22 January 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 22ND JANUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Greasby-Pump Lane
Mediterranean in large field next to Pump Lane.

Denhall Quay
Short-eared Owl.

Hilbre
5 Eider and 287 Brent Geese (incl 1 dark-bellied)

Burton RSPB
Great Egret Burton Marsh From Point
Bullfinch x4 Railway Bridge
Siskin x30+ In Alders Copse To IMF
Sparrowhawk Over Boardwalk
Chiffchaff Marsh Covert Wood From Boardwalk
Redwing x30+ Burton Mere
Fieldfare x20+ Burton Mere
Pintail Main Scrape
Peregrine x2 Over Main Scrape
Pink-Footed Geese x25+ Wet Grassland
Whooper Swan x6 Field Behind D Barn
Little Owl Still In Tree Seen From Puddington Lane

Ruff x2 Main ScrapeLittle Stint Main Scrape

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Juvenile Iceland Gull,2 Juvenile Glaucous gulls and 2 Great White egrets-Railway Flash.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN
NORTH AMERICAN HORNED LARK-
Probable nominate form alpestrisor hoyti on North Basin causeway bank; view from causeway between A3044 and Town Lane (TQ051731TW19 7PU)-Staines reservoir-Surrey.

PACIFIC DIVER-Adult offshore-Pendower beach-Cornwall.