5 March 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 5TH MARCH 2018

WIRRAL
West Kirby Marine Lake
5 Scaup,3 Red-breasted Merganser and 21 Brent Geese.

Hilbre
7 Scaup.

Leasowe Lighthouse
10,000+ Common Scoter flying West over two hours before high tide,also a Velvet Scoter,108 Great Crested Grebe,8 Red-breasted Merganser and a Red-throated diver.

Parkgate-Baths Car park
3 Marsh Harrier,Ring tailed Hen Harrier,Peregrine,Merlin and a Great White Egret.

Hoylake Shore
18,500 Knot,8,000 Dunlin and 350 Sanderling with smaller numbers of Grey Plover and Bar-tailed Godwit.


Burton Marsh
2 Short-eared Owl around 4:50pm.


Heswall
Snow Bunting reported in garden.

Burton RSPB
Brambling Feeder By Barn
Stonechat x2 Near Barn
Snipe Reception Pool
Reed Bunting By Reception
Avocet x2 Main Scrape
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Water Rail In Copse To IMF
Woodcock In Copse To IMF
Great Egret Reedbed Seen From IMF
Avocet x2 IMF
Golden Plover x12 Wet Grassland


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


Marbury Country Park
2 Bittern-T A Coward reedbed,2 Ruff,Dunlin-Kid Brook spit,Lesser Spotted woodpecker-Big wood and 15 Hawfinches-Arboretum.


MEGAS IN BRITAIN
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.