CHESHIRE BIRD NEWS AND MEGAS

SUMMARY OF BIRD NEWS

11th January

2 Western Cattle egret-In pig field by Kinsey's Lane-Ince Marshes

2 Redhead Smew-Lapwing Hall pool-Lower Withington

Black Necked grebe and Great White egret-Acre Nook 

Great Northern Diver-juvenile-Mere Farm Quarry

Great Northern Diver

(C)Malc Curtin

Snow Bunting on rocks by Lifeboat Station - Hoylake.

2 Rock Pipit by groyne - Leasowe Lighthouse

Short-eared Owl (distant),Barn Owl,5+ Marsh Harrier,4 Great White Egret,Merlin and  Peregrine - Parkgate.

5 Snow Bunting by Derby Pool - Wallasey Shore.

3 Short Eared Owl-Denhall Quay

Eurasian Bittern-Came into roost-Neston Reedbed also Hen Harrier(Male),Merlin and 3 Marsh Harriers

Woodcock and Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB

4 Mandarin Duck- Arrowe country park

Merlin-Over -Maw Green tip-Sandbach Flashes

MEGA NEWS

GREY HEADED GULL-Possible adult briefly in flight-Llandegfedd Reservoir-Gwent

BAIKAL TEAL-Greylake RSPB-Somerset

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian

10th January

5 Snow Bunting by Derby Pool and 2 Mediterranean Gull in nearby flooded 'pitch and putt' - Wallasey Shore.

2 Water Pipit and 5 Spotted Redshank  - Burton Mere Wetlands.

20+ Brambling near Thornton Hough.

Bittern flew into roost - Neston Reed Bed.

Hen Harrier (grey male) - Burton Marsh.

6 Ring Necked Parakeets-Behind-Runcorn Townhall

Eurasian Bittern-Coward reedbed-Northwich

Bittern

(C)Malc Curtin

Great Northern Diver-juvenile-Mere Farm Quarry

Black Necked grebe and Great White egret-Acre Nook 

Woodcock,2 Water Pipits,and 5 Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB

MEGA NEWS

BAIKAL TEAL-Greylake RSPB-Somerset