1 February 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 1ST FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
New Brighton
2 Little Gull over river,11 Purple Sandpiper,230 Turnstone,1,700 Redshank and 180 Dunlin on pontoon.


Burton RSPB
Redwing x25 Tree Behind Field Left Of Bunker
Peregrine Wet Grassland
Pink-Footed Geese x200+ Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier x2 Over Wet Grassland
Curlew x15 Right Of Main Scrape
Nuthatch Car Park
Bullfinch x1 Tree Burton Mere
Little Grebe x2 Burton Mere
Meadow Pipit x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Snipe x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Stonechat x2 Birdcrop Field


Denhall Quay
2 Short-eared Owl.


Parkgate
3 Great White Egret and 2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail).

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Juvenile Glaucous gull and Great White egret.

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.

PACIFIC DIVER-Adult offshore-Pendower beach-Cornwall. 

AUDOUIN'S GULL-Wholly unconfirmed report of probable adult-Gannel estuary-Cornwall.