WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Cattle Egrets x2 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Mediterranean Gulls x7 Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Main Scrape
Reed Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Buzzard Over Marsh Covert Wood
Chiffchaff Marsh Covert Wood
Common Sandpiper Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Swifts Over Marsh Covert Hide & Reedbed
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
House Martins Over Bridge Pool
Sand Martins Over Bridge Pool
Swallows Over Bridge Pool
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk
Cetti's Warbler Along Path To IMF
Great Egrets x3 Burton Marsh From Point
Spoonbill In Trees Marsh Covert Wood
Heswall Shore
4 Gadwall, Great White Egret,Immature Marsh Harrier,72 Whimbrel and 134 Curlew.
Meols
Whinchat-Inland of Park Lane.
Hilbre Island
12 Whimbrel and 2 Eider.
CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park Area
Cuckoo,Whooper Swan,Common Sandpiper,Hobby,16 Swifts and a Tawny Owl.
Sandbach Flashes Area
Yellow Wagtail,Swift,2 Little Ringed plover,Wheatear and Common Sandpiper.
Woolston Eyes
Hobby,80 Swifts and 500+ House Martins
Disley
Hobby-Over village
Frodsham Marshes
Ringtail Hen Harrier-Over No6 Bed
Hale
Channel Wagtail,5 Yellow Wagtail,2 Whimbrel,Great White Egret and Short eared owl
Winsford Flash
2 Common Tern and a Lesser Whitethroat
3.5.19
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 3RD MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Wood Sandpiper,2 Cattle egret,Black Tern and a Great white egret.
Heswall Shore
106 Shelduck,29 Little Egret,18 Grey Plover,56 Whimbrel,127 Curlew,700 Dunlin and 25 Redshank.
CHESHIRE
Hale
Hen Harrier-Ringtail still over Carr Lane Pools and Hale Marsh
Houghton Green Flash-Warrington
Serin-Calling male flew low east over M6 and lost to view
Woolston Eyes
Wood sandpiper-N03 Bed and Great White egret-Flew west along the Mersey past No.4 bed
Sandbach Flashes
Whinchat and 2 Wheatear-Maw Green Tip
Marbury Country Park Area
Whimbrel-Neumann's Flash
Common Tern-Budworth Mere
Burton RSPB
Wood Sandpiper,2 Cattle egret,Black Tern and a Great white egret.
Heswall Shore
106 Shelduck,29 Little Egret,18 Grey Plover,56 Whimbrel,127 Curlew,700 Dunlin and 25 Redshank.
CHESHIRE
Hale
Hen Harrier-Ringtail still over Carr Lane Pools and Hale Marsh
Houghton Green Flash-Warrington
Serin-Calling male flew low east over M6 and lost to view
Woolston Eyes
Wood sandpiper-N03 Bed and Great White egret-Flew west along the Mersey past No.4 bed
Sandbach Flashes
Whinchat and 2 Wheatear-Maw Green Tip
Marbury Country Park Area
Whimbrel-Neumann's Flash
Common Tern-Budworth Mere
2.5.19
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 2ND MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Black Tern,Great White egret and a Spotted Redshank
CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marshes
Drake Garganey
Hale
Hen Harrier,Great White egret and 2 Short eared owls.
Woolston Eyes
14 Black Necked Grebe-N03 Bed
Marbury Country Park
Whooper Swan-Neumann's Flash
Burton RSPB
Black Tern,Great White egret and a Spotted Redshank
CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marshes
Drake Garganey
Hale
Hen Harrier,Great White egret and 2 Short eared owls.
Woolston Eyes
14 Black Necked Grebe-N03 Bed
Marbury Country Park
Whooper Swan-Neumann's Flash
1.5.19
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 1ST MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Heswall Shore
Eider(Male),8 Great Crested Grebe,21 Little Egret,Immature Marsh Harrier,2 Peregrine falcon,220 Grey Plover,34 Whimbrel,91 Curlew and 1700 Dunlin.
Parkgate
Spoonbill,Black Tern,3 Short-eared Owl and a Hen Harrier(Ringtail).
Hilbre Island
68 Red-throated Diver,4 Manx Shearwater,6 Eider,Whinchat,Common Sandpiper and 25 Whimbrel.
Leasowe Lighthouse
20 Wheatear,2 Male Whinchat,Male Redstart,3 Lesser Whitethroat and large morning movement of around 200 mixed hirundines and 3 Swift.
Burton RSPB
Buzzard Burton Marsh From Point
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point Skylark Burton Marsh From Point
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff Along Path To IMF
Cetti's Warbler Near Wooden Bridge To IMF
Whitethroat Far End Of Boardwalk
Black Tern Bridge Pool
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Sedge Warbler Near Bridge Screen
Spotted Redshank x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Greenshank x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Dunlin x4 Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Blackcap (F) By Willow Pool
Mediterranean Gulls x4 Main Scrape
Avocets 70+ Main Scrape
Cattle Egrets x3 Field Left Of Bunker Entrance
Barnacle Goose Wet Grassland
Yellow Wagtails x4 From Bunker Left Scrape
CHESHIRE
Bickerton Hill
Ring Ouzel-Male still in grass field above main Poole Farm car park
Heswall Shore
Eider(Male),8 Great Crested Grebe,21 Little Egret,Immature Marsh Harrier,2 Peregrine falcon,220 Grey Plover,34 Whimbrel,91 Curlew and 1700 Dunlin.
Parkgate
Spoonbill,Black Tern,3 Short-eared Owl and a Hen Harrier(Ringtail).
Hilbre Island
68 Red-throated Diver,4 Manx Shearwater,6 Eider,Whinchat,Common Sandpiper and 25 Whimbrel.
Leasowe Lighthouse
20 Wheatear,2 Male Whinchat,Male Redstart,3 Lesser Whitethroat and large morning movement of around 200 mixed hirundines and 3 Swift.
Burton RSPB
Buzzard Burton Marsh From Point
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point Skylark Burton Marsh From Point
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff Along Path To IMF
Cetti's Warbler Near Wooden Bridge To IMF
Whitethroat Far End Of Boardwalk
Black Tern Bridge Pool
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Sedge Warbler Near Bridge Screen
Spotted Redshank x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Greenshank x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Dunlin x4 Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Blackcap (F) By Willow Pool
Mediterranean Gulls x4 Main Scrape
Avocets 70+ Main Scrape
Cattle Egrets x3 Field Left Of Bunker Entrance
Barnacle Goose Wet Grassland
Yellow Wagtails x4 From Bunker Left Scrape
CHESHIRE
Bickerton Hill
Ring Ouzel-Male still in grass field above main Poole Farm car park
30.4.19
SPEYSIDE BIRDING WEEKEND 25TH-28TH APRIL
Ive just returned from a cracking weekends birding in Speyside with Fred Fearne,Andy Carroll,Dan Pointon and Jonathon Willlams.The birding was intense with early starts from 4.30am till dusk but was well worth it.The following birds were seen:
Red Throated Diver-1 BurgheadBlack Throated Diver-2 Lochindorb
White Billed Diver-3 Burghead
THE LADS ENJOYING GOOD VIEWS OF SUMMER
PLUMAGED WHITE BILLED DIVER
Grey Lag GooseMute Swan
Whooper Swan-6 Loch Insh
Slavonian Grebe-2 Avielochan
Teal
Mallard
Tufted Duck
Eider
Long Tailed Duck-100+Nairn
Goldeneye
Goosander-1
Red Breasted Merganser
Black Grouse-2-B9007 between Ferness and Carrbridge.
BLACK GROUSE ON THE LIST
Red Grouse-Lochindorb
Ptarmigan-Heard only
Capercaillie-2 Males and a FemaleRed Legged Partridge
Pheasant
Fulmar
Grey Heron
Gannet
Shag
Cormorant
Western Osprey-2 Loch Insh
DAN POINTON IN HIS NEW WELLIES
FROM HOME AND BARGAIN
Red Kite-1Buzzard
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Woodcock-1
Bar Tailed Godwit-6
Curlew
Redshank
Common Sandpiper-5
Dunlin
Black Headed Gull
Common Gull
Lesser Black backed Gull
Great Black Backed GullHerring Gull
Sandwich Tern
Razorbill
Guillimot
Rock Dove
Stock Dove
Wood Pigeon
Collared Dove
Jay
Cuckoo-2
Tawny Owl-1
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Kestrel
Magpie
Rook
Jackdaw
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Raven
Coal Tit
Crested Tit-4
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Sand Martin
Swallow
House Martin
Long Tailed Tit
Willow warbler
Chiffchaff
Wood warbler-2 Killiecrankie
THE TEAM LOOKING FOR A MALE KING EIDER BUT NO LUCK!
GoldcrestWren
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Ring Ouzel-4 Cairngorm mountain
Song Thrush
Mistle Thrush
Robin
Redstart
Dipper
Wheatear
House sparrow
Dunnock
Pied wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit
Rock Pipit
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Bullfinch
Linnet
Lesser Redpoll
Common Crossbill-Carrbridge
Yellowhammer
Saturday Evening was spent at Loch Eileen where we met up with our tour leader who led us to the hide where we had great views of my first Pine Martin and 3 Badgers.Other mammals of note on the trip were Red Squirrel and Bottle nose dolphins at Nairn.
THE LADS IN THE HIDE
FEMALE PINE MARTIN
3 BADGERS SHOWED WELL
A great trip spent with good friends and we saw some great birds!
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 30TH APRIL 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Cattle Egrets x3 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Yellow x1 Wagtail From Bunker
Ruff x1 Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls x4 Main Scrape
Avocets 70+ Main Scrape
Chiffchaff In Gorse Covert Wood
Blackcap (F) By Willow Pool
Sedge Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Buzzard x3 Over Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed By Marsh Covert Hide
Spotted Redshank x5 Marsh Covert Hide
Garganey (M) Marsh Covert Hide
Black Tern Bridge Pool
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Grasshopper Warbler (Heard) From Boardwalk
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Great Egrets x4 Burton Marsh 1With Black Bill
Sparrowhawk Over IMF
Swifts Over Burton Point
Hobby Over Burton Point
Lesser Whitethroat (Heard) Railway Bridge
Bar-Tailed Godwit Marsh Covert Hide
Common Sandpiper Marsh Covert Hide
Burton Marsh
4 Great White Egret
Leasowe Lighthouse
Yellow Wagtail flew off the sea and into Kerr's Field and a Redstart(female).
Hilbre Island
3 Kittiwake,Arctic Skua,2 Manx Shearwater,300+ Gannet,600 Sandwich Tern,60+ Common Tern,2 Arctic Tern,9 Tree Pipit and 6 Yellow Wagtail
Thurstaston Hill
5 Crossbill-In Scots Pines and then flew down towards playing fields.
Ellesmere Port
Osprey-Flying low along towpath of Shropshire and Onion canal-Stoak towards Ellesmere Port
Wallasey
2 Common Tern
CHESHIRE
Bickerton Hill
Ring Ouzel-Male still in grass field above main Poole Farm car park
Marbury Country Park
Whooper Swan and Marsh harrier-Neumann's Flash
Grasshopper Warbler-Haydn's
Pickerings Pasture
Spoonbill-Adult flew west along River Mersey towards Frodsham Marsh
Hale
Lesser Whitethroat,Female Redstart,2 Hobby and 2 Corn Bunting
Woolston Eyes
Garganey-N04 Bed
Knutsford
Grasshopper Warbler-Hillside Road-End of Tatton Park
Newchurch Common
Cuckoo-Abbots Moss
Moore Nature Reserve
Cuckoo
Sandbach Flashes
2 Little ringed plover and 2 Common sandpiper-Elton hall flash
Little Owl-Beach Tree farm-Wood lane
Burton RSPB
Cattle Egrets x3 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Yellow x1 Wagtail From Bunker
Ruff x1 Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls x4 Main Scrape
Avocets 70+ Main Scrape
Chiffchaff In Gorse Covert Wood
Blackcap (F) By Willow Pool
Sedge Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Buzzard x3 Over Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed By Marsh Covert Hide
Spotted Redshank x5 Marsh Covert Hide
Garganey (M) Marsh Covert Hide
Black Tern Bridge Pool
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Grasshopper Warbler (Heard) From Boardwalk
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Great Egrets x4 Burton Marsh 1With Black Bill
Sparrowhawk Over IMF
Swifts Over Burton Point
Hobby Over Burton Point
Lesser Whitethroat (Heard) Railway Bridge
Bar-Tailed Godwit Marsh Covert Hide
Common Sandpiper Marsh Covert Hide
Burton Marsh
4 Great White Egret
Leasowe Lighthouse
Yellow Wagtail flew off the sea and into Kerr's Field and a Redstart(female).
Hilbre Island
3 Kittiwake,Arctic Skua,2 Manx Shearwater,300+ Gannet,600 Sandwich Tern,60+ Common Tern,2 Arctic Tern,9 Tree Pipit and 6 Yellow Wagtail
Thurstaston Hill
5 Crossbill-In Scots Pines and then flew down towards playing fields.
Ellesmere Port
Osprey-Flying low along towpath of Shropshire and Onion canal-Stoak towards Ellesmere Port
Wallasey
2 Common Tern
CHESHIRE
Bickerton Hill
Ring Ouzel-Male still in grass field above main Poole Farm car park
Marbury Country Park
Whooper Swan and Marsh harrier-Neumann's Flash
Grasshopper Warbler-Haydn's
Pickerings Pasture
Spoonbill-Adult flew west along River Mersey towards Frodsham Marsh
Hale
Lesser Whitethroat,Female Redstart,2 Hobby and 2 Corn Bunting
Woolston Eyes
Garganey-N04 Bed
Knutsford
Grasshopper Warbler-Hillside Road-End of Tatton Park
Newchurch Common
Cuckoo-Abbots Moss
Moore Nature Reserve
Cuckoo
Sandbach Flashes
2 Little ringed plover and 2 Common sandpiper-Elton hall flash
Little Owl-Beach Tree farm-Wood lane
RARITY FINDERS:SPANISH WAGTAIL IN CHESHIRE
Description write up of Spanish wagtail at Leasowe Lighthouse by Stan Davidson CLICK ON LINK
29.4.19
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 29TH APRIL 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Buzzard x2 Over Marsh Covert Wood
Spotted Redshank x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Garganey (M) Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting x2 (M) Reedbed Screen
Reed Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler Reedbed
Blackcap (F) By Willow Pool
Cetti's Warbler By Willow Pool
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Main Scrape
Ruff x1 (M) Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls x4 Main Scrape
Mistle Thrush x3 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Cattle Egret x1 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Yellow Wagtail x1 From Bunker
Swift x4 High Over Reserve
Hobby Over Reserve
Red Rocks
Possible Iberian Chiffchaff(song heard and recorded but bird only seen in silhouette) and 4 Tree Pipit.
Heswall Shore
210 Shelduck,2 Eider,31 Little Egret,45 Oystercatcher,220 Grey Plover,32 Whimbrel,63 Curlew,800 Dunlin,2 Greenshank and 47 Redshank.
Leasowe Lighthouse
Cuckoo and 8 Whimbrel in horse paddocks.
Leasowe Golf Club(East of Leasowe Castle
Grasshopper Warbler near sea defence.
Burton Point
6 Wheatear around the sheep pens and 2 Whinchat.
Hilbre
Yellow Wagtail,Common Sandpiper,Manx Shearwater,8 Arctic Tern,40 Gannet and 3 Eider.
Wallasey Docks
2 Common Terns
Ness
Hobby and Swift
CHESHIRE
Hale
2 Tree Pipit,Whinchat and Short Eared Owl
Bickerton Hill
Ring Ouzel-Male still in grass field above main Poole Farm car park
Woolston Eyes
Garganey-N04 Bed
Marbury Country Park Area
Whimbrel,2CY Whooper Swan,Greenshank and Little Ringed Plover
Dunham Massey
Wood Warbler-Singing south end of parkland
Abbott Moss
Cuckoo
Burton RSPB
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Buzzard x2 Over Marsh Covert Wood
Spotted Redshank x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Garganey (M) Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting x2 (M) Reedbed Screen
Reed Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler Reedbed
Blackcap (F) By Willow Pool
Cetti's Warbler By Willow Pool
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Main Scrape
Ruff x1 (M) Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls x4 Main Scrape
Mistle Thrush x3 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Cattle Egret x1 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Yellow Wagtail x1 From Bunker
Swift x4 High Over Reserve
Hobby Over Reserve
Red Rocks
Possible Iberian Chiffchaff(song heard and recorded but bird only seen in silhouette) and 4 Tree Pipit.
Heswall Shore
210 Shelduck,2 Eider,31 Little Egret,45 Oystercatcher,220 Grey Plover,32 Whimbrel,63 Curlew,800 Dunlin,2 Greenshank and 47 Redshank.
Leasowe Lighthouse
Cuckoo and 8 Whimbrel in horse paddocks.
Leasowe Golf Club(East of Leasowe Castle
Grasshopper Warbler near sea defence.
Burton Point
6 Wheatear around the sheep pens and 2 Whinchat.
Hilbre
Yellow Wagtail,Common Sandpiper,Manx Shearwater,8 Arctic Tern,40 Gannet and 3 Eider.
Wallasey Docks
2 Common Terns
Ness
Hobby and Swift
CHESHIRE
Hale
2 Tree Pipit,Whinchat and Short Eared Owl
Bickerton Hill
Ring Ouzel-Male still in grass field above main Poole Farm car park
Woolston Eyes
Garganey-N04 Bed
Marbury Country Park Area
Whimbrel,2CY Whooper Swan,Greenshank and Little Ringed Plover
Dunham Massey
Wood Warbler-Singing south end of parkland
Abbott Moss
Cuckoo
28.4.19
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 28TH APRIL 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Cattle Egret x1 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Channel Wagtail x1 From Bunker
Ruff x1 Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls x3 Main Scrape
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Main Scrape
Common Sandpiper Willow Pool
Cetti's Warbler By Willow Pool
Buzzard Over Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler By Bridge Pool
Black Tern Bridge Pool
Whitethroat By Birdcrop Field
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Spotted Redshank x4 IMF
Oystercatcher x2 IMF
Burton
Pied Flycatcher-(male) by Hampsons Well
Parkgate
Short-eared Owl and a Marsh Harrier.
Neston Marsh
Short-eared Owl
Leasowe Lighthouse
Spanish Wagtail' (Motacilla flava iberiae)-In Kerr's Field plus Whinchat,5 Whimbrel,5 Wheatear,Channel Wagtail,4 Yellow Wagtail and 8 Wheatear.
New Brighton
Great Skua,Arctic Skua,30+ Common Tern,2 Arctic Tern,2 Kittiwake,Red-breasted Merganser and 40 Grey Plover.
Hilbre
20 Gannet,3 Fulmar,3 Sandwich Tern and 3 Eider.
CHESHIRE
Lyme Park
Western Osprey-Bollinhurst Reservoir
Bickerton Hill
Ring Ouzel-Male still in grass field above main Poole Farm car park
Rosethern Mere
Arctic Tern
Hurleston Reservoir
Black Tern-Viewed from canal tow path
Mow Cop
Ring Ouzel-Still on south side around the stone wall near Old Man of Mow
Hale
Blue Headed Wagtail-Town Lane
Sandbach Flashes
Arctic tern
Burton RSPB
Cattle Egret x1 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Channel Wagtail x1 From Bunker
Ruff x1 Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls x3 Main Scrape
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Main Scrape
Common Sandpiper Willow Pool
Cetti's Warbler By Willow Pool
Buzzard Over Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler By Bridge Pool
Black Tern Bridge Pool
Whitethroat By Birdcrop Field
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Spotted Redshank x4 IMF
Oystercatcher x2 IMF
Burton
Pied Flycatcher-(male) by Hampsons Well
Parkgate
Short-eared Owl and a Marsh Harrier.
Neston Marsh
Short-eared Owl
Leasowe Lighthouse
Spanish Wagtail' (Motacilla flava iberiae)-In Kerr's Field plus Whinchat,5 Whimbrel,5 Wheatear,Channel Wagtail,4 Yellow Wagtail and 8 Wheatear.
New Brighton
Great Skua,Arctic Skua,30+ Common Tern,2 Arctic Tern,2 Kittiwake,Red-breasted Merganser and 40 Grey Plover.
Hilbre
20 Gannet,3 Fulmar,3 Sandwich Tern and 3 Eider.
CHESHIRE
Lyme Park
Western Osprey-Bollinhurst Reservoir
Bickerton Hill
Ring Ouzel-Male still in grass field above main Poole Farm car park
Rosethern Mere
Arctic Tern
Hurleston Reservoir
Black Tern-Viewed from canal tow path
Mow Cop
Ring Ouzel-Still on south side around the stone wall near Old Man of Mow
Hale
Blue Headed Wagtail-Town Lane
Sandbach Flashes
Arctic tern
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