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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CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 20TH OCTOBER 2017

WIRRAL
West Kirby
Mediterranean Gull-High school.

Heswall Shore

69 Pintail,69 Golden Plover,186 Grey Plover,900 Dunlin,3500 Redshank,4 Greenshank,400 Black-tailed Godwit,2 Swallow and a Chiffchaff.

Thurstatston
72 Pink-footed Geese in field below Dungeon Wood.

Neston
Short-eared Owl,Great White Egret and a Hen Harrier (Ringtail) off the Harp Inn.

Parkgate

Marsh Harrier off the Boathouse.

Burton RSPB
Cetti`s Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Kingfisher Marsh Covert Hide
Whooper Swan x5 Marsh Covert Hide
Knot x3 IMF
Little Stint x1 IMF
Ruff x5 IMF
Golden Plover x76 IMF
Cattle Egret IMF
Great Egret x5 Burton Marsh
Marsh Harrier Immature Over Reedbed
Peregrine Over Main Scrape


CHESHIRE
Gowy Meadows
Caspian Gull-1st-winter on landfill viewable from bank of River Gowey. 

MEGAS IN BRITAIN
YELLOW BILLED CUCKOO-On lawn opposite Grinlinton farmhouse-St Agnes-Isles Of Scilly.

BLACK  AND WHITE WARBLER-Found dead on board docked cargo ship-Seaforth-Lancashire.