3 May 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 3RD MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Leasowe Lighthouse
3 Whinchat,20 Wheatear,10 Sand Martin over,Yellow wagtail and White Wagtails - Kerr's Field.Cuckoo(female)-Sandy Lane-Flew towards horse paddock-western kissing gate.


Caldy Shore
18 Whimbrel and 240 Black-tailed Godwit.

Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff-Male still singing along the path just west of Benty Farm. 

Hilbre
17 Willow Warbler,Grasshopper Warbler,13 Whimbel and 2 Eider.

Burton RSPB
Spotted Redshank 6 IMF + 1 Border Pool
Bar-Tailed Godwit x1 IMF
Common Sandpiper x1 IMF
Chiffchaff Copse To IMF
Sedge Warbler Near Railway Bridge
Pink-Footed Geese x500 Burton Marsh From Point
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Whitethroat x4 Along Boardwalk By 2 Gates
Great Crested Grebe x2 Bridge Screen Pool
Reed Warbler Reedbed Near Screen
Blackcap Burton Mere By Bridge
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Swift x3 Over Reception Pool
Avocet x102 Main Scrape
Yellow Wagtail Wet Grassland Left Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull x2 Wet Grassland Behide Main Scrape
Mistle Thrush x2 Marsh Covert Wood
Cuckoo (Heard) From Birdcrop Field

Little Gull Marsh Covert hide

(C)ALASTAIR ORTON



CHESHIRE
Astbury Country Park
Lesser Whitethroat,Garden Warbler and Hobby over.

Sandbach Flashes
Garden warbler,Yellow wagtail and a Little Ringed plover-Elton Hall flash.