28 April 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 28TH APRIL 2018

WIRRAL
Leasowe Lighthouse
6 Swift,Whinchat,Grasshopper Warbler,Lesser Whitethroat and Ring ouzel.
(c)ALLAN CONLIN
West Kirby
8 Knot (one in full breeding plumage) and 290 Black-tailed Godwit-Caldy Wildfowl Collection off Column Road.

Meols
1,000+ Common Scoter.


Decca Pools

3 Great White Egret (together),Grasshopper Warbler and a Sedge Warbler.


Heswall Shore
2 Eider(pair, out on the main river channel) and 41 Whimbrel. 

Burton RSPB
Grasshopper Warbler By Bunker & 1 Birdcrop Field
Yellow Wagtail x2 Wet Grassland Left Main Scrape
Avocet x80 Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull x4 Main Scarpe
Common Sandpiper Main Scrape
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap x2 By Ramp (Photo)
Reed Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Great-Crested Grebe x2 Bridge Screen Pool
Whitethroat Far End Boardwalk
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Chiffchaff Copse To IMF
Spotted Redshank x7 IMF
Swallow Over IMF
Great Egret x3 Burton Marsh From Point



Hilbre
27 Red-throated Diver and 38 Great Crested Grebe.

CHESHIRE

Fourways Sand Quarry
Cuckoo,Garden Warbler,Common Tern,3 Common Sandpiper and 4 Whimbrel.

Marbury Country Park

Common tern,2 Common sandpiper and a Barnacle goose-Budworth mere.Whimbrel and Sedge warbler-Ashtons flash.Lesser whitethroat-Dairy house meadows.Lesser Spotted woodpecker-Big wood.

Sandbach Flashes

Hobby and Common Tern-Elton hall flash.2 Cetti's warbler- Maw green tip

Hale

Great white egret-Still at Hale Head;also 3 'Channel' Wagtails and 6 Whooper swans.

Frodsham Marshes

Curlew sandpiper and Whimbrel-N06 Tank.

Hale

Wood Warbler-Near steps along path at back of Eastern Reedbed. 

Woolston Eyes
Hobby,3 Mediterranean gull,Grasshopper warbler,3 swifts and 8 Black necked grebe.