Barred Warbler-Hoylake

Sat at home this morning news came out that County recorder Jane Turner had caught a Barred Warbler in her garden at Hoylake.Jane put on the local whats app bird group that the bird would be released in an hours time so I made my way up to Jane's house.

Jane's seafront garden 

Jane soon appeared from her garden with the bird in hand.A great bird for Cheshire and Wirral and a county tick for me having spent hours looking for the Burton bird last year.

There are 8 previous records of Barred warbler in Cheshire and Wirral:

2023 Burton RSPB,10th-12th November

2017 Hale,14th November

2014 West Kirby,9th -17th November

2014 Red Rocks,16th September (poss 4th day)

2010 Hoylake,3rd September 

2000 Leasowe,11th September

1999 Leasowe,12th September

1993 Red Rocks,12th September

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