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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24.1.18

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 24TH JANUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Pink-Footed Geese x9 Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier Wet Grassland
Peregrine Over Main Scrape
Curlew x47 Main Scrape
Whooper Swan x7 Field Behind D Barn
Siskin x15+ By Burton Mere
Stonechat x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Snipe Marsh Covert Hide
Pintail Bridge Screen Pool

 Puddington 
Cattle Egret with 40 Little Egret in fields along Puddington Lane.


Parkgate
3 Marsh Harrier,2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail),3 Great White Egret,2 Merlin and 1,500 Lapwing.

 CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Juvenile Iceland Gull and an Adult-Elton Hall Flash,Juvenile Glaucous gull and a Great White egret.

 Marbury Country Park
Hawfinch-3 still around Old hall site.

 Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-On large pool north of track and good numbers of Brambling still around the area.

 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 (TQ051731, TW19 7PU)-Staines reservoir-Surrey.
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