A Cheshire Birders Blog

Get in the car,we've got an option

Fatbirder's Top 1000 Birding Websites

MEGA BIRD NEWS:29th July 2026-Blue-cheeked Bee-eaterOrkneyLady, Sanday-Long-tailed Shrike-Oxfordshire-Holwell-Hudsonian Godwit-Suffolk-Cattawade-Black-winged Kite-Norfolk-Hempstead Marshes

Pages

Home
Latest British Birds
Yearly Birding Summaries
British Birding Yearlist 2008
Latest Cheshire and Wirral Birds

Marbury Country Park
Latest Odonata
Latest Butterflies
Latest Clearwing Moths

Monday, September 23, 2019

NORTHERN ENGLAND RAPTOR CONFERENCE

Bookings are now open for the 2019 conference CLICK ON LINK

at September 23, 2019

Email This BlogThis!Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest

Newer Post Older Post Home

You Are Visitor Number:

I’m a birder, naturalist, and ecologist based in Ellesmere Port, using this blog as a personal journal of my time in the field. Here, I share bird sightings from across Cheshire, the Wirral, and UK Megas, documenting my travels throughout the UK and beyond.

A Warm Welcome To My Visitors From Overseas.Please Use The Tool Below To Translate:

Blog Content Search Facility..........

Followers

The Numbers Game

Britain Life List 541-Latest-2026:Long-tailed Shrike-Western Reef Heron, Western Subalpine Warbler

Cheshire Life List-299 species-Latest: Woodchat Shrike

Western Palearctic Life List 651-Latest 2026:Long-tailed Shrike-Western Reef Heron, Red-necked Nightjar

Latest UK BOU Birds (Click on Photos For Details)

Long-tailed Shrike-Crail-Fife-Scotland-6th July 2026

Western Reef Heron-Foryd Bay-Caernarfon-6th June 2026

Western Subalpine Warbler-Housel Bay-Cornwall-18th April 2026

White-Throated Needletail-Scarborough Castle-North Yorkshire-10th October 2025

American Yellow Warbler-New Hythe Gravel Pits-Kent-26th December 2024

Scarlet Tanager-Northowram-West Yorkshire-13th November 2024

Booted Eagle-Remenham Hill-Berkshire-2nd November 2024

Pale-Legged Leaf Warbler-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire-28th September 2024

Holland-January 2025
Ireland-February 2026
Morocco-March 2026

Join Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society Today-Click on Map Below

Latest Cheshire and Wirral Birds (Click On Photos For Details)

Woodchat Shrike-Bridgewater Canal-Daresbury-6th June 2025

Black Scoter-East Hoyle Bank-Hoylake-6th March 2025

Penduline Tit-Woolston Eyes-10th November 2024

Barred Warbler-Hoylake-6th November 2024

Hudsonian Godwit-Burton RSPB-18th August 2024

BLOG ARCHIVE

► 2026 (115)
- ► July (12)
- ► June (17)
- ► May (20)
- ► April (14)
- ► March (21)
- ► February (13)
- ► January (18)

► 2025 (215)
- ► December (11)
- ► November (11)
- ► October (14)
- ► September (8)
- ► August (7)
- ► July (8)
- ► June (20)
- ► May (8)
- ► April (13)
- ► March (36)
- ► February (36)
- ► January (43)

► 2024 (85)
- ► December (13)
- ► November (6)
- ► October (12)
- ► September (7)
- ► August (17)
- ► July (10)
- ► June (8)
- ► May (4)
- ► March (3)
- ► February (3)
- ► January (2)

► 2023 (56)
- ► December (1)
- ► October (1)
- ► September (2)
- ► August (1)
- ► July (1)
- ► May (6)
- ► April (11)
- ► March (9)
- ► February (10)
- ► January (14)

► 2022 (172)
- ► December (7)
- ► November (10)
- ► October (14)
- ► September (8)
- ► August (10)
- ► July (13)
- ► June (16)
- ► May (14)
- ► April (14)
- ► March (15)
- ► February (16)
- ► January (35)

► 2021 (181)
- ► December (6)
- ► November (12)
- ► October (18)
- ► September (36)
- ► August (43)
- ► July (18)
- ► June (10)
- ► May (11)
- ► April (9)
- ► March (7)
- ► February (5)
- ► January (6)

► 2020 (80)
- ► December (11)
- ► October (6)
- ► September (4)
- ► August (5)
- ► July (8)
- ► June (12)
- ► April (6)
- ► March (8)
- ► February (9)
- ► January (11)

▼ 2019 (288)
- ► December (11)
- ► November (12)
- ► October (10)
- ▼ September (20)
- ► August (10)
- ► July (18)
- ► June (31)
- ► May (43)
- ► April (41)
- ► March (44)
- ► February (21)
- ► January (27)

► 2018 (509)
- ► December (42)
- ► November (41)
- ► October (47)
- ► September (41)
- ► August (43)
- ► July (42)
- ► June (31)
- ► May (45)
- ► April (43)
- ► March (47)
- ► February (40)
- ► January (47)

► 2017 (666)
- ► December (49)
- ► November (44)
- ► October (60)
- ► September (59)
- ► August (48)
- ► July (43)
- ► June (51)
- ► May (61)
- ► April (59)
- ► March (68)
- ► February (59)
- ► January (65)

► 2016 (166)
- ► December (36)
- ► November (33)
- ► October (25)
- ► September (21)
- ► August (7)
- ► July (4)
- ► June (5)
- ► May (8)
- ► April (10)
- ► March (3)
- ► February (7)
- ► January (7)

► 2015 (11)
- ► December (7)
- ► October (2)
- ► May (1)
- ► April (1)

► 2014 (1)
- ► February (1)

► 2012 (3)
- ► December (1)
- ► June (1)
- ► February (1)

► 2011 (3)
- ► June (1)
- ► February (2)

► 2010 (8)
- ► November (1)
- ► September (2)
- ► August (1)
- ► May (1)
- ► April (1)
- ► March (1)
- ► January (1)

► 2009 (2)
- ► December (1)
- ► January (1)

► 2008 (3)
- ► December (2)
- ► May (1)

► 2006 (8)
- ► December (3)
- ► February (1)
- ► January (4)

Popular Posts

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS

15th July Osprey-Fiddler's Ferry NR (permit only) Ruddy Shelduck-Acre Nook Sand Quarry Cinnamon Teal-Burton Mere Wetlands RSPB-Drake of ...
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS

29th July Spotted Redshank-Pickerings Pasture-Still on River Mersey below car park (WA8 8LP) Wood Sandpiper-Parkgate Marsh/Gayton Sands RSPB...
WILLOW ERMINE PHENOMENON

This week, while working on-site in Oxfordshire and undertaking a walkover survey for nesting birds, I encountered a remarkable natural phen...
A CRAZY 48 HOURS – CHASING MOTHS AND BRITAIN’S SECOND LONG-TAILED SHRIKE

Jenna and I set off for Norfolk late this morning and arrived at Lakenheath in Suffolk during the afternoon. We had planned this trip for a ...
PENSYCHNANT ASHWORTH'S RUSTIC WEEKEND 2026

Our annual pilgrimage to Pensychnant Nature Reserve nearly didn’t happen this year after a devastating wildfire swept across Sychnant Mounta...
A BIRDER’S ROLLERCOASTER: MISSES, MOANS AND MAGIC MOMENTS

The afternoon of 13 July started with a report coming through of a Spur-winged Lapwing at Cavenham Heath in Suffolk. The news was unconfirme...
BIRDGUIDES REVIEW OF THE WEEK:13TH-19TH JULY 2026

The scintillating summer spell of 2026 continued this week, with a run of mega-rare finds and refinds from Essex, Gloucestershire, Orkney an...
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS

30th June Odonata-News Lesser Emperor-Poynton-Two still over the north-eastern channel at Poynton Pool Common Sandpiper on Donkey Stand Fl...
BIRDGUIDES REVIEW OF THE WEEK:6TH-12TH JULY 2026

After an almost non-stop few weeks of exciting rarity activity across Britain and Ireland, action took on a more expected, sedate tone as we...
CHASING SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN SPECIALITIES – A MOUNTAIN MOTHS WORKSHOP IN BRAEMAR

Leaving work in Oxfordshire this afternoon, I headed north on the long drive up to Braemar in Aberdeenshire, where I had booked onto a two-d...

Latest UK Butterflies-62 Species (Click on Photos For Details)

Cryptic Wood White-Craigavon Lakes-Northern Ireland-19th June 2026

Glanville Fritillary-Compton Chime-Isle Of Wight-9th May 2026

Large Blue-Daneway Banks-Gloucestershire-21st June 2025

Black Hairstreak-Glapthorn Cow Pastures-Northamptonshire-7th June 2025

Heath Fritillary-Hockley Woods-Essex-7th June 2025

Latest UK Odonata-47 species (Click On Photos For Details)

Irish Damselfly-Montaighs Nature Reserve-Northern Ireland-20th June 2026

Southern Migrant Hawker-Otmoor-Oxfordshire-10th July 2025

Scarlet Darter-Knighton Reservoir-Silver Lake Dorset 30th June 2025

Red Veined-Darter-Southampton Common Boating Lake-Hampshire-23rd June 2025

Dainty Damselfly-Oare Marshes-Kent-19th June 2025

Brilliant Emerald-Warren Heath-Hampshire-17th June 2025

Azure Hawker-Bridge Of Grudie-Highland-Scotland-13th June 2025

Northern Emerald-Beinn Eighe-Highland-Scotland-13th June 2025

Northern Damselfly-Dragonfly Pool-Highland-Scotland-12th June 2025

CHESHIRE MOTHS

Latest UK Lepidoptera-Macro-511 species (Click On Photos For Details)

Eastern Bordered Straw-Portland-Dorset-26th July 2026

Raspberry Clearwing-Private site-Woodcote-Oxfordshire-15th July 2026

Dusky Clearwing-Lakenheath-Suffolk-4th July 2026

Hornet Clearwing-Pitsford Reservoir-Northamptonshire-28th June 2026

Sallow Clearwing-Anton Lakes-Hampshire-22nd June 2026

Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-Moth

Clifden Nonpareil

A CHESHIRE BIRDERS BLOG. Watermark theme. Theme images by gaffera. Powered by Blogger.