22 January 2017

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS-22nd JAN 2017




WIRRAL
Heswall-Waxwing- 13 by Wirral Way at Heswall Golf Club.

Burton Marsh-Great White egret-three from Burton Point; also nearby at least 5 Bewick swan's at Shotwick Fields.

CHESHIRE
Winsford Flash-Glaucous Gull-on Winsford Flash from marina car park then flew off.

Astbury Mere Country Park-Female Long Tailed Duck.

Oakmere-Waxwing-16 on farm road.

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

PACIFIC DIVER-1st-winter-on Ladyburn Lake-Druridge Bay-Northumberland.

PINE BUNTING-male-by Hagg Farm in paddock behind housing estate;park in the village and walk along Intake Lane to view-Dunnington-North Yorkshire.

BLUE ROCK THRUSH-adult male-at Fisher Close.Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire.

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

PACIFIC DIVER-adult 800m offshore, just south at Boat Cove NT this afternoon; view from coastal path-Perranuthnoe,Cornwall.

HUDSONIAN WHIMBREL-Adult still at Boat cove-Perranuthnoe,Cornwall.