30 January 2017

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 30TH JAN 2017



WIRRAL
Heswall-23 Waxwing's by junction of A540 and Thurstaston Road.

Hilbre-5 Scaup and 3 Purple Sandpipers.

West Kirby Marine Lake-2 Goosander,11 Red-breasted Merganser and 3 drake Goldeneye.
CHESHIRE
Woolston Eyes-1 Waxwing.

Newchurch Common-redhead Smew still on lake north of track; also 1st-winter drake Red-crested Pochard.

Chelford-Lapwing hall pool-Black Necked Grebe.

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

EASTERN BLACK REDSTART-1st Winter Male still on the rocks north side of the jetty-Skinningrove-Cleveland.

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

PINE BUNTING-Male, at Saxon Shore Way, east of Milton Creek, NE of Sittingbourne, Kent.

PINE BUNTING-male-still from path off Kerver Lane-Dunnington-North Yorkshire.

PACIFIC DIVER--1st-winter adult-off Jubilee Pool-Penzance -Cornwall.

PACIFIC DIVER-1st-winter-on North pool-Druridge Bay-Northumberland.

EASTERN BLACK REDSTART-Male-on rocks below Rockpool Café-Mousehole-Cornwall.

KILLDEER-1st winter still in wet field northwest of the wart junction,Sandwick,Shetland.