CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 18TH-22ND FEBRUARY 2019

WIRRAL
FEBRUARY 22ND
Hilbre Island
2 Eider,Great Northern Diver and 7 Purple Sandpiper.

Puddington
3 Cattle Egrets-Opposite Stock's farm entrance.

Parkgate
5 Great White Egret,4 Hen Harrier(2 Male),2 Short Eared owl and 3 Crossbill-Over path next to Golf course.

Burton RSPB

Pink F Geese 4500+ Burton Marsh From Point
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Marsh Harrier x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Pintail x4 IMF
Linnets Birdcrop
Reed Bunting x2 By Birdcrop Field
Cetti's Warbler Along Boardwalk
Little Grebe Bridge Pool
Buzzard Over Marsh Covert Wood
Spot- Redshank x3 From Marsh Covert Hide
Mediterranean Gull x1 (Adult) Main Scrape
Avocets x6 Main Scrape
Egyptian Geese x3 Behind Wet Grassland

Heswall-Riverbank Road

Grey male Hen Harrier and a female Merlin.

FEBRUARY 21ST

Parkgate

6 Great White Egret,5 Marsh Harrier,3 Hen Harrier,4 Peregrine Falcon,Merlin,3 Short-eared Owl,Bittern and a Jack Snipe.

Heswall-Cottage Lane
5+ Short-eared Owl.

Burton RSPB
3 Mediterranean Gull and a Spotted Redshank.

Heswall-River Bank Road
2 Great White Egret

Puddington
Cattle Egret.

New Brighton Marine Lake
9 Purple Sandpiper.

Burton Marsh
Barn Owl off Denhall Lane at 5.10pm then flew inland over Net's Cafe.

FEBRUARY 20TH
Parkgate
Hen Harriers included three grey males also 7+ Short-eared Owl.

Burton RSPB
3 Avocet and Male Hen Harrier.

Hilbre Island
3 Eider(1 drake) and 287 Brent Geese.

FEBRUARY 19TH
Leasowe Lighthouse
231 Great Crested Grebe and about 2,000 Common Scoter on rising tide.

Heswall-Riverbank Road
430 Pink-footed Geese,14 Pale-bellied Brent Geese,650 Pintail,11 Red-breasted Merganser,Great White Egret,Grey male Hen Harrier,2 Peregrine Falcon and 600 Redshank.


Parkgate
7 Great White Egret,Bittern,2 Short-eared Owl,Marsh Harrier,Grey male Hen Harrier and 2 Stonechat.

Burton RSPB
Male Hen Harrier,Great White Egret and 2 Bewick's Swan.

FEBRUARY 18TH
Hilbre
Fulmar and 3 Eider.

Thurstaston Shore
27 Brent Geese(including 1 dark-bellied).

CHESHIRE
FEBRUARY 22ND
Warrington
Iceland Gull-Adult still at Orford Jubilee Park. 

Sandbach Flashes
20 Golden Plover-Elton Hall Flash

Hale
Water Pipit and Great White Egret-Decoy marsh-Town lane.
Short Eared Owl-Flying over carrot field on Within Way and Ringtail Hen Harrier-River Mersey shore.

FEBRUARY 21ST
Frodsham Marshes
5 Great White Egret and Ringtail Hen Harrier.

Sandbach Flashes
Great White Egret-Pump House Flash
Little Egret-Elton Hall Flash

Stapeley
Red Kite-Over London road.

Astbury Mere
2 Brambling-Feeding station.

FEBRUARY 20TH
Marbury Country Park-Budworth Mere
Mediterranean Gull

(C)MALC CURTIN

Warrington
Iceland GullI-Adult again over Costa on Winwick Road.

Woolston Eyes
Greater Scaup-Female-N03 Bed.

Hale
Ringtail Hen Harrier-Near lighthouse.

Pickerings Pasture
Little Stint and Water Pipit.

Middlewich
Whooper Swan-Cledford lane junction.

Delamere Forest-Blakemere
20 Crossbill and Mediterranean Gull.

FEBRUARY 19TH
Hartford
Waxwing-2 at Leawood Close mid-afternoon then flew off. 

Warrington
Waxwing-6 flew west over Beesley & Fildes, Warrington Road.

Sandbach Flashes
4 Little Egret-Elton Hall Flash

FEBRUARY 18TH
Woolston Eyes
Greater Scaup-Female again late morning on River Mersey just upstream of weir guard.

Frodsham Marshes
2 Great White Egret.

Sandbach
Barn Owl-Green Lane-Set a side field.