4 January 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 4TH JANUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Pink-Footed Geese x300+ Wet Grassland
Hen Harrier Wet Grassland
Great Egret Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier x3 Over Wet Grassland
Peregrine Feeding Right Of Main Scrape
Siskin x4 Burton Mere
Fieldfare x60 Far End Boardwalk Field On Right
Water Rail Copse To IMF
Redwing x20 Flew Over IMF



Heswall
12+ Short-eared Owl off Cottage Lane.210 Pinkfeet,360 Teal,Female Goosander,Marsh Harrier,Hen Harrier (grey male),2 Peregrine,Merlin,700 Redshank,Greenshank,640 Curlew,150 Skylark off Riverbank Road.


Hilbre
6 Eider,Shag,Peregrine and 2 Rock Pipit.


West Kirby Marsh
Jack Snipe-On saltmarsh near Pinfold steps.


Parkgate
2 Hen Harrier (1 grey male),5 Short-eared Owl,10+ Water Rail,3 Great White Egret,2 Peregrine,Merlin Jack Snipe,4 Marsh Harrier and 4 Great White Egret.

Puddington
Cattle Egret in field by Puddington Lane.


Denhall Quay
Peregrine,2 Male Hen Harrier,Female Hen Harrier,5 Marsh Harrier (one dark morph),3 Short-Eared owl and a Great White Egret.

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes

Juvenile Glaucous Gull-Elton Hall Flash and Adult Iceland Gull-Pumphouse Flash.Great White egret-Elton Hall Flash.

Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin still present. 

Marbury Country Park
Greater Scaup-1st Winter Drake.


Moore Nature Reserve
Bittern-Eastern reedbed.


MEGAS IN BRITAIN
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.