6 January 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 6TH JANUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton marsh
Great White Egret.


Burton RSPB
Whooper Swan x8 Burton Marsh From Point
Great Egret x3 As Above
Marsh Harrier x2 As Above
Merlin Field Left Of Burton Point
Cetti`s Warbler x2 Near Bence On Boardwalk
Pintail Bridge Screen Pool
Reed Bunting Marsh Covert Hide
Grey Wagtail Ditch Near Reedbed Screen
Treecreeper By Old Toilet Block
Spotted Redshank x1 Main Scrape
Hen Harrier (RT) Over Wet Grassland
Peregrine On Wet Grassland Back Of Scrape
Siskin x4 Trees By Garden
Goldcrest Far End Of Boardwalk


North Wirral Coast

2,500+ Pink-footed Geese in at least four flocks flew NW.

Leasowe
Greenhank on groyne.


New Brighton Marine Lake
7 Purple Sandpiper.

Neston Marsh
2 Water Pipit and a Great White Egret.

Denhall Quay
Hen Harrier. Grey male + ringtail.
Marsh Harrier +5
Peregrine Falcon.
Merlin. 2
Sparrowhawk. (M+F)
Kestrel.
Raven.
Short-eared Owl +3
Great White Egret +4
Little Egret.
Masses of waders Curlew,Godwit, Oystercatcher,Lapwing and Dunlin.
Pink-footed Goose.
Redwing.
Chiffchaff.
Goldcrest.



CHESHIRE
Cuddington
Hawfinch-2 still at Delamere Park at corner of Westrees.

Marbury Country Park

Hawfinch-2 still-Old hall site

Sandbach Flashes

Glaucous Gull,Great White Egret-Elton Hall flash and Iceland gull pumphouse flash.

Congleton

Yellow browed warbler-1 in trees on the bank opposite the riverside path below the weir between Rood Hill Bridge and Congleton Park late morning.