10 February 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 10TH FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Hilbre college,West Kirby
2 Mediterranean Gull on playing fields.

Neston sewage works and reedbed
2 Chiffchaff,2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail) and a Great White Egret

Burton RSPB
Peregrine Over Main Scrape
Ruff x2 Main Scrape
Curlew x51 Main Scrape
Kingfisher Willow Mere
Raven Over Marsh Covert Wood
Bullfinch x1 Far End Boardwalk
Marsh Harrier Over IMF
Oystercatcher x1 IMF
Pintail x2 IMF (Photo)
Whooper Swan x4 Border Pool
Bees YES Bees ? x6 Along Path To Barn
Golden Plover x6 Main Scrape


CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
2 Great White egrets,2 Juvenile Glaucous gulls,Little egret and a 2 Iceland gulls.

Marbury Country Park
Bittern-TA Coward reedbed and 7 Hawfinch at old hall site.


MEGAS IN BRITAIN
HOLBOELL'S RED NECKED GREBE-Probable 200m from ferry terminal this afternoon(20th day)-Aird Mhor-Barra-Western isles-Scotland.

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.