#LOCAL BIG YEAR DIARY

March 27th

This morning I visited Frodsham Marshes but it was very quiet, migration wise.Cetti's warblers were vocal in the reedbeds and there were plenty of Raven's clonking overhead.

Raven's were in good numbers

N06 tank held 4 Ruff and good numbers of wildfowl and there were plenty of small tortoiseshell bufferflies on the embankments basking in the morning sun

N06 TANK

Small Tortoiseshell

Moving on from Frodsham I headed across the Mersey and called in at Carr lane pools at Hale and connected with my first Little ringed plover of the year.

Little Ringed Plover

I then received a phone call off Mark payne saying that a White stork had been seen flying over Queensferry heading towards Connah's quay.We decided to give it ago and try and relocate the bird.We stopped off at Oakenholt marshes first and looked across to Connah's quay where we had good views of the 1st winter Little gull.

On the way back to the car a Peacock butterfly was on the coastal path.

We spent the next few hours searching nearby fields but there was no sign,we did find a second summer Mediterranean gull in a field near Harwarden.

March 28th

I spent this morning around Leasowe lighthouse and surrounding area and connected with my first Wheatear of the year,two male birds were seen.