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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2.5.17

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 1ST MAY 2017

WIRRAL

Red Rocks-Spotted Crake,3 Whinchat,4 Tree Pipit and 2 Grasshopper Warblers.

Leasowe-10+ Wheatear,3 Whinchat,4 House Martin,3 White Wagtail,Common Whitethroat and a Lesser Whitethroat.

Parkgate-Male Marsh Harrier and 3 Grasshopper Warbler.

Lower Heswall-Hobby drifted slowly north over this afternoon.

Burton RSPB-8 Black Tern,Little Gull,3 Mediterranean Gull,2 Cattle Egret,3 Great White Egret and a Spoonbill.

CHESHIRE
Brereton Heath Country park-Male and female Whinchat in paddocks beyond Bagmere Bank Farm by track towards Brereton Hall this evening.

Hale-4 Black Tern flew over Mersey Estuary late afternoon; also 2nd-summer Little gull and Arctic Tern.

Astbury Mere-4 Black Terns.

Chester-c.10 Waxwing's on Nuns Road by racecourse.

Delamere Forest-42 Waxwing's.

Sandbach flashes-7 Black Terns-Watch Lane flash,Ring Ouzel-Elton Hall Flash.

Tatton Mere-Arctic Tern.

Northwich-Neumann's Flash-14 Black Tern,Budworth mere-3 Arctic Terns.

Woolston Eyes-47 Arctic Tern flew east.

Kelsall-27 Waxwings opposite Eddisbury fruit farm.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN
RED WINGED BLACKBIRD-Female-North Ronaldsay
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