BIRDS RECORDED IN CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL-23RD-30TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL

23rd

Burton RSPB
Red Kite over reception hide this morning,2 Spotted Redshank,Little Ringed Plover,Dunlin, Peregrine.

West Kirby
Red Kite over at 1120am.

Irby
2 Peregrine over.

24th
Leasowe
Osprey over at 11am, heading west.

Red Rocks
3 Arctic Skua harassing a large gull,possibly 2 more present,Common Scoter,3 Little Egret, 3 Great crested Grebe and a Red-breasted Merganser.


Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff.

Caldy Wildfowl Collection
150 Black-tailed Godwit.

Burton RSPB
Red Kite,Hobby,Little Ringed Plover and a Cetti's Warbler.

26th
Caldy Wildfowl Collection
Knot and 270 Black-tailed Godwit.

West Kirby Shore
20+ Sandwich Tern in the gull roost on the rising tide.

Burton RSPB
Marsh harrier,Red Kite,Spotted Redshank,Little Ringed Plover,Egyptian Goose and a Garden Warbler.

27th
Caldy Wildfowl Collection
470 Black-tailed Godwit, also pair of feral Barnacle Geese with five young.

28th
Hoylake Shore
Mediterranean Gull (1st summer)

29th
Burton RSPB
Little gull.

30th
Parkgate-Donkey stand flash
7 Avocet.

Heswall Shore
Marsh Harrier,990 Curlew,250 Redshank,3 Black-tailed Godwit,450 Black-headed Gull.

Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff

Heswall
Grasshopper Warbler reeling at the bottom of Seabank Road.

CHESHIRE
Marbury country park
23rd
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker called from Ta coward and Green sandpiper-Ashtons flash

24th 
Red Kite over Comberbach towards Great budworth

26th
6 Little Ringed plover,3 curlew,3 Common Sandpiper,3 Water rails-2 juvenile,Cuckoo over Stilt island and Grasshopper warbler-Hadyns pool,Cettis warbler-Pipebridge dell.

27th 
3 Common terns-Budworth mere and Juvenile Mandarin duck.

28th
Grasshopper Warbler-Haydns pool and Greenshank-Neumanns flash
2 Green sandpipers-Haydns pool

30th2 Redshank-Neumanns Flash,9 Black Tailed godwits-Ashtons Flash,Green Sandpiper-Haydns Pool.

Sandbach flashes-Elton Hall flash
23rd 
Little gull

24th 
Little gull,Common sandpiper,Black tailed godwit and Drake Garganey

25th 
Wood sandpiper,2 Green sandpiper,Common sandpiper and Adult little gull,5 Little ringed plover

28th 
2 Red Kites-Maw green tip

30th
Drake Gargeney.

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CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 22ND JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Linnet By Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
House Martin Burton Point
Whitethroat (Family) Along Boardwalk
Wigeon (M) Bridge Pool
Cetti`s Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler As Above
Blackcaps By Woodland Mere
Egyptian Goose Wet Grassland Right Of Scrape
Jay On Feeder By Reception
Avocets Main Scrape
Little Ringed Plover Main Scrape
Peregrine Over Wet Grassland Behind Scrape,IMF & Bridge Pool

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull-Elton Hall Flash.

Rudheath-Northwich
European Honey Buzzard-Flew north over Rudheath Woods. 

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 21ST JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Avocets Main Scrape
Little Ringed Plover Main Scrape
Egyptian Goose Wet Grassland Right Of Scrape
Peregrine Over Wet Grassland Behind Scrape
Swifts Over Reception Pool
House Martins As Above
Blackcap By Willow Pool
Reed Warblers Reedbed Screen
Cetti`s Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Sedge Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Wigeon (M) Bridge Pool
Whitethroat Far End Boardwalk
Linnet Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff Along Path IMF
Heron With Rat Marsh Covert Hide

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull-Elton Hall Flash.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 20TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Chiffchaff Copse To IMF
House Martins Burton Point
Linnet x3 Railway Bridge
Swifts Over Bridge Pool
Wigeon (M) Bridge Pool
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler As Above
Cetti`s Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Blackcap By Woodland Mere
Avocets Main Scrape
Great Spotted Woodpecker Feeding (Juv) By Reception
Peregrine Over Wet Grassland Behind Scrape

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull-Elton Hall Flash.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 19TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Avocets Main Scrape
Blackcaps By Woodland Mere
Cetti`s Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Wigeon (M) Bridge Pool
Linnet x3 Railway Bridge
Swifts From Burton Point
Song Thrush Again Singing Copse To IMF
Chiffchaff Along Path To IMF
Snipe Displaying Over Reedbed Seen From IMF


CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull-Elton Hall Flash.

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CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 18TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Chiffchaff Along Path To IMF
Song Thrush Singing Again Copse To IMF
Linnet Railway Bridge
Hobby High Over Mash Covert Wood
Swifts Over Bridge Pool
Wigeon (M) Marsh Covert Hide
Cetti`s Warbler By Marsh Covert Wood
Blackcap By Ramp
Little Ringed Plover x1 Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
House Martins Over Reception Pool
Mediterranean Gulls x2 Adults + At Least 1 Chick On Wet Grassland

Heswall Shore
Adult Yellow-legged Gull,3 Whimbrel, 240 Curlew, 490 Black-headed Gull and 470 Herring Gull.

Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff,2 Stonechat and a Cuckoo.

Thurstaston-Station Road

2 Yellowhammer.

Hilbre
2 Manx Shearwater and 2 Arctic Skua.

CHESHIRE
Pickerings Pasture
Great White egret-From Screen.

Frodsham Marshes
2 Red Necked Phalarope-Reported on Weaver bend.

Moore Nature Reserve
Black Necked Grebe-Birchwood Pool.

Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull-Elton Hall Flash.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 17TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Swallows Field Left Of Bunker Entrance
Avocets Main Scrape
Little Ringed Plover Main Scrape
House Martins Over Reception Pool
Blackcap (M) By Willow Pool
Cetti`s Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler As Above
Chiffchaff By Railway Bridge
Raven Near Birdcrop Field
Lesser Whitethroat By Wooden Bridge To IMF
Swifts Burton Point
Spotted Redshank Border Pool
Great Crested Grebes x1 Border Pool & x1 Bridge Pool
Sandwich Tern Main Scrape

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull and Drake Garganey-Elton Hall Flash.

Moore Nature Reserve
Black Necked Grebe-Birchwood Pool.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 16TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Spotted Redshank x1 IMF
Whitethroat x2 By Wooden Bridge To IMF
Song Thrush Singing In Copse To IMF
Chiffchaff Railway Bridge
Linnet Railway Bridge
Swift`s Over Burton Point
Wigeon (M) Bridge Pool
Cetti`s Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Sedge Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Blackcap By Ramp
House Martin`s Over Reception Pool
Mediterranean Gull Main Scrape
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Little Ringed Plover x1 Main Scrape
Great Egret Over Reserve

Parkgate
Marsh Harrier

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull and Drake Garganey-Elton Hall Flash.

Moore Nature Reserve
Black Necked Grebe-Birchwood Pool.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 15TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Hilbre
Storm Petrel

Burton RSPB
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull`s Main Scrape
House Martin`s Over Reception Pool
Swallow`s As Above
Little Grebe Chick`s x2 Woodland Mere
Blackcap (M) Marsh Covert Wood
Chiffchaff As Above
Cetti`s Warbler Near Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Little Ringed Plover x1 As Above
Wigeon (M) Bridge Pool
Linnet`s By Railway Bridge
Swift`s High Over Burton Point
Peregrine Over Wet Grassland Behind Scrape

CHESHIRE
Moore Nature Reserve
Black Necked Grebe-Birchwood Pool.

Sandbach Flashes
Little Gull-Elton Hall Flash.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 14TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Chiffchaff Edge Of Copse To IMF
Whitethroat x2 Near Wooden Bridge To IMF
Linnet By Railway Bridge
Little Gull Adult Marsh Covert Hide Then Over Bridge Pool Later
Swift`s Over Bridge Pool
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting As Above
Cetti`s Warbler By Marsh Covert Wood
Blackcap By Willow Pool
House Martin`s Over Reception Pool
Little Ringed Plover x1 Main Scrape
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull`s Main Scrape
Hobby Burton Marsh From Point

Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff.

Hilbre
300+ Manx Shearwater this morning past.

Hoylake
80+ Manx Shearwater in an hour around high tide, also 20+ Gannet and 4 Common Scoter.

CHESHIRE
Hale
Great White Egret.

Moore Nature Reserve
Black Necked Grebe-Birchwood Pool.

Sandbach Flashes
Drake Garganey and Little Gull-Elton Hall Flash.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 13TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull`s x3 Main Scrape
House Martin`s Over Reception Pool
Swallow`s As Above
Swift`s As Above
Green Woodpecker Flew over Woodland Mere
Blackcap (M) Marsh Covert Wood
Whitethroat On Bridge Just Passed Reedbed Screen
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting Marsh Covert Hide
Little Ringed Plover Marsh Covert Hide
Common Tern Marsh Covert Hide
Chiffchaff Railway Bridge
Cetti`s Warbler Path To IMF
Red Kite Over Reserve
Grasshopper Warbler (Gropper) Of Edge Copse To IMF

Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff still present but elusive,4 Garden Warbler and 2 Yellowhammer.

CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marshes
Little Gull-Adult and three 1st-summers at Weaver Bend this evening.

Moore Nature Reserve
Black Necked Grebe-Birchwood Pool.

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CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 12TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Sandwich Tern x2 Over IMF
Coot Chick`s IMF
Cetti`s Warbler Near Wooden Bridge IMF
Great Crested Grebe Bridge Pool
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting Marsh Covert Hide
Chiffchaff Marsh Covert Wood
Blackcap As Above
Swift Over Marsh Covert Wood
Raven As Above
Common Tern Over Willow Pool
Swallow Over Reception Pool
House Martin As Above
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull`s x2 Main Scrape
Whitethroat Near Barn

Hilbre
3 Black Tern flew east at 7.50am.

Thurstaton Hill
Yellowhammer

CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marshes
Little Gull-Two 1st-summers on Weaver Bend.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 11TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great White Egret and Black Tern.

Wallasey
Western Osprey-Over Mersey estuary at Town Hall.

CHESHIRE
Moore Nature Reserve
Black Necked Grebe-Birchwood Pool.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 10TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Dunlin x1 IMF
Cetti`s Warbler IMF By Hide
Lesser Whitethroat Family Edge Of Copse To IMF
Linnet (M) By Railway Bridge
Com-Whitethroat By Railway Bridge
Swift x3 Over Bridge Pool
Chiffchaff Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting
Blackcap (M) Burton Mere
Common Tern Fishing Burton Mere
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls x2 Main Scrape
Sedge Warbler By Bunker Screen

Denhall Quay
Great White Egret

CHESHIRE
Saughall
Great White Egret

Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 9TH JUNE 2018

Wirral
Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff.

Burton RSPB
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Oystercatcher Chick`s x3 Main Scrape
Common Tern Fishing Burton Mere
Blackcap (M) By Willow Pool
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Little Ringed Plover Marsh Covert Hide
Swifts x3 Over Marsh Covert Wood
Chiffchaff Railway Bridge
Green Woodpecker Field Burton Point
Cetti`s Warbler Near Wooden Bridge To IMF
Dunlin x1 IMF
Ruff (M) IMF

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull

Runcorn
Little Gull-Adult by Runcorn Bridge as viewed from Pickerings Pasture.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 8TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Mistle Thrush x3 Field Burton Point
Redstart (F) On Fence Bottom Of Field Burton Point
Chiffchaff Copse To IMF
Dunlin x2 IMF
Mediterranean Gull x1 IMF (Photo)
Swift x6 Over Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting Marsh Covert Hide
Cetti`s Warbler By Marsh Covert Wood
Blackcap By Woodland Mere
Common Tern Burton Mere
Nuthatch Near Reception
Mediterranean Gull x1 Main Scrape
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Egyptian Goose Main Scrape
Swan Cygnets x5 Bridge Screen Pool.

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull and Adult Yellow Legged Gull.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 7TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Main Scrape
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Blackcap (M) By Woodland Mere
Common Tern Fishing Burton Mere
Reed Warbler Marsh Covert Hide
Little Ringed Plover Marsh Covert Hide
Hobby Over Marsh Covert Wood
Linnet X2 Railway Bridge
Mistle Thrush Field Burton Point
Chiffchaff Near Wooden Bridge To IMF
Tufted Ducks With 3 Chicks
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Wet Grassland Behind Scrape

Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff.

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull.

Frodsham Marshes
Bar Tailed Godwit.

Woolston Eyes
Black Nailed Grebe-35 (18 adults and 17 juveniles) on No.3 bed this morning. 

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 6TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Cetti`s Warbler Near Wooden Bridge To IMF
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Mistle Thrush x2 Field Burton Point
Marsh Harrier (F) Burton Marsh From Point
Linnet Railway Bridge
Swift x2 High Above Marsh Covert Wood
Hobby x2 Together High Over Marsh Covert Wood
Blackcap (M) By Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Common Tern Over Reception Pool
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Main Scrape You Can Only See Them From Feeders Just Passed Old Toilet Block
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Cattle Egret Wet Grassland Left Of Main Scrape
Cuckoo Heard
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Wet Grassland Behind Main Scrape

Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff.

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CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 5TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Main Scrape
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Cattle Egret Wet Grassland Left Of Scrape
Egyptian Goose Field Behind Barn
Blackcap By Woodland Mere
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Water Rail (Heard) Reedbed Screen
Reed Bunting Marsh Covert Hide
Little Ringed Plover Marsh Covert Hide
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk
Linnet Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff Railway Bridge
Swift`s Over Burton Point
Cetti`s Warbler Path To IMF
Pintail (M) IMF
Hobby Over Marsh Covert Wood
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Wet Grassland Behind Scrape

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 4TH JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Marsh Harrier (F) Burton Marsh From Point
Mistle Thrush Field Burton Point
Linnet x3 Field Burton Point
Pintail (M) IMF
Whitethroat Far End Boardwalk
Egyptian Goose Marsh Covert Hide
Common Tern Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Cetti`s Warbler By Marsh Covert Wood
Hobby High Over Marsh Covert Wood
Blackcap By Willow Pool
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Main Scrape
Avocet 22 Broods 48 Chicks Main Scrape
Cattle Egret Wet Grassland Left Of Reception
Great Egret IMF
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Wet Grassland Behind Scrape

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Adult Little Gull and Bar Tailed Godwit-Elton Hall Flash.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 3RD JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Mediterranean Gull x2 (Pair) Main Scrape
Avocet`s Main Scrape, Kestrel Got a Chick Today
Cetti`s Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk
Linnet Birdcrop Field
Chiffchaff Copse To IMF
Hobby High Over Reserve
Swift`s High Over Reserve
Buzzard x6 Over Marsh Covert Wood
Photo`s Taken Pond In Garden
Peregrine Over Reception
Mediterranean Gull x2 (Pair) Wet Grassland Behind Scrape

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Little Gull and Bar Tailed Godwit-Elton Hall Flash.

Hale
3 Yellow Wagtails and Little Owl.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 2ND JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Common Gull x3 IMF
Dunlin x8 IMF
Chiffchaff By Railway Bridge
Linnet x2 Birdcrop Field
Whitethroat Far End Boardwalk
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Jay By Reception Feeder
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Main Scrape
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Peregrine Over Wet Grassland Behind Scrape
Marsh Harrier (F) Over Reserve Being Mobbed By Shelducks
Swift x20 + High Over Reserve
Green Woodpecker Field Burton Point
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Wet Grassland Behind Scrape
Grasshopper Warbler with fledgling

Red Rocks
Whinchat and Tree Pipit.

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Little Gull and Bar Tailed godwit-Elton Hall Flash.

Hale
Avocet,Corn Bunting,Great White Egret,Red Kite,Hobby,2 Common Tern,2 Common Scoter and a Cuckoo.

Frodsham Marshes
Drake Garganey-N03 Tank and Red Kite-Over Marsh farm.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 1ST JUNE 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB

Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Main Scrape
Avocet`s Main Scrape
Dunlin x3 Main Scrape
Little Ringed Plover Main Scrape
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Common Tern Marsh Covert Hide
Swift Over Marsh Covert Wood
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk
Sedge Warbler By Railway Bridge
Linnet x4 By Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Pintail (M) IMF
Mediterranean Gulls (Pair) Wet Grassland Behind Scrape

Leasowe Lighthouse
Whinchat in paddock by western kissing gate.

Red Rocks
Yellow wagtail,Spotted Flycather and Redpoll.


CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Bar Tailed Godwit-Elton Hall Flash.

Marbury Country Park
Grasshopper Warbler-Witton mill mound and Cuckoo-Carey park.