30 June 2022
CHESHIRE BIRD NEWS AND MEGAS
SUMMARY OF DAILY BIRD NEWS
Jun 30th
2 Wood Sandpiper and 3 Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB
Black Neked Grebe-At least 14 (11 young) still on No 3 Bed-Woolston Eyes
Black Necked Grebe-Juvenile-Frodsham Marshes
3 Eurasian Spoonbill-Boathouse flash-Parkgate
MEGA NEWS
RED TAILED SHRIKE-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
Jun 29th
3 Spoonbill - Parkgate.
MEGA NEWS
RED TAILED SHRIKE-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
Jun 28th
Black Necked Grebe-At least 22 (18+ young) still on No 3 Bed-Woolston Eyes
Hobby - Burton Marsh.
Common Tern over West Kirby Marine Lake.
Spoonbill, 1 Hobby and 2 Common Sandpiper - Parkgate.
5 Spotted Redshank - Burton Mere Wetlands.
MEGA NEWS
RED TAILED SHRIKE-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
Jun 27th
3 Spoonbill and a Hobby - Parkgate.
8 Mediterranean Gull (6ad, 2 2nd summer), 860 Black-headed Gull, 595 Herring Gull, 80 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 12 Great Black-backed Gull, 255 Oystercatcher, 615 Curlew, 3 Whimbrel, 115 Redshank at high tide this morning - Heswall Shore.
2 Marsh Harrier,4 Spotted Redshank,Ruff and a Little Ringed Plover from Border Hide - Burton Mere Wetlands.
MEGA NEWS
RED TAILED SHRIKE-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
26th Jun
Black Necked Grebe-Juvenile-Are Nook sand Quarry
3 Spoonbill-Parkgate.
4 Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
Jun 25th
Garganey-Two (eclipse drake and female) on No 3 Bed-Woolston Eyes
Black Necked Grebe-At least 17 (12+ young) still on No 3 Bed-Woolston Eyes
Black Necked Grebe-Two viewed from gap in trees along the north side of the pool-Lapwing Hall Pool
Channel Wagtail-One near New Bank Equestrian-Whitley Reed
2 Spotted Redshank-Burton RSPB
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
Jun 24th
3 Spoonbill-Parkgate.
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
Black Necked Grebe-Adult-Are Nook sand Quarry
3 Spoonbill-Parkgate.
Spotted Redshank-Adult-Burton RSPB
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
Jun 22nd
Little Gull-1st Summer-Heswall Shore
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
Spotted Redshank-Frodsham Marshes
Spotted Redshank-Adult-Burton RSPB
Whooper Swan-Winsford
Black Necked Grebe-At least 44 (29 chicks) still on No 3 Bed-Woolston Eyes
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
PACIFIC SWIFT-Isle of Noss-Shetland
Jun 20th
2 Eurasian Spoonbills-Boathouse flash-Parkgate
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
PACIFIC SWIFT-Isle of Noss-Shetland
Jun 19th
Caspian Gull-2nd-summer and 3 Yellow Legged gulls-on sandbanks west of Old Runcorn Bridge-Widnes
Spotted Redshank-N06 Tank-Frodsham Marshes
Female Garganey-Burton RSPB
2 Eurasian Spoonbills-Boathouse flash-Parkgate
Ruddy Shelduck-Frodsham score-Frodsham Marshes
Jun 18th
Wood Sandpiper-Burton RSPB
Whooper Swan-Bottom flash-Winsford
Black necked grebe-At least 54 (26 chicks) on No 3 Bed-Woolston eyes
Eurasian Spoonbill-Burton RSPB
Curlew sandpiper-N06 Tank-Frodsham marshes
Caspian Gull-2nd-summer on sandbanks west of Old Runcorn Bridge-Widnes
MEGA NEWS
PACIFIC SWIFT-Sumburgh-Shetland
Jun 17th
Red Kite over Raby.
4 adult Mediterranean Gull, 280 Black-headed Gull, 325 Herring Gull, 180 Lesser Black-backed Gull, 9 Great Black-backed Gull, also 21 Lapwing and 14 Redshank on rising tide - Heswall Shore.
Bittern briefly - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Spotted Redshank-N06 Tank-Frodsham Marshes
2 Spoonbill (Boathouse Flash) and a Grasshopper Warbler (Old Baths) - Parkgate.
Hobby over - Leasowe Lighthouse.
Jun 16th
Black Necked Grebe-At least 51 (25 chicks) still on No 3 Bed-Woolston Eyes
Red Kite drifting west over J4 of M53 at 1040am.
Hobby over Wirral Way - Willaston.
Jun 15th
Yellowhammer (fem) on Heswall Fields.
6 Spotted Redshank (all s/pl) - Burton Mere Wetlands.
Jun 14th
Black Necked Grebe-At least 38 (19 chicks) still on No 3 Bed-Woolston Eyes
Channel Wagtail-Male still in potato field east of Lighthouse Lane-Hale
2 Spoonbill - Parkgate.
6 Sandwich Tern on sand bank, 2 Common Tern over West Kirby Marine Lake.
2 Sandwich Tern off Lifeboat station - Hoylake Shore.
July 13th
Spotted Redshank-N06 Tank-Frodsham Marshes
Ruddy Shelduck-Again briefly on Mersey just upriver from Mersey Gateway bridge-Widnes
Hobby chasing hirundines - Leasowe Lighthouse.
A few waders still coming through including 26 Dunlin and 6 Ringed Plover south of the Lifeboat - Hoylake Shore.
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
June 12th
Ruddy Shelduck-4 on the River Mersey-Hale
2 Eurasian Spoonbill-Parkgate
Ruddy Shelduck-Again on mudflats at Spike Island-Widnes
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
June 11th
2 Eurasian Spoonbill-Parkgate
Black Necked Grebe-At least 35 still on No 3 Bed this morning (at least 72 birds present in recent weeks, from 17 broods, the second highest total for the site ever)-Woolston Eyes
Ruddy Shelduck and Whooper Swan-Again on mudflats at Spike Island-Widnes
Caspian Gull-1st-summer on sandbank just west of old Runcorn Bridge-Widnes
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
June 10th
Yellow Legged Gull-Two adults on sandbanks west of old Runcorn Bridge-Widnes
2 Eurasian Spoonbill-Parkgate
Garganey-Two (one drake) on No 3 Bed-Woolston Eyes
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
June 9th
Eurasian Spoonbill-Parkgate
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
June 8th
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
June 7th
Red Kite-Over Duck decoy-Hale
Ruddy Shelduck-Still on wildlife lake at Port Sunlight River Park
At Least 3 Lesser Whitethroat - Heswall Fields
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
June 6th
Common Quail- On Carr Lane Pools-Hale
Red Kite-Sandbach Flashes
Eurasian Spoonbill-Boathouse Flash-Parkgate
White-winged Black Tern in summer plumage showing well this morning-Burton Mere RSPB
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
June 5th
Eurasian Spoonbill-Parkgate
Ruddy Shelduck-Burton RSPB
Ruddy Shelduck-One off Spike island-Widnes
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
Spoonbill and a Marsh Harrier - Parkgate.
Ruddy Shelduck-Burton RSPB
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
June 3rd
Wheatear - Leasowe Bay.
2 Pink-footed Geese on Boathouse Flash - Parkgate.
Western Osprey-Flew towards Weaverham-Sandiway
Black Kite-Possible flew south-Whitley Reed
Kittiwake-Adult circled then flew north and Western Osprey-Flew east-Acre Nook Sand Quarry
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
June 2nd
Good numbers of Swifts overhead north Wirral.
Hobby over Pasture Road - Leasowe.
Osprey seen from Burton Point
3 Red Kite over Buckley (just south of Connah's Quay).
Quail-singing male near Pickering's Lock-Kingsley
Little Stint-Still west of lighthouse-Hale
MEGA NEWS
BLACK BROWED ALBATROSS-Bempton Cliffs-East Yorkshire
26 June 2022
19 June 2022
12 June 2022
6 June 2022
# LOCAL BIG YEAR
I spent this morning at Seaforth nature reserve and was rewarded with cracking views of Black tern.
Moving on from here I called in at Hale and found a Red Kite flying around the duck decoy, a good mornings birding but gutted I was working yesterday and missed a White winged tern at Burton RSPB.
5 June 2022
2 June 2022
# LOCAL BIG YEAR
May was a quiet month for me doing the local big year but I did manage to catch up with some key species throughout the month
May 10th
I visited Hale today and connected with a Hobby,5 Yellow wagtail's and a Channel wagtail which showed really well
This was my third attempt to see this Eurasian Spoonbill after giving me the run around at Burton RSPB,eventually I caught up with it on Parkgate marsh this evening.
May 15th
A quick dash to Burton RSPB and this little beauty was showing well in the carpark.
Continuing up the North wirral coast after this I made high tide and saw good numbers of Sandwich Terns and Gannets.