MEGA BIRD NEWS:2nd May 2026-Lesser Kestrel-Cornwall-Croft Pascoe Pool-Adult male still showing well in roadside bush at 50.0280, -5.1723; very limited parking, park considerately in layby (TR12 6SN) and walk through woods to end of plantation to view-Zitting Cisticola-Suffolk-Walberswick NNR-Displaying male again over saltmarsh between beach and Dunwich River; use Cliff Field car park (IP18 6TX; card/app payment only) and walk south-west along beach for c 1km to view from 52.3063, 1.6560. View only from the seawall, do not walk out on the raised bank-Stejneger's Scoter-Fife-East Wemyss-2nd-summer drake still on sea; use Weavers Court car park (KY1 4RT) and view from Wemyss Caves
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28.2.18

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 28TH FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
West Kirby Marine Lake
Drake Goosander,7 Red-breasted Merganser and 11 Brent Geese.

Neston Marsh and Sewage Works
2 Hen Harrier (incl male),2 Marsh Harrier and a Water Pipit.


Little Eye
Peregrine

Hilbre-West Kirby Shore
235 Brent Geese,8,500 Knot,4,000 Dunlin,320 Grey Plover,4 Golden Plover,8,500 Oystercatcher and 588 Curlew.

Burton RSPB
Brambling Feeder By Barn
Sparrowhawk Fence Left Main Scrape
Peregrine On Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Hen Harrier (RT) Over Wet Grassland
Great Egret Over Main Scrape
Pink-Footed Geese x25 Flew Over Main Scrape
Grey Wagtail Reception Pool
Coal Tit x2 Reception Feeder
Nuthatch Reception Feeder
Merlin Tree Above Old Toilet Block
Avocet x11 Bridge Screen Pool
Pintail 4 Bridge Screen Pool


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

Poynton
Waxwing-Between Vernon road/Dickens land junction.

Warrington
Iceland Gull-On Tesco roof.

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

Cuddington
Hawfinch-2 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.

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.

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.