A Cheshire Birders Blog

Get in the car,we've got an option

Fatbirder's Top 1000 Birding Websites
MEGA BIRD NEWS:11th June 2026--Western Reef Heron-Caernarfon-Black-winged Kite-Norfolk-Hempstead Marshes

Pages

  • Home
  • Latest British Birds
  • Yearly Birding Summaries
  • British Birding Yearlist 2008
  • Latest Cheshire and Wirral Birds
  • Marbury Country Park
  • Latest Odonata
  • Latest Butterflies
  • Latest Clearwing Moths

Thursday, December 01, 2016

BIRDERS CHOICE AWARDS 2016!

CLICK ON THE LINK
at December 01, 2016
Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to FacebookShare to Pinterest
Newer Post Older Post Home

You Are Visitor Number:


I’m a birder, naturalist, and ecologist based in Ellesmere Port, using this blog as a personal journal of my time in the field. Here, I share bird sightings from across Cheshire, the Wirral, and UK Megas, documenting my travels throughout the UK and beyond.

A Warm Welcome To My Visitors From Overseas.Please Use The Tool Below To Translate:

Blog Content Search Facility..........

Followers


The Numbers Game

Britain Life List 540-Latest-2026:Western Reef Heron, Western Subalpine Warbler
Western Palearctic Life List 650-Latest 2026:Western Reef Heron, Red Necked Nightjar
Cheshire Life List-299 species-Latest: Woodchat Shrike

Latest UK Birds (Click on Photos For Details)


Western Reef Heron-Foryd Bay-Caernarfon-6th June 2026

Western Subalpine Warbler-Housel Bay-Cornwall-18th April 2026

White-Throated Needletail-Scarborough Castle-North Yorkshire-10th October 2025

American Yellow Warbler-New Hythe Gravel Pits-Kent-26th December 2024

Scarlet Tanager-Northowram-West Yorkshire-13th November 2024

Booted Eagle-Remenham Hill-Berkshire-2nd November 2024

Pale-Legged Leaf Warbler-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire-28th September 2024

  • Holland-January 2025
  • Ireland-February 2026
  • Morocco-March 2026

Join Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society Today-Click on Map Below

Join Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society Today-Click on Map Below

Latest Cheshire and Wirral Birds I Have Seen (Click On Photos For Details)


Woodchat Shrike-Bridgewater Canal-Daresbury-6th June 2025

Black Scoter-East Hoyle Bank-Hoylake-6th March 2025

Penduline Tit-Woolston Eyes-10th November 2024

Barred Warbler-Hoylake-6th November 2024

Hudsonian Godwit-Burton RSPB-18th August 2024

Latest UK Butterflies (Click on Photos For Details)


Glanville Fritillary-Compton Chime-Isle Of Wight-9th May 2026

Large Blue-Daneway Banks-Gloucestershire-21st June 2025

Black Hairstreak-Glapthorn Cow Pastures-Northamptonshire-7th June 2025

Heath Fritillary-Hockley Woods-Essex-7th June 2025

Recent UK Odonata (Click On Photos For Details)


Southern Migrant Hawker-Otmoor-Oxfordshire-10th July 2025

Scarlet Darter-Knighton Reservoir-Silver Lake Dorset 30th June 2025

Red Veined-Darter-Southampton Common Boating Lake-Hampshire-23rd June 2025

Dainty Damselfly-Oare Marshes-Kent-19th June 2025

Azure Hawker-Bridge Of Grudie-Highland-Scotland-13th June 2025

CHESHIRE MOTHS

CHESHIRE MOTHS

Latest UK Lepidoptera (Click On Photos For Details)


Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-Moth

Tawny Pinion

Waved Umber

Great Prominent

Lunar Marbled Brown

Merveille Du Jour

Clifden Nonpareil


Flag Counter

Popular Posts

  • WESTERN REEF HERON, THRIFT CLEARWING AND BEAVERS
    Plans had been made at the beginning of the week for Jenna and me to head to North Wales to try and see the Thrift Clearwing near Aberystwyt...
  • ORANGE-TAILED CLEARWING-BRIGHTWELL-CUM-SOTWELL-OXFORDSHIRE
    Leaving work early this afternoon, after a day of rain, I was pleased to see the sun finally break through and the wind drop. I had a site i...
  • BIRDGUIDES REVIEW OF THE WEEK:1ST-7TH JUNE 2026
    In contrast to the exceptionally warm spell experienced at the end of May, the first week of June was characterised by low pressure, spells ...
  • A CRACKING HAMPSHIRE DOUBLE
    When news broke early yesterday morning that a Killdeer had been found at Ripley Farm Reservoir in Hampshire, it immediately set pulses rac...
  • LATEST BOU BIRDS–540 SPECIES
    Western Reef Heron-Foryd Bay-Caernarfon-6th June 2026 Read More > Western Subalpine Warbler-Housel Bay-Cornwall-18th April 2026- Read mor...
  • PRIVET HAWK MOTH-MILTON-OXFORDSHIRE
    A delightful surprise awaited me this morning when I checked the moth trap in Milton, Oxfordshire. Among the catch were three Privet Hawk Mo...
  • A GRACKLE IN GARSTON-LANCASHIRE
    It began, as these things so often do, with a casual comment from a dog walker. He mentioned to a local patch birder that he’d seen a “stran...
  • MY BIRDING WEEK-12TH-19TH APRIL 2026
    Last weekend, I stopped briefly at Alvecote Pools in Warwickshire on my way down to Oxfordshire to see a female Hooded Merganser . My previo...
  • CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS
      10th June 43+ still yesterday (21 adults and 10 young on No 3 Bed and 12+ adults on No 4 Bed; reserve open from 08:00-20:00, permit and ke...
  • MY BIRDING YEAR 2008
    There have only been three previous sightings of this North American species in Britain. The first was a bird trapped on Fair Isle in 1977, ...

BLOG ARCHIVE

  • ►  2026 (90)
    • ►  June (4)
    • ►  May (20)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (21)
    • ►  February (13)
    • ►  January (18)
  • ►  2025 (214)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  November (11)
    • ►  October (14)
    • ►  September (8)
    • ►  August (7)
    • ►  July (8)
    • ►  June (20)
    • ►  May (8)
    • ►  April (13)
    • ►  March (35)
    • ►  February (36)
    • ►  January (43)
  • ►  2024 (85)
    • ►  December (13)
    • ►  November (6)
    • ►  October (12)
    • ►  September (7)
    • ►  August (17)
    • ►  July (10)
    • ►  June (8)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (3)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2023 (56)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  May (6)
    • ►  April (11)
    • ►  March (9)
    • ►  February (10)
    • ►  January (14)
  • ►  2022 (172)
    • ►  December (7)
    • ►  November (10)
    • ►  October (14)
    • ►  September (8)
    • ►  August (10)
    • ►  July (13)
    • ►  June (16)
    • ►  May (14)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (15)
    • ►  February (16)
    • ►  January (35)
  • ►  2021 (181)
    • ►  December (6)
    • ►  November (12)
    • ►  October (18)
    • ►  September (36)
    • ►  August (43)
    • ►  July (18)
    • ►  June (10)
    • ►  May (11)
    • ►  April (9)
    • ►  March (7)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (6)
  • ►  2020 (80)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  October (6)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ►  August (5)
    • ►  July (8)
    • ►  June (12)
    • ►  April (6)
    • ►  March (8)
    • ►  February (9)
    • ►  January (11)
  • ►  2019 (288)
    • ►  December (11)
    • ►  November (12)
    • ►  October (10)
    • ►  September (20)
    • ►  August (10)
    • ►  July (18)
    • ►  June (31)
    • ►  May (43)
    • ►  April (41)
    • ►  March (44)
    • ►  February (21)
    • ►  January (27)
  • ►  2018 (509)
    • ►  December (42)
    • ►  November (41)
    • ►  October (47)
    • ►  September (41)
    • ►  August (43)
    • ►  July (42)
    • ►  June (31)
    • ►  May (45)
    • ►  April (43)
    • ►  March (47)
    • ►  February (40)
    • ►  January (47)
  • ►  2017 (666)
    • ►  December (49)
    • ►  November (44)
    • ►  October (60)
    • ►  September (59)
    • ►  August (48)
    • ►  July (43)
    • ►  June (51)
    • ►  May (61)
    • ►  April (59)
    • ►  March (68)
    • ►  February (59)
    • ►  January (65)
  • ▼  2016 (166)
    • ▼  December (36)
      • REVIEW OF THE WEEK OF BIRDS RECORDED IN CHESHIRE A...
      • MY BIRDING YEAR 2016
      • AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGIST'S UNION AND THE COOPER ORNI...
      • HAS THE WEATHER PLAYED A ROLE IN BRINGING UNUSUAL ...
      • HOW TO REPORT COLOUR RINGED WAXWINGS
      • AUTUMN ON A BOAT
      • BLUE ROCK THRUSH:TO SEE OR TO SPECULATE?
      • REVIEW OF THE WEEK OF BIRDS RECORDED IN CHESHIRE A...
      • BIRDGUIDES REVIEW OF RARE BIRDS THIS WEEK IN BRITA...
      • WINTER SPECTACLES:TEN TOP UK STARLING MURURATIONS
      • WWT 'HUMAN SWAN' FLIES HOME
      • REVIEW OF THE WEEK OF BIRDS RECORDED IN CHESHIRE A...
      • ACRE NOOK SAND QUARRY AND LAPWING HALL POOL
      • BEARDED TITS REACH RECORD HIGH
      • BIRDGUIDES REVIEW OF RARE BIRDS THIS WEEK IN BRITA...
      • PHOTO OF THE WEEK 7TH-13TH DECEMBER 2016
      • ACADIAN FLYCATCHER AND CHESTNUT BUNTING ADDED TO B...
      • CHESTNUT BUNTING ACCEPTED:A LANDMARK DECISION
      • REVIEW OF THE WEEK OF BIRDS RECORDED IN CHESHIRE A...
      • HUMAN DISTURBANCE IMPACTS NESTLING GROWTH RATES
      • MASKED WAGTAIL-CAMROSE-PEMBROKESHIRE
      • THOUSANDS OF SNOW GEESE DIE IN MONTANA
      • NORTH AMERICAN BIG YEAR 2016:THE FINAL COUNTDOWN
      • PHOTO OF THE WEEK 30TH NOV-6TH DEC 2016
      • BIRDGUIDES REVIEW OF RARE BIRDS THIS WEEK IN BRITA...
      • RSPB SCOTLAND SHUNS 'LUDICROUS' GIFT OF GROUSE PRE...
      • FAIR ISLE-LIVING ON THE EDGE-EPISODE 2
      • DUSKY THRUSH AT BEELEY:A SIBERIAN SURPRISE
      • REVIEW OF THE WEEK OF BIRDS RECORDED IN CHESHIRE A...
      • HUMAN SWAN CROSSES CHANNEL ON HER EPIC 4,500 MILE ...
      • BIRDWATCHERS IN CAMROSE FOR BRITAINS FIRST MASKED ...
      • BIRDERS CHOICE AWARDS 2016!
      • BIRDGUIDES REVIEW OF RARE BIRDS THIS WEEK IN BRITA...
      • PHOTO OF THE WEEK 23-29 NOVEMBER 2016
      • CAN BIRD FEEDERS DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD
      • ICELANDIC WHIMBRELS FLY NON-STOP TO AND FROM AFRICA
    • ►  November (33)
    • ►  October (25)
    • ►  September (21)
    • ►  August (7)
    • ►  July (4)
    • ►  June (5)
    • ►  May (8)
    • ►  April (10)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (7)
    • ►  January (7)
  • ►  2015 (11)
    • ►  December (7)
    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (1)
  • ►  2014 (1)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2012 (3)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2011 (3)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  February (2)
  • ►  2010 (8)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  September (2)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2009 (2)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2008 (3)
    • ►  December (2)
    • ►  May (1)
  • ►  2006 (9)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (5)
A CHESHIRE BIRDERS BLOG. Watermark theme. Powered by Blogger.