1 January 2019

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 1ST JANUARY 2019

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Hen Harrier (RT)Burton Marsh From Point 
Great Egret x2 Burton Marsh From Point 
Bullfinch x2 (F)Railway Bridge 
Linnets Birdcrop Field
Goldcrest By Railway Bridge
Stonechat x2 IMF
Fieldfare Field Next To Birdcrop Field
Mistle Thrush As Above
Pintail x5 Bridge Pool
Cetti's Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Curlew From Marsh Covert Hide
Water Rail Marsh Covert Wood
Buzzard Over Marsh Covert Wood
Siskin In Alders By Woodland Pool
Coal Tit Feeder Near Old Toilet Block
Jay Gorse Covert Wood
Whooper Swans x2 By Wet Grassland


Heswall-Thurstaston Shore
1500 Pink-footed Geese (flew inland at first light),630 Pintail,400 Teal,6500 Oystercatcher,11000 knot, 800 Redshank,2 Greenshank,760 Curlew,2 Marsh Harrier,Hen Harrier (ringtail).

Parkgate

Hen Harrier-Ringtail.

Neston Old Quay

2 Barn Owl,2 Short-eared Owl,Ringtail Hen Harrier and a Peregrine falcon.

CHESHIRE

Sandbach Flashes
2 Great White Egret--Railway Flash.
4 Long Eared Owl-Groby Flash.

Newchurch Common
Smew-Female of unknown origin still at west end of pit north of track and a few Brambling in the area with Chaffinch flock.


Hale

Barn Owl,Woodcock,Water Rail-Carr Lane.
Tawny Owl-Hale Park.
Short Eared Owl, 3 Water pipit,Pintail-Town Lane.
Ring Necked Parakeet-Pickerings Pasture.
Little Owl,Great White Egret and Jack Snipe-Hale Shore.
Ringtail Hen Harrier-Ince Marshes.
LITTLE OWL
(C)D.CRAVEN

Marbury Country Park
Eurasian Bittern-In TA Coward Reedbed and 80 Pink footed Geese over Budworth mere.

Barn Owl and Woodcock-Dairy House Meadows.

Frodsham Marshes

Eurasian White Fronted Goose-Four still with Mute swans near Holpool Gutter at oil refinery,also Whooper Swan and Great White Egret.

Redesmere
Great White Egret

Middlewich
Whooper Swan-Juvenile on Trent and Mersey Canal between King's Lock pub and Cledford Lane Bridge.