21 February 2017

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 21ST FEB 2017



WIRRAL
Irby-8 Waxwing along Irby Road between Woodlands Road and Townsend Avenue.
350 Pink-footed Geese in field between Pensby and Irby next to footpath which heads NE from the end of Woodlands Road.


Thurstaston Shore-Marsh Harrier and a Peregrine.


Parkgate-Hen Harrier (male).


Heswall Marsh-Waxwing in tall tree.

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes-Great White Egret

Newchurch Common-Redhead Smew and Red Crested pochard.

Gowy Landfill Site-Caspian Gull-adult and juvenile also a Glaucous Gull.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN
PINE BUNTING-Still at Intake lane-Dunnington-N.Yorks.

PACIFIC DIVER-1st-winter-on North pool-East Chevington NWT-Northumberland.

EASTERN BLACK REDSTART1st Winter Male still on the rocks north side of the jetty-

Skinningrove.


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