SUMMARY OF BIRD NEWS
Oct 31st
2nd Winter Caspian Gull and 4 Yellow Legged Gulls-3 adults and 1st winter-Halebank
Great White Egret-Bosley Reservoir
Jack Snipe-5 along gale brook-Appleton Thorn
3 Eurasian Spoonbill-Boathouise Flash-Parkgate
MEGA NEWS
VARIED THRUSH-Papa Westray-Orkney
WHITE TAILED LAPWING-Blacktoft Sands-East Yorkshire
WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian
OCT 30th
Long-tailed Duck,Ruddy Shelduck on border pool and 2 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Short-eared Owl and 1 Barn Owl - Decca Pools.
2 Barn Owl,2 Hen Harrier (ringtail and grey male),Merlin,Spoonbill and 5+ Marsh Harrier - Parkgate.
2 Brambling flew west - Lingham Lane, Leasowe Lighthouse.
3 Greenshank on ebbing tide - Heswall Shore.
30+ Great Egret flying to roost and 3 Short-eared Owl - Neston Marsh/Old Quay.
Hawfinch-One flew over church road-Hale
Western Cattle Egret-Four still in pig field by Kinsey's Lane-Ince Marshes
MEGA NEWS
VARIED THRUSH-Papa Westray-Orkney
WHITE TAILED LAPWING-Blacktoft Sands-East Yorkshire
WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian
UPLAND SANDPIPIER-Haroldswick-Unst-Shetland
OCT 29th
Some vis mig this morning with 60 Chaffinch,9 Brambling,61 Siskin,40 Meadow Pipit and a Rock Pipit at Leasowe Lighthouse.
Grey male Hen Harrier,Marsh Harrier and 3 Great Egret - Parkgate.
Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB
Eurasian Spoonbill-Boathouse flash-Parkgate
MEGA NEWS
VARIED THRUSH-Papa Westray-Orkney
WHITE TAILED LAPWING-Blacktoft Sands-East Yorkshire
OCT 28th
Eurasian Bittern-N03 Bed-Woolston Eyes
Barn Owl,2 Marsh Harrier,Hen Harrier and 4 Kestrel - Parkgate.
Ruddy Shelduck,Spotted Redshank.11 Whooper Swan - Burton Mere Wetlands.
17 Raven - Burton Point.
Yellow-browed Warbler in private garden - Burton.
MEGA NEWS
VARIED THRUSH-Papa Westray-Orkney
OCT 27th
Western Cattle Egret-2 still in pig field by Kinsey's Lane-Ince marshes
1st Winter Drake Ruddy Shelduck,Great White Egret,7 Western Cattle Egret,Cattle Egret and 2 Greenshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
MEGA NEWS
WHITE TAILED LAPWING-Blacktoft Sands-East Yorkshire
6+ Marsh Harrier,Hen Harrier (ringtail),Merlin,Spoonbill and 2 Stonechat - Parkgate.
MEGA NEWS
WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian
Ruddy Shelduck,5 Spotted Redshank,Western Cattle Egret and Scaup reported-Burton RSPB
Western Cattle Egret-Three still in pig field by Kinsey's Lane-Ince
Short eared Owl-Hilbre Island
Spoonbill,4 Marsh Harrier,Hen Harrier (ringtail),2 Stonechat and a Spotted Redshank - Parkgate.
6 Brambling,56 Siskin and 25 Skylark overhead,Kingfisher on groyne - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Hen Harrier (ringtail),Marsh Harrier,2 Short-eared Owl,Barn Owl,2 Merlin,Peregrine, Rock Pipit (Scandinavian) and 12,500 Pink-footed Geese flying into roost this evening - Neston Reedbed/Parkgate.
Oct 24th
Glossy Ibis-Acre Nook Sand Quarry
Ruddy Shelduck-One on River Mersey opposite car park-Pickerings Pasture
Firecrest-Hale Park
Ruddy Shelduck and 2 Female Scaup reported-Burton RSPB
Large movement of Redwings this morning.
Wheatear, 30 Siskin and 60+ Redwing - Leasowe Lighthouse.
c750 Redwing heading SE along coast by Heswall Marsh.
2 Brambling and c400 Redwing heading S - Lower Heswall.
'Hundreds' of Redwing and c20 Fieldfare - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Spoonbill - Parkgate.
BLYTH'S PIPIT-ST MARYS-ISLES OF SCILLY
Oct 23rd
2 Ring Ouzel-Holt farm-Dand Bower Quarry
Little Stint-Pickering's Pasture
Water Pipit and 4 Great White Egrets-Hale
Caspian Gull-2nd-winter on sandbanks with 3 Yellow-legged Gulls (2 adults and a 2nd-winter)-Widnes
Whooper Swan-Two flew east-Teggs Nose Country Park
Caspian Gull-Two 2nd-winters on sandbank on River Mersey just west of Old Runcorn Bridge-Widnes
Whooper Swan-Two at Bollinhurst Reservoir-Disley
470 Pink-footed Geese, 3 Greylag, 26 feral Barnacle Geese, 3200 Shelduck, 230 Pintail, 160 Black-tailed Godwit, 60 Knot, 1 Greenshank this morning - Thurstaston Shore.
7 Marsh Harrier, Spoonbill and 25 feral Barnacle Geese - Parkgate.
Peregrine,Merlin, several Marsh Harriers and 3+ Great Egret at high tide - Riverbank Road, Heswall.
6 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.
2 Peregrine and 6 Rock Pipit - Hilbre.
Eurasian Bittern-One in the eastern reedbed-Moore Nature Reserve
Oct 22nd
38 Great White Egret - Burton Mere Wetland
Grey Phalarope-One flew out of the River Mersey
Blue Winged Teal-Neumann's Flash-Northwich
MEGA NEWS
Oct 21st
Ruddy Shelduck-Three still east of A533 Bridge viewed from Wigg Island-Widnes
Little Stint-Pickerings Pasture
Wood Pigeon-14,718 flew over by 10:20am-Woolston Eyes
Blue Winged Teal-Neumann's Flash-Northwich
5 Whooper Swan over Caldy Hill flying west.
6 Marsh Harrier and 3 GreatWhite Egret at high tide - Riverbank Road, Heswall.
Guillemot close to the prom at high tide - Meols.
Little Auk flew north - Hilbre.
8 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Hen Harrier (grey male) and 1 Spoonbill - Parkgate.
Oct 20th
Barn Owl off Heswall Golf Course this evening.
340 Pink-footed Geese, 26 feral Barnacle Geese, 290 Pintail, 173 Black-tailed Godwit and 35 Knot this morning - Thurstaston Shore.
Cattle Egret in the beach vegetation at 10am, 340 Grey Plover and 410 Sanderling at high tide - Hoylake Shore.
9 Rock Pipit. 9 Common Snipe and 4 Jack Snipe - West Kirby/Red Rocks Marsh.
20 Siskin in garden near Grammar School Lane - West Kirby.
Oct 19th
Western cattle Egret-One still in pig field by Kinsey's Lane-Ince Marshes
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in garden near Grammar School Lane then flew towards Grange Hill - West Kirby.
Grey male Hen Harrier and 1 Barn Owl - Parkgate.
13 Marsh Harrier over Neston Reedbed.
Oct 18th
Western cattle Egret-One still in pig field by Kinsey's Lane-Ince Marshes
1st Winter Drake-Ruddy Shelduck-Burton RSPB
Male Hen Harrier-Parkgate-Marshes
Blue Winged Teal-Neumann's Flash-Northwich
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