8 January 2017

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS-8TH JAN 2016



WIRRAL
Birkenhead-four Waxwings briefly in garden along Watson Street/Cleveland Street, before being flushed by cat.

West Kirby Marine Lake-11 Brent Geese and 2 Scaup.

Burton marsh-2 Ringtail Hen Harriers and a Short Eared Owl.

Parkgate-Ringtail Hen Harrier from Old baths carpark.


CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marshes-2 Little Stint on no6 Tank.

Hale-Water Pipit still Carr Lane pools.

Moore Nature reserve-Bittern still in the eastern reedbed.

Warrington-Seven Waxwings feeding on berries outside Volkswagen garage on Milner Street.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN

BLUE ROCK THRUSH Male in garden at Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.



DUSKY THRUSH Still,Pig Lane, Beeley, 5mls NNW of Matlock, Derbyshire.


KILLDEER1st-winter still in wet field northwest of The Wart junction,Sandwick,Mainland,Shetland.

AMERICAN COOT-still at Loch nam Feithean at Balranald RSPB,Outer Hebrides.

HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL-Adult still at Boat Cove NT,Perranuthnoe,Cornwall.

STEJNEGER'S STONECHAT-1st-winter female still north of Kerton Road and west of quarry mid-morning,Dungeness,Kent.