 Whimbrel over high tide - Heswall Shore.

57 Whimbrel off Shore Cottage - Thurstaston Shore.

MEGA NEWS

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

Grey-Headed Lapwing-Low Newton-by-the-sea-Northumberland

Forster's Tern-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset

PINE BUNTING-Papa Westray-Orkney

1st May

33+ Wheatear, 4 Whinchat (2m 2f), 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Lesser Whitethroat and 2 Common Sandpiper between Burton Point/Burton Marsh.

2 Spoonbill on Boathouse Flash - Parkgate.

91 Whimbrel over high tide - Heswall Shore.

Hooded crow,Ruddy shelduck and 5 Spotted redshank-Burton RSPB

Eurasian Spoonbill-Two still on marsh south of Bevyl Road-Parkgate

MEGA NEWS

2 WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

STEJNEGER'S SCOTER-Largo Bay-Fife

Grey-Headed Lapwing-Low Newton-by-the-sea-Northumberland

Forster's Tern-Brownsea Island NT-Dorset