15 February 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 15TH FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Redwing x15 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Fieldfare x9 As Above
Mistle Thrush As Above
Marsh Harrier (Juvenile♂️) Over Wet Grasland
Pink-Footed Goose Wet Grassland
Peregrine On Ground Wet Grassland
Ruff x1 Main Scrape
Curlew x12 Main Scrape
Goldcrest Marsh Covert Wood By Woodland Mere
Snipe x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Cetti`s Warbler Along Boardwalk
Stonechat x2 IMF
Pintail Border Pool
Kingfisher Burton Mere

New Brighton
11 Purple Sandpiper and a Greenshank.

Neston Marsh
4 Short eared owls,Marsh harrier,Peregrine,Merlin and 2 Great white egrets.

CHESHIRE
Hale Marsh
2 Little Stint

Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track and Hawfinch by fisherman's car park west of track.

Poynton
Waxwing-One showing well between Vernon road/Dickens land junction.


Astbury Mere
Four Hawfinches in silver birches left of visitors car park and 2 Brambling.

Sandbach Flashes-Groby Flash
Long Eared owl.

Marbury Country Park
Bittern-TA Coward reedbed,Mandarin Duck-Budworth mere and a Hawfinch at old hall site.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN
NORTH AMERICAN HORNED LARK-Female alpestris,praticola or hoyti near west of causeway; view from causeway between A3044 and Town Lane (TQ051731TW19 7PU)-Staines reservoir-Surrey.

PIED BILLED GREBE-Setter Marsh-Loch Of Spiggie-Mainland-Shetland.

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.

THAYER'S GULL- Still in Blackheath Down pig field east of road-walk c.1.5km east along bridleway and view fields to north-Tipdit-Hampshire.