29 January 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 29TH JANUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Puddington
Cattle Egret-Still with on Puddington lane with 35 Little egrets


Burton RSPB

Whooper Swan x4 Field Behind D Barn
Pink-Footed Geese Wet Grassland
Peregrine Over Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull Main Scrape
Curlew x30 Right Of Main Scrape
Little Grebe x2 Burton Mere
Nuthatch Marsh Covert Wood
Great Egret Over Border Pool
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland



Parkgate
Hen Harrier (ringtail),4 Marsh Harrier,Peregrine and 2 Great White Egrets

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Green Winged Teal-Drake,Juvenile Iceland Gull and Juvenile Glaucous gull.

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


Marbury Country Park
Hawfinch-7 still around Old hall site.


MEGAS IN BRITAIN
RED THROATED THRUSH-Report of one "recently" in gardens at north end but no sign in search today-Sanday-Orkney.


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.

ITALIAN SPARROW-Possible (or hybrid sparrow sp.) in gardens on Wynards Road and Cadbury Gardens (present several days); park in car park off Hayes Lane or on B3178 at Oak Hill (c.SY067847)-East Budleigh-Devon.