CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 5TH MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff -100 yards south of Benty Farm.

Red Rocks
Firecrest-In off the sea then in pine

Hilbre
Common Sandpiper and a Redpoll over. 

Leasowe
2 Yellow Wagtail-Kerr's field.


BurtonRSPB
Great Egret Burton Marsh From Point
Sedge Warbler Near Railway Bridge
Whinchat Birdcrop Field
Wheatear Birdcrop Field
Linnet Birdcrop Field
Red Kite Over Copse To IMF
Spotted Redshank x3 IMF
Bar Tailed Godwit x1 IMF
Chiffchaff Path To IMF
Whitethroat Far End Boardwalk
Garden Warbler (Heard) Marsh Covert Wood By Start Of Boardwalk
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Blackcap By Woodland Mere
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Avocet x98 Main Scrape

CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marshes
Black redstart-Along Alder Lane by No 1 Tank.

(C)MALC CURTIN

Woolston Eyes
2 Arctic tern and a Common tern.

Hale
Nightingale-Big boar wood.

Sandbach Flashes
Yellow wagtail-Pumphouse flash.

Knutsford
2 Egyption geese-In flooded field on approach road to Knutsford A537.

(C)ALASTAIR ORTON

Delamere Forest
3 Male Pied Flycatcher-Between Fox Howl and Barnsbridge car park.

(C)MALC CURTIN

Marbury Country Park
Drake Mandarin Duck-Budworth mere.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 11TH MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSBP
Cetti`s Warbler Along Path IMF
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk By 2 Gate`s
Common Tern x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Cattle Egret Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Ruff x4 (Reeves) Main Scrape
Avocet x87 Main Scrape
Sedge Warbler By Bunker
Swifts Over Reserve
Swallows Over Reserve
House Martins Over Reserve
Little Ringed Plover Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Wet Grassland Behind Scrape

Heswall Shore
Male Eider,2 male Red-breasted Merganser,139 Grey Plover,35 Ringed Plover,2000 Dunlin,19 Knot,10 Whimbrel and 112 Curlew.


West Kirby
96 Black-tailed Godwit-Caldy Wildfowl Collection off Column Road.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 4TH MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Leasowe

Wood Warbler by track going to east kissing gate and a Whinchat inj Kerr's Field.
                             
                                                                    (C)ALLAN CONLIN
Red Rocks
350 Pink-footed Geese over,2 Wheatear and a Garden Warbler.


Hilbre
Osprey flew north west


Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff -100 yards south of Benty Farm,also Ring Ouzel (fem) and 2 Yellowhammer.


Heswall Shore
64 Whimbrel

Burton RSPB
Mediterranean Gull x2 Wet Grassland Behind Scrape
Avocet x90 Main Scrape
Yellow Wagtail  Wet Grassland Left Side Main Scrape
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap Near Ramp
Reed Warbler x3 Reedbed Screen
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Sedge Warbler Near Railway Bridge
Whitethroat By Railway Bridge
Lesser Whitethroat By Railway Bridge
Great Egret x1 Burton Marsh From Point
Bar-Tailed Godwit x1 IMF
Common Sandpiper x1 IMF
Spotted Redshank x1 Border Pool
Great Crested Grebe x2 Border Pool

CHESHIRE
Hale
Pied Flycatcher-Female in oaks by bridge on Carr Lane this evening and a Female Redstart.

Woolston Eyes
2 Cuckoo,13 Black Necked grebe and Common sandpiper.

Sandbach Flashes
2 Whinchat-Maw green tip and a Little ringed plover-Pumphouse flash.

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.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 2ND MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Common Sandpiper x2 Main Scrape
Common Tern x2 Main Scrape
Avocet x95 Main Scrape
White Wagtail Wet Grassland Right Main Scrape
Treecreeper Car Park
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap Near Marsh Covert Wood
Swallow Over Bridge Screen Pool
Sand Martin Over Bridge Screen Pool
Swift x4 Over Bridge Screen Pool
Whitethroat Far End Boardwalk
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Chiffchaff Copse To IMF
Spotted Redshank x7 IMF
Bar-Tailed Godwit x2 IMF
Dunlin x50 IMF
Yellow Wagtail Wet Grassland Right Main Scrape

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

(C)ALLAN CONLIN

CHESHIRE
Pickerings Pasture
Little stint-Two on Hale Marsh viewed from screen over high tide.

Sandbach Flashes
Ringed plover and 2 Little ringed plover-Pumphouse flash.2 Whinchat-Railway flash.

Woolston Eyes
Arctic Tern.

Knutsford
2 Egyption geese and 2 Male Mandarin Duck-In flooded field on approach road to Knutsford A537.

Audlem Bowling Club
Red Kite-Over.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 1ST MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Red Rocks
Western Osprey-Flew north this morning.

Thurstaston Hill
Probable Iberian Chiffchaff -400 yards west of Benty Farm at 1.30pm and still present at 6.30pm.

(c)STEVE WILLIAMS

Burton Point
3 Wheatear,Whinchat and 2 Yellow wagtail.

CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marshes
Great White Egret and 3 Whooper swan-Frodsham score.

Moore Nature Reserve
Wood warbler-Still singing along canal tow path.

Astbury Country Park
Pied Flycatcher-Heard calling.

Hale Lighthouse
9 Whimbrel.Hobby-Town lane.

(C)DAVE CRAVEN

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CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 30TH APRIL 2018

WIRRAL
Hilbre
22 Little Terns.

Burton RSPB
Whinchat Birdcrop Field
Grey Partridge x2  Birdcrop Field
Wheatear x2 Birdcrop Field
Bar-Tailed Godwit Bridge Screen Pool
Whitethroat Bridge By Bridge Screen
Spotted Redshank x7 From Marsh Covert Hide
Dunlin x20+ From Marsh Covert Hide
Chiffchaff Marsh Covert Wood
Blackcap By Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
White Wagtail Wet Grassland Right Main Scrape
Yellow Wagtail Wet Grassland Left Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull x2 Main Scrape
Common Tern Main Scrape
Avocet x105 Main Scrape
Sand Martin Over Reception Pool
House Martin Over Reception Pool
Swallow Over Reception Pool

Heswall Shore
33 Whimbrel.

CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marshes
Curlew sandpiper-N06 Tank.2 Whimbrel,Marsh harrier and Hobby-Around site.

Marbury Country Park
2 Lesser Whitethroat-Dairy house meadows-2 Cettis warbler-Witton brook-Common tern,6 Swifts-Budworth mere-3 Garden warbler-Mereside path-Lesser spotted woodpecker-Big wood.

Sandbach Flashes
Lesser Whitethroat-Fodens flash-Little egret,2 Little ringed plover and a Common sandpiper-Pumphouse flash-Common sandpiper and 2 Swift-Elton hall flash.

Hale
Whinchat,Corn bunting,Hobby and 8 Wheatear-Carr lane-Merlin,Marsh harrier,7 Wheatear and c250 Cormorant-Decoy roost.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 29TH APRIL 2018

WIRRAL
Leasowe Lighthouse

Grasshopper Warbler,2 Lesser Whitethroat,2 Common Redstart (male),12 Wheatear and a Whinchat in Kerr's field.Ring ouzel-In hawthorns bordering Birkett east of Leasowe lighthouse.Little Ringed plover briefly near east kissing gate before flying high north east.

(C)EDDIE WILLIAMS

Red Rocks
11 Greenland Wheatear,c20 Willow Warbler and two Grasshopper Warbler (reeling).


Hilbre
2 Female Common Redstart (one trapped and ringed) and a Common Sandpiper.


Burton RSPB
Yellow Wagtail x2 Wet Grassland Left Main Scrape
Cattle Egret x1 As Above
Avocet x70+ Main Scrape
Garganey Main Scrape
Swallow Over Reception Pool
House Martin Over Reception Pool
Sand Martin Over Reception Pool
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap x2 By Ramp
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Chiffchaff Marsh Covert Wood
Tawny Owl (Heard) Marsh Covert Wood
Swift x4 Over Marsh Covert Wood
Sparrowhawk Over Reedbed
Whitethroat Far End Boardwalk
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Sedge Warbler Near Railway Bridge
Grasshopper Warbler By Wooden Bridge To IMF
Spotted Redshank x7 IMF
Little Gull Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull x4 Main Scrape
Bar-Tailed Godwit From Marsh Covert Hide

Bidston Moss Nature Reserve
20 Common Swift,Grasshopper warbler and 3 Common sandpiper.


Port Sunlight-River Park
2 Cetti's warbler.


CHESHIRE
Astbury Mere
Common Tern.

Frodsham Marshes
Curlew sandpiper-N06-2 Whinchats,4 Ruff and 30 Swifts.Great white egret-Frodsham score.

Sandbach Flashes
2 Little Ringed Plover and a Hobby-Elton Hall Flash.

Hale
Corn Bunting,Hobby,Whinchat,Marsh Harrier and Merlin.