17 February 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 17TH FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egret x1 Near Border Pool
Raven Burton Point
Chiffchaff Trees Along Boardwalk
Cetti`s Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Ruff x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Kingfisher Willow Pool
Avocet x4 Main Scrape
Peregrine x2 Wet Grassland
Curlew x28 Wet Grassland
Merlin Fence Behind Wet Grassland
Sparrowhawk Over Gorse Covert Woodland
Whooper Swan x4 Field Behind D Barn
Pink-Footed Geese x500+ Flew Over Reserve
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Brambling Feeder By Barn


Hoylake Shore
240 Sanderling,640 Grey Plover,8,000 Dunlin and 12,000 Knot.Thousands of very Common Scoter off shore.

Parkgate Marsh
2 Hen Harrier,2 Marsh Harrier,several Water Rail calling,Great White Egret and 1,000+ Pink-footed Geese.


Thurstaston/Heswall Fields
c2,000 Pink footed Geese flew of late afternoon towards marsh.


Burton-Marsh Cottage
2 Brambling.
Denhall Quay
5 Short eared Owl,Male Hen Harrier and a Great White Egret.

Hilbre
10 Purple Sandpiper.

CHESHIRE
Astbury Mere
Hawfinches-3 in silver birches left of visitors car park and 2 Brambling.


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


Frodsham Marshes
Bewick's Swan-2 still in field by blue tank viewed from ramp between No.4 Tank and No.6 Tank and Water Pipit in flooded field near Lordship lane.

Hale Marsh
2 Little Stint and Water Pipit on Carr lane pools.


Marbury Country Park
Bittern-TA Coward reedbed and 4 Hawfinch at old hall site.


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

HOLBOELL'S RED NECKED GREBE-Still from ferry terminal this afternoon(20th day)-Aird Mhor-Barra-Western isles-Scotland.

SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT-Probable female on bird table at River Dun Navigation (for 5th day); from car park at southwest end of Low Lane walk southwest for 300m to view bird table of last boat-Barnby Dun-South Yorkshire.

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

PINE BUNTING-Male by railway embankment then flew west towards white poplars-Chamber's wall-Kent.

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.

PACIFIC DIVER-Still by Low Lee cardinal buoy viewable from Cliff Road-Mousehole-Cornwall.