CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 3RD JUNE 2017

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 2ND JUNE 2017

WWT:STILTS BREED SUCCESSFULLY AT WELNEY

For the first time ever, a pair of Black winged stilts have nested and raised chicks on the reserve at Welney Wetland Centre WWT. This is also a first for any of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserves across the country.CLICK ON LINK

IBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF-KELSALL-CHESHIRE

News of this bird came out yesterday so I was itching to go and see it.It didn't take long before the bird was located on arrival in full song.The Iberian chiffchaff eventually showed well after half an hour and was clearly doing a circuit around the area.Plenty of birders on site had managed to get good sonogram recordings of the bird and the I'D looked spot on.

The Iberian chiffchaff (Phylloscopus ibericus) is a species of leaf warbler endemic to Portugal, Spain and North Africa, west of a line stretching roughly from the western Pyrenees via the mountains of central Spain to the Mediterranean.This was my second Iberian chiffchaff for Cheshire and Wirral the last one being found by my good friend Phil Woollen at Dibbinsdale LNR  back in early May 2004.

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

WIRRAL
Decca pools-2 Spoonbill,5+ Avocet and 120 Black-tailed Godwit and 2 Grasshopper Warbler along Denhall Lane.


Burton RSPB-Great White Egret.

CHESHIRE
Congleton-Quail

Kelsall-Iberian Chiffchaff-Male still singing late morning at sharp bend c.250m down track north of T-junction between Tirley Lane and Heaths Lane.

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BTO INTRODUCING UPLAND ROVERS

Don't get too excited, I'm not trying to organise a football team for Breeding Bird Survey volunteers — but I am asking for willing 'players' who would be up for surveying some of our more remote BBS squares, just once. Are you the kind of intrepid volunteer (a 'super-sub') who has what it takes to help?CLICK ON LINK

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

WIRRAL

Leasowe-Kerrs field Citrine Wagtail which appeared to be in first winter plumage with Pied Wagtails about 11am and again at 4pm.

Decca Pools-Spoonbill.

CHESHIRE

Kelsall-Iberian Chiffchaff-Male still singing late morning at sharp bend c.250m down track north of T-junction between Tirley Lane and Heaths Lane

Woolston eyes-Garganey-N03 bed.

PHOTO OF THE WEEK 24TH-30TH MAY 2017

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BIRDGUIDES REVIEW OF RARE BIRDS THIS WEEK IN BRITAIN-24TH-30TH MAY 2017

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BY JOSH JONES

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 30TH MAY 2017

WIRRAL
Heswall fields-Yellowhammer (singing),2 Stonechat (pair),2 Lesser Whitethroat and a Grasshopper Warbler (reeling).

Hilbre-315 Dunlin,123 Sanderling and 57 Ringed Plover.


Burton RSPB-Spoonbill came into roost.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN

TWO BARRED GREENISH WARBLER-Foula-Shetland.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 29TH MAY 2017

WIRRAL
Hilbre-Eider-Pair.


Heswall golf course-At least 2 Grasshopper Warbler along the path by the marsh.

CHESHIRE
Woolston eyes-Kittiwake-On N03 bed.

Hale-Wood sandpiper-Carr Lane pools.

Hale-Channel Wagtail-2 Burnt mill.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 28TH MAY 2017

WIRRAL
Hilbre-Little Stint,52 Ringed Plover,85 Sanderling and 400 Dunlin.

Parkgate-Marsh Harrier (male) over marsh and a Grasshopper Warbler near Boathouse Pub.

CHESHIRE
Newchurch Common-Smew-Female.

Frodsham marsh-Spoonbill over.