SUMMARY OF BIRD NEWS
Dec 31st
5 Snow Bunting off Derby Pool - Wallasey Shore.
MEGA NEWS
WHITE TAILED LAPWING-East Halton Skitter-Lincolnshire
EGYPTIAN VULTURE-After a six months this bird has be re found still in-Lough Funshinagh-Ireland
DEC 30th
Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB
2 Water pipit-Harp Inn-Neston marsh
26 feral Barnacle Geese, 430 Pintail, 316 Teal, 5100 Oystercatcher, 6000 Dunlin, 4000 Knot, 740 Curlew, 2 Greenshank, 815 Redshank on ebbing tide - Heswall Shore.
Bewick's Swan-Four (2 adults) off Lordship Lane-With Whooper Swan herd-Frodsham Marshes
5 Snow Bunting off Derby Pool - Wallasey Shore.
MEGA NEWS
Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin, Black Head, Cornwall-individual present on 22-23rd August considered most likely to belong to one of the western subspecies by DNA analysis
BELTED KINGFISHER-Samlesbury-Lancashire
Dec 29th
Bewick's Swan-Four (2 adults) off Lordship Lane-With Whooper Swan herd-Frodsham Marshes
Redhead Smew-Lapwing Hall Pool-Chelford
Eurasian Bittern-In Coward Reedbed-Marbury County Park
3 Short Eared Owl and Male Hen Harrier-Burton Marsh
Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB
5 Snow Bunting off Derby Pool - Wallasey Shore.
MEGA NEWS
BELTED KINGFISHER-Samlesbury-Lancashire
WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian
Dec 28th
3 Water Pipits-Carr Lane pools-Hale
Bewick's Swan-Four (2 adults) off Lordship Lane-With Whooper Swan herd-Frodsham Marshes
Redhead Smew-Lapwing Hall Pool-Chelford
Eurasian Bittern-In Coward Reedbed-Marbury County Park
5 Snow Bunting on sea defence east end of Leasowe Bay.
5 Short-eared Owl,grey male Hen Harrier and a Great Egret - Denhall Quay.
3(1 imm male and 2 grey male)Hen Harrier,Great White Egret and a Barn Owl - Parkgate.
BELTED KINGFISHER-Samlesbury-Lancashire
WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian
Dec 27th
2 Water Pipit-off Harp Inn-Neston Marsh
Eider (drake) on sea off Hoylake.
5 Short-eared Owl - Denhall Quay.
3 Hen Harrier(1 grey male, 2 ringtail),5 Marsh Harrier,Barn Owl and a Great Egret-Parkgate.
Western Cattle Egret-Burton RSPB
Redhead Smew-Lapwing Hall Pool-Chelford
Bewick's Swan-Four (2 adults) off Lordship Lane-With Whooper Swan herd-Frodsham Marshes
3 Snow Bunting just off Derby Pool, Wallasey Shore.
3 Marsh Harrier and a Great Egret - Parkgate.
1,140 Pink-footed Geese flew inland at first light,945 Lapwing,157 Golden Plover,5,000 Knot,380 Black-tailed Godwit,Greenshank and at least 52 Common Snipe - Heswall/Thurstaston Shore
MEGA NEWS
BELTED KINGFISHER-Samlesbury-Lancashire
WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian
Dec 26th
Bewick's Swan-Four (2 adults) off Lordship Lane-Frodsham Marshes
Redhead Smew-Lapwing Hall Pool-Chelford
MEGA NEWS
BELTED KINGFISHER-Samlesbury-Lancashire
WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian
Dec 25th
Red Kite-Over M56-Junction 10
3 Whooper Swan-Puddington Lane-Puddington
4 Marsh Harrier-Parkgate
Snow Bunting - Red Rocks.
5 Snow Bunting-Beach Carpark-Wallasey
Siberian Chiffchaff-In hedge alongside ploughed field-Parkgate
Western Cattle Egret-Three still in pig field by Kinsey's Lane-Ince marshes
Swallow-Pumphouse Flash-Sandbach Flashes
MEGA NEWS
BELTED KINGFISHER-Samlesbury-Lancashire
WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian