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30 June 2021

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD SIGHTINGS


June 30th

7 Spotted Redshank,Little Ringed Plover,Garganey (fem),Bittern and 2 Marsh Harrier - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Hobby over Dove Point, Meols.

Eurasian Spoonbill-One flew over Hale Shore towards Frodsham Marsh-Hale

Spotted Flycatcher-Congleton Park-Congleton



Spotted Flycatcher 
(C)Steve Seal

June 29th

Ruddy Shelduck and Spotted Redshank-One just below Hale Marsh from Withins Way-Hale

Ruddy Shelduck
(C)Dave Craven


Arctic Tern-O
ne fishing and standing on blue buoy on Tatton Mere-Tatton Park

5 Spotted Redshank,Garganey and a Little Ringed Plover - Burton Mere Wetlands.


Garganey
(C)Allan Conlin


Hobby over Dove Point, Meols.

Marsh Harrier being mobbed by Oystercatcher and 2 Little Owl - Burton Point.
6 Sedge Warbler and 2 Reed Bunting - Burton Marsh.

June 28th
Little Ringed Plover and 2 Spotted Redshank - Decca Pools.
Eider (fem) - Hilbre.


June 27th

Yellow Wagtail,3 Cetti's Warbler,2 Green Sandpiper,Mediterranean Gull,Grasshopper Warbler,Common Sandpiper,50+Avocet,250 Black Tailed Godwit,Marsh Harrier,3s Yellow Legged Gull,Ruddy Shelduck,Great White Egret,Bar Headed Goose,Barnacle Goose and 3 Greylag Goose Area-Hale Area 

Yellow wagtail
(C)Dave Craven


Common Quail-S
inging male by old airfield at Heminghsaw Lane-Arclid

Juvenile Marsh Harrier,Bittern and 2 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.


June 26th
Common Cuckoo-Ashton's Flash-Northwich

Common Cuckoo
(C)Greg Baker


Ruddy Shelduck,Common Scoter,Short Eared
 Owl and Spotted Redshank-Frodsham Marshes

Whooper Swan-Redes Mere

Whooper Swan
(C)Steve Seal


Common Scoter-D
rake on north pool at Mere Farm Quarry-Chelford

Possible Caspian Tern flew west at 12.20pm but not seen from Hilbre - Hoylake.

Marsh Harrier and 2 Great White Egret - Parkgate.

Garganey (fem) and 2 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.

150 Shelduck,2 Red-breasted Merganser,Great Egret,29 Little Egret,140 Oystercatcher,662 Curlew,46 Redshank,740 Black-headed Gull,2 ad Mediterranean Gull - Heswall Shore.

June 25th
61 Manx Shearwater past north end over high tide - Hilbre.

Garganey - Burton Mere Wetlands.

June 24th
Common Scoter-15-Budworth Mere-Northwich

Common Scoter


Common Scoter-27-Lapwing Hall Pool

Common Scoter-17 (15 drakes) this evening but mobile-Bosley reservoir

Whooper Swan-Adult on St Helens Canal at Spike Island for third day-Widnes

Whopper Swan

8 Common Scoter-Redes Mere

44 Sandwich Tern off Marine Lake - West Kirby.

June 22nd

Wood Sandpiper-Burton Rspb

Wood Sandpiper-Ashtons Flash-Northwich

Wood Sandpiper
(C)Greg Baker

Spoonbill plus sightings of Spotted Redshanks, Little Ringed 

Plovers, Mediterranean Gulls and Marsh Harriers - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Hobby over Lower Heswall.


June 21st
Wood Sandpiper-Ashtons Flash -Northwich

61 Sandwich Tern,Eider (fem),7 Great Black-backed Gull,58 Lesser Black-backed Gull,1,700 Herring Gull,290 Black-headed Gull (incl first juv) and a Raven - Little Eye/Hilbre.

Spoonbill and a spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.

26 Shelduck,4 Great Crested Grebe,193 Oystercatcher,Avocet,8 Grey Plover,3 Knot,457 Curlew,38 Redshank,475 Black-headed Gull,2 adult Mediterranean Gull,Sandwich Tern - Heswall Shore.


June 20st
Whooper Swan-Redes Mere

Eider (fem) and 12 Common Tern - Hilbre.
Green Sandpiper and a Bittern showing well - Burton Mere Wetlands.

June 19th
Treecreeper caught and ringed,Kiittiwake,Eider,4 Gannet,50 Common Tern,40 Sandwich Tern and 4 Raven - Hilbre.
Hobby - Burton Mere Wetlands (also seen over Station Road).

June 18th
Spoonbill,Cattle Egret and a Little Ringed Plover - Burton Mere Wetlands.
A family of Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers observed moving through gardens in  Burton.

June 17th
Eider and a very unseasonable Lapwing - Hilbre.

June 16th
Marsh Harrier (male) - Parkgate.

June 15th
Red Kite seen several times over Greenfields Drive, Little Neston.
Hobby - Burton Point.
Little Ringed Plover,Marsh Harrier and Bitterns showing well - Burton Mere Wetlands.

June 14th

Rosy Starling-one to north-east in Sutton village near Ex-Servicemen's Club on Symondley Road yesterday-Sutton Reservoir

June 13th
Tawny Owl showing well early morning along Wirral Way near Dawpool Nature Reserve, Thurstaston.

2 Ruddy Shelduck-Ince Marshes

June 12th

Tree pipit and Red Kite over-Mow Cop

Tree Pipit
(C)Steve Seal

June 11th

Western Osprey-Flew west over Wimboldsley Avenue-Middlewich

Presence of Bittern pair confirmed,Garganey (fem) and a Spoonbill over - Burton Mere Wetlands.


June 10th

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker-Marbury Country Park

Hoopoe-Reported on grass verge by M62 Burtonwood Services-Burton Wood

Little Gull-1st-summer dip-feeding off lighthouse-Hale

June 9th

Red Kite crossed over from Wales then headed inland at 7.45am - Heswall Fields NT.

June 8th
2 Red Kite - Burton Mere Wetlands.
3 Goosander (redhead),3 Whimbrel and 4 Sandwich Tern - Heswall Shore.

June 7th
Marsh Harrier (male) showing well - Parkgate.
326 Canada Geese by Little Eye,unprecedented numbers for the islands!
Brent Goose (pale-bellied),2 Eider,9 Turnstone (s/pl),55 Sandwich Tern,3 Common Tern,Peregrine with kill and 2 Rock Pipit - Hilbre.
144 Canada Geese,112 Shelduck,140 Oystercatcher,176 Curlew,255 Herring Gull,36 Lesser Black-backed Gull,385 Black-headed Gull,11 Sandwich Tern, 166 Carrion Crow at high tide - Heswall Shore.
Goshawk (male) over being mobbed by gulls - West Kirby.
Hobby flew east - Leasowe Lighthouse.

June 6th

Glossy Ibis-One flew high south-east over Cocklade Lane towards Hale Male/Mersey-Hale

Arctic Skua flew out of estuary - Red Rocks.

2 Spoonbill on marsh and a Common Redstart by golf course - Parkgate.

Spoonbill -  Burton Mere Wetlands.


June 5th
Wood Sandpiper-O
ne at Carr Lane Pools; also Eurasian Spoonbill still-Hale

6 Spoonbill and a Bittern highlights from Burton Mere Wetlands.

June 4th
Sandwich Tern-3 on the River Mersey-Norton Marsh 

7 Spoonbill - Burton Mere Wetlands.

June 3rd
Eurasian Spoonbill-O
ne flew high north-east over Brook Furlong Lane-Frodsham Marshes

2 Curlew Sandpiper and 2 Red Kite,pairs of both Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers seen - Burton Mere Wetlands.

June 2nd
2 Curlew Sandpiper and 4 Spoonbill - Burton Mere Wetlands.

June 1st
Red-backed Shrike (male) viewable looking south from Park Lane - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Red Backed Shrike


4 Spoonbill - 
Burton Mere Wetlands.

May 31st
Hobby over and a Kingfisher - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Red Kite heading towards Frodsham over Puddington Lane - Burton.
Red Kite over Stapledon Wood, Caldy at 1.25pm heading SE.
Crossbill over Ness Gardens.

May 30th
3 Avocet on pool - Denhall Quay.
Garganey (drake) and a Spotted Flycatcher - Burton Mere Wetlands.

May 29th
Eurasian Spoonbill-3 on Decoy Marsh from Town Lane this evening

2 Little Gull - Hilbre.
10 Tufted duck on Decca Pools.

3 Spoonbill,2 Great Egret and a Marsh Harrier - Neston Marsh.


May 28th
Wood Warbler singing by car park and a Spotted flycatcher - Burton Mere Wetlands.



Brent Goose (pale-bellied) on shore and a Wheatear - Red Rocks.

Spotted Flycatcher and 7 Siskin - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Spotted Flycatcher north of Benty Farm - Thurstaston Hill.
Short-eared Owl and a Marsh Harrier - Parkgate.

May 27th
Western Osprey-O
ne to south-east at Lamaload Reservoir-Rainow

Brent Goose (pale-bellied) on shore - Red Rocks.
Grasshopper Warbler reeling in garden close to Kings Gap - Hoylake.

2 Eider (pair),4 Rock Pipit,35 Sanderling flew NW and a Swift - Hilbre.

Whooper Swan-One to south-west viewable from Catchpenny Lane-Chelford

May 26th

Glossy Ibis-Elton Hall Flash-Sandbach Flashes

May 25th

Glossy Ibis and 3 Spoonbill - Burton Mere Wetlands.
75+ Manx Shearwater,22 Gannet,28 Guillemot,2 Kittiwake,2 Little Gull,15 Sandwich Tern and 

2 Common Tern - Hilbre.

May 24th
3 Eider (2 drakes),Brent Goose,2 Rock Pipit,Wheatear,Whimbrel,30+ Ringed Plover and 10 Sanderling - Hilbre.
Wood Sandpiper on flood next to Pasture Road - Moreton.

Wood Sandpiper
(C)Pete Sutton



Spotted Flycatcher and 6 Redpoll - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Glossy Ibis (in flight this afternoon) - Burton Mere Wetlands.

May 23rd

Western Osprey and Spotted Flycatcher-Budworth Mere-Marbury Country Park


Spotted Flycatcher
(C)Greg Baker


Hobby,Cuckoo in coastal paddocks,6 Wheatear and a Osprey which flew west - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Probable Iceland Gull distant on tide edge - Hoylake.

Bonaparte's Gull and a Glossy Ibis - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Bonaparte's Gull
(C)Malc Curtin

Glossy Ibis


Common Quail-Singing male in area with no public access-AppletonThorn

Channel Wagtail-Hale

May 22nd

Western Osprey-One at Budworth Mere then flew west-Marbury Country Park

May 20th

Spotted Flycatcher-Marbury Country Park

Hobby over Cricket Club - Irby.

May 19th

Spotted Flycatcher-Marbury Country Park

5 Wheatear, 2 Common Tern, 5 Great Egret and a Marsh Harrier - Decca Pools area.

Hobby,Bittern and 2 Marsh Harrier - Burton Mere Wetlands.




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