CHESHIRE BIRD NEWS AND MEGAS

SUMMARY OF BIRD NEWS

Jan 6th

5 Snow Bunting on shore and sand dunes by Derby Pool - Wallasey Shore.

4 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon at high tide - New Brighton Marine Lake.

Snow Bunting on rocks by Lifeboat Station - Hoylake.

Western Cattle Egret-One flew north over Overleigh Road, Handbridge-Chester

Eurasian Bittern-Still in Coward Reedbed-Northwich

2 Western Cattle Egret-still in pig field by Kinsey's Lane-Ince Marshes

Caspian Gull-Two (1st-winter and 2nd-winter) at WSR Recycling-Widnes

4 Bewick's Swan-Adult-still with 23 Whooper swan on Lordship Marsh; park carefully by houses on Smithy Lane and view looking north from M56 footbridge-Frodsham Marshes

MEGA NEWS

BELTED KINGFISHER-Samlesbury-Lancashire

Jan 5th

Snow Bunting on rocks by Lifeboat Station - Hoylake.

Snow Bunting

(Sean O'Hara)

4 Snow Bunting in dunes by Derby Pool - Wallasey Shore.

3 Hen Harrier(1 grey male,sub-adult grey male,ringtail),Barn Owl,Bittern (flew towards Neston Reedbed late afternoon),4+ Short-eared Owl over outer marsh, 8+ Marsh Harrier and 10+ Great Egret - Parkgate.

At least 4 Short-eared Owl - Denhall Quay.

4 Bewick's Swan-Adult-still with 23 Whooper swan on Lordship Marsh; park carefully by houses on Smithy Lane and view looking north from M56 footbridge-Frodsham Marshes

2 Redhead Smew--Lapwing Hall Pool

1st Winter Caspian Gull,2 yellow Legged Gulls and Little Stint-Two roosted over high tide-Pickerings Pasture

Black necked Grebe-Acre Nook Sand quarry

Eurasian Bittern-Still in Coward Reedbed-Northwich

Western Cattle Egret-Four still in pig field by Kinsey's Lane-Ince Marshes

MEGA NEWS

WHITE TAILED LAPWING-East Halton Skitter-Lincolnshire

BELTED KINGFISHER-Samlesbury-Lancashire

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian

Jan 4th

Little Owl-Burton Point

4 Ruddy Shelduck-Burton Marsh

Eurasian Bittern-Budworth Mere-Northwich

Black Necked Grebe-Probable-Budworth Mere-Northwich

4 Bewick's Swan-Adult-still with 23 Whooper swan on Lordship Marsh; park carefully by houses on Smithy Lane and view looking north from M56 footbridge-Frodsham Marshes

2 Redhead Smew--Lapwing Hall Pool

Snow Bunting in dunes by Derby Pool this morning and at least three on the shore this afternoon - Wallasey Shore.

3 Goosander on big pond by station - Meols.

Marsh Harrier and a Short-eared Owl - Denhall Quay.

4 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake.

Hen Harrier(1 grey male) and 2 Water Pipits-Neston marsh

MEGA NEWS

WHITE TAILED LAPWING-East Halton Skitter-Lincolnshire

BELTED KINGFISHER-Samlesbury-Lancashire

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Mussleburgh-Lothian

Jan 3rd

Redhead Smew-Redesmere

Redhead Smew-Lapwing Hall Pool

Black Necked Grebe-Acre Nook Sand quarry

4 Bewick's Swan-Adult-still with 23 Whooper swan on Lordship Marsh; park carefully by houses on Smithy Lane and view looking north from M56 footbridge-Frodsham Marshes

5 Snow Bunting off Derby Pool - Wallasey Shore.

7 Purple Sandpiper on pontoon - New Brighton Marine Lake.

8 Red-breasted Merganser,4 Great Egret,grey male Hen Harrier,Peregrine,3

Short-eared Owl,12 Snipe over high tide - Riverbank Road, Heswall.

4 Water Pipits,4 Hen Harrier (3 grey males) and a Bittern (distant) - Parkgate

At least 10 Brambling with Chaffinches - Thornton Hough.

Snow Bunting on rocks by Lifeboat Station - Hoylake.

Cattle Egret,2 Hen Harrier (grey males) and a Short-eared Owl - Burton Mere Wetlands.

MEGA NEWS

WHITE TAILED LAPWING-East Halton Skitter-Lincolnshire

BELTED KINGFISHER-Samlesbury-Lancashire

                       

BROWN BOOBY-Immature on beach near Adelaide Crescent-Hove-East Sussex

BAIKAL TEAL-Greylake RSPB-Somerset