MY 500TH BIRD FOR BRITAIN!

I have just had confirmation through that the eastern Stonechat that I went to see in Norfolk last month has been confirmed as Stejneger's!See post CLICK ON LINK

This is my 500th bird I have seen in Britain and I am totally made up to have achieved this.A quick thank you to everyone that I’ve twitched with,dipped with and laughed with over the years.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 17TH NOVEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egret Burton Marsh From Point 
Linnets 40+Blrdcrop Field 
Treecreeper In Copse To IMF 
Water Pipit IMF Left Side of Hide 
Dunlin x15 IMF 
Pintail x6 Bridge Pool 
Curlew x9 Bridge Screen 
Cetti's Warbler Marsh Covert Hide 
Siskin In Alders By Garden 
Water Rail Reception Pool 
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool 
Wigeon 160+ Main Scrape 
Peregrine Over Wet Grassland 
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland 
Sparrowhawk Over Main Scrape 
Hen Harrier (RT) Over Bridge Pool

 

Hilbre

Eider,Peregrine falcon,135 Turnstone,Rock Pipit and a small fall of thrushes including 15 Redwing and 14 Blackbird and a Goosander flew NE.

Parkgate
Bittern seen in flight.

CHESHIRE
Redes Mere
2 Great White Egret.

Hale
Water Pipit-At least seven (3+ still on Decoy Marsh from Town Lane and 4+ on Town Lane floods).
Hawfinch-6 flew over; also Water Pipit flew over and 3 Great White egrets again flew out of Decoy early morning.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 16TH NOVEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Pink Footed Geese 600+ Flew Over Reserve 
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland 
Ruff x1 Main Scrape 
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Water Rail Near Reedbed Screen
Pintail x15 Bridge Pool
Curlew x30 Bridge Screen
Cetti's Warbler Along Boardwalk
Linnets 30+ Blrdcrop Field
Great Egret x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Water Pipit IMF Left Side of Hide
Dunlin x16 IMF
Merlin Over Border Pool
 Kingfisher Reception Pool
Hen Harrier (RT) Over Reedbed
Peregrine Over Main Scrape
Bearded Tits (Heard) Near Reedbed Screen

Hilbre
223+ Brent Geese.

Parkgate-Old Baths
Bittern showing well off carpark and a Great White Egret.


Puddington
2 Cattle Egret in field at Puddington end of Puddington Lane.

Neston Reedbed
2 Bittern at dusk.

Hoylake
Short-eared Owl flew in off the sea.

CHESHIRE
Hale
3 Ring Ouzel and a Common Redpoll-Over
Water Pipit ,Great White egret and Short Eared Owl-Town lane.

Marbury Country Park
Grey Plover-Flew over Budworth mere.

Redes Mere
2 Great White Egret.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 15TH NOVEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Puddington
2 Cattle Egret in field at Puddington end of Puddington Lane.

Heswall-Thurstaston
4,000+ Knot this morning,430 Pink footed geese,340 Pintail,380 Teal,95 Golden Plover,800 Lapwing and 2 Greenshank on the rising tide this afternoon.

Burton RSPB
Chiffchaff Along Path IMF 

Water Rail In Copse To IMF
Jay In Copse To IMF 
Siskin In Alders To IMF 
Pintail x4 Bridge Pool 
Hen Harrier (RT) Over Bridge Pool 
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland 
Curlew x25 Wet Grassland 
Pink Footed Geese 1000+ Left Of Barn 
Cetti's Marsh Covert Wood 
Linnets 40+ Blrdcrop Field (Photo)
Pheasant x11 Birdcrop Field 
Pintail x4 

Parkgate
2 Ringtail Hen Harrier,4 Marsh Harrier and Bittern.

CHESHIRE

Marbury Country Park
PATCH FIRST-Western Cattle Egret-Budworth Mere-On spit at 11.10am before flying off at 11.40am

Hale
Hawfinch and Ring Ouzel-Over this morning.

Astbury Mere
6 Pochard(5 Drakes),2 Little grebe,Kingfisher and Grey Wagtail.

Lawton Lake
15 Mandarin Duck.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 14TH NOVEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Pink Footed Geese Field Behind 'D' Barn From Feeders 
Whooper Swans x13 Field Back Of Wet Grassland 
Cattle Egret x2 Main Scrape 
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Stonechat x2 (M & F) Reception Pool
Meadow Pipits x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting (F) Marsh Covert Hide
Pintail x6 Bridge Pool
Linnets 50+ Blrdcrop Field
Fieldfare x1 Burton Point
Great Egret x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Water Rail x2 (Seen) Copse To IMF
Water Pipit IMF Left Side of Hide
Bearded Tits (2M & 2F) Reedbed Screen
Hen Harrier (RT) Over Wet Grassland
Merlin Fence Post Wet Grassland

Neston Reedbed
8 Beaded Tit's photographed on Sunday.
3 Water Pipit and a Jack snipe-Off Old Quay
7+ Marsh Harrier,Hen Harrier and a Bittern at dusk 

Puddington
2 Cattle Egret in field at Puddington end of Puddington Lane.

West Kirby Marine Lake
 Scaup,4 Goosander (redheads),3 Red-breasted Merganser (redheads) and a Great Crested Grebe.


Parkgate
4 Marsh Harrier,Hen Harrier.Great Egret and 500 Pink-footed Geese.

CHESHIRE
Hale Head
Good numbers of Fieldfare and Redwing plus an adult male Ring Ouzel. 

Pickerings Pasture
Little Stint-1 with Dunlin flock on sandbank off Pickering car park. 

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 13TH NOVEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Golden Plover x6 Main Scrape 
Ruff x6 Main Scrape 
Curlew x14 Wet Grassland 
Pink Footed Geese 600+ Field Left Of Barn
Kingfisher Burton Mere
Song Thrush Marsh Covert Wood
Pintail x5 Bridge Pool
Marsh Harrier x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Great Egret x3 Burton Marsh From Point
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Cetti's Warbler IMF
Water Pipit IMF Left Side of Hide
Water Rail IMF Left Side of Hide
Dunlin x7 IMF
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool

Hilbre Island
Snow Bunting.

CHESHIRE
Redes Mere
2 Great White Egret.

BIRDGUIDES REVIEW OF RARE BIRDS THIS WEEK IN BRITAIN-7TH-13TH NOVEMBER 2018

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BIRDGUIDES PHOTO OF THE WEEK 7TH-13TH NOVEMBER 2018

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CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 12TH NOVEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Ringtail Hen Harrier.
Water Rail IMF 
Male Hen Harrier Over IMF 
Golden Plover x89 IMF 
Dunlin 20+ IMF
Stonechat x2 IMF
Cetti's Warbler By Wooden Bridge IMF
Linnets 25+ By Railway Bridge
Pintail x6 Bridge Pool
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Hen Harrier (RT) Over Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Curlew x15 Wet Grassland
Peregrine Over Main Scrape
Sparrowhawk Over Main Scrape
Pink Footed Geese 1000+ Field Left Of Barn
Water Pipit Marsh Covert Hide
Spotted Redshank x2 IMF

Hilbre Island
Snow Bunting.

Neston Reedbed

15 Marsh Harrier (6 in the air together),2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail),Bittern,Barn Owl,1,000 Pink-footed Geese,Merlin and 9 Great White Egret.

Parkgate

Female Marsh Harrier,2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (pair) and hundreds of Fieldfares by Old Baths.
CHESHIRE
Redes Mere
2 Great White Egret.

Woolston Eyes
Firecrest and Whooper Swan-N01 Bed

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 11TH NOVEMBER 2018

WIRRAL
Hilbre Island
Snow Bunting.

Meols Common
Greenshank-By the groyne.

Little Neston
Great Grey shrike-200 metres north of Denhall quay,Barn Owl and a Twite.

Burton RSPB
Pink Footed Geese Field Behind Barn 
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool 
Common Gulls x130 Main Scrape 
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Curlew x25 Bridge Pool
Peregrine Over Bridge Pool
Linnets x30 + Over Birdcrop Field
Great Egret x3 Burton Marsh From Point
Merlin Burton Marsh From Point
Goldcrest In Copse To IMF
Golden Plover x90 IMF
Knot x1 IMF
Water Rail IMF Left Side of Hide
Water Pipit IMF Left Side of Hide
Cattle Egret x2 Dawn Roost Count
Brambling x4 Where??
Bearded Tit x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Cetti's Warbler Along Boardwalk

Neston Reedbed
Hen Harrier(grey male) flying towards Parkgate plus several Marsh Harriers at dusk.

CHESHIRE
Hale
Water Pipit-From Town lane.

Redes Mere
Great White Egret.

Frodsham Marshes
2 Great White Egret