4 March 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 4TH MARCH 2018

WIRRAL
West Kirby Marine Lake
5 Scaup, 9 Red-breasted Merganser and 175 Brent Geese along shore to Red Rocks.

Hilbre
2 Scaup and a Snipe.

Burton RSPB
Jack Snipe In Ditch By Barn
Redwing Field Left Bunker Entrance
Pintail Reception Pool
Reed Bunting By Reception
Common Snipe Reception Pool
Oystercatcher Over Main Scrape
Avocet x Main Scrape
Peregrine On Wet Grassland
Hen Harrier (RT) Over Wet Grassland
Water Rail In Copse To IMF
Woodcock X2 In Copse To IMF
Brambling Feeder By Barn


Parkgate
4 Marsh Harriers,Short Eared owl,Merlin,Bittern and Ringtail Hen Harrier.

Hoylake
50 Bar Tailed Godwits,200 Grey Plover,3000 Dunlin,1000 Knot,100 Sanderling.

Thurstaston Shore
Redhead Goosander in channel.

Neston-Between Harp Inn and Decca Pools.
Barn Owl,Short eared owl,Green Sandpiper and 1300 Pink Footed geese.

Caldy Wildfowl Ponds
65 Black Tailed godwits,120 Oystercatcher,3 Curlew,10 Mandarin Duck.

CHESHIRE
Pickerings Pasture
1st Winter Glaucous gull,2 Iceland Gull-Adult and 2nd Winter-Yellow legged gull.

Hale
3 Brambling,Merlin-Male and Little Owl-Within Way
(C)DAVE CRAVEN

Warrington
Iceland Gull-Adult still at Alban Retail Park next to Pizza Hut and Nandos, feasting on bread.

Marbury Country Park
Hawfinch-17 in arboretum,2 Ruff and 6 Dunlin-Kid brook spit.Cetti's warbler-Near Pods hide-Neumann's Flash.

Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track.300+ Brambling and 100+ Linnet set aside field.

Sandbach Flashes
Juvenile Iceland Gull,Juvenile Glaucous Gull and 7 Dunlin-Elton Hall Flash.Great White egret-Railway flash.

Cuddington1 Hawfinch-Still at Delamere Park at corner of Westrees.

Astbury Mere
2 Hawfinch,Redhead Smew until 9.15am when flew off high south east.Also Dunlin present here,the first one for this site in 25 years.

Brereton

Short-eared Owl- Brereton Heath late afternoon.

Use LNR car park. Walk left out of car park gates along lane.At junction of lanes bear right (SW) on Bagmere Lane then look South after 200m from SJ794648.View only from lane.


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-Juvenile-Isbley water-Blashford lakes-Hampshire.