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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20.2.18

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 20TH FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Hen Harrier (RT) Burton Marsh From Point
Great Egret As Above
Chiffchaff Trees Along Boardwalk
Nuthatch Marsh Covert Wood
Treecreeper By Woodland Mere
Sparrowhawk Fence Right Wet Grassland
Peregrine As Above
Curlew x25 Right Main Scrape
Pintail x2 Main Scrape
Avocet x3 Main Scrape
Oystercatcher x2 Main Scrape
Dunlin x8 Main Scrape
Marsh Harrier x2 Wet Grassland

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Common Scoter (704),Peregrine Falcon,Rock Pipit,Northern Gannet,Common Eider (6) and 10 Purple Sandpiper.

 CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park
Bittern-TA Coward reedbed and 3 Hawfinch at old hall site.

Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track and 100 Brambling.

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

 Sandbach Flashes
1st Winter Iceland 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 (TQ051731, TW19 7PU)-Staines reservoir-Surrey.
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