27 February 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 27TH FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
West Kirby Marine Lake
2 Goosander (pair) and 10 Brent Geese

Burton RSPB
Reed Bunting Feeder By Barn
Grey Wagtail Reception Pool
Brambling By Feeder Reception
Peregrine Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Merlin Trees Above New Toilet Block
Huthatch Car Park
Treecreeper Trees By Old Toilet Block
Jay Marsh Covet Wood
Pintail x2 Bridge Screen Pool
Avocet x11 Bridge Screen Pool
Raven Over Main Boardwalk
Great Egret x1 Burton Marsh From Point
Pink-Footed Geese x700+ As Above
Kingfisher Over Reception Pool


CHESHIRE
Astbury Mere
4 Hawfinches in silver birches left of visitors car park.

Cuddington
Hawfinch-1 still at Delamere Park at corner of Westrees.


Widnes
Glaucous Gull-2nd-winter from traffic lights at end of Mersey Gateway bridge on roof opposite WRS Recycling.


Marbury Country Park
Bittern-TA Coward reedbed.


Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track.


MEGAS IN BRITAIN
NORTH AMERICAN HORNED LARK-Female alpestris,praticola or hoyti on the south basin; 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.


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.