12 February 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 12TH FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egret x1 Burton Marsh From Point
Ruff x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Meadow Pipit x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Treecreeper By Woodland Mere
Kingfisher Willow Mere
Curlew x40 Main Scrape
Peregrine Fence Right Of Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Grey Wagtail Field Left Bunker Entrance
Whooper Swan x4 Field Behind D Barn
Green Woodpecker Field Right Of House
Water Pipit x2 Marsh Covert Hide


Thurstaston/Heswall

1,435 Pink-footed Geese,118 Pintail,88 Teal,64 Golden Plover,940 Lapwing,4,000 Knot,600 Dunlin,800 Redshank,240 Bar-tailed Godwit and 665 Curlew.

New Brighton
Blue phase Fulmar off Crosby heading into River Mersey channel at 0920,likely to be viewable from New Brighton.

Parkgate
2 Peregrine,Hen Harrier(ringtail),Marsh Harrier,Great White Egret and several thousand Pink-footed Geese in the air.

Neston Marsh
2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail),2 Marsh Harrier,2 Great White Egret,Barn Owl,4 Stonechat and 2 Short-eared Owl.

CHESHIRE

Sandbach Flashes
Juvenile Glaucous gull and Great white egret.

Newchurch Common

Female Smew of unknown origin-On large pool north of track.

Poynton

Waxwing-Off Dickens Lane in top of small roadside tree on right hand side of road just past the turn for the leisure centre.

Marbury country park

Lesser spotted woodpecker-Big wood and Bittern still.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN

NORTH AMERICAN HORNED LARK-Probable nominate form alpestrisor hoyti on south side of causeway on bank; view from causeway between A3044 and Town Lane (TQ051731TW19 7PU)-Staines reservoir-Surrey.

THAYER'S GULL-Juvenile-Isbley water-Blashford lakes-Hampshire.