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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17.12.17

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 17TH DECEMBER 2017

WIRRAL
Neston
4 short eared owl and an Great white egret
West Kirby Marine Lake
Goldeneye (male),2 Goosander,6 Red-breasted Merganser,Great Crested Grebe,Mediterranean Gull and 3 Goldeneye.

 Burton RSPB
Pintail x1 Main Scrape
Avocet x1 Main Scrape
White-Fronted Geese Poss 3 With Greylag Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier x2 Over Wet Grassland
Sparrowhawk Fence Post Right Of Wet Grassland
Redwing Field Left Of Bunker Entrance
Fieldfare Field Left Of Bunker Entrance
Whooper Swan x14 Field Behind D Barn
Chiffchaff Willow Tree Along Boardwalk
Bullfinch x2 Railway Bridge
Great Egret x3 Burton Marsh From Point
Merlin Fence Post Right Of Wet Grassland
Golden Plover x30 Main Scrape
Little Stint Main Scrape
Kingfisher Marsh Covert Hide 

 CHESHIRE
Mellor Moor
Great Grey Shrike-1 reported yesterday.

 Four Ways Sand Quarry
Eurasian White Fronted goose-On east side of lake.

 Oakmere
Snow Bunting-1 flew southwest over Farm Road. 

 Delamere Forest
Hawfinch-1 still at Delamere Forest Cafe car park this morning. 

 Cuddington
Hawfinch-With Greenfinches in silver birch trees.

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