MEGA BIRD NEWS:2nd May 2026-Lesser Kestrel-Cornwall-Croft Pascoe Pool-Adult male still showing well in roadside bush at 50.0280, -5.1723; very limited parking, park considerately in layby (TR12 6SN) and walk through woods to end of plantation to view-Zitting Cisticola-Suffolk-Walberswick NNR-Displaying male again over saltmarsh between beach and Dunwich River; use Cliff Field car park (IP18 6TX; card/app payment only) and walk south-west along beach for c 1km to view from 52.3063, 1.6560. View only from the seawall, do not walk out on the raised bank-Stejneger's Scoter-Fife-East Wemyss-2nd-summer drake still on sea; use Weavers Court car park (KY1 4RT) and view from Wemyss Caves
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31.1.17

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 31ST JAN 2017


WIRRAL
West Kirby Marine Lake-Purple Sandpiper-seven still.

 Heswall-21 Waxwing by junction of A540 and Thurstaston Road.


West Kirby Marine Lake-2 Goldeneye and 5 Red-breasted Merganser.


Parkgate-Great White Egret,2 ringtail Hen Harrier and a Peregrine-(report of 40+ Twite).


Burton Marsh-Marsh Harrier.

 Neston Sewage Treatment Works-Water Pipit on filter beds. 
 CHESHIRE
Upton-Waxwing-28 midway along Heath Road.

 Redes Mere-Smew.

 Astbury Mere Country Park-Female Long Tailed duck.

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

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

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

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