19 February 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 19TH FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Goldcrest Trees Along Boardwalk
Little Grebe Burton Mere
Snipe x3 Reception Pool
Oystercatcher x2 Main Scrape
Avocet x2 Main Scrape
Peregrine Over Main Scrape
Whooper Swan x6 Field Behind D Barn Then Flew To Border Pool
Marsh Harrier x2 Over Wet Grassland
Treecreeper By Reception


CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park
Bittern-TA Coward reedbed and 17 Hawfinch at old hall site.


Woolston Eyes

Bittern-N01 Bed.

Astbury Mere

Hawfinch-still in trees by gardens between conservation area and public beach.

Crewe

Hawfinch--Along Cycle path behind Merlin pub.

Sandbach Flashes

Adult Glaucous Gull.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN

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

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


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 off Penlee Lifeboat Station-Mousehole-Cornwall.